Dissident to stay in China, Beijing denounces US meddling
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12:33am EDT 1 of 9. Police officers stand near iron fences at Chaoyang Hospital, where blind activist Chen Guangcheng was reported to be staying at, in Beijing May 2, 2012. Chinese dissident Chen left the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday ''of his own volition'' after six days, the Foreign Ministry said, and a senior U.S. official said he planned to stay put in China. The self-taught lawyer left the embassy by car with U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke, who took him to the hospital, The Washington Post said. A Post correspondent spoke briefly to Chen on the phone and said he was fine.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng left the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday after winning concessions from Communist Party authorities that will keep him as a pivotal figure in China-U.S. relations, but a supporter said he made the decision "reluctantly" after his family were threatened with reprisals.
Credit: Reuters/Jason Lee
Andrew Quinn and Chris Buckley
BEIJING
Wed May 2, 2012 12:10pm EDT
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