China: Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tug of war between Beijing and Washington, arrived in the United States last Saturday on the United Airlines flight from Beijing to Newark. The events surrounding Chen’s escape from house arrest, his arrival at the U.S. embassy in Beijing, and the subsequent negotiations that led to his departure for the United States once again shined the global spotlight on China’s one-child policy.
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