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Mainlander named as South China Morning Post Editor

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Feb 02, 2012
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The appointment of Wang Xiangwei as editor in chief of the South China Morning Post, announced Tuesday, has reignited concerns that the paper, arguably the most influential English-language daily in East Asia, is being drawn closer into the mainland Chinese embrace.

Wang, who moved to the paper as a China business reporter in 1996, becoming deputy editor…

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