"I am here to strengthen the bridge between those who were forced to flee and those who have carried on the struggle from within," said dissident student leader Shen Tong in a statement prepared for a press conference in Beijing. But the flamboyant pro-democracy activist, one of the first to flee to the U.S. after the 1989 crackdown, never made it to the briefing. In a predawn swoop on his mother's home, police hauled off Shen and two Chinese supporters for questioning. Two French journalists he had hired to shoot a video of his odyssey were deported to Hong Kong. A...
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