OMFG - Chen and his family have been given permission to study in the US

[malaise]

He has been accepted at the American University
Willard Rmoney fugged up again.
Go Hillary! GObama!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Do you have a link, my dear malaise?

There's been a lot of confusion with this story...

[malaise]

3. Bashir was explaining it but here is a link

http://www.kmjnow.com/pages/landing?Chen-Granted-Fellowship-in-America=1&blockID=604740&feedID=806
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The U.S. and China forged the outlines of a deal Friday to end a diplomatic standoff over legal activist Chen Guangcheng, with Beijing saying he can apply to go abroad for study and Washington saying he has been offered an American fellowship.

After three days of fraught, behind-the-scenes and emotional calls by Chen from a guarded hospital room, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said progress had been made in granting the activist's wish to take his family abroad.
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[pinboy3niner]

6. Here's CNN: Possible breakthrough in case of Chinese activist

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Chen is offered a fellowship from a U.S. university, the State Department says

• China says Chen can apply to study abroad "like other Chinese citizens"

• U.S. Embassy staff had a chance to meet with Chen, Secretary Clinton says

• Chen says he wants to go to the United States to "recuperate"

By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 3:20 PM EDT, Fri May 4, 2012


Beijing (CNN) -- A possible breakthrough emerged Friday in the case of Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese activist who made a daring escape from house arrest and took refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing before venturing out amid negotiations over his future.

The Chinese government said he could apply to travel to the United States to study -- a development that the United States instantly cited as an encouraging sign of progress in what has been a thorny and controversial impasse.

...


State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Chen has been offered a fellowship from an American university "where he can be accompanied by his wife and two children."

"The Chinese government has indicated that it will accept Mr. Chen's applications for appropriate travel documents," she said. "The United States government expects that the Chinese government will expeditiously process his applications for these documents, and make accommodations for his current medical condition. The United States government would then give visa requests for him and his immediate family priority attention.

...


http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/04/world/asia/china-activist-us/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thanks, sweetie!

What great news!

I am thrilled to read this!

And his family will come too...good news all around.

This is a major coup for Obama and Clinton.

[malaise]

13. You're welcome

It's the opposite for Rmoney et al, so I'm lovin' it CaliforniaPeggy

[Poll_Blind]

2. If true that would be an awesome political coup for the Obama administration!

Suck it, Romney!

PB

[malaise]

5. Suck it Kelly Ayotte as well

Now I am by no means an international relations expert but I do know that you do not apply for political asylum until you're in the country of choice. What an ignoramus.
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http://www.wmur.com/r/31002537/detail.html
<snip>
Sen. Kelly Ayotte is calling for the United States to grant asylum to a Chinese dissident involved in a growing international controversy.

Fearing for the safety of his family and himself, Chen Guangcheng told ABC News on Thursday that he wants to come to the United States and even went so far as to ask for a seat aboard Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's plane when she visited China on a diplomacy mission.

Read more: http://www.wmur.com/politics/31002537/detail.html#ixzz1tvppj7YA

[freshwest]

4. Great news. Kudos to those who made it happen instead of trying to make political hay off it.

Those who do the work are unappreciated and often do their work quietly, but still they keep at it. Good job, Democrats.

[nolabear]

45. IMO this is the way of the Obama presidency.

Everyone, including us, is attracted to grand gestures. Meanwhile, the hard work of the administration gets done.

[freshwest]

48. And goes unreported, unless a conservative wants to slam Democrats.

Then, and only then, does M$M find it newsworthy. There's an old Chinese proverb that when a leader does things, he should set it up so that the people will say, 'We did this ourselves,' instead of taking credit.

Obama is not 1% of the self-promoter and salesman that just one of the GOP opposing him have been. Because really, when you're getting good things done that is the true reward, not praise by others.

It's good how this turned out for this man and his family and he and they may be able to teach the Americans they come into contact some valuable lessons about the world.

[randome]

7. Shameful!

According to Romney.

[CenaW]

8. I wonder how the Republica will attack Obama on this now?

Yesterday the Republicans were screaming that Obama had abandoned Chen.
Oooops they have to create a new attack line, poor darlings.

They will think of something, that is all they have attacks on our President.

[Greg K]

12. Romney will say it was all his idea.

[CenaW]

33. Ha! I think you have it, Yes, Romney will say it was his idea.

[liberalhistorian]

15. Well, let's see if I can put on a Repub hat and

see what it has to say. What's that that's coming to me now? Ah, yes, here we go!:

"It is disgraceful that Obama is giving a citizen of a communist country a scholarship to an American university here in these great United States, when so many other deserving American students aren't receiving such aid. Of course, students can and should just borrow from their parents, especially since we've done nothing about student loan debt and intend to do nothing about it, but that doesn't change the fact that a communist will now be studying at a premier American university courtesy of the American taxpayer. Once again, Obama is showing his true socialist, communist, Kenyan, anti-colonialist, anti-American colors!"


Whew, lemme take this thing off now! There, that's better! Now I need to go bleach my brain.

[malaise]

23. Hahahahaha - that was good

[CenaW]

32. -giggles-

Yes breathe now, you are brave to to try that hat on.

