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The independent
| 1 year ago
After his sudden departure from Beijing, the Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng enjoyed his first moments of freedom in New York yesterday after years of jail and house arrest. However, on arrival in the US with his wife and two children, the...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Chen was allowed to leave China after diplomats from the United States and China agreed on a deal...May 20 (UPI) -- Blind activist Chen Guangcheng told reporters in New York that he's grateful the Chinese government allowed him to leave. Chen, who...
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
20 May 2012 Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has landed in the U.S. after being quickly bundled out of Beijing in a secretive operation. The iconic dissident's arrival at his new home in New York on Saturday evening apparently brings to an end...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng must get used to indefinite exile from China and diminished influence after he joined other dissidents in taking refuge far from home, fellow activists said Sunday. Chen landed in New York Saturday after an extraordinary...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
May 20, 2012 U.S. diplomats are breathing a sigh of relief Sunday after a human rights activist sheltered briefly by the U.S. embassy in Beijing was allowed to leave China and come to the United States. Chen Guangcheng arrived Saturday night with his...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
S AFP 12 mins ago Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng (C) speaks to members of the media after arriving in New York May 19, 2012. Chen arrived in the United States on Saturday after China allowed him to leave a hospital in Beijing in a move that...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
The blind Chinese activist Cheng Guangcheng arrived in the US on Saturday after a long struggle in his home country. Chen said he had come to a place where he can get much-needed rest and recuperation. Share This Story "For the past seven years, I...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
United Airlines Flight 88 landed at Newark Liberty International Airport, outside New York City, on Saturday evening...On Saturday morning, Chen was hurriedly taken to Beijing's airport from the hospital where he'd been staying. Speaking from New...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 1 year ago
05/19/2012 06:56:36 PM PDT Chen Guangcheng, the blind legal advocate who recently sought refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, arrived in the heart of Greenwich Village in New York on Saturday, holding the kind of open-air news conference that he...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
Mr Chen was at the centre of a diplomatic crisis between China and the US after he dramatically escaped home detention and fled to the American embassy in the Chinese capital. After six days under US protection, he left under a deal which collapsed...
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Fox
| 1 year ago
A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the U.S. on Saturday, ending a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations. Chen Guangcheng had been hurriedly taken from a hospital...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
VOA News May 19, 2012 United Airlines Flight 88, carrying Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng and his family, has landed in the United States at Newark airport near New York City. The blind activist departed Beijing earlier Saturday marking the end of...
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The Hill
| 1 year ago
White House officials said they were pleased that Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has left China and was headed to the U.S. with his family. Speaking at a briefing here on Saturday, Ben Rhodes, the White House deputy national security adviser, told...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has landed at Newark airport to begin a new life in the United States. The blind human rights lawyer caused a diplomatic crisis when he escaped house arrest to arrive at the US embassy in Beijing last month. He and...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
China dissident Chen Guangcheng heads for US 19 May 2012 Last updated at 11:18 ET The Chinese dissident who sparked a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Washington is on his way to the United States. Chen Guangcheng and his family boarded a flight...
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The Age
| 1 year ago
Story continues below A Chinese paramilitary blocks access to the Beijing airport terminal. Photo: Reuters Mr Chen was not told about his departure until yesterday morning, when Chinese officials called to tell him to ''pack up and leave''. Jiang...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese human rights activist who ignited a diplomatic frenzy when he escaped house arrest last month, has left Beijing airport Saturday on a flight bound for New York. He and his family boarded a United flight from Beijing to...
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MarketWatch
| 1 year ago
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who left Beijing for the U.S. on Saturday. MarketWatch) Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese dissident whose escape from 19 months of house arrest has tested Chinese-U.S. relations, has boarded a United Airlines...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Chinese blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng and his family were allowed to leave Beijing on a plane headed to the U.S. on Saturday, indicating that a diplomatic impasse between the two countries may be over. Share This Story Chen's journey from...
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Boston Globe
| 1 year ago
A police officer stands guard in the middle of two images featuring blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng during a protest in front of the Chinese central government's liaison in Hong Kong Friday, May 4, 2012...With a series of quickly choreographed...
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Boston Globe
| 1 year ago
Associated Press / May 16, 2012 E-mail this article To: Invalid E-mail address Add a personal message: (80 character limit) Your E-mail: Invalid E-mail address Sending your article Your article has been sent. A blind Chinese activist who sparked a...
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NY Daily News
| 1 year ago
The blind Chinese dissident who rocked international relations with his decision to flee his homeland is on his way to the United States. Chen Guangcheng and his family boarded a flight in Beijing and are expected to arrive in Newark shortly after 6...
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The Hindustan Times
| 1 year ago
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who was at the centre of an extraordinary diplomatic crisis between China and US for over month, on Saturday left for New York with his family after the Chinese government granted them passports. Chen, along...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
The US State Department said he was en route to the United States, along with his wife and two children...State news agency Xinhua said Chen had applied to study in the United States under legal procedures, in the first official account of Chen's...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Taipei, May 19 (CNA) Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng and his family departed for the United States on Saturday, after nearly a month of uncertainty and controversy over his case, the international news media reported.
