Chen Guancheng, the blind human-rights activist who arrived at New York University with such great fanfare last May, is now being shown the door. The back door, that is. University officials have quietly told him that it’s time for him to move on.
Word on the street is that the university’s plans to open a campus in Shanghai this fall have been put on hold by Chinese officials, who have made it clear that Chen’s continued residence at NYU is a stumbling block. And that NYU has caved under this pressure.
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