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China pressured U.S. university to ask me to leave, dissident says

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Chinese dissident who fled his home country to become a visiting scholar at New York University accused the school on Sunday of asking him to leave because of "unrelenting pressure" from China. Full story

Chinese dissident to leave New York University shortly

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who left his home country last year and became a visiting scholar at New York University, will leave the school this summer but will likely remain in the United States, university officials said on Thursday. Full story

China grants dissident's brother passport ahead of Xi-Obama meet

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has granted passports to the mother and eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng which they hope to use to visit him in the United States, the brother said in Friday, a concession by Beijing ahead of a Sino-U.S. summit. Full story

Felled ex-Beijing mayor, supporter of 1989 crackdown, dies

BEIJING (Reuters) - A former Beijing mayor, instrumental in the government crackdown on student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in 1989 and later jailed for corruption, has died of cancer, state media reported on Wednesday. He was 83. Full story

Taiwan says former president Chen tried to kill himself

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian tried to kill himself in a prison bathroom with a towel but was discovered by wardens in time, the island's Justice Ministry said on Monday. Full story

'Apple of my Eye' star turns to first love: music

Fans know her as the sweet schoolgirl in the 2011 blockbuster "You Are the Apple of My Eye." Now, they can take a closer look at Michelle Chen through her first love: music. Full story

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File of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng speaking to journalists following an appearance in New York
File of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng speaking to journalists following an appearance in New York

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng speaks to journalists following an appearance in New York in this May 3, 2013 file photo. Guangcheng, who fled his home country to become a visiting scholar at New York University, accused the school of asking him to leave because of "unrelenting pressure" from Chin

File photo of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng speaking to journalists following an appearance in New York
File photo of Chen Guangfu, the eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, in Beijing
File photo of Chen Guangfu, the eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, in Beijing

Chen Guangfu, the eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, recounts in Beijing May 23, 2012 the details of his torture and the authorities' reprisals against his family after Chen Guangcheng's flight last week to the United States. REUTERS/David Gray/Files

File photo of Chen Guangfu, eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, in Beijing
File photo of Chen Guangfu, eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, in Beijing

Chen Guangfu, the eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, shows in Beijing in this May 23, 2012 file photo, how he had his hands tied behind a chair as he recounts the details of his torture and the authorities' reprisals against his family after Chen Guangcheng's flight last week