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Will dissident Chen Guangcheng leave China?

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Will dissident Chen Guangcheng leave China?

Asked by: Super Userkruijs in Politics » Asia
Settled on 05/20/2012 22:18 Settled by Super UserBuckeyeTom
Winning option:s, he and his family leave China in May Chen, along with his wife and two children arrived in NYC on Saturday night, (May 19th, 2012)
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/19/world/asia/china-us-chen/index.html?hpt=wo_c2

Predictions

Yes, he and his family leave China in May
Yes, he and his family leave China in May
Yes, he leaves China in May, without his family
Yes, he leaves China in May, without his family
He doesn't leave China in May

Background

Prominent dissident Chen Guangcheng is currently in a Beijing hospital, sealed off by Chinese police. US officials have so far failed to see him. The deputy head of mission at the US embassy to Beijing has been seen arriving at the hospital carrying gifts. He has been trying to gain access to Mr Chen's room.

On Thursday, Mr Chen telephoned a US Congressional hearing in Washington DC, saying he feared for the safety of his family and wanted to meet visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton face-to-face.

Mr Chen spent a week in the US embassy but left after initially accepting China's assurances of his safety. However, he later said that he only realised the full extent of the threats against his family members after he left the embassy.

China says Chen can apply to study abroad, potentially indicating a way out of the diplomatic crisis with the US over him.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17951502

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   Super Userzvassil

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/chinese-dissident-leaves-for-us-reports-2012-05-19?link=MW_home_latest_news

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese dissident whose escape from 19 months of house arrest has tested Chinese-U.S. relations, has boarded a United Airlines flight for the U.S., according to media reports.

Chen, his wife and their two children left Beijing on Saturday for the flight to Newark airport, The Wall Street Journal reported.

   Super Userzvassil

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-15/china-dissident-chen-decries-pattern-of-abuse-against-family.html
Dissident Chen May Get China Passport by Next Week

Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng should receive a passport by May 21 that would allow him to leave for the U.S., according to Bob Fu, a Texas-based Christian aid worker who is in daily touch with him....

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