BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have arrested a scholar who helped blind dissident Chen Guangcheng escape house arrest in 2012, the scholar's wife said on Tuesday, in a case that activists say signals a tighter grip on civil liberties.
Guo Yushan, founder of a think-tank that did research on business regulations, reform and civil society, was detained in Beijing in October.
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