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Bale “Should Be Embarrassed” By Chen Guangcheng Visit

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman told reporters that Christian Bale, not China, should be embarrassed by his confrontation with guards outside the Shandong village of Dongshigu last week. Bale was attempting to visit legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who has been under house arrest with his family for over a year. From Reuters: Bale was in China for the premiere of his latest film, “The Flowers