The decision of US to let the blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng return into China’s fold following his escape from authorities is straining ties between the two countries as diplomatic dialogues opened in Beijing. The 40-year old Chen who is now considered a dissident became an international human rights inspiration to many Chinese after earning the ire of the local government for exposing forced abortions in line with the country’s one-child policy. The self-taught lawyer took to the US embassy after his escape, apparently to ask for help but was eventually ushered into the Beijing Hospital. According to a senior official’s statement to Springhill Care Group, Chen has indeed went into the embassy that day and has requested for medical treatment for his injured foot. American medical personnel have then conducted medical tests and made appropriate treatment during the time he was there. Immediately after the incident, the Chinese government has expressed its disapproval about the entire affair, demanding an apology from the US for taking Chen in. “What the U.S. side should do now is neither to continue misleading the public and making every excuse to shift responsibility and conceal its wrongdoing, nor to interfere in the domestic affairs of China,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin.

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3. The decision of US to let the blind human rights
activist Chen Guangcheng return into China’s
fold following his escape from authorities is
straining ties between the two countries as
diplomatic dialogues opened in Beijing.

4. The 40-year old Chen who is now considered a dissident became an
international human rights inspiration to many Chinese after
earning the ire of the local government for exposing forced
abortions in line with the country’s one-child policy. The self-
taught lawyer took to the US embassy after his escape, apparently
to ask for help but was eventually ushered into the Beijing
Hospital.

5. According to a senior official’s statement to
Springhill Care Group, Chen has indeed went
into the embassy that day and has requested
for medical treatment for his injured foot.
American medical personnel have then
conducted medical tests and made appropriate
treatment during the time he was there.

6. Immediately after the incident, the
Chinese government has expressed its
disapproval about the entire affair,
demanding an apology from the US for
taking Chen in.

7. “What the U.S. side should do now is neither to
continue misleading the public and making
every excuse to shift responsibility and conceal
its wrongdoing, nor to interfere in the domestic
affairs of China,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokesman Liu Weimin.

8. This incident came just when the US
Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is
visiting Beijing in a meeting with
Chinese officials on security and trade
talks. And although no one mentioned
Chen’s name, it is evident in their
statements that the incident is on the
spotlight as the 2 nations struggle to
maintain common ground.

9. Clinton said in her opening statement, “The
United States believes that no state can
legitimately deny the universal rights that
belong to every human being – or punish those
who exercise them. A China that protects the
rights of all its citizens will be a stronger, more
prosperous partner for the United States.”

10. Dai Bingguo issued a rebuttal on behalf of
China, saying, “I wish to point out in particular
the fundamental way to manage state-to-state
relations is to abide by the basic norms of
international relations, namely to respect
China’s sovereignty, core interests and choice of
social system.”

11. Meanwhile, Chinese President Hu Jintao made his
point known in his opening speech during the 4th
round of US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogues.
He remarked that US and China should know how to
respect each other despite their disagreements and
also appealed to its counterpart to break the
conventional belief that superpowers are bound to
engage in conflicts.