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Activists Suffer Fallout from Chen’s Escape

While Chen Guangcheng is safe in New York, and the local government’s former grip on his home village has, for now, relaxed, the consequences of his escape continue to be felt far beyond Dongshigu. In Beijing, activist Hu Jia was held overnight on Tuesday in order, he suspects, to prevent him from visiting Chen’s relatives in Shandong [zh]. Feng Zhenghu may be best known for his three-m