Blind lawyer and exiled China dissident finds problems follow him to US as family targeted at home

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Activist says China pressured New York University

AFP – Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng accused Beijing of waging an “unrelenting” campaign against academic freedom and alleged that this had led New York University to end his studies. The blind self-taught lawyer, one of the most emblematic Chinese rights campaigners, spoke out on Sunday after adamant outcries.