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A Chinese blog from a U.S. soldier in IraqPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn on Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 1:39 PM
A U.S. Army soldier posted in Baghdad is writing a blog in Chinese about his experiences. He is ethnically Chinese but identifies himself as Striker (or its phonetic equivalent in Chinese - 斯特瑞克), and hosts his blog on MySpace.cn, the version of the social networking site that is hosted and run out of Beijing. His blog has become popular in recent weeks in the Mainland, discussed on forum websites like Tianya, and Striker has taken to answering questions from his fans, such as 'How do you join the U.S. Army?' and 'Is any of your military clothing made in China?'. He recently uploaded to Youtube a video he had shot just before the end of 2007, with Chinese captions explaining what the footage shows. Uploading to the blog is no simple matter: this is how he describes the process:
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Comments on A Chinese blog from a U.S. soldier in Iraq
I been reading dude's blog for a minute. I never caught that bit about the shit he goes through to update it.
Many comments on the blog are rather belligerent, don't think being a soldier shooting people with a M4 is cool.
"Many comments on the blog are rather belligerent, don't think being a soldier shooting people with a M4 is cool."
Posted by: One Flew Over Beijing Bird's Nest
I know Danwei objects to posts attacking people but this fellow is ignorant and this comment is uncalled for.
This brave gentleman sacrificed his life and freedom to protect his country and your backhanded comment is from the tongue of a weak and cowardly man.
Thanks for the introduction! I think his name "Striker" comes from the unit he is in - He is driving the Stryker around right?
He even have a blogpost about kicking some US MP asses while getting a "speeding ticket" in Iraq:
2007年12月5日 有没有搞错啊？在巴格达吃罚单！日！
I found it amusing...and you can see those young Chinese responses differs from the usual "US go to hell"/"Blow to piceses" after reading his blog.
He is basically a "post-80" gen in Iraq. That is really crazy shxt...and fascinating one.
Lets home he come home to US in one piece...
A Chinese fighting for money!
An invador fighting for US nationality!
Fianlly he is human trash!
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"A Chinese fighting for money!
An invador fighting for US nationality!
Fianlly he is human trash!"
Why don't you go back and learn more "Engrish" for popular spelling before you try to say something more intelligent than "I am a dumbass and I know Engrish! Fear me!"
Or, (I am teaching you know, search for this) Why don't you have a warm cup of STFU?
Thank you. Xie Xie Nie!
Chairsman Mao's gonna pop a clip if he knows a People of the PRC abandon the advantages of socialism and serve in the Imperialist's army