The dissident Chinese leader Chen Guangcheng has arrived in the United States with his wife and two children after a month long diplomatic stand-off. Mr.Chen took shelter with American officials last month, after escaping from illegal house arrest at his home in North East China, but he said he did not want to go into exile.

The self-taught lawyer has campaigned against forced abortions under China's one-child policy and was jailed for four years in 2006 for disrupting traffic and damaging property. He was placed under house arrest after his release in 2010.