{"id":33869,"date":"2013-05-09T20:58:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T20:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=33869 "},"modified":"2013-05-09T20:58:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T20:58:00","slug":"33869-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=33869","title":{"rendered":"Relatives of Chinese activist who has settled in US see harassment as Chen plans Taiwan visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Published May 09, 2013<\/div><div><\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div>BEIJING &#8211; &nbsp;An elder brother of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who fled house arrest and settled in the U.S., says harassment of the activist&#8217;s relatives in China has worsened, possibly because of his plans to visit Taiwan.<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div>The brother, Chen Guangfu, says he was beaten up by two unidentified men Thursday when he visited a relative in Shandong province. Chen also says his family&#8217;s yard has been littered with dead poultry and pelted with rocks, and that posters in Chen Guangcheng&#8217;s hometown label him and his relatives as traitors.<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div>Taiwanese media say Chen Guangcheng &#8212; who&#8217;s blind and now lives in New York with his wife and children &#8212; plans to visit the island in June. China claims Taiwan as its territory and frowns on visits that might boost its sovereignty claims.<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><strong style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', 'Segoe UI', Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; color: #2d2d2d; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', 'Segoe UI', Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">Continue reading&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/seeingredinchina.com\/2013\/01\/01\/a-chinese-dissident-makes-demands-of-xi-jinping\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #034af3; text-decoration: initial;\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/china\/confronts-01042013141808.html\" style=\"color: #034af3; text-decoration: initial;\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/seeingredinchina.com\/2013\/01\/01\/a-chinese-dissident-makes-demands-of-xi-jinping\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #034af3; text-decoration: initial;\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2013\/01\/05\/china-officials-take-blame-in-deadly-shelter-fire\/\" style=\"color: #034af3; 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