Ailing Dissident Freed From Prison
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China released dissident Chen Ziming, who has cancer, from prison in an apparent bid to appease the United States two weeks before a visit by Secretary of State Warren Christopher. The release of Chen, 44, an organizer of the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, follows the sentencing of another dissident, Wang Dan, last week to an 11-year prison term. Chen’s family had appealed for his release so he could seek treatment for cancer and other ailments.
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