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Comment (Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo, a half-brother of US President Barack Obama, introduces his first novel "Nairobi to Shenzhen" during a pre-launch news conference held by the American Chamber of Commerce in South China, in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou November 4, 2009. [Agencies]
GUANGZHOU, China: US President Barack Obama's half-brother made a rare appearance on Wednesday in southern China, his home for seven years, to launch a novel he says draws on his painful childhood under an abusive father.
Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo - who had the same, late, father as the US President - has kept a low public profile since reports surfaced last year that he was living and working in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, around an hour's train ride from Hong Kong.
After repeatedly shunning media attention, Ndesandjo's first major public appearance to launch his debut novel comes less than two weeks before the US president travels to C...
