US, China Forge Outlines Of A Deal To Send Chinese Activist Abroad And End Diplomatic Standoff -- Washington Post
Beijing (CNN) -- The diplomatic drama over Chen Guangcheng showed promising signs of a resolution Friday, with China indicating the activist could apply to travel to the United States and New York University announcing it has invited him to be a visiting scholar.
China was incensed after Chen, who broke out of house arrest, sought refuge at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. He left the embassy after six days and went to a hospital, where he was reunited with his wife and their two children.
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