European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 26, 1990 the stars and stripes out of Refuge into Freedom chinese dissident wife go to Britain yearlong Asylum. In embassy ends Beijing apr China a Best known dissidents physicists Fang Lizhi and his wife i Shuxian left the country for Britain on monday after communist authorities allowed them to end their yearlong Refuge in the . Embassy. The 53-year-old astrophysicist and his wife sought Refuge in the embassy after the june 4, 1989, military crackdown on the pro democracy movement. The official Xinhua news Agency said they were Given permission to leave the country for medical reasons after showing a signs of  it said the move was a in line with China a policy of leniency towards those who participated in the disturbances of last june. Since late last year China has announced the release of More than 800 people jailed for their participation in the democracy movement but it is believed that thousands More remain in jail. The White House said Fang and i were bound for Britain aboard a . C-135 air transport and would arrive in London Early tuesday. Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Fang had accepted a Job at Cambridge University. A this humanitarian action is a farsighted significant step that will improve the atmosphere for Progress in our bilateral relations a he said adding that president Bush was informed of the development late sunday. Fang has been China a most outspoken and eloquent proponent of democratic Reform. He and i were Well known for their advocacy of democracy and human rights in China Well before the seven week pro democracy movement developed. Hundreds of unarmed civilians were killed in the military assault on Central Beijing and thousands of activists were subsequently arrested. Fang and i did not play an Active role in the student led protests but after the crackdown the communist government accused them of inciting the unrest. They took Refuge in the . Embassy in the Days following the crackdown and american diplomats refused to turn them Over to chinese authorities. Washington also imposed sanctions that Cut shipments of military hardware and .-chinese relations deteriorated. Their release appeared timed by the chinese for maximum political results. The seven leading industrialized nations Are to hold their annual meeting july 911 in Houston and policy toward China is to be a major subject. Congress is also debating Bush a decision last month to extend most favored nation trading status to China for another year. The Fang Case has been cited by some members of Congress demanding revocation of the status which reduces tariffs on chinese goods sold in the United states. Chinese authorities had said that in order to be released Fang and i would have to confess a a guilty and Promise not to carry out any anti government activities. Xinhua said the two had recently admitted in writing that they have opposed socialist principles and the leadership of the communist party thus violating the country a Constitution. It also said the two had agreed not to engage in a activities directed against  the release of another dissident teacher Wang Xuezhi was also announced monday. Wang is the husband of a French citizen. Dissident astrophysicist Fang stood in his apartment beside a photo of Albert Einstein in this 1988 photo. Fang a mild smiling intellectual and defiant defender of Freedom Beijing apr astrophysicist Fang Lizhi who became the focus of a dispute Between the United states and China by hiding inside the . Embassy is a former Beijing Observatory professor with an easy manner and impish smile. His conversation is punctuated by Hearty laughs and an occasional knee slap of Delight. Fang 54, has said he is happiest pondering the mysteries of the universe and he had a poster of Albert Einstein hanging on the Wall of his apartment near Beijing University. But he is Best known for his fearless advocacy of transforming the one party communist state into a Freer society. He was one of Only a few chinese who dared to Campaign publicly for democratic change before the popular uprising for Freedom rocked Beijing in the Spring of 1989. A i like to speak freely a Fang said in an interview in 1988. A i think i just show we have the right of  Fang not Only spoke with sympathetic students and foreign reporters but also tried to reach a broader tougher audience of chinese. A some people think China does no to need democracy but i think human rights Are Basic a Fang told actors scientists and businessmen at a Holiday Tea party in february 1989. A for human rights to be realized first of All famous people must take a  Fang burst into political prominence during the pro democracy student demonstrations of 1986-87. Authorities alleged his speeches to students at the University of science and technology in Hefeli in Central China where he was vice president helped incite the protests. China a leaders kicked him out of the communist party and fired him from his University Post. Although the demonstrations died Down. Fang refused to be silenced and he received letters of support from across the country almost daily. In january 1989, Fang called for the release of All political prisoners and urged intellectuals to join together to work for human rights. The following month when president Bush was visiting Beijing Fang was barred from attending a banquet held by the United states. China said that inviting him was an insult. While being sheltered at the embassy Fang and i declined to talk with reporters and the embassy refused to answer nearly All questions about them. In november however Fang wrote a letter accepting a human rights award. A remember that in the current climate of terror it May Well be that those who Are most terrified Are those who have just finished the killing a he wrote. A we May be forced to live under a terror today but we have no fear of tomorrow. The murderers Are not Only fearful today they Are even More terrified of  son in Detroit Happy Detroit apr the College student son of chinese dissidents said monday he a Happy his parents have been allowed to leave China but he expressed concern for those still jailed in his Homeland for pro democracy actions. It Fang Lizhi and his wife i Shuxian left China for Britain on monday. They had sought Refuge in the . Embassy in being after the june 4, 1989, military crackdown on the pro democracy movement. A i feel Happy for my family and for their release. But we done to know the exact number of people still in jail a said their son Fang be a student at Wayne state University in Detroit. Fang be said he Hopes to visit his parents soon in Britain. . Hails a significant step Washington apr the White House said monday that China a decision to allow dissident Fang Lizhi to leave his country is a a farsighted significant step in .-China relations. A the United states government welcomes the Peoples Republic of China a decision to facilitate the departure of or. Fang and his wife a presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said in a statement read to reporters. A this humanitarian action is a far sighted significant step that will improve the atmosphere for Progress in our bilateral relations a he said. Fang was scheduled to arrive in London at 9 . Monday night. Fitzwater said he had not yet seen fangs statement of a a repentance which chinese officials reported he signed. 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