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A group of Chinese tourists arrived in the city of Iwaki on Sunday, becoming the first tour group from the mainland to visit Fukushima Prefecture since the Great East Japan Earthquake. The group flew into Ibaraki airport in Ibaraki Prefecture from Shanghai earlier in the day and transferred to buses for the ride to the resort city. (Japan Times, 2012-05-20 22:18:00) | |
 | Chen Guangcheng, the blind dissident, spent a "bittersweet" first day of freedom in New York, beginning a new life in America even as the Chinese government continued to his detain friends and relatives. (telegraph.co.uk, 2012-05-20 19:28:16) |
 | A group of Chinese fishermen apparently detained by North Koreans nearly two weeks ago have been released, according to Chinese state media. (Wall Street Journal, 2012-05-20 19:22:00) |
 | After leaving Beijing's Capital Airport Saturday evening with his wife and two children, blind dissident and self-taught lawyer Chen Guangcheng has touched down at Newark-Liberty International Airport and headed straight for New York University. [ more › ] (Shanghaiist, 2012-05-20 19:19:14) |
 | Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in New York to begin a new life in the United States (Guardian Unlimited, 2012-05-20 18:50:14) |
| Blind activist begins exile in US with call for greater rule of law at home as supporters fear for those left behind Supporters of Chen Guangcheng have warned that his family and friends in China are still at risk after the blind activist arrived in New York to begin a new life in the United States. Chen — whose daring escape from house arrest last month prompted a diplomatic crisis — arrived on Saturday night to cheering crowds, and used his first speech to press for greater rule of law... (Guardian Unlimited, 2012-05-20 18:43:05) |
| Chen Guangcheng's departure from China raises difficult questions ranging from the fate of his extended family and allies to his ability to spur change at home, even as he enjoyed his first taste of freedom in seven years following his arrival in the U.S. (Wall Street Journal, 2012-05-20 17:02:00) |
 | Chinese leader Hu Jintao has agreed to have public security chief Zhou Yongkang investigated, the Epoch Times has learned from well-placed sources in Beijing. (Epoch Times, 2012-05-20 16:16:14) |
| Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao declared that policies meant to prevent a rapid economic slowdown must be applied decisively, suggesting that Beijing is leaving the door open for more-aggressive measures. (Wall Street Journal, 2012-05-20 16:03:00) |
 | TAIPEI - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou began his second term in office on Sunday with a forecast for deeper relations with old rival China. But he said a formal peace accord was not urgent. His comments came amid two days of street demonstrations.
The Taiwanese president, who was first elected in 2008 on pledges to ease tension with rising military power China, said he would stick to that course. President Ma Ying-jeou said he expected more deals like the 16 trade, transit and ... (Voice of America, 2012-05-20 15:02:42) |
 | I attended the TEDxShanghai event today (May 20, 2012) at the Shanghai Concert Hall. TED means Technology, Entertainment, and Design. It was started in mid-1980s, and kept the vision of “Ideas worth spreading”. The famous TED main conference in California … Continue reading → (Wangjianshuo's Blog, 2012-05-20 14:23:57) |
| The human rights activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in the United States to begin a new life after fleeing from house arrest in China. (telegraph.co.uk, 2012-05-20 14:01:56) |
 | A blast in a tunnel has killed 20 workers at a road construction site in central China. (Independent, 2012-05-20 11:13:11) |
| A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the US, ending a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested US-China relations. (Independent, 2012-05-20 11:11:47) |
 | Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in New York with his wife and children to begin a new life in the United States. (BBC NEWS, 2012-05-20 10:36:55) |
 | With a few notable — if hard to find — exceptions, microblogs, Web sites and traditional media ignored the arrival of Chen Guangcheng in New York, or were censored. But the campaign against 'foreign trash' continued. (New York Times, 2012-05-20 10:05:01) |
| You wouldn't think something as ordinary as an egg would repel so many expat eaters. However, in China, egg options can be far from ordinary with eggs stewed in schoolboy urine, eggs that bounce like squash balls, and of course, century eggs. Though probably the least odd of China's odd egg roster, the century egg gained notoriety last year when a CNNgo reporter dubbed it "the most revolting food he'd ever had," enraging century egg producers and fanatics alike. We hoped to discover whether the... (Shanghaiist, 2012-05-20 09:25:00) |
| Chen Guangcheng, the blind activist Chinese activist who escaped from house arrest and fled to the American embassy in Beijing, arrived to a new life in the US last night. (telegraph.co.uk, 2012-05-20 06:40:21) |
| Following his arrival in the U.S., Chen Guangcheng, his wife and their two children were taken to his New York University’s residence on Mercer Street in lower Manhattan at [...] (Epoch Times, 2012-05-20 05:49:23) |
 | Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng arrived Saturday evening in the United States, bringing an end to a diplomatic firestorm that erupted after he escaped from house arrest and took to YouTube to complain about abuse he said his family suffered at the hands of authorities. (CNN NEWS, 2012-05-20 03:13:42) |
| Chen Guangcheng, the blind legal advocate whose escape from house arrest jolted relations between the United States and China, landed in Newark on Saturday. (New York Times, 2012-05-20 02:06:16) |
 | In a sudden end to a diplomatic stalemate, blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng was brought to the U.S. Elaine Quijano reports on Chen's journey and an apparent positive turn in U.S.-China relations. (CBS News, 2012-05-20 02:03:27) |
| Chen Guangcheng arrived at Newark's Liberty International Airport on Saturday night, a face-saving sign of a maturing superpower rivalry between the United States and China. But this is not detente. (New York Times, 2012-05-20 01:49:07) |
 | Chen Guangcheng, the blind legal advocate whose escape from house arrest jolted relations between the United States and China, landed in Newark on Saturday. (International Herald Tribune, 2012-05-20 01:47:18) |
| British food and drink producers and retailers are proving there really is a market for selling tea to China British favourites such as baked beans and cream of mushroom soup have proved an unlikely hit with Chinese shoppers at Marks & Spencer's flagship store in downtown Shanghai. But it doesn't stop there – shoppers are also stocking up on frozen salmon or cod fillets, ready-made frozen curries, chocolate-chip cookies and porridge oats. Everything is shipped in from Britain. There is... (Guardian Unlimited, 2012-05-20 01:06:03) |
| Plane with Chinese human rights activist on board touches down in Newark a month after his dramatic escape from house arrest The blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has arrived to begin a new life in the United States – the final leg of a dramatic, month-long escape from house arrest in rural China. His flight, United Airlines UA88, had departed for Newark almost two hours late from Beijing international airport as a thunderstorm rolled in – a suitably tempestuous climax to one of the... (Guardian Unlimited, 2012-05-20 01:01:09) |
| China suddenly allowed a blind legal activist, Chen Guangcheng, to leave a hospital in Beijing yesterday and board a plane bound for the United States, in a move that could signal the end of a diplomatic stand-off between the two countries. (Independent, 2012-05-20 01:00:01) |
| United Airlines Flight 88, carrying Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng and his family, has landed in the United States at Newark airport near New York City.
The blind activist departed Beijing earlier Saturday marking the end of a month-long diplomatic tussle between China and The United States, following Chen's escape from house arrest.
Chen, his wife and their two children, received their passports at Beijing's international airport, shortly before boarding the ... (Voice of America, 2012-05-20 00:50:54) |
| Self-taught lawyer at center of recent U.S.-China tussle arrives at Newark airport with family (CBS News, 2012-05-20 00:39:18) |
| Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng lands at Newark airport near New York, after his escape to the US embassy in Beijing sparked a diplomatic crisis. (BBC NEWS, 2012-05-20 00:33:23) |
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