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The Barefoot Lawyer
Blinded by illness when he was an infant, Chen Guangcheng was lucky to survive his impoverished childhood. Yet despite his disability, he was determined to become a lawyer and fight for the rights of his country's poor, especially the legion of women who had endured forced sterilization under the hated 'one child' policy. His activism soon led to repeated harassment by the Chinese authorities and, ultimately, Chen was placed under house arrest. But one morning in April 2012, he climbed over the wall of his heavily guarded home and escaped. With a foreword by the Dalai Lama, The Barefoot Lawyer is the electrifying story of a man who has never accepted limits and always believed in the power of the human spirit to overcome any obstacle. It is both a riveting memoir and a revealing portrait of modern China.
The Barefoot Lawyer
“[Chen’s] story is a reminder that the desire for basic human rights . . . arises from the deep well of the human spirit.”—The New York Times Book Review It was like a scene out of a thriller: One night in April 2012, China’s most famous political activist—a blind, self-taught lawyer—climbed over the wall of his heavily guarded home and escaped. After he turned up at the American embassy in Beijing, high-level negotiations finally led to his release and a new life in the United States. Chen Guangcheng is a unique figure on the world stage, but his story is even more remarkable than we knew. The son of a poor farmer in rural China, he was determined to educate himself and fight for the rights of his country’s poor, despite his disability. Repeatedly harassed, beaten, and imprisoned by Chinese authorities, in the end Chen made the most dangerous choice of all: freedom. Both a riveting memoir and a revealing portrait of modern China, The Barefoot Lawyer tells the story of a man who has never accepted limits and always believed in the power of the human spirit to overcome any obstacle.
The Barefoot Lawyer
It was like a scene out of a thriller: one morning in April 2012, China's most famous political activist- a blind, self-taught lawyer - climbed over the wall of his heavily guarded home and escaped. For days, his whereabouts remained unknown; after he turned up at the American embassy in Beijing, a furious round of high-level negotiations finally led to his release and a new life in the United States. Chen Guangcheng is a unique figure on the world stage, but his story is even more remarkable than we knew. The son of a poor farmer in rural China, blinded by illness when he was an infant, Chen was fortunate to survive a difficult childhood. But despite his disability, he was determined to edu...
Recent Developments and History of the Chen Guangcheng Case
The story of Chen Guangcheng has been extraordinary and inspirational from the beginning. Blinded by a childhood illness, Chen pushed past profound barriers to school himself in Chinese law and became an advocate for the rights of the vulnerable, including disabled persons and rural farmers. Years later when local villagers told him of their stories of forced abortions and forced sterilizations, Chen and his wife Yuan Weixing documented these stories, later building briefs for a class action lawsuit against the officials involved. Their efforts gained international news media attention in 2005, and their challenge to China's draconian population control policies spurred harsh and extended official retaliation, including torture and beatings.
Chen Guangcheng
Chen Guangcheng : his case, cause, family, and those who are helping him : hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, May 15, 2012.
China
This book provides an overview on the contemporary political system of China, the world's second largest economic power, one of five permanent members of the United National Security Council, and the only Communist Party-led authoritarian state in the G-20 grouping of major economies. By introducing some of the distinct features and governance challenges of China's political culture, this book aims to help Congress understand the ways in which political actors in China interact, or in some cases, fail to interact, with implications for China's relationship with its neighbours and the world. Also discussed is China's formal political structures; and the diplomacy and human rights implications of Chinese legal advocate Chen Guangcheng.
