Posted on 05/04/2012 2:49:28 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
BEIJING (CNN) -- China said Friday that the Chinese activist at the center of a diplomatic storm has the right to apply to study abroad...
If Chen Guangcheng wants to go overseas to study, "as a Chinese citizen, he may apply like other Chinese citizens"...
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The Chinese comments came as U.S.diplomats spoke by phone with Chen, who is currently in a Beijing hospital. The officials also met with Chen's wife,Yuan Weijing, in person, according to a senior State Department official who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter.
The U.S. officials had been scheduled to visit Chen as part of the deal worked out between the United States and China under which Chen left the U.S.Embassy in Beijing, where he had taken refuge for six days after escaping from house arrest.
It appears to be the second day in a row that U.S. diplomats have been prevented from meeting with Chen in person.
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Cohen said he was hopeful a deal could be reached to get Chen out of China.
"They're practical people," he said, referring to China's leaders. "They're going to want to get rid of him and his family in the most humane appearance possible."
.....several of his friends and family members have been detained or are unaccounted for.
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Chen's case has touched a nerve in China, where CNN International's broadcast has been blocked in recent days during the network's stories about him.
Comments from Chinese officials reported by state media have criticized what they call "interference" by Washington.
"This is totally unacceptable to China," Liu, the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said... He demanded an apology from the United States.
Nevertheless....Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner -- met Thursday and Friday in Beijing for scheduled talks about strategic and economic issues......
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband former U.S. President Bill Clinton attend a State Dinner in honor of President of China Hu Jintao at the White House in Washington (Jim Young Reuters, REUTERS / January 20, 2011)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sits with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping [R] during a dinner at the Diaoyutai Guest House in Beijing May 3, 2012 – Reuters/Shannon Stapleton
It’s called finesse......
The blind guy incident has been finessed
Can “apply” to study abroad?
Yeah, and I can go down and buy a lottery ticket too.
Doesn’t mean I gonna win.
Chinese Official: “Psych!!!” (hehehe)
On a side note...
Ever notice how much happier (looking) Hillary is when she’s drinking???
Ever notice how someone who looks awful in red, wears it so often?
Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim (C) walks off stage with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (L) after U.S. President Barack Obama (not pictured) named Kim as his nominee to be the next president of the World Bank, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, March 23, 2012. (Jonathan Ernst/Courtesy Reuters)
Ever notice how much happier (looking) Hillary is when she’s drinking???
I was going to say the same thing.
Foreign leaders are probably plying her with liquor and then getting top secret information from her.
Can “apply” to study abroad?
Yeah, and I can go down and buy a lottery ticket too.
Doesn’t mean I gonna win.
They will let him go. There is no upside for them keeping him. Plus they have completely embarrassed obama. They made him look like a fool.
Yeah...in Cuba.
North Korea is best for blind Chinese activists.
Whatever school he chooses to study in, though, he will be despised by the lefties.
(Except, of course, the cute young ladies serving beverages at the event.)....
Hilary and Barry. Pure unadulterated evil when representing the United States across the table from that Communist Chinese.
No alcohol needed in her case. She would give it freely. Clinton campaign donors already gave the Red Chinese top secret missile and electronics technology.
She is quite the lush, isn’t she?
Well, I guess I feel guilty about contributing to her addiction...
I could drive anyone to drink, and in this casde, my tax dollars are working to that end.../sarc
hehehe
Well, I guess I feel guilty about contributing to her addiction...
I could drive anyone to drink, and in this casde, my tax dollars are working to that end.../sarc
hehehe
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