«Democracy Digest, NED's own publication reported in 2011 in their article titled, "Extraordinary’ campaign for barefoot lawyer Chen Guangcheng," that: Chen Guangcheng was a recipient in absentia of the National Endowment for Democracy‘s 2008 Democracy Award. ChinaAid and China Digitial Times are NED grantees.»http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30605
