Chen Guangcheng

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Chen Guangcheng, a prominent dissident who embarrassed Chinese authorities last week as he managed to escape his house arrest, has now left the U.S. embassy where he had been hiding.

Wearing his signature sunglasses, the prominent blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has posted an online video statement telling Premier Wen Jiabao he escaped his house arrest and has issued three demands: that the government investigate beatings inflicted upon him and his family members by local officials in Dongshigu; that it look into allegations of corruption by local officials; and that it guarantees the safety of his wife and daughter, who were locked up in house arrest with him.