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Yang Hengjun: A Few Thoughts on my “Kidnapping”

When Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun mysteriously disappeared last month on a visit to Guangzhou, speculation was rife that he had been detained by security forces. Three days later, after he reappeared, he offered little explanation of his whereabouts during those days. An enigmatic blog post by Yang, translated by China Media Project, offers some clues: Perhaps everyone knew that this day would come, and the day did come on that day. In the aftermath, there are a