Chinese dissident stranded at Taiwan airport seeks U.S., Canada asylum

Chinese dissident Chen Siming (陳思明) refused to return to China Friday after his flight from Thailand made a transit stop in Taiwan, where he appealed for asylum in either the United States or Canada.

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