Blind Chinese Activist

• Brother of blind Chinese dissident escapes village

  The older brother of the blind Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, who triggered a diplomatic row between Beijing and Washington has escaped his heavily guarded home and arrived in the capital Thursday, a rights lawyer said.

• Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng to get passport 'within 15 days'

  Blind activist Chen Guangcheng said on Thursday that China had agreed to issue him a passport within 15 days, allowing him to go to the United States, after a bitter row between Beijing and Washington.

• Blind Chinese activist wants to leave China, fears for family's safety

  Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng says he now fears for his family's safety, and wants to leave the country. Speaking by phone from his hospital room in Beijing on today, he told The Associated Press that US officials informed him that Chinese authorities threatened to beat his wife to death had he not left the American Embassy.

• China rushes to erase activist from social media

  A well-known blind activist's escape from house arrest in China has set off a cat-and-mouse conflict on the Internet between censors and netizens. As word of Cheng Guangcheng's flight surfaced and spread last Friday, admirers rushed to popular Chinese social media to cheer him on - and the censors swung into action to block key phrases.

• Romney urges US to protect China activist

  White House hopeful Mitt Romney on Sunday urged the US officials to do all they can to protect a Chinese activist who is said to have fled to the US embassy and has vowed to confront Beijing over human rights.

• Fugitive Chinese activist 'under US protection'

  A leading Chinese activist who escaped from house arrest last weekend is now under US "protection" and Washington and Beijing are in talks over his status, an overseas rights group said on Saturday.