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Where Is Chen Guangcheng Right Now? Hebei Province

On the left of that ancient gate is the new town of Zhangjiakou, a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province. On the right is Old Town. Now you know. Here's a refresher on why we're tracking Chen Guangcheng's progress across China. Hebei, as you know, borders Beijing, so in all likelihood Chen will be back at the US Embassy -- or wherever he's supposed to be, and where the censors say he's not -- in time for ...

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Where Is Chen Guangcheng Right Now? Nanjing

Chen Guangcheng's flight was delayed, so he didn't have much time in Nanjing. He did, however, manage to take a picture on the seven-kilometer "Spirit Way" in the Ming Dynasty Tombs. Look at him there, so strapping, with the Bactrian camels behind him ready to kowtow to his gait. By the way, there are also "unicorns" on Spirit Way. Chen much prefers them to horses, because unicorns are freakin' awesome. Som ...

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Where Is Chen Guangcheng Right Now? Maybe Beijing

Reuters (and everyone else) is reporting that "blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is under U.S. protection in Beijing": Texas-based ChinaAid said it "learned from a source close to the Chen Guangcheng situation that Chen is under U.S. protection and high level talks are currently under way between U.S. and Chinese officials regarding Chen's status." All of this is unconfirmed, but healthy skepticism asi ...

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Where Is Chen Guangcheng Right Now? Kunming (Also, He Speaks On Video)

On his way from Dali to Kunming, the blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng made the bus driver pull over so he could personally pull a truck out of a roadside ditch. As the truck held several rows of cages containing dogs headed to the slaughterhouse, Chen convinced the driver of the virtues of "man's best friend," and upon the end of his oratory the surrounding crowd was so moved as to adopt every last mut ...

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Where Is Chen Guangcheng Right Now? Dali

Activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng escaped from house arrest in Linyi, Shandong province on Sunday. Some say he's at the US Embassy, while others deny it. Very few people know for sure, though two hours ago, he was at Lijiang's Black Dragon Pool. But judging by the picture above, it appears he's now under the clouds in a village in Dali. Although the way the blind move around these days, eluding village thugs, ...

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Where Is Chen Guangcheng Right Now? Lijiang

Activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng escaped from house arrest in Linyi, Shandong province on Sunday. Some say he's at the US Embassy, while others deny it. Very few people know for sure. But judging by the picture above, it appears he's at Lijiang's Black Dragon Pool at the foot of Elephant Hill in Old Town. Although the way the blind move around these days, eluding village thugs, I wouldn't be surprised if Che ...

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