One month after arriving in the United States, Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is spending his days being tutored in English and the basics of the U.S. democratic and legal system. Chen, his wife and two children are living in an apartment in New York’s Greenwich Village provided for him by the law school of New […]
Chen: Democratic Reform in China Slow, but Irreversible
Posted May 31st, 2012 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who recently arrived in the United States after escaping last month from house arrest in China’s Shandong province, says democratic change in China is slow, but irreversible. In his first formal public appearance at the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations Thursday, Chen also called on China’s government and party […]