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• China dissident arrives in the US
• Professor: Chinese Activist's 'Spirit Is Good'
• Chen Guangcheng in US
• TED: Nathan Wolfe: What's left to explore? - Nathan Wolfe (2012)
• Listening Post - China: Soft power or hard sell?

China dissident arrives in the US Posted: 19 May 2012 09:31 PM PDT China dissident arrives in the US The Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng is spending his first night on US soil. He has already thanked the US for helping him leave China. Chen caused embarrassment to Beijing when he escaped house arrest last month. He scaled a wall and made his way to the US embassy - despite being blind. Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler reports from New York. From: AlJazeeraEnglish Views: 986 29 ratings Time: 01:33 More in News & Politics

Professor: Chinese Activist's 'Spirit Is Good' Posted: 21 May 2012 05:20 AM PDT Professor: Chinese Activist's 'Spirit Is Good' A day after leaving China, Chen Guangcheng spent a sunny Sunday in New York sitting in a wheelchair as shrieking children went running by. (May 21) From: AssociatedPress Views: 62 2 ratings Time: 01:15 More in News & Politics

Chen Guangcheng in US Posted: 21 May 2012 07:26 AM PDT Chen Guangcheng in US China allows Chen Guangcheng to flee to the US but, Stan Grant finds an ongoing brutal dissident crackdown in China. From: CNN Views: 158 2 ratings Time: 02:49 More in News & Politics

TED: Nathan Wolfe: What's left to explore? - Nathan Wolfe (2012) Posted: 21 May 2012 07:38 AM PDT We've been to the moon, we've mapped the continents, we've even been to the deepest point in the ocean -- twice. What's left for the next generation to explore? Biologist and explorer Nathan Wolfe suggests this answer: Almost everything. And we can start, he says, with the world of the unseeably small. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Listening Post - China: Soft power or hard sell? Posted: 19 May 2012 01:46 AM PDT Listening Post - China: Soft power or hard sell? On Listening Post this week: Soft power or hard sell? China's new media strategy. Plus, beating censorship in Zimbabwe by dialling in the news. Over the past few weeks, stories coming out of China have dominated the global headlines. First came the Bo Xilai political scandal, followed by the story of Chen Guangcheng, the blind dissident, and more recently, the expulsion of Al Jazeera's sole China correspondent Melissa Chan. Chinese authorities have yet to specify the reasons why Chen was not allowed to stay, and it has left room for speculation, mostly negative, in the Western media. From: AlJazeeraEnglish Views: 778 14 ratings Time: 25:09 More in News & Politics