LONDON: One of China's most wanted has sounded a note of caution for New Delhi about Beijing, despite "Hindi-Chinibhaibhai" being the flavour of the season in the Indian capital after Chinese premier Li Keqiang recent visit to the country.

"The Chinese government can't be trusted," Chen Guangcheng, a blind activist who last year became the first person to escape house arrest in Beijing, told TOI in a rare interview. "Chinese people aren't like that, but the government's word can never be trusted. It is an authoritarian regime." 





 Expressing the desire to visit India to talk about his story, Chen urged the Manmohan Singh-led government to be more vocal about China's human-rights situation. "It is in favour of all democracies in the world that India must play a part in voicing support for activists working in China for more transparency," said Chen. "If the international community does not speak up, it will permit the Chinese government to continue with the attitude of impunity towards its people."