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Dissident Leaves China For U.S.
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Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng, center, arrives at Washington Square Village on the campus of New York University on Saturday in New York. Chen escaped from his village in April and was given sanctuary inside the U.S.
Chinese Activist Takes A Sudden Journey To The West
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Asia
Chinese Activist Takes A Sudden Journey To The West
Chen Guangcheng, whose escape from house arrest sparked a diplomatic crisis, has arrived in the U.S.
Dissident Leaves China For U.S.
Chen left Beijing on a plane bound for New Jersey, closing a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle.
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Chinese Activist Chen Guangcheng Leaves For U.S.()
Chen Guangcheng was hurriedly taken from a hospital Saturday and put on a plane bound for the United States, closing a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations. U.S.-based rights activist Bob Fu called Chen's departure "a victory for freedom fighters."
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