Chinese dissident says he may want 'to rest' in U.S.

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng phones a U.S. congressional panel to ask for help and also suggests he may want to stay in China permanently. Reports say China may let him study abroad.

WASHINGTON — A diplomatic crisis over the fate of a Chinese activist took a confusing new turn Thursday as Chen Guangcheng signaled during a dramatic phone call to a congressional commission in Washington that he may want to live permanently in China rather than flee to the United States, as he had declared hours earlier.

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