Wei Accepts Post at Columbia University

A prominent voice in China’s pro-democracy movement will be a visiting scholar at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The school announced Wednesday that Wei Jingsheng accepted the appointment. He will lecture and hold workshops while pursuing his own writing and human rights work. He also will be treated at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center for a variety of ailments that developed during his long imprisonment. The Chinese government allowed him to fly to the United States on Nov. 16.