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Reuters
| 12 months ago
Topics Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese dissident and legal advocate who recently sought asylum in the United States and is being housed by New York University, shakes hands with a man (L) acting as his media-relations representative as he takes a...
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Taiwan News
| 12 months ago
Jailed former President Chen Shui-bian made a visit to the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Linkou, New Taipei City, Wednesday morning for heart and prostate checkups. Six hours of tests concluded that three blood clots found in his prostate area were...
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Japan Times
| 12 months ago
Pennsylvania A last-minute deal between the United States and China may afford human-rights lawyer and activist Chen Guangcheng the opportunity to enroll in law school in New York. But, even if a way out of the diplomatic debacle is at hand, much...
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Japan Times
| 12 months ago
Pennsylvania A last-minute deal between the United States and China may afford human-rights lawyer and activist Chen Guangcheng the opportunity to enroll in law school in New York. But, even if a way out of the diplomatic debacle is at hand, much...
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Taiwan News
| 12 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-05-16 02:48 PM Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng should receive a passport by May 21 that would allow him to leave for the US , according to Bloomberg,...
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NY Daily News
| 12 months ago
Henny Ray Abrams/AP Chen Guangcheng and his wife, Yuan Weijing arrive on the campus of New York University. Some 80,000 refugees from all over the globe settle in the U.S. every year and more end up in New York than in any other city.
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China News
| 12 months ago
Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu said here on Monday that the international community is obliged to collaborate towards common goals to achieve universal coverage of necessary health services and to overcome present difficulties together. Chen made...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 12 months ago
The United States has achieved a rare human rights breakthrough with China by negotiating the departure of dissident Chen Guangcheng, but few are ready to predict that the case will set a precedent. The dramatic case has revived debate over what...
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The Daily Star
| 12 months ago
The Daily Star On her recent trip to China, Bangladesh and India, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was eager to trumpet America's New Silk Road strategy, which she unveiled last September. But the Silk Road was a trade route, whereas knife-...
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Canadian Free Press
| 12 months ago
America must continue to be a force for liberty in the world, whether on the other side of the world or 90 miles off the shores of Florida...With the sweet land of liberty under his feet, Chen breathed the free air and remarked, We should link our...
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National Public Radio
| 12 months ago
May 21, 2012 U.S. diplomats were relieved this weekend when China allowed a prominent dissident, Chen Guancheng, to fly to New York with his family. China, too, is presumably happy that Chen is no longer in the country doing his advocacy work.
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Seattle Times
| 12 months ago
What looked like a serious snag in U.S.-China relations turned into a tale of seemingly successful diplomacy. Blind activist Cheng Guangcheng and his family arrived in the U.S...He plans to attend law school on a fellowship at New York University...
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Japan Times
| 12 months ago
During her talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao as part of the U.S.-China Economic and Strategic Dialogue recently, U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton asserted that "the China-U.S. relationship is stronger than it's ever been." All the...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 12 months ago
ments The difficulty of supporting activists such as Chen Guangchen in China Being a qualified lawyer gives lawyers who support activists such as Chen Guangchen a measure of protection, but they are still vulnerable to all kinds of official pressure. ...
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Voice of America
| 12 months ago
Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng arrives at Washington Square Village on the campus of New York University, May 19, 2012, in New York. Chinese officials are calling on exiled dissident Chen Guangcheng to follow Chinese law, although they...
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China News
| 12 months ago
Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian faces a new charge of illegal possession of classified documents. Chen, already jailed for corruption, was charged on Monday of taking away with him classified documents when he left his post as the island's leader,...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 12 months ago
Prosecutors on Monday charged Taiwan's jailed former president with taking home thousands of confidential documents just before he retired, in a move they said could have threatened national security. Chen Shui-bian, who left office in 2008 after...
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The Hill
| 12 months ago
President Obama another chance to shore up his foreign policy credentials over presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney. Romney's campaign has sought to keep the election focused on the economy, dismissing other issues raised as "distractions" from Obama'...
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Taiwan News
| 12 months ago
Taipei, May 21 (CNA) Special prosecutors indicted former President Chen Shui-bian on Monday for illegally seizing confidential government documents, just the latest in series of charges facing the scandal-prone politician who is already jailed for...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 12 months ago
Chen Guangcheng with Prof Jemore Cohen, upon arriving on the campus of New York University with his wife, Yuan Weijing. Photograph: Andy Jacobsohn/Getty Images Chen Guangcheng could return to China in as little as a year, a friend who helped arrange...
