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The Chen Guangcheng Controversy: Human Rights Denied In China

By dog | Published: May 4, 2012

The blind Chinese dissident who boldly fled house arrest and placed himself under the wing of US diplomats balked Wednesday at a deal delicately worked out between the two countries to let him live freely in China, saying he now fears for his family’s safety unless they are all spirited abroad. (via the AP) Read [...]

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Chinese dissident Chen seeks US exile deal

By dog | Published: May 4, 2012

Pictures released by the state department showed Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese legal activist, leaving the US embassy compound in Beijing accompanied by diplomatic staff. The deal between the US, China and Chen – medical treatment, reunion with his family and the chance to attend law school – initially produced smiles all round. However, within [...]

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Inside Story Americas – The US-China storm over Chen

By dog | Published: May 4, 2012

What role does a concern for human rights play in US foreign policy and did it handle the Chen Guangcheng incident decorously? Shihab Rattansi discusses with guests: Nancy Soderberg, Bill Blum and Lianchao Han.

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Chinese activist tells Al Jazeera deal for his safety has not been kept

By dog | Published: May 4, 2012

Speaking to Al Jazeera by phone, Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, says “the agreement between the US and China guranteeing my safety, has not beeen fully honoured”.

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China activist seeks US help to flee homeland

By dog | Published: May 4, 2012

Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist, has said he wants to leave for the US rather than stay in China, throwing into doubt a deal used to coax him out of the US embassy in Beijing and defuse an impasse that has strained China-US ties. Chen, a self-taught legal activist, is under Chinese control in [...]

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Chinese warships dock in Hong Kong

By dog | Published: May 2, 2012

Two of China’s most advanced warships have docked in Hong Kong, in what some see as a deliberate display of China’s naval strength. This comes amid a statemement by the Chinese naval commander that the recent joint US-Philippine drill in the South China Sea did not “target” any particular country. The warships in the 10th [...]

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Blasts & killing fail to blow apart Kurdish chance in Syria

By dog | Published: May 1, 2012

In Syria, a third bomb blast has reportedly rocked the city of iDLib, just hours after eight people were killed and dozens wounded in twin explosions there. The government and the opposition are blaming each other for orchestrating the attacks. The United Nations warns the ongoing violence threatens the peace plan it helped broker. The [...]

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