Chinese activist Chen set to fly to US

Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese rights activist who fled to the U.S. embassy after staging a daring escape from house arrest confirms to CNN he is at Beijing Airport preparing to fly to the U.S.

Earlier this month, I predicted that Chen Guangcheng would be 's biggest foreign policy challenge. A challenge he was indeed. For weeks, Guangcheng made news, begging to be granted permission to leave China and come to the U.S. This weekend, he arrived safely in America. Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese lawyer and activist who was jailed ...

Chen Guangcheng, the blind legal rights activist who has been sheltering in the US embassy in Beijing in recent days, has left the embassy “of his own volition” after six days, according to the Chinese government

Chinese government begins to help blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng prepare for leaving the country, but move could take weeks, Mr Chen tells the FT