[ProSense]

9. Tire tracks:

Kristol: Romney’s Attacks On Obama For Handling Of Chinese Dissident Are ‘Foolish’
By Ben Armbruster

Yesterday Mitt Romney attacked President Obama over the administration’s handling of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng. Citing “very troubling developments,” Romney said yesterday was “a dark day for freedom and it’s a day of shame for the Obama administration.”

Last night on Fox News, Bill Kristol advised Romney to stand down on the Chen case, calling his attacks on Obama “foolish”:

KRISTOL: I’m happy to be critical of the Obama administration as anyone is, but I think this is fast moving story. And if I were advising Governor Romney, I’d say you don’t need to get in the middle of this story. If this turns out badly, and it would be a terrible thing, it will turn out badly. People will know. … To inject yourself into the middle of this way with a fast moving target I think is foolish. [...]

There is no need to butt into a fast moving story when the secretary of state is in Beijing with delicate negotiations and say it’s a day of shame for the Obama administration. Hillary Clinton is waking up right now. Let’s see if she can pull this off in the next 12 hours or so.

Watch the clip:

<...>

The State Department announced this morning that the U.S. had reached a deal with China, with Beijing saying Chen could apply to study abroad and Washington saying an American university has offered him a fellowship.

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/05/04/478067/kristol-romneys-attacks-on-obama-for-handling-of-chinese-dissident-are-foolish/

[malaise]

14. Fall down funny

ttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2012/4/11/1334138250488/The-picture-of-Hillary-Cl-008.jpg

[MineralMan]

11. Excellent! A perfect conclusion to this!

Another coup for the Obama Administration.

Sorry, Mitt. You lose, again. Time to shake the Etch-a-Sketch one more time.

[malaise]

16. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahaha

[MineralMan]

21. Mitt knows foreign policy.

He heard of it recently and had a briefing with an expert advisor, but then he fired the expert. Uff da!

[Katie]

29. Great photo! WTG Hillary & Obama!

Screw you Mitt!

[malaise]

31. LOL Katie

[cali]

17. oh, let this be true.

listening to NPR now. they say he can apply to study abroad. sounds like it might still be in the works.

[hifiguy]

18. It was a sure thing that some US university

would find a position as a fellow or visiting scholar for him once the Chinese said he could go abroad to "study." Willard is blasting away at both feet with his B.A.R. again.

[Botany]

19. Mitt a dark day for freedom

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Mitt Romney condemned the Obama administration’s handling of blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, calling the episode “a dark day for freedom” and “a day of shame” for President Obama if, he couched, reports are true that American officials communicated threats to Chen’s family.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/75886.html#ixzz1tqlDYoQk

[klook]

20. Brilliant save by the Administration

Very glad to hear this turned out well for Chen and his family, thanks to the excellent work of Sec. Clinton and her team.

[Kber]

22. Where's the "I got this" graphic?

'cause he should send it to the Romney campaign.

[Botany]

24. this help?

[malaise]

28. Bwaaaaaaaaaaah we posted them at the identical time

[malaise]

27. On cue

[Cracklin Charlie]

25. Love this story!

Competent governance ROCKS!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

26. How long before Romney takes credit for this?

Rove is cooking up some convoluted explanation that it was Romney's pressure and criticism that forced the Obama administration into action. It wouldn't surprise me, as Romney has no shame, no face.

[B2G]

30. I'll believe it when I see it. n/t

[CenaW]

34. When is that so called Liberal MSM going to attack the Republican candidates for interferring with

active foreign policy situations . . call it what it is . . . . . far beyond the polite, "no comment," . . .
response that is traditional.
An active situation . .. and a NON office holding candidate attacking the President?
Really?
Is this patriotic?

[Chorophyll]

35. Awesome! nt

[AlinPA]

36. Is it a done deal? I have not seen any formal announcement.

[tabatha]

37. Hmmm - it is going to be interesting to see what Romney says now.

[JoePhilly]

38. Clealry Obama took Romney's advice and let Chen go bankrupt.

[tabatha]

42. LOL

Good summary.

[malaise]

40. He'll move on to something else

He disgusts me

[tabatha]

43. I hope he continues to put both feet in his mouth.

Gawd, what a foul taste.

[jwirr]

39. Very good diplomatic agreement. We have an adult in leadership now.

[eyewall]

41. Wanna bet some wealthy investors

with massive influence in China are in back rooms negotiating a different outcome for Chen? (I shouldn't say that, I so hope it's not true. My mistrust runs very deep.)

[AlinPA]

46. They would be wealthy U.S. republican investors. I have the same distrust of the GOP.

[eyewall]

49. It's how the GOP does things.

And they now have another gaffe from Romney to cover.
Frankly I'm proud of our president and Ms Clinton. All Americans should be. Screw the GOP media and their treasonous ways.

[Renew Deal]

44. Rmoney is an amateur.

[The Second Stone]

47. The Chinese apparently hate Romney

because Romney tried to use them as a bully and boogeymen.

[malaise]

50. Makes sense

I need to read more on his relationship with them