U.S. embassies and missions

The killing of U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was a terrorist attack, the White House said Thursday.

Yu Haobo, a 76-year-old petitioner from Hebei Province, was found dead after being arrested by police.

China’s Vice Minister of Environmental Protection, upset by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing tweeting about Beijing’s air quality, has spoken out against foreign embassies measuring air quality in China.

Petitioners have started arriving at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on a daily basis apparently after Chen Guangcheng’s escape.

China’s security chief, Zhou Yongkang, was directly involved in persecuting blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng, according to a local party official in Shandong Province.

Chinese Netizens ridicule reference to rule of law by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in relation to treatment of blind human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng.

Human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng has spoken of his wish to take his family out of China after cracks began to appear in a U.S. deal to guarantee his safety.

On June 4, seven petitioners from Fujian Province in southeastern China arrived at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and attempted to commit collective suicide by poisoning themselves.

The killing of U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was a terrorist attack, the White House said Thursday.

Yu Haobo, a 76-year-old petitioner from Hebei Province, was found dead after being arrested by police.

China’s Vice Minister of Environmental Protection, upset by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing tweeting about Beijing’s air quality, has spoken out against foreign embassies measuring air quality in China.

Petitioners have started arriving at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on a daily basis apparently after Chen Guangcheng’s escape.

China’s security chief, Zhou Yongkang, was directly involved in persecuting blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng, according to a local party official in Shandong Province.

Chinese Netizens ridicule reference to rule of law by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in relation to treatment of blind human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng.

Human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng has spoken of his wish to take his family out of China after cracks began to appear in a U.S. deal to guarantee his safety.

On June 4, seven petitioners from Fujian Province in southeastern China arrived at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and attempted to commit collective suicide by poisoning themselves.