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Flight of Chinese Rights Lawyer Thrills Dissidents
New York Times
BEIJING — The improbable escape of a well-known dissident from government detention — aided by a network of activists who helped him evade security forces for days — is emboldeningChina's often beleaguered human rights community, ...
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New York Times
Escaped Chinese activist in US Embassy, friend says
CNN
Quoting an anonymous source, Texas-based nonprofit group ChinaAid said Chen is "under US protection and high-level talks are currently under way between US and Chinese officials regarding his status." "Because of Chen's wide popularity, ...
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Group: Blind Chinese activist under US protection
Fox News
Chen Guangcheng, who has exposed forced abortions and sterilizations in villages as a result of China's one-child policy, fled from his guarded home a week ago in Shandong province in eastern China. Chinese-based activists say he was driven away by ...
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Chen Guangcheng, Chinese dissident, went to US Embassy for protection, friends say
Washington Post
BEIJING — The US and Chinese governments maintained their official silence Saturday on the whereabouts of the blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng, but local and overseas activists said the two sides were locked in a delicate diplomatic negotiation over the ...
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Chinese legal activist flees house arrest to secret location
Detroit Free Press
Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng, left, with activist Hu Jia after Chen fled house arrest. Chen served four years in prison for exposing forced abortions and sterilizations in his and other villages. / Photo courtesy of Hu Jia via the Associated ...
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Chinese activist has fled house arrest, his allies say
Philadelphia Inquirer
Activists sent the video Friday to the overseas Chinese news site Boxun.com, which posted part of it on YouTube. Activist Hu Jia met with Chen after his escape and said the people with Chen later called him. "They said, 'He is in a 100 percent safe ...
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Blind Chinese Activist Flees House Arrest
NPR
by Louisa Lim Boxun.com via AP Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has fled house arrest despite an around-the-clock presence of security forces. This image is from a video of Chen that was posted Friday on YouTube and elsewhere. "I am now free.
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Group: Blind Chinese activist Chen under US protection
USA TODAY
Courtesy of Hu Jia via AP Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng, left, meets with Hu Jia at an undisclosed location in late April. Chen Guangcheng, who has exposed forced abortions and sterilizations in villages as a result of China's one-child ...
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USA TODAY
Rights defender thorn in China's side
Reuters
By Ben Blanchard | BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind Chinese rights defender Chen Guangcheng has never been one to give up without a fight. Robbed of his sight as a child, the rural-born Chen taught himself law and used his knowledge with gusto, ...
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Chinese activist says he escaped cruel house arrest, calls for investigation
CNN
Chen, 40, is a self-taught lawyer who rose to fame in the late 1990s thanks to his legal advocacy for what he called victims of abusive practices, such as alleged forced abortions, by China's family-planning officials. A local court sentenced Chen to ...
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For blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, a dramatic tale of escape
Washington Post
His escape was made all the more remarkable by a simple fact: The 40-year-old Chinese dissident has been blind since childhood. As of Saturday morning in China, Chen's exact whereabouts were unknown, but friends insisted he was “safe” — and suggested ...
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Blind Chinese Activist Flees Captors
Wall Street Journal
Such a move by Chen Guangcheng, a fierce critic of forced abortions under China's one-child policy, could prove to be a diplomatic dilemma for the US as well as an embarrassment toChinese authorities ahead of a visit next week by US Secretary of State ...
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Wall Street Journal
Group: Chinese activist Chen under US protection
Atlanta Journal Constitution
(AP Photo/Courtesy of Hu Jia) Chinese line up at the US Embassy for visa application in Beijing Friday, April 27, 2012. Chen Guangcheng, a blind legal activist and inspirational figure inChina's rights movement, fled the house arrest he has lived ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Blind Chinese activist, under house arrest for 18 months, escapes to Beijing
Washington Post
BEIJING — A blind legal activist fled house arrest in his rural China village and made it to a secret location in Beijing on Friday, setting off a frantic police search for him and those who helped him, activists said. US officials would not comment ...
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Chen Guangcheng, blind Chinese lawyer-activist, escapes house arrest
Washington Post
BEIJING — Chen Guangcheng, the blind lawyer known for his outspoken opposition to China's forced abortion and sterilization policies, has escaped from house arrest and has reportedly sought US diplomatic protection, potentially casting the United ...
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Chinese vice premier announces $15 billion in trade and investment contracts ...
