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Chinese Language Editor for Global Voices Online, living in China.

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30 October 2011

China: Questions Following Mekong River Massacre

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Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

Thirteen Chinese sailors were killed earlier this month in an attack on two cargo ships. Nine Thai soldiers have claimed responsibility, which the Thai government says is theirs alone, but contradicting points in the case have left many with lingering doubts.

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17 October 2011

China: No Clear Solution to the Wall Street Occupation

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Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

The occupation of Wall Street has gathered a lot of interest in China, as have three blog posts last week from an investment banker, a columnist and a Yale professor, none of whom seem too optimistic that a new economic vision will arise from the growing global movement any time soon.

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4 October 2011

China: The Cost of Space Ambition

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Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

China's launch of an unmanned space station last week, says the editor of a Tokyo-based newspaper for Chinese expats, has given Japan reason to step up its contribution to the universal endeavor of space exploration - if it can afford it.

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24 September 2011

China: If This is Neocolonialism, Bring It

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Written by John Kennedy · East Asia, North America

The new US ambassador to China Gary Locke's public appearances since his appointment in July have shown him to be a man with class that Chinese government officials just can't compete with. Or so most Chinese netizens say. It's actually just an elaborate scheme aimed at making China lose face.

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13 September 2011

China: Now With America's Attention Back

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Written by John Kennedy · East Asia, North America

Not all netizens took this past weekend—a holiday in China—as a chance to confess a feeling of shame at things they said upon learning of the attacks on the United States ten years ago, but many did. Writer Yang Hengjun, who has written New York and the USA into his novels, shares something similar.

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30 August 2011

China: Who Could Have Known The Libyans Hate Gaddafi?

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Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

One of China's top military analysts at home, has turned the official line on Libya into something of a joke, and abroad, China's nominal support for Gaddafi may end up costing the country oil contracts and much more. Netizens look at the lessons Beijing could stand to learn.

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