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Chen Guangcheng

Chen Guangcheng
Chen Guangcheng
Chen Guangcheng is a blind self-taught lawyer and famous human rights activist in China. He became internationally known for filing a law suit against a local government for its excessive enforcement of China’s one-child policy. Chen was placed under house-arrest in 2010 and was isolated from outside contact. In April 2012, he successfully escaped and entered the US embassy in Beijing. The following month he was exiled to United States following an agreement between Beijing and Washington and has been studying at New York University ever since.
Born
12 Nov 1971
Industry
Human Rights
Job Title
Activist
last updated:
7 October, 2024
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Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng to join conservative US think tank

Chen Guangcheng. Photo: AFP

Blind activist Chen Guangcheng accuses Beijing of targeting his family

Blind activist Chen Guangcheng faces tough road in redefining himself in US

During the past year, the blind legal activist has given speeches and collected human rights awards in Europe and the US, where he eventually ended up after his harrowing flight from his home in rural Shandong .

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Taiwan's DPP courts blind activist Chen Guangcheng

Chen Guangcheng (left) and the the DPP's Su Tseng-chang hold a new book by activists, China, the Book of Living and Dying. Photo: Reuters

Chen Guangcheng praises Taiwan democratisation as example for mainland China

Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who sparked a diplomatic crisis between China and the United States when he fled house arrest and sought refuge at the US embassy in Beijing, said yesterday that Taiwan's democratisation was a "precious experience" for mainland China.

Democratisation of China inevitable, blind activist Chen Guangcheng says

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Blind activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in Taiwan on 'human rights trip'

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in Taiwan's airport. Photo: AP

NYU official denies role in ending Chen Guangcheng's studies

A Shanghai-based New York University official yesterday denied any knowledge of political pressure by Beijing that led the US institution to end dissident Chen Guangcheng's studies.

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US gifts to Chen Guangcheng 'bugged with tracking devices'

Chen Guangcheng called an oblivious 'chess piece' in China-US relations

As soon as the US realises co-operation with China is what prevails, Chen would be “consumed in a one-off manner” and abandoned as a “cumbersome asset”, the Global Times said in an editorial.

Friends fear right-wing connections will hit Chen Guangcheng's credibility

Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng's association with those in right-wing politics in the US is likely to hurt his reputation and credibility as a human rights advocate, according to scholars and people familiar with him.

Chen Guangcheng at New York University last June. Photo: NYT

My Take | Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng. Photo: Reuters

China activist Chen Guangcheng revives concern on US academic freedom

Dissident Chen Guangcheng accuses NYU of giving in to China's Communist Party

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Blind activist Chen Guangcheng to leave New York University

Chen Guangcheng. Photo: Reuters
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Relatives of 16 prisoners urge Obama to seek their release

Beijing gives passport to brother of dissident who escaped house arrest

China warns blind dissident Chen Guangcheng ahead of Taiwan trip

Chen Guangcheng. Photo: Reuters

Chen Guangcheng says Cameron fears offending Beijing

Blind activist Chen Guangcheng has accused the British government of running scared from Beijing. Chen is in the UK to receive an award for exposing the plight of hundreds of thousands of Chinese women forced to undergo abortions and sterilisations as part of China’s strict one-child policy

Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng attends the opening session of the Oslo Freedom Forum on May 13. Photo: AFP

British award for Chen Guangcheng set to worsen UK-China relations

Britain's relationship with Beijing was set to chill further last night when the British Parliament gave a human rights award to blind activist Chen Guangcheng.

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Activists' families targeted in harassment campaign

The elder brother of blind activist Chen Guangcheng was woken when a torrent of rocks, bricks and beer bottles flew into his family's courtyard, smashing roof tiles and windows.

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Change in China ‘inevitable’, says blind activist Chen Guangcheng

General Secretary of Norwegian Amnesty International Jon Peder Egenaes and Chinese human rights activists Chen Guangcheng attend the Oslo Freedom Forum on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Chen Guangcheng's brother beaten in latest apparent revenge attack on family

The elder brother of exiled blind activist Chen Guangcheng was beaten by two unidentified men yesterday morning, the latest in a string of mysterious attacks on the family in the past few weeks.

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