When forced abortion opponent and blind attorney Chen Guangcheng escaped house arrest in China last week and fled to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, he touched off what some are calling the most significant challenge to U.S.-China relations since the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989.
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Bronze Medalist Put Life First
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A British runner who gave up her Olympic dreams in 2004 after refusing to abort an unplanned pregnancy will come home a hero after winning a bronze medal in Beijing.
Chinese Deport Americans for Praying in Beijing
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff WRiter
Three Americans had a first-hand experience of the notorious religious persecution of communist China when they were arrested in Beijing, questioned for hours, then deported back to the United States. Their crime? Praying in public.
