YU Jie Left China

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Jerremy Page, Chinese Dissident Author Is Allowed to Move to US. Wall Street Journal, Jan 13, 2012.

Quote:

"His departure came the same day Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping.

"But Mr Yu {jie] said he didn't think the US government played a role in the decision to allow him to leave as the Obama administration had beem, he said, 'weak' on human rights in China. He said he had bought a plane ticket and obtained a US visa In December and [after being repeatedly denied pemission to leave China] then confronted Chinese security officials, threatening either to seek asylum in the US embassy, or to cause a scene at the airport by trying to leave without permission.

"On Jan 4, a senior security official gave him permission to leave after he signed a statement promising not to engage in any 'illegal and unconstitutional' activities overseas, he said. 'They said I wouldn't be allowed back if I did anything they didn't like,' he said, adding that he planned to stay several years in the US.

My comment: There is no need to read the rest.