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May 7, 2012

In Chen Case, We Got Lucky

Jerome Cohen, Washington Post

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Amid so much uncertainty over the fate of human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng and his family, the role that luck played in Chen’s saga is among the things that stand out.

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