Thread: Blind Chinese activist Chen in US

guess china tire of spending half million/yr to monitor him/his family, see an opportunity to get rid of him/his family and let US taxpayer to pay his flight, living expense, handicap, medcare, disability care, living cost for him and his family etc while thousands american student can't afford to school who speak better english and has better grades than him.

Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday after China allowed him to leave a hospital in Beijing in a move that could end a diplomatic tussle between the two countries, NBC News reported.


Follow @msnbc_world Chen's escape from house arrest in northeastern China last month and subsequent stay in the U.S. Embassy was a huge embarrassment for China and led to a diplomatic rift while U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was visiting Beijing for talks to improve ties between the world's two biggest economies.


A United Airlines plane carrying Chen, his wife and two children, landed in at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday, said NBC News' Bo Gu, who was on board the flight.

During his flight out of China, Chen told Gu that he had to escape because his health was deteriorating quickly. He had a cast on his right leg but said he is recovering from an injury sustained during his escape.

He said he believes China’s central government is good-willed and all the evil done to him and his family was by the Shandong authorities. He said he hopes the central government will investigate.

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http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news...8719#c66188719

If you're going to insult someone's proficiency in English, it's best to demonstrate your own first.

Originally Posted by Serfin' USA

If you're going to insult someone's proficiency in English, it's best to demonstrate your own first.

well guess you like to pay some foreigner for their school and housing instead american. serfin USA or screw american

Hell, if you think this sort of thing costs a lot, look at how much we've thrown at banks, auto companies, and the military industrial complex.

Providing asylum for some random activist doesn't bother me much in the grand scheme of things.

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has been offered a visiting scholar position at New York University and as a fellow at New York University's law school, he was given an apartment that is part of faculty housing. The university has given him a safe haven to ease Sino-US tension over China's treatment of rights activists and Chen could go back to China quickly at the end of the year.

Originally Posted by Serfin' USA

If you're going to insult someone's proficiency in English, it's best to demonstrate your own first.

Chen's English may be so good that Rep. Christopher H. Smith, a Republican Congressman from New Jersey, had to get a Chinese pastor (who was kneeling beside the congressman) to translate for him.

Texas pastor a key player in Chen Guangcheng case
http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/chen-guangcheng

Chen Guangcheng Phones Into U.S. Congressional Hearing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZDFt7v6HAc

Please also refer to A blindman's game

Originally Posted by s002wjh

guess china tire of spending half million/yr to monitor him/his family, see an opportunity to get rid of him/his family and let US taxpayer to pay his flight, living expense, handicap, medcare, disability care, living cost for him and his family etc while thousands american student can't afford to school who speak better english and has better grades than him.

Students from Asia go to America, Europe, Australia etc all the time on scholarships. Nothing new and nothing unsual. The difference with Chen Guangcheng is that he's high profile.

Originally Posted by lizarddust

Students from Asia go to America, Europe, Australia etc all the time on scholarships. Nothing new and nothing unsual. The difference with Chen Guangcheng is that he's high profile.

If any Tom, Dick, or Harry can be qualified for a scholarship to a university despite his low or even zero standard in the language of study, the high regard for scholarship will fall to ground level as time goes on.

Originally Posted by reedak

If any Tom, Dick, or Harry can be qualified for a scholarship to a university despite his low or even zero standard in the language of study, the high regard for scholarship will fall to ground level as time goes on.

You haven't got a clue what you are prattling on about.

Students being sent from undeveloped countries to developed countries on scholarships go through a thorough selection process by way of English language proficiency and academia. Not every Tom, Dick or Harriette are chosen. For English language alone, students are tested via IELTS,,, and believe me, there would be native English speakers who would fare poorly in an IELTS test.

This is how it works in Laos with the Australian Development Scholarships and the Fullbright scholarships to America. Other countries will be the same.

Originally Posted by lizarddust

.....Students being sent from undeveloped countries to developed countries on scholarships go through a thorough selection process by way of English language proficiency and academia.....For English language alone, students are tested via IELTS....and believe me, there would be native English speakers who would fare poorly in an IELTS test......

The problem is that our blind friend does not know even a single word of English. Just tell me how many marks he can get in an IELTS test. The only advantage he has over others is that no matter how much (lizard) dust you throw in his eyes, he won't feel anything.