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Mark MacKinnon, The Globe and Mail&#039;s Beijing bureau chief, blogs on life and happenings in China and East Asia.
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<title><![CDATA[Mr. Hu, tear down this firewall! ]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[A police state without traffic police]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Through the looking glass]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Into the land of the Kims]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[What to do with a stuffed Nicaraguan crocodile]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Passport games]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[The pool hustlers of Pyongyang]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese democracy]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[The bum's rush out of Kashgar]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate change and Japan: Lost in perspiration]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[The &lsquo;Anonymous Netizen&rsquo; declares war on Beijing]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[TWEET! Twitter blocked in China]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Mongolia takes a giant democratic step forward]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[6+4 20 equals a small victory for on-line freedom]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Jackie Chan's kung fu pandering]]></title>
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