Chinese Dissident Chen Chuangcheng Asks for Asylum at Hospital

In this photo released by the U.S. embassy Beijing Press Office, blind Chinese dissident Chen Chuangcheng (2nd L)) is helped by U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke ( C ) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Cambell (2nd R) in Beijing on May 2, 2012. Chen left the U.S. Embassy and is under Chinese control in a Beijing hospital, but is now apparently asking for asylum in the United States. UPI