China Activist Chen Leaving for U.S. Today, ChinaAid Says
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Chen Guangcheng, the blind legal activist whose case overshadowed U.S.-China talks earlier this month, may leave for the U.S. later today with his family, according to the Texas-based Christian group ChinaAid.
Chen was on his way to Beijing airport today after being told by a government official that he and his family should prepare to depart, ChinaAid founder Bob Fu, who spoke by phone to the activist, said in an e-mail. They hadn’t received passports yet and their itinerary wasn’t known, Fu said. Later, Chen told the Associated Press that he was at the airport with his wife and two children and planned to leave.