TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Chinese dissident known for regularly commemorating the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square fled to Taiwan on Friday and pleaded for help ...

Chen Siming pleads for safe passage to US, saying his situation is ‘dangerous and urgent’ amid Beijing’s pursuit of him A Chinese dissident who has taken refuge in a Taiwan airport during a stopover ...

Chinese political activist Chen Siming, who had been stranded at Taiwan airport to avoid arrest by Beijing, has been granted asylum in Canada. Siming fled his country after receiving a call from ...

Chinese dissident Chen Siming (陳思明) yesterday urged the government not to deport him back to China after he refused to board a plane at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport during a stopover on a ...

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