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Cautious Optimism for Chen Guangcheng US Visit

At The New York Times, Philip Pan describes Chen Guangcheng’s story so far:My friendship with Mr. Chen began in the summer of 2005, when a New York University professor, Jerome A. Cohen, arranged for us to meet at a teahouse in Beijing. Mr. Chen had traveled to the capital from his home in rural Shandong Province, and he told me about his plans to sue local officials for breaking the law by