Despite imprisonment and exile, blind activist Chen Guangcheng still works for Chinese democracy | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Blind activist Chen Guangcheng, who left China in 2012, believes human rights have not improved under Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, but he remains optimistic about China’s future. London (dpa) – Chen Guangcheng suffered years of imprisonment, house arrest, harassment and other abuses in his village before he made a dramatic escape to Beijing in 2012…