Chen Guangcheng
May 22, 2013
BEIJING--Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made his first foray into the musical world on May 22 with the release of the top single from his debut album, a song called...
May 09, 2013
BEIJING--The oldest brother of a Chinese activist who fled house arrest and later settled in the U.S. said he was beaten up on May 9 by unidentified men, part of an uptick in...
May 04, 2013
BEIJING—A year after fleeing to the United States, blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng says he will "certainly go back" to China one day.
April 30, 2013
BEIJING--The imprisoned nephew of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is suffering from appendicitis but being denied medical parole, his father said on April 30, in seemingly the ...
February 01, 2013
BEIJING--Family members have been able to see Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng's nephew for the first time since he was detained nine months ago after his uncle's escape from...
January 31, 2013
BEIJING--Liu Fang quietly hugged her 5-year-old son and returned to home in eastern Shandong province, ending a nine-month effort in the capital to secure the release of her...
January 29, 2013
WASHINGTON--Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng tilts his head backward and chuckles. Nine months after he escaped the purgatory of house arrest in China for the more sedate life...
January 02, 2013
BEIJING--Chinese activists were urging the public Jan. 2 to visit dissident Liu Xiaobo's wife to highlight that she has been under house arrest since her husband won the Nobel...
December 12, 2012
BEIJING--A lawyer for the imprisoned nephew of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng said his legal team would likely miss Dec. 13 deadline to file an appeal against his conviction...
December 03, 2012
BEIJING--Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has urged Communist Party chief and president-in-waiting Xi Jinping to follow Myanmar's model of reform or risk a violent...
October 17, 2012
BEIJING--The eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng said on Oct. 17 he is suing the police and the local government that oversees his village in northeastern...
October 13, 2012
BEIJING -- Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Oct. 13 that Chinese police had sent the case of his nephew, charged with intentional infliction of injury, to the state ...
September 01, 2012
NEW YORK--Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng, whose escape from house arrest sparked a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Washington, accepted an invitation on Aug....
August 03, 2012
Japan, through diplomatic channels, is demanding an explanation from China for police brutality that left an Asahi Shimbun reporter badly injured while covering a demonstration ...
July 26, 2012
Nearly two months have passed since Chen Guangcheng, China’s 40-year-old blind human rights activist, left for the United States.
July 04, 2012
Chinese democracy activist Wang Dan said the high-profile flight to America by blind human rights campaigner Chen Guangcheng shows how nations can prod China to change.
June 09, 2012
DONGSHIGU VILLAGE, China--The fear is palpable and most people only dare whisper Chen Guangcheng's name in this village amid wheat fields where the blind activist was held...
June 08, 2012
BEIJING--Suddenly the guard posts came down and the hired toughs who manned them melted away, restoring an air of freedom this week to a village that authorities turned into a...
June 01, 2012
NEW YORK--Blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng urged the United States on May 31 to "try harder" to promote rule of law in his homeland as he described his brother and ...
May 30, 2012
The biggest challenge for China's next leaders is confronting a lawless police state nurtured by the Communist Party's own drive to put top-down control ahead of human rights,...