China dissident cites Tiananmen in praising Taiwan democracy

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng said on Tuesday that the pushing and shoving that comes with Taiwan's raucous democracy was superior to "having tanks going rampant on the streets and squares", referring to China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on protesters. Chen, who was invited to Taiwan by opposition lawmakers, sparked a diplomatic crisis between the United States and China after he fled house arrest in China and sought refuge at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. He has been a research fellow at NYU Law School since he flew to the...