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NY Daily News
| 12 months ago
Chen Guangcheng settled into his new home at New York University Sunday after a monthlong diplomatic crisis involving a daring escape and a hastily arranged flight to the United States. The blind legal activist and his wife greeted neighbors in the...
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Reuters
| 12 months ago
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) meets with Chen Guangcheng (R) after arriving in New York May 19, 2012. Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng soaked up the sun in New York City on Sunday as his children played in a garden, a break in a day of meetings to...
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Washington Post
| 12 months ago
Gallery Gallery But the way the Chen saga played out also suggests that certain fissures make their way into other areas of the relationship no matter how hard both sides try to contain them. At the start of the Obama administration, during her first...
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The independent
| 12 months 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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The Observer
| 1 year ago
Andy Jacobsohn/Getty Images Supporters of Chen Guangcheng have warned that his family and friends in China are still at risk after the blind activist arrived in New York to begin a new life in the United States . Chen whose daring escape from house...
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Rediff
| 1 year ago
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was at the centre of a recent Sino-United States diplomatic row, said he was thankful that Beijing [ Images ] had dealt with the situation with "restraint and calm" as he arrived in the US with his family.
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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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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng, who escaped house arrest, enjoyed his initial hours of freedom in New York Saturday even as his relatives and supporters are facing the ire of Chinese authorities back in his country. Chen arrived in the...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Taipei, May 20 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou urged Beijing Sunday to treat Chinese dissidents properly, hours after blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States. Asked by a local reporter whether he plans to discuss human...
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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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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
If you woke up in China on Sunday you were likely still in the dark when it came to the arrival of Chen Guangcheng, the blind legal advocate, in the United States. The rest of the world followed Mr. Chen's departure from Beijing and arrival in New...
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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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Charlotte Observer Online
| 1 year ago
A blind Chinese legal activist who escaped house arrest, endured a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle and a hurried daylong flight paused ever so briefly upon his arrival in New York City before taking up a familiar fight. Taken from a hospital in...
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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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Baltimore Sun
| 1 year ago
While the blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng on Sunday enjoyed his first hours in New York after years of jail and detention, relatives and supporters back home remained locked down by security authorities. Chen's escape last month from 19...
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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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Zee News
| 1 year ago
The Obama Administration has said it is pleased that Chinese dissident, Chen Guangcheng, and his family members were finally able to leave his country for studies in the United States. "We are pleased that this was able to reach a resolution," Deputy...
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Epoch Times
| 1 year ago
Chen Guangcheng, his wife and their two children were taken to his New York University's residence on Mercer Street in lower Manhattan at around 7:30 p.m. It was a joyous day for human rights activists, politicians, and supporters who had helped Chen...
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Times of India
| 1 year ago
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday and declared "equality and justice have no boundaries" after China let him leave a Beijing hospital to quell a sensitive diplomatic rift between the two countries. Chen...
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The Daily Herald
| 1 year ago
The blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who had been at the center of a diplomatic row between the U.S. and Chinese governments, completed a four-week journey from confinement in a rural Chinese village to the freedom of New York City,...
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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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The Courier-Mail
| 1 year ago
United States to begin a new life, blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has praised Beijing's "restraint and calm" during the month-long tussle that tested China-US ties. Chen asked to say a "few simple words" as he, wife Yuan Weijing and their two...
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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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Xtra News
| 1 year ago
Activist Guangcheng arrives in the US Newstalk ZB May 20, 2012, 10:47 am The Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has finally arrived in the US. He was put on a plane from Beijing last night, and has flown to New York where he's been...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
US ambassador to China Gary Locke (left) accompanies blind activist Chen Guangcheng (right) in a car, in Beijing. Photograph: Handout/Reuters The blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has arrived to begin a new life in the United States the final...
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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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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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Epoch Times
| 1 year ago
American embassy in Beijing, a confused departure and hospitalization, and the harassment and detention of family members, blind activist Chen Guangcheng is finally on the flight to Newark Airport. It's what Reggie Littlejohn, an activist against...
