Historical recovery status: Verified Contemporary Reporting / Original FCM statement still sought.
Contemporary reporting by The Washington Post stated that Chinese democracy activist Xu Wenli was released on medical parole and sent to the United States on December 24, 2002. The newspaper reported that a spokesman for the Free China Movement confirmed that Xu and his wife arrived in New York that evening.
This record preserves the documented Free China Movement role in confirming the arrival. The original FreeChina.net statement or contemporaneous organizational notice has not yet been independently recovered, so no missing wording is reconstructed.
Provenance
- Date: December 24, 2002
- Independent source: The Washington Post
- FCM role documented: spokesperson confirmation of Xu Wenli’s New York arrival
- Recovery classification: Verified Contemporary Reporting; original FCM page pending