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...Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital, doesn't normally handle admissions, he made an exception when a call came in from Dr. Connie Mariano, who is Bill Clinton's personal physician. It wasn't the President who needed treatment but someone who would soon be getting just as much attention: Wei Jingsheng, China's most renowned dissident. The White House had been tipped off that Wei, who had spent most of the past 18 years in prison, would soon be released, and the Administration was helping make arrangements to whisk him away to the U.S. Since he was ailing and China...
...Wei's lack of medical insurance didn't seem very important after he arrived last week, making Henry Ford the focal point of a major international news story. While a hospital spokeswoman kept the crowds of reporters at bay, doctors gave the 47-year-old exile a thorough going-over. He was suffering from high blood pressure, and he needed glasses, but otherwise he was remarkably healthy for someone incarcerated so long in a country not noted for humane treatment of prisoners...
...Soon Wei was showing just a touch of the spirit of defiance that got him into such trouble back in China. He was caught smoking against doctors' orders and later demanded a speedy release from the hospital. By the time he flew to New York City late in the week for his first public appearance, he was the same outspoken champion of freedom who won admiration around the world for daring to stand up to China's communist leadership. At a press conference held in the New York Public Library, Wei said, "Those who enjoy democracy, liberty and human rights...
...Stalin asked sarcastically when it was suggested that the Pope join the Yalta talks: ?How many divisions does he command?? Wei had been one of the most celebrated opponents of the Communist regime in Beijing, but freedom and exile may propel him into the political wilderness...
...Wei used village wisdom to urge Americans to take a tougher stand on Beijing ? ?If you look aside when gangsters abuse your neighbors, then you will never be safe," he opines. "Only when all people band together against such gangsters will all be safe.? But he was quickly eclipsed by those Iowa infants ? who, in the battle for ratings, command many more divisions than Wei...