Mr Chen is currently facing 15 charges in Singapore, including insider trading and fraud.
Mr Chen won just 39% of the vote in the election on March 18th.
Besides Mr Chen and the ECC members, 400 Chinese travel agents arrived on February 22nd.
Mr Chen's team would like to set theological disputes aside in order to deal with more practical matters.
Mr Chen is vying for second place with Mr Lien in the polls, some way behind Mr Soong.
Having gained admission to a Beijing hospital, however, an increasingly uneasy Mr Chen appeared to change his mind.
Mr Chen had been receiving medical treatment in recent months for health problems, which according to local reports include severe depression.
In franker moments Mr Chen confessed to abiding guilt over Miss Wu's disability.
Mr Tsai's open hostility to Mr Chen during the trial suggests some old-school attitudes are hard to shake off.
But Mr Chen suggested the talks could be held on the same terms as the two sides' first contact in 1992.
He objected that Mr Chen is aiming to bring in legislation that would allow public policy to be decided in many cases by referendum.
If enough trust were established in this way, say Mr Chen's advisers, all sorts of unlikely issues could then be broached: arms control, for instance.
Mrs Clinton said she was glad to have the chance to speak to Mr Chen and "to congratulate him on being reunited with his wife and children".
"Mr Chen has a number of understandings with the Chinese government about his future, including the opportunity to pursue higher education in a safe environment, " she said.
Mr Chen says priority will be given to young students aged between five and 19, vulnerable groups such as those with respiratory diseases and pregnant women, and front-line public service personnel.
Now Mr Chen has done much the same.
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Both Mr Chen and Mr Roh represent a new generation of politicians, and it now looks as though voters who last time round hedged their bets, by saddling them with parliaments dominated by establishment opposition parties, have decided to trust the rebels and force the old guard to reinvent themselves.
Mr. Chen noted Mr. Romney hasn't recently addressed retention of the carried-interest break.
Mr. CHEN: Well, as I am a teacher, I do concern about our education situation.
"Batman" actor Christian Bale was roughly turned away when he tried to visit Mr. Chen in December.
Mr. Chen also needs to become better acquainted with U.S. politics so he doesn't become involved inadvertently.
As you have said, Mr. Chen told State Department officials that he wanted to stay in China.
Mr. Chen made clear in his conversations with officials in Beijing that he wanted to stay in China.
Mr. Chen said there are no signs of an epidemic but noted the approaching springtime is the key period to prevent disease.
Mr. Chen feels he is literally saving lives when he does that.
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