Blind civil-rights activist Chen Guangcheng, who gained international
recognition for taking on China's one-child policy and other causes, set off a
diplomatic firestorm last year when he escaped house arrest in China and fled to
the US Embassy in Beijing. Read more
"The life of an activist is still pretty brutal because the Communist Party can
use any measure at any time to either illegally lock you up at home or put you
in jail or break up your family, and it can happen at any time." Chen Guangcheng
