In The United States
Following his arrival in the U.S., Chen, his wife, and the couple's two children settled in a housing complex for students and faculty of New York University, located in Greenwich Village. He reportedly began studying English for two hours per day, in addition to having regular meetings with American legal scholars. Chen is in the process of authoring a memoir, which is expected to be published in fall 2013.
On 29 May, Chen published an editorial in the New York Times criticizing the Chinese government and the Communist Party for the "lawless punishment inflicted on (himself) and (his) family over the past seven years." He added in the article that the Chinese government has failed to live up to its human rights commitments, and that the fundamental question it faces is "lawlessness". He said that "those who handled my case were able to openly flout the nation’s laws in many ways for many years". In the editorial, Chen also criticized the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CCP, which he said transformed law enforcement powers into "a single, unchallengeable weapon".
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