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April 30th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Chen, a self-taught lawyer, fled house arrest in Shandong province with the
help of supporters from under the noses of dozens of guards and subsequently
recorded a video alleging abuses against him and his family.
Relatives and some of those who helped him escape have since disappeared into
Chinese custody, Hu and other activists have said.
Although the US has refused to confirm reports he is in the embassy,
Washington and Beijing are
said to be ironing out a deal to secure asylum for the blind
activist.
The US-based ChinaAid group thought to have played a part in Mr Chen’s daring
escape from house arrest have said that his future will be decided “very
soon”. Bob Fu, who runs the Texas-based ChinaAid, said he has heard from
“both sides” that a decision was imminent. “I was told the Chinese
top leaders are deliberating and that an official response is expected from
them in the next day or so,” said Mr Fu.
The high-profile legal activist is at the centre of a diplomatic storm between
Washington and Beijing, after slipping past the cordon of guards who have
surrounded his home for almost 20 months on April 22. He reportedly took
refuge inside the US embassy last Thursday afternoon. While there has been
no official confirmation that Mr Chen is on American territory, his friend
and fellow dissident Hu Jia told the Daily Telegraph today that after being
detained himself over the weekend by the Chinese security services he is
certain the 40-year-old is inside the embassy and has met with the US
ambassador Gary Locke
“Judging by the questions the agents were asking me, I am positive Chen is in
the US embassy,” said Mr Hu, who was held for 24 hours. “They mainly asked
me about how Chen managed to escape, how he got to Beijing and when and how
he entered the US embassy and when he met Mr Locke.” Mr Hu spent time with
Mr Chen last week, who told him that he wanted to remain in China and
continue to fight human rights abuses rather than seek asylum in the US.
But such is the attention his case has received worldwide, it is now unlikely
that Beijing will want him to stay in China, where he would become a
rallying figure for the growing numbers of Chinese activists. There is
increasing speculation that Mr Chen, who has been blind since early
childhood and who injured his leg during his escape, may be given permission
to travel to the US for medical treatment.
The only other dissident to have been allowed to shelter in the US embassy,
the astrophysicist Fang Lizhi, was allowed to leave China on medical
grounds, despite his role in the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen
Square. Any deal is likely to include Mr Chen’s wife and daughter who remain
in the family home in Dongshigu in eastern Shandong Province, completely cut
off from the outside world.
Both Washington and Beijing are anxious for a decision to be made before
Thursday and the start of the annual Strategic Economic dialogue, when
Hilary Clinton and US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner will meet with the
Chinese leadership in Beijing. With North Korea threatening a new nuclear
test in the next couple of weeks and urgent trade issues to discuss, neither
the US nor China will want to see the summit overshadowed by Mr Chen.
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