NEW YORK – Western media describe my friend and colleague Chen Guangcheng as a blind activist who made a flight to freedom when China allowed him to journey from Beijing to the United States. What is essential about Chen is neither his blindness nor his family’s visit to the US, but the fact that he upholds a vision of universal human rights, a vision that can be fully realized only when, and if, China honors its promise to allow him one day to return home.
发自纽约——在得到从北京赴美的官方许可之后，西方媒体将我的朋友兼同僚陈光诚称为一个飞向自由的盲人活动家。而对中国来说，重要的不是陈光诚作为盲人的事实或者其家人对美国的造访，而是他秉承着一个普世人权的理想，但直到有一天中国能履行自己的承诺让他重归祖国，这个理想才算完全实现。