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was on a plane headed for the United States with his family Saturday, US officials said, ending weeks of uncertainty for the now world-famous rights campaigner. Chen's escape from house arrest, turning up at the...
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
19 May 2012 Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has boarded a plane bound for the United States in a cloak-and-dagger diplomatic operation that marks the closing of a tense period in U.S.-China relations. Chen was ordered to pack his bags on...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
The blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng who has been at the centre of a diplomatic storm between China and the US has left the country. Share This Story On Saturday afternoon (Chinese time), Chen hurriedly boarded a flight for Newark from Beijing,...
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The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
| 1 year ago
The blind activist told reporters he did not have a passport, but believed he was going to New York. Chen recently spent six days in the US embassy in Beijing after escaping house arrest in north-east China. He wants to leave China and has been...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng on Saturday boarded a plane that took off for the United States. Chen, his wife and their two children were on United Airlines Flight 88, which took off late Saturday afternoon from the Beijing airport.
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Guardian Unlimited
| 1 year ago
Reuters Chen Guangcheng , the blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington, has left China on a flight to the United States , according to airport staff. A woman at the United...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng said Saturday he was at a Beijing airport with his family and believed he would be flying to New York, signalling an end to the month-long saga was close. The self-taught lawyer's plight became a major diplomatic...
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Al Jazeera
| 1 year ago
29 ChinaAid said Chen and his family were informed to pack up and get ready to leave [Al Jazeera] Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has told journalists he is at Beijing's international airport and awaiting departure to the United States. "I'm...
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Newyork Times
| 1 year ago
Mr. Chen was booked on a United Airlines flight scheduled to leave Beijing Saturday afternoon and fly to Newark with his wife and two children, although the flight has been delayed five hours, according to the airline. I have mixed feelings, he said...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng was on his way to the United States on Saturday afternoon, said activists who were helping the long-persecuted lawyer in his bid to leave China. The Chinese government notified Chen only a few hours ahead of...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
Mr. Chen was booked on a United Airlines flight scheduled to leave Beijing Saturday afternoon and fly to Newark with his wife and two children, although the flight has been delayed five hours, according to the airline. I have mixed feelings, he said...
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The Age
| 1 year ago
Story continues below He said that he believed he would be flown to New York but that he had not yet been given his passport. "I'm still not sure [what is happening]," he told Fairfax Media. Bob Fu, the president of the Texas-based rights group...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
A blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington said Saturday that he was at an airport waiting to leave for the United States.
Chen Guangcheng told The Associated...
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New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 1 year ago
Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng says he has left a hospital in Beijing, where he has been for the past three weeks since he sought refuge in the US embassy, and is waiting at the airport. Chen said he believes he will be headed on a...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who emerged at the center of a diplomatic row between the U.S. and China, was at Beijing's airport Saturday afternoon in the company of American diplomats and was about to leave for an uncertain new life in the...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
A blind Chinese activist who has been at the centre of a diplomatic storm between Beijing and Washington is preparing to leave his home country tonight. From Beijing airport Chen Guangcheng told the ABC he had arrived but had yet to be given a...
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Fox
| 1 year ago
A blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington says he is at an airport waiting to leave for the United States. Chen Guangcheng told The Associated Press that he has left the...
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Al Jazeera English
| 1 year ago
23 Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has told journalists he is at Beijing's international airport and awaiting departure to the United States. "I'm at the airport...I think I'm going to New York," he told the AFP news agency by telephone on...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
A blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington said Saturday that he was at an airport waiting to leave for the United States.
Chen Guangcheng told The Associated...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
May 19, 2012 A blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington says he is at an airport waiting to leave for the United States. Chen Guangcheng told The Associated Press that he has...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
The blind activist is quoted by AFP news agency as saying he did not have a passport, but believed he was going to New York. Mr Chen recently spent six days in the US embassy in Beijing after escaping house arrest. He wants to leave China and has...
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Leader Post Online
| 1 year ago
The Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who last month triggered a diplomatic crisis between the U.S. and China, will be allowed to travel to America "within 15 days". It was the first indication of when the blind and self-taught lawyer, would be...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
Legal activist Chen Guangcheng has reportedly finished submitting applications to Chinese authorities and has been told that he and his immediate family could be issued passports within the next two weeks...Chen, who overcame blindness to become a...
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International Herald Tribune
| 1 year ago
Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Chen Guangcheng , the Chinese activist who incited a diplomatic crisis by fleeing into the American Embassy in Beijing last month, filled out a Chinese passport application and posed...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Blind activist Chen Guangcheng said Thursday China had agreed to issue him a passport within 15 days, allowing him to go to the United States, after a bitter row between Beijing and Washington. It was the first indication of when the 40-year-old...
