Chinese dissident seeks exile, strains US-China ties

BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he wants to leave for the United States rather than stay in China, throwing into doubt a deal used to coax him out of the U.S. embassy in Beijing and defuse a standoff that has strained China-U.S. ties. That standoff appears all the more troublesome for the United States, with Chen saying on Thursday that he feared for his and his ...