Thursday, May 03, 2012

Chinese Dissident Wants Out of China

A confusing story with a lot of twists and turns took another one yesterday.  Chen Guangcheng had been imprisoned by the Chinese government for investigating and publishing information critical of the government's family planning policy, including information about forced abortions.  (Below the jump-break is a background video Chen and other issues the Chinese are facing.)

He escaped from jail a week ago and took refuge in the U.S. Embassy.  It seemed like there was an agreement for him to stay in China without the government harassing him, but he claims that is not possible.

From last night's NBC Evening News:






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