| 光头妹 |
2012-05-21 14:54 |
今天看到陈某某到美国留学的报道，加之之前媒体对其入美使馆的报道，本人一头雾水，根本不知道这陈某某为何吸引了全世界的眼球？中国的报道都是对其的“批”，此人为何人，干了何事？出于好奇，百度一下，没有查到，于是谷歌一下，从BBC NEWS那里终于有了点了解。
转上来分享一下，不是为了评论政治，而是为了学习英语。有兴趣的阅读一下了解了解
China dissident Chen Guangcheng heads for US
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18127886
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng - who was at the centre of a diplomatic crisis with Washington - is on his way to the United States.
The blind activist and his family boarded a flight to Newark, near New York, after being taken from a Beijing hospital to the capital's airport.
Mr Chen recently spent six days in the US embassy in Beijing after escaping house arrest in north-east China.
He has been offered a fellowship at New York University.
A White House spokesman welcomed news of Mr Chen's departure.
Mr Chen, a self-taught lawyer who campaigned against forced abortions under China's one-child policy, was jailed for four years in 2006 for disrupting traffic and damaging property, and placed under house arrest after his release in 2010.
'Leave of absence'
Earlier on Saturday, Mr Chen was picked up from the hospital where he was being treated for a foot injury and taken to Beijing airport, along with his wife and two children.
At the airport they were handed passports and allowed to leave. They boarded flight UA88 to Newark, New Jersey, which departed at 17:50 (09:50 GMT), more than two hours late.
"Thousands of thoughts are surging to my mind," Mr Chen told the Associated Press news agency from the terminal.
Referring to his supporters, he said: "I am requesting a leave of absence, and I hope that they will understand."
The state-run Xinhua news agency said Mr Chen had applied to study abroad "via normal channels".
In a statement sent to Reuters news agency, the foreign ministry said: "Chen Guangcheng is a Chinese citizen. China's relevant departments have handled the procedures for exiting the country in accordance with the law."
Jerome Cohen, co-director of the US-Asia Law Institute at the New York University School of Law, said he was "very happy to receive the news that Chen Guangcheng" was on his way to the US.
"I look forward to welcoming him and his family tonight and to working with him on his course of study," he added.
Bob Fu, president of the US activist group China Aid and a key supporter of Mr Chen, told the BBC that the dissident was planning to stay in New York for two to three years.
"Of course he wants to spend some time to rest after seven years of brutal treatments at the hands of the Chinese local authorities," Mr Fu said.
'Reprisals'
With the activist on his way, both China and the US will want to put this extraordinary diplomatic dispute behind them, says the BBC's Martin Patience in Beijing.
Last month Mr Chen fled from house arrest in Shandong province.
According to media accounts, the blind activist climbed over the wall of the property with the help of his wife late at night.
When he landed on the other side he broke his foot. He is then said to have felt his way in the dark, stumbling and falling, to a nearby village when a friend took him into his home.
He was then driven hundreds of kilometres away to the American embassy. He took refuge there during a visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was in Beijing for high-level talks.
On 2 May, after six days at the embassy, he agreed to leave the compound, initially saying he wanted to stay in China.
He was taken to hospital for treatment. During his stay there he called the US Congress twice.
On 3 May he pleaded for help to leave China with his family, saying he feared for his safety, and on 16 May he called again, accusing Shandong authorities of harassing his family.
Mr Chen was offered a place to study law at New York University after Beijing said he would be allowed to apply to study abroad.
The US has said visas for Mr Chen and his family are ready.
However the activist has repeatedly warned that his friends and relatives could face reprisals once he has left. |
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