Washington Post
MOSCOW — Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has announced the signing of contracts between China and Russia worth a total of $15 billion. Speaking at a trade and investment forum in Moscow attended by hundreds of Chinesebusinessmen, Li said he and one ...
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Chinese activist's escape like Hollywood thriller
CNN
Chen, wearing black glasses, faces directly ahead and makes an appeal toChina's Premier Wen Jiabao. He asks Wen to prosecute the security team that he calls "monstrous." "They broke into my house, and more than a dozen men assaulted my wife," Chen ...
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Blind Chinese dissident lawyer in brave escape under cover of night
New York Daily News
On Thursday, Chen posted a 15-minute video message to China'spremier, excoriating his country's human rights record and pleading for personal mercy: “I ask the Chinese government to protect my family,” he said. “My leaving may result in them being the ...
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New York Daily News
China Rights Group: Missing Dissident Under US Protection
Voice of America
April 28, 2012 China Rights Group: Missing Dissident Under US Protection VOA News A US-based China rights organization says the blind Chinesedissident Chen Guangcheng is under US protection and that talks are underway between US and Chinese officials.
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US Expresses Concern About Blind Chinese Activist
Voice of America (blog)
But she said the US had earlier expressed concern about the lawyer and activist who was arrested after documenting abuses in China's policy on restricting the size of most families. Chen disappeared Sunday from a village in the eastern province of ...
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Blind lawyer's escape to overshadow US-China talks
The Associated Press
Fellow activists say Chen Guangcheng, a blind lawyer who exposed forced abortions and sterilizations as part of China's one-child policy, fled house arrest a week ago and has sought protection at the US Embassy in Beijing. Neither the US norChinese ...
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The Associated Press
Activists: Abuses exposed by escaped Chinese dissident continue
Los Angeles Times
Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch China director, said the abuses that Chen revealed have continued, even though the Chinese law requiring families to have only one child is enforced unevenly. Forced abortions, sterilizations, detentions, ...
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Group: U.S. protecting blind Chinese activist
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
In this photo taken in late April 2012 and provided by Hu Jia, blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng, left, meets with Hu at an undisclosed location. Chen, an inspirational figure in China's rights movement, slipped away from his well-guarded ...
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Blind Chinese activist escapes house arrest, activists say
Boston Herald
By Tom Lasseter / McClatchy Washington Bureau BEIJING - A Chinese legal crusader, blind since childhood, has escaped from extrajudicial house arrest in eastern China and has been smuggled to Beijing, according to a rights group that has tracked his ...
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A pivotal moment for US role in Chinese human rights
Washington Post
CHEN GUANGCHENG, one of China's best-known and bravest human rights activists, had been illegally and unjustly kept under house arrest in his village for 19 months when he somehow escaped last Sunday. He made his way to Beijing, and though his ...
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Escaped China activist in US protection: rights group |
Reuters
By Chris Buckley and Michael Martina | BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind Chineseactivist Chen Guangcheng is under US protection in Beijing after an audacious escape from 19 months under house arrest, a US-based group said on Saturday, in a drama that ...
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Escaped Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng speaks out [Video]
Los Angeles Times
After escaping from house arrest, blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng issued a dramatic video message calling on Premier Wen Jiabao to protect his family, punish the people who had attacked them and combat corruption, recounting alleged abuses he ...
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Blind Chinese legal activist escapes house arrest (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
Chen Guangcheng's dramatic escape and his allegations of police beatings, detailed in his dramatic YouTube video plea to PM Wen Jiabao, pose a new challenge of China's leaders in a critical year. By Peter Ford, Staff writer / April 27, ...
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Christian Science Monitor
A dramatic tale of escape by blind Chinese activist
The Seattle Times
A blind Chinese activist performed a Chinese version of "The Shawshank Redemption" as he escaped from custody and fled to Beijing. By Andrew Higgins AP What an inspiring story. It's hard to be a rebel anywhere (injustice can be found in.
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Activists: Blind Chinese lawyer flees house arrest
CBS News
BEIJING — A blind legal activist and inspirational figure in China'srights movement fled the house arrest he has lived under and made it to a secret location in Beijing on Friday, setting off a frantic police search for him and those who helped him, ...
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CBS News
China Sports News: Chinese golfer, 13, to make European Tour ...
Chinese golfer, 13, to make European Tour history. Source: CNN (CNN) -- Most 13-year-old boys would be happy to win their local golf club's junior tournament.
www.chinasportsbeat.com/.../chinese-golfer-13-to-make-europ...
