TIME 100: Heroes and Pioneers

By Hannah Beech on May 19, 2012

He may have lost his sight as a child, but Chen Guangcheng's legal vision has helped illuminate the plight of thousands of Chinese villagers. Last year officials initiated a forced abortion and sterilization campaign against women in Shandong province who were deemed ineligible to bear another child under China's strict family-planning policy. Even though national regulations prohibit such brutal measures, no one except Chen was willing to confront local officials, who may have felt that lowering the number of extra births would help their political careers. By filing a lawsuit on the women's behalf, he became a hero in Shandong and an important player in China's nascent civil society. "Someone has to fight for people with no voice," he said last fall. "I guess that person is me."

Barefoot Lawyers (2002)

By Melinda Liu on May 19, 2012

Shandong native Chen Guangcheng, for instance, hails from a flyspeck village 200 kilometers from the provincial capital of Jinan that barely gets a television signal. "If it rains," says the chatty 32-year-old, "no one can watch TV." In 1998 he traveled to Nanjing to study at the Traditional Medicine University; he majored in acupuncture and massage, while picking up a bit of legal knowledge on the side.

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on May 19, 2012

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Chinese Leaders Send Children to Study in U.S.

By Andrew Higgins and Maureen Fan on May 19, 2012

When scholars gathered at Harvard last month to discuss the political tumult convulsing China’s ruling Communist Party, a demure female undergraduate with a direct stake in the outcome was listening intently from the top row of the lecture hall. She was the daughter of Xi Jinping, China’s vice president and heir apparent for the party’s top job.

Blind Chinese Activist Leaves Beijing for U.S.

By Maxim Duncan and Sui-Lee Wee on May 19, 2012

China allowed a blind legal activist, Chen Guangcheng, to leave a hospital in Beijing on Saturday and board a plane bound for the United States, a move that could signal the end of a diplomatic standoff between the two countries. Chen's escape from house arrest in northeastern China last month and subsequent stay in the U.S. embassy caused huge embarrassment for China and led to a diplomatic rift while U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was visiting Beijing for talks to improve ties between the world's two biggest economies.

Blind Activist Departs for U.S.

By Josh Chin on May 19, 2012

Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng left China for the U.S. on Saturday, bringing to an end an episode that strained relations between Washington and Beijing and put Chinese human-rights issues under an intense spotlight. Mr. Chen, his wife and their two children left Beijing on Saturday on board United Airlines flight 88 to Newark.

Hong Kong Movie Star Now a Motivational Speaker

By Bo Wang on May 18, 2012

Nicholas Tse—the famous young Hong Kong singer, actor, and musician—is known for portraying irresponsible young rebels. People think that's what he's like in real life. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology invited Tse to be a speaker for the Asian Leadership Series on April 19, 2012. Tse is a young entrepreneur and the CEO of Post Production Office Limited, a fast-growing Hong Kong-based company specializing in video and film post-production. At the Asian Leadership Series, he gave a twenty-minute speech in English, followed by almost an hour of Q&A.

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on May 18, 2012

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