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Chen Guangcheng - doesn't pass the sniff test
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bwilson4web
May 3, 2012, 6:04:05 AM5/3/12
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These circumstances suggests something else is going on:
o days before Sec. Clinton heads to China, Chen 'escapes' from house
arrest
o travels hundreds of miles to sneak into the USA embassy
o stays six days, nothing much happens, no story
o changes mind and decides to stay in China and after assurances,
leaves
o reaches the hospital and now claims we told him his wife would be
beaten to death
o wants to fly out with Sec. Clinton
Personally, I think the embassy should take his application to
emigrate; thank him, and; add it to the existing list. This guy sounds
more like a spoiled kid . . . "a useful idiot" . . . than someone
serious. So what should be done?
I'd like to see one of the Republican, former candidates head over to
China and 'negotiate' picking up this nutcase. Perhaps one of their
Vice President wanna-be should head over to 'make his bones.' Sort of
a Jessie Jackson in reverse.
Bob Wilson
o days before Sec. Clinton heads to China, Chen 'escapes' from house
arrest
o travels hundreds of miles to sneak into the USA embassy
o stays six days, nothing much happens, no story
o changes mind and decides to stay in China and after assurances,
leaves
o reaches the hospital and now claims we told him his wife would be
beaten to death
o wants to fly out with Sec. Clinton
Personally, I think the embassy should take his application to
emigrate; thank him, and; add it to the existing list. This guy sounds
more like a spoiled kid . . . "a useful idiot" . . . than someone
serious. So what should be done?
I'd like to see one of the Republican, former candidates head over to
China and 'negotiate' picking up this nutcase. Perhaps one of their
Vice President wanna-be should head over to 'make his bones.' Sort of
a Jessie Jackson in reverse.
Bob Wilson
bwilson4web
May 4, 2012, 4:35:32 PM5/4/12
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The latest news suggests he'll get a 'student visa.' Sad to say, to
the USA but let those who think he is hotness take care of him.
Bob Wilson
the USA but let those who think he is hotness take care of him.
Bob Wilson
bwilson4web
May 18, 2012, 8:35:10 AM5/18/12
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"BEIJING - Exiled Chinese dissident Wu'er Kaixi once held the second
spot on China's list of "most wanted" student leaders for his role in
the Tiananmen Square protests. On Friday, Wu'er plans to turn himself
in to officials at the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C., for a
chance to return home. Wu'er, who has lived in exile for 23 years,
hopes to copy fellow dissident Chen Guangcheng's dramatic and much-
publicized journey "in a reverse way.""
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-05-18/chinese-dissident-hopes-for-arrest/55051752/1
How original . . . NOT.
Bob Wilson
bwilson4web
May 19, 2012, 8:20:24 AM5/19/12
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> > On May 3, 5:04 am, bwilson4web <bwilson4...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > These circumstances suggests something else is going on:
>
"Mr. Chen left Beijing on a United Airlines flight bound for Newark
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> > > These circumstances suggests something else is going on:
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with his wife and two children at around 5:30 p.m. after facing
earlier delays.
. . .
One of China’s best known dissidents, Mr. Chen, 40, made an improbable
escape last month from home confinement, scaling walls and evading the
dozens of guards who were charged with keeping him and his family
locked up in their Shandong Province farmhouse.
With the help of Chinese activists, Mr. Chen made his way to Beijing,
and days later, into the American diplomatic compound. During several
days of tense negotiations between American and Chinese officials, Mr.
Chen insisted he wanted to stay in China — as long as the safety of he
and his family could be guaranteed. Exile, he said, would effectively
silence his voice.
A deal was reached, but Mr. Chen grew fearful and changed his mind in
the hours after leaving the embassy. A fresh crisis ensued — with the
Obama administration accused of pressuring him to leave the embassy —
and another agreement was forged. The Chinese government agreed to
allow Mr. Chen to attend New York University on a fellowship."
I'm reminded of a Chinese official who when challenged that some
policy was 'capitalism' replied,
"We will use what works and call it Communism."
The Chinese have turned over care and feeding of Chen to the USA. For
him and his family, I'm glad but removed from the society he grew up
in, he'll soon discover the outside world is not home. It will be
interesting to see how he adapts or more accurately, how his kids find
success in their new home. But I can't forget the "improbable escape."
o timing - to coincide with Sec. Clinton's trip
o hundreds of miles of travel with a broken foot
o reaches the embassy and 'safe home'
o asks our embassy to remain in China
o at hospital, changes mind and wants to leave
Somehow I get the impression the folks who really wanted Chen out of
China were in the Chinese government and 'greased the skids.' The
escape has closed the Chen private prison that was his home. I suspect
the Chinese are not likely to let Wu'er Kaixi back in because he adds
costs with no benefit to the Chinese.
The label "Japan Inc" in reality is a model that S. Korea and now
China have adopted. These Pacific tigers has blended business and
government into a unified whole. The only question remaining is when
N. Korea will 'get a clue.'
Bob Wilson
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