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 (C) shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke (R) along with other embassy officials in Beijing on May 2, 2012. Chen left the U.S. Embassy and is now under Chinese control in a Beijing hospital, but is now apparently asking for asylum in the United States. UPI