Chen Guangcheng says Chinese pressure forced him out of NYU
2023-05-03The prominent Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who triggered a diplomatic incident when he escaped house arrest and fled to the US embassy in Beijing last year, says he has been asked to leave New York University following “great, unrelenting pressure” from Chinese authorities.
The university, which has hosted the blind, self-taught lawyer on a fellowship since May last year, has denied the allegations, saying his tenure was intended to last only a year. The New York Post, which reported the allegations on Thursday, linked Chen’s impending departure to NYU’s efforts to open a campus in Shanghai.
China’s blind activist Chen Guangcheng
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Blind since a young age and a self-taught legal activist, Chen Guangcheng rose to prominence for helping to expose harsh realities about China’s family planning policies.
His activism landed him in jail between 2006 and 2010 but even after he was released, Mr Chen and his family were placed under virtual house arrest at his home in Shandong province.
But events took a dramatic turn in late April 2012 when Mr Chen escaped from house arrest and sought refuge at the US embassy in Beijing. He stayed there for six days sparking a diplomatic crisis with the US and only left on 2 May for a hospital.
Who Is Chinese Activist Chen Guangcheng
2023-04-26World
Chinese guards march outside the U.S. embassy compound in Beijing. Photo by Goh Chai Hin/AFP/Getty Images.
The whereabouts of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng remain unclear Monday. He escaped house arrest in his village last week and reportedly sought asylum at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell headed to China to resolve the matter before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrive later in the week.
冰点：为法律赋予的权利
2023-04-24来源：中国青年报 2004年01月07日
本报记者 董月玲
袁伟静陈光诚
2003年12月10日上午9：00，北京西城区人民法院第15审判庭。
法庭上正在审理一起“侵犯残疾人社会福利权纠纷”案，案子的焦点是：盲人能否免费乘坐地铁。
原告是来自山东沂蒙山腹地一个小山村的盲人陈光诚，被告是北京市地铁运营有限责任公司。
地铁公司的人讲：这样的官司，是有地铁以来的头一回。
陈光诚，一个山村的盲人，为什么要千里迢迢地上北京打这样一起官司呢？
【BBC 】陈光诚：不要对习李新政抱幻想
2023-04-232013年5月20日
图像加注文字，陈光诚敦促西方限制“酷吏”入境
目前居住在美国的中国盲人维权人士陈光诚星期一（5月20日）在伦敦接受BBC中文网专访时说，不要再对习近平和李克强新政抱任何幻想。
他说，每一个新的当权者上台时，大家都抱有幻想。2003年胡锦涛上台时也有人问他同样的问题。
他说，“但是我们看到10年来胡锦涛这种维稳体制把中国的法治几乎拖回到文革时期，到了有法不依和流氓化的程度，对待老百姓完全成了法西斯。维稳经费竟然超过国防开支，达到7000多亿。”
关于光诚
2023-04-14陈光诚系1971年出生于山东省临沂沂南县双堠镇东师古村的一户家庭。1岁时得眼疾，却因家贫未就医而导致双眼失明，18岁才就读小学。
1994年，就读于青岛市盲校。1996年寒假，因为临沂当地政府违反1991年开始实施的《中华人民共和国残疾人保障法》中残疾人士可减免税收的规定，直到1996年依然在向残疾人士征税，陈光诚与当地政府多次交涉未果的情况下到北京上访制止临沂地方政府违法征税，后临沂地方政府接到上级批示后，终于表态要停止向残疾人士征税。