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Chinese Democracy Activist Wang Released By TED ANTHONY, Associated Press Writer BEIJING - A longtime Chinese activist who helped organize the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and later co-founded a democracy party was released from prison on Thursday and left for the United States, a human rights activist said. The medical parole of Wang Youcai, on the heels of another prisoner release and a sentence reduction for a third activist, suggests the Chinese government is moving on cases the United States has identified as priorities. Wang left the Zhejiang No. 1 prison in southern China early Thursday, said goodbye to his...

Chinese Activist Released, Joins Another Dissident in Rhode Island Mar 5, 2004 By Brooke Donald / Associated Press Writer WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - An activist who helped organize the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests appeared stunned as he was hugged and given flowers after his arrival in Rhode Island to meet a fellow dissident. Wang Youcai, 37, a physicist, had been given medical parole and was released after six years in a southern China prison. He arrived at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick on Thursday night and said he was overwhelmed with his new freedom. "I'm not sure what exactly is...