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Visas for Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng and his family were done last week.

The blind Chinese activist said China has agreed to issue passports to him and his family.

The brother of famous blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng fled his guarded village in China.

Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who fled to the US, will give a speech at the Council for Foreign Relations on Thursday.

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng will meet with members of Congress later this week.

Blind activist Chen Guangcheng with his wife and son outside the home in northeast China's Shandong province, March 28, 2005.

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