Chinese Authorities OK Trip to U.S. for Dissident Journalist
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BEIJING — A dissident journalist who was arrested during U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III’s visit said Friday that she has received approval to go to the United States.
Dai Qing, a well-known writer for the Guangming Daily newspaper, said she received her final exit permit from police Thursday.
She plans to leave today to begin a prestigious Nieman Fellowship for journalists at Harvard University. Authorities had refused since September to allow her to leave because of her involvement in the 1989 democracy movement.
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