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Police officers stand near iron fences at Chaoyang Hospital, where blind activist Chen Guangcheng was reported to be staying at, in Beijing May 2, 2012. Chinese dissident Chen left the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday ''of his own volition'' after six days, the Foreign Ministry said, and a senior U.S. official said he planned to stay put in China. The self-taught lawyer left the embassy by car with U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke, who took him to the hospital, The Washington Post said. A Post correspondent spoke briefly to Chen on the phone and said he was fine. Credit: Reuters/Jason Lee By Andrew Quinn and Chris Buckley BEIJING | Wed May 2, 2012 12:10pm EDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng left the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday after winning concessions from Communist Party authorities that will keep him as a pivotal figure in China-U.S. relations, but a supporter said he made the decision "reluctantly" after his family were threatened with reprisals. Chen's dramatic escape from house arrest and his flight to the U.S. Embassy have already made him a symbol of resistance to China's shackles on dissent, and the deal struck between Washington and Beijing to have him remain in China will ensure he stays an international test case of how tight or loose those shackles remain. China accused the United States of meddling and demanded an apology for the way U.S. diplomats handled the case. Bob Fu, the president of Texas-based religious and human rights group, ChinaAid, said Chen agreed to leave the embassy only because "serious threats to his immediate family members were made by Chinese government" if he refused the government's offer. U.S. officials said Chen had never asked for asylum during the time he was in the embassy and emphasized that he had made the decision to leave out of a desire to be reunited with his wife and two children. "I am pleased that we were able to facilitate Chen Guangcheng's stay and departure from the U.S. Embassy in a way that reflected his choices and our values," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Beijing, where she arrived a few hours earlier for top-level U.S.-China talks. "(Chen) has a number of understandings with the Chinese government about his future, including the opportunity to pursue higher education in a safe environment. Making these commitments a reality is the next crucial task. The United States government and the American people are committed to remaining engaged with Mr. Chen and his family in the days, weeks and years ahead." China's Foreign Ministry said the blind Chen, who escaped the watch of the world's biggest internal security apparatus, had left the embassy of his own will. But the ministry criticized the United States' role, saying it was meddling in its domestic affairs. "What the U.S. side must do is not to continue misleading and not to strive by all means to shirk and hide its responsibility for this matter, and even less should it continue interfering in domestic Chinese affairs," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin. Washington has said it will watch his treatment closely, and any effort by Beijing to fetter his activities could provide a new source of contention. But it is far from certain that Chinese authorities, especially nervous with a leadership succession later this year, will grant him free rein. The drama over Chen, who was driven to a Beijing hospital accompanied by U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke, threatens to overshadow this week's U.S.-China talks. Quite apart from the importance of developing ties between the world's two largest economies, both governments are aware of the impact the case could have on their domestic politics. Later this year, U.S. President Barack Obama will seek a second term, knowing that his Republican foes are already accusing him of being too soft on China. They may now criticize him for not doing enough to ensure the activist's safety. Also later this year, China's ruling Communist Party will bring in a new set of leaders, a normally well choreographed process that has been wrong-footed by a scandal enveloping senior leader Bo Xilai. That too was triggered after a senior Bo aide sought refuge in a U.S. diplomatic mission. Some analysts said the issue appears to have divided the top leadership and may have upset hardliners who want to keep a firm lid on any thing they see as undermining Party rule. "As soon as you lighten the pressure on dissidents or political activists, a herd of them are going to wake up and are going to stand up," said Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a China political expert at Hong Kong's Baptist University. CHINESE PUBLIC ANGER The Chinese Foreign Ministry's first public reaction was anger. "The U.S. method was interference in Chinese domestic affairs, and this is totally unacceptable to China. China demands that the United States apologize over this, thoroughly investigate this incident, punish those who are responsible, and give assurances that such incidents will not recur," ministry spokesman Weimin said in a statement. Rights lawyer Teng Biao said he had spoken briefly with Chen's wife, Yuan Weijing, and that both she and their two children were now in Beijing. He had no details on how they had been treated since Chen escaped. "I think the outcome has been positive for China's human rights situation," said Li Fangping, a Beijing lawyer who has defended dissidents and protesters. "It shows that the international community has a role to play in cases like this." Censors were still blocking searches for Chen's name on China's wildly popular Twitter-like service Weibo, but many people were able to skirt restrictions by simply calling him "the blind lawyer". "I've beaten the censors to find out about this great event - respect to the blind lawyer," wrote one user. "The blind lawyer has broken out from the stockade to freedom. So gratifying," added another. As for Chen himself, he was in high spirits. A U.S. official quoted him as telling Clinton by phone: "I want to kiss you." (Additional reporting by Ben Blanchard, Don Durfee, Lucy Hornby and Michael Martina in Beijing and Brian Rhoads, James Pomfret and Tan Ee Lyn in Hong Kong; writing by Jonathan Thatcher and Claudia Parsons; editing by Nick Macfie and Mohammad Zargham) World Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. 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