Activist Flees House Arrest

Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist who triggered a diplomatic dispute between China and the United States, said he is confident that Beijing will hold up its end of a tentative deal to let him study overseas. Under still-evolving arrangements announced on Friday by Washington and Beijing, Mr Chen may be able to leave to study in the United...

The United States is ready to help Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng if he has changed his decision to leave US protection and wants to leave into exile, a senior US official said on Thursday.

A blind legal activist fled house arrest in his rural China village and made it to a secret location in Beijing on Friday, setting off a frantic police search for him and those who helped him, activists said.

Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist who triggered a diplomatic dispute between China and the United States, said he is confident that Beijing will hold up its end of a tentative deal to let him study overseas. Under still-evolving arrangements announced on Friday by Washington and Beijing, Mr Chen may be able to leave to study in the United...

The United States is ready to help Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng if he has changed his decision to leave US protection and wants to leave into exile, a senior US official said on Thursday.

A blind legal activist fled house arrest in his rural China village and made it to a secret location in Beijing on Friday, setting off a frantic police search for him and those who helped him, activists said.