A Chinese musician famous for playing a two-stringed fiddle, a 1994 Hollywood drama about two prison inmates, a United Airlines flight bound for Washington and CNN -- what do they have in common?
They are two men, separated by a gulf of power and privilege. One was born of the Chinese Communist Party, the son of a revolutionary hero and seemingly destined to shape China's destiny; the other has lived in the shadow of the state, poor, persecuted and blind.
The Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's daring and extraordinary escape to the U.S. embassy in Beijing has captivated the world. At first, it appeared that U.S. diplomats and the Chinese government brokered a deal that satisfied Chen and everyone involved. But now Chen says he wants to leave China, and that he feels unsafe.
Chen Guangcheng's plight creates a diplomatic dilemma. CNN's Jill Dougherty reports.
As our car moved closer to this tiny village in eastern China, our driver became visibly nervous, looking around for any signs of trouble.
CNN has been chased out of the village of fugitive dissident Chen Guangcheng. CNN's Stan Grant reports.
Lawyer Jerome Cohen has been talking with Chen Guangcheng frequently, advising him on his negotiations with the U.S.
The U.S. Ambassador to China says the U.S. will keep talking to Chen Guangcheng.
The United States took "extraordinary" measures to bring Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng to its embassy and plans to help him "every step of the way," the U.S. ambassador to China told CNN on Thursday.
On Wednesday night, Chen Guangcheng's cell phone stopped working. The only means that the blind Chinese human rights lawyer, his wife, Yuan Weijing, and their two children had of connecting with those outside Beijing Chaoyang Hospital was cut off.
CNN's Stan Grant looks into the guessing game about the whereabouts of human rights activist Chen Guangcheng.
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepared to depart Monday night for China, President Barack Obama was tight-lipped about the whereabouts of escaped Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng and his potential impact on the discussions to be held this week in Beijing.
A prominent human rights activist whose 18-month house arrest in eastern China and dramatic escape attracted worldwide attention is in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, a close friend said Saturday.
A blind Chinese activist is hiding in Beijing after making a daring getaway from house arrest. CNN's Stan Grant reports.
Washington and Beijing may be facing the most tense and delicate moment in their bilateral relationship since the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. The reported escape from house arrest of dissident lawyer Chen Guangcheng and his apparent flight to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, while not yet officially confirmed, would greatly complicate the Obama administration's efforts to keep relations on an even keel in a year already fraught with bilateral irritants.
A prominent Chinese human rights activist has called for an investigation into what he describes as corrupt and cruel officials who he says "violently assaulted" him and his family before he escaped from house arrest and fled to Beijing.
Chen Guangcheng's voice is unwavering. For a man who has endured four years in prison and then 18 months under house arrest, he appears calm and resolute.
As Christian Bale approached an impromptu checkpoint leading to this tiny village in eastern China, four men blocking the narrow path started marching toward him in menacing unison.
Human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is released from jail, but is he free? CNN's Stan Grant reports.
As our taxicab navigated the winding narrow dirt paths tucked between farm fields, the scenery outside looked typical of rural China.
Despite hopes that hosting the Games would prompt an easing on human rights in China, dissidents say they've seen no sign of a change
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