Chen Guangcheng

The week in radio: The Reith Lectures; In Their Own Words; Trump and the Politics of Paranoia

Stephen Hawking takes us inside black holes. And a Chinese dissident tells his story

Miranda Sawyer

31, Jan, 2016 @7:00 AM

China targets lawyers in new human rights crackdown

More than 100 legal professionals and activists have been questioned or detained with strong attacks in state media against those affected

Jennifer Duggan in Shanghai

13, Jul, 2015 @9:20 AM

The Barefoot Lawyer by Chen Guangcheng review – a story of imprisonment, escape and tenacity

The shocking memoir of a blind activist and self-taught lawyer who became the figurehead for the Chinese civil rights movement

Julia Lovell

23, Apr, 2015 @9:00 AM

Chen Guangcheng visits Taiwan

Blind activist in effective exile from China goes on speaking tour as claims swirl about his departure from New York University

Staff and agencies

23, Jun, 2013 @7:16 AM

Chen Guangcheng says Chinese pressure forced him out of NYU

University says Chinese activist's fellowship has come to an end and the matter has nothing to do with Beijing

Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing

17, Jun, 2013 @8:03 AM

Chen Guangcheng's nephew 'refused life-saving surgery in Chinese prison'

Chen Kegui, whose activist uncle fled house arrest last year, is said to need life-saving appendicitis operation

Tania Branigan in Beijing

30, Apr, 2013 @9:54 AM

Activist who faced police harassment in China is in US

Lu Haitao is said to be in Washington as dissidents in China face clampdown before key political meetings in Beijing

Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing

08, Mar, 2013 @12:26 PM

Chen Guangcheng: 'When people overcome fear, change is inevitable'

Exiled Chinese dissident and self-taught lawyer has become a potent symbol of resilience and empowerment

Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing

21, Dec, 2012 @1:37 PM

Chen Guangcheng's nephew jailed after snap trial

Chinese court sentences Chen Kegui to more than three years in prison for assaulting officials after uncle fled house arrest

Tania Branigan in Beijing

30, Nov, 2012 @12:28 PM

Chinese activist's nephew goes on trial at short notice

Chen Kegui is charged with 'intentional injury' for assaulting officials who raided his home after his uncle fled house arrest

Tania Branigan in Beijing

30, Nov, 2012 @7:35 AM

Chinese activist Feng Zhenghu held under Shanghai house arrest

Dissident most famous for Narita airport sit-in has been prevented from leaving his home since February

Tania Branigan in Shanghai

11, Jun, 2012 @9:21 AM

Chen Guangcheng accuses China of retaliating to his arrival in the US

Chinese dissident and lawyer says his family is being threatened in China after he escaped detention from his home country

Paul Harris in New York

31, May, 2012 @4:09 PM

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