Line calls, umpires favour Chinese players, says Saina Nehwal ...
Line calls, umpires favour Chinese players, says Saina Nehwal. Tags: Saina Nehwa ... Chinese umpires. Saina Nehwal during a practice session at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi on Monday. ... CLICK HERE FOR MORENEWS » ...
indiatoday.intoday.in/story/saina-nehwal.../1/185827.html
Malaysia jails 24 Chinese, Taiwanese over betting ring - SPORTS ...
A Malaysian court has jailed 24 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals for a month each after they admitted running an online football betting and fraud ring, their ...
tensport.com.au/.../Football-Malaysia-jails-24-Chinese-Taiwan...
Former Chinese soccer head Nan Yong on trial - Sports News ...
TIELING, Liaoning province - Bribery trial against former Chinese soccer chief Nan Yong started in Tieling Intermediate People's Court on Wednesday morning.
english.sina.com/sports/p/2012/0424/461597.html
Chinese sports brand Li Ning blacklisted for pollution|Economy ...
Chinese sports brand Li Ning blacklisted for pollution. Staff Reporter; 2012-04-19 ; 09:45 (GMT+8). A model showcases Li Ning sportswear. (File photo/CNS)...
www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid...
Chinese soccer chief claims he was tortured during ... - Fox Sports
Chinese soccer chief claims he was tortured during interrogations Chinesesoccer chief claims he ... GOALS ON SUNDAY · FOX SOCCER REPORT · SKY SPORTS NEWS ... A former senior Chinese soccer official claimed he was tortured into ...
msn.foxsports.com/.../chinese-soccer-chief-claims-torture-tacti...
Chinese Olympics athletes say 'hold the pork' 18 Apr 2012 06 ... - Sport
Chinese athletes are swearing off meat ahead of the London Olympics out of fear that domestic pork, beef and lamb could contain substances banned under...
www.sport.co.uk/.../Chinese_Olympics_athletes_say_hold_the...
Luxury automakers rush to capture Chinese demand | Business ...
They are designing models for Chinese tastes as its rapid growth mints tens of ... 58° L: 43° Sat Partly Cloudy H: 62° L: 44° Sun Partly Cloudy H: 66° L: 44° ·News ... producers of handbuilt sports cars that want a piece of China'sluxury market.
www.kval.com/.../Luxury-automakers-rush-to-capture-Chines...
Chinese boats fish in dangerous waters
Hainan: As Wang Chang tidies his boat on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, it could not be more peaceful. The 31-year-old fisherman has just sold his ...
ibnlive.in.com/news/chinese-boats-fish-in.../251762-70.html
8 top former Chinese soccer officials, players on trial for taking bribes
BEIJING — Two former leaders of China's soccer association are among eight officials and players on trial for bribery in a major push to punish those who have tarnished the sport. ... In the News. Scott Brown · Elizabeth Warren · Mark Sullivan ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAtXZJgT_story.html
Report: Nike exec bribed Chinese official - UPI.com
You are here: Home / Business News / Report: Nike exec bribed Chineseofficial ... Mass Sports Department of the State General Administration ofSports -- took ...
www.upi.com/Business_News/.../UPI-46931335311870/
2012 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Wei Long: One-off For the Chinese ...
From Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport L'Or Blanc and Grand Sport Vitesse to everything in between, there is no shortage of special edition Veyrons produced.
www.autoguide.com/.../2012-bugatti-veyron-grand-sport-wei-...
'Chinese officials favour their local players' - Sports News - IBNLive
Chinese officials use unfair tactics to grab Olympic berths for their players and favour them in tournaments held in their home country, top international ...
ibnlive.in.com/news/chinese-officials...their.../252050-5.html
Nike executive in China gave bribe to Chinese soccer official, news ...
The bribe is one of several that former Chinese Football Association (CFA) chief Xie Yalong has taken, according to court documents, the Chinese newsagency ...
www.oregonlive.com/.../nike_executive_in_china_gave_b.ht...
'Chinese officials favour their local players'
Chinese officials use unfair tactics to grab Olympic berths for their players and favour ... Chinese officials favour their players in tournaments held in their home country, ... Sports is top priority in their country and it is there strategy," she said. .... CNN and the CNN logo are registered marks of Cable NewsNetwork, LP LLLP, ...
ibnlive.in.com/news/chinese-officials.../252050-5-135.html
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