A Chinese dissident known for regularly commemorating the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square has fled to Taiwan and is pleading for help in seeking asylum in the United States or Canada.
September 22, 2023, 11:57 AMIn this photo taken June 4, 2021 and released by Chen Siming, Chen Siming poses for photos with a paper which reads"Commemorate June 4, on 2021, June 4" near a candle light in Zhuzhou in central China's Hunan province. The Chinese dissident known for regularly commemorating the June 4, 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square has fled to Taiwan and is pleading for help in seeking asylum in the United States or Canada.
It is unclear how Chen was able to travel to Taiwan, but he told The Associated Press that he had left China on July 22. Taiwan is a self-governing island that is claimed by China. In May, authorities in China’s southern Hunan province detained Chen after he made a posting on social media commemorating the crackdown. He described being harassed by state security police over the years during “sensitive periods” around the anniversary date.
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