I want to extend my gratitude and thankfulness to all those who care and love my family and myself, and our situation, especially the American people who show their care about the quality of justice as a universal value and I'm very grateful to all of you.

"When I went to school I’d be happy if I just got enough to eat" he recalled. On 24 August 2006 Chen was sentenced to four years and three months for "damaging property and organizing a mob to disturb traffic". Embassy in Beijing though the Embassy initially declined to confirm or deny reports that they were Chen Guangchengltering him.

On 24 August 2006 Chen was sentenced to four years and three months for "damaging property and organising a mob to disturb traffic. He is best known for exposing alleged abuses in official family-planning practices often involving claims of violence and forced abortions. Chen is a 2007 laureate of the Ramon Magsaysay Award and in 2006 was named to the Time 100.