News Alert: Chinese dissident emerges in Beijing with U.S. official, headed to hospital

	Wednesday, May 2, 2012 4:13:31 AM NEWS ALERT Chinese dissident emerges in Beijing with U.S. official, headed to hospital Blind activist Chen Guangcheng on Wednesday afternoon was in a car with U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke, being taken to a Beijing hospital. It was the first time Chen has emerged since he escaped from house arrest in his village, Dongshigu, in Shandong province, and spent a week hiding in Beijing before making a videotaped appeal to China's prime minister and then seeking the protection of American diplomats. Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinese-dissident-emerges-with-us-official-headed-to-Beijing-hospital/2012/05/02/gIQAh9WrvT_story.html Or visit washingtonpost.com. SEND TO A FRIEND UNSUBSCRIBE E-MAIL CENTER GET HELP Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071  ©2011 The Washington Post Privacy Policy