Stories about History from October, 2006
Malaysia: Human Capital Development in Ottoman Empire
Nik Nazmi in Malaysia reads a book on Ottoman ruler Suleiman and discovers the Ottoman people's desire to develop the talents of any exceptional person they encounter.
Japan: war crime confession
Alexpappas in Japundit blogs about the confession of a 84 years old former Japanese military medic's confession of human torturing during the WWII.
Poland: Homophobia and Politics
The beatroot writes about homophobia and politics in Poland.
Hungary: 1956 Myths
Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar dispels the three myths about the 1956 uprising in Hungary. Pestiside.hu posts Adrian Courage's photos and text from the uprising anniversary rally that turned...
South Korea: the passing of former president
Matt summarizes the life of South Korea former president, Choi Gyu-ha, who passed away last Sunday.
Malaysia: History not Important
Blueheeler goes in search of archives of a newspaper in East Malaysian province of Sarawak and finds that the city does not care about its history.So, in short, the Sarawak...
Barbados: Was Adams lazy?
A new book about the failed West Indies Federation describes Sir Grantley Adams, Barbados's first premier and national hero, as “lazy, lethargic” — sets Barbados Free Press wondering if this...
Russia: Freedom to Blog
Two-Zero, an expat in Moscow, explains why blogging is so popular in Russia and why many bloggers are concerned about losing their freedom to blog.
Russia: Putin's Rape Remarks
White Sun of the Desert writes about rape and Vladimir Putin's sense of humor: “Russian humour, often thought not to exist, is very dry and often exceptionally dark. In many...
Russia: The Ongoing Golden Calf Translation
Languor Management links to the site of Maciej Ceglowski and Peter V. Gadjokov, who are translating The Golden Calf, a 1930 Soviet classic by Ilya Ilf and Evgeniy Petrov: “Seventy...
China: history book
Shang Peijin in Shanghaiist has translated an interview with a Chinese historian Zhu Xueqin on Shanghai's new history text book, which gives more emphasis on people's history.
China: 70 years anniversary of Lu Xun's death
Lyn Jeffery in Virtual China suggests some sites to visit around the 70 years anniversary of Lu Xun's death. Lu Xun has been considered as the father of modern Chinese...
Celebrating the Birth of the Guadeloupean Nation
On October 21, Convention Pour Une Guadeloupe Nouvelle commemorated a historical moment (October 21, 1801) it identifies as the birth of the Guadeloupean nation and added: “Nation without state, Guadeloupe...
Russia: The Second Blog War
(more buttons and userpics are here) The Russian-language blogosphere (commonly known as ZheZhe) is on fire: some users are shutting down their blogs, others are emigrating to the virtual Trinidad...
Africa: Africans and victimhood
Enanga's Pov writes about Africans and victimhood: “Have you not met the kind of African who likes to detail the things that are wrong with our continent, how we have...
India, Pakistan: Kashmir from the 70s in pictures
Dristis-Mudra has a fascinating collection of Black and White photographs on a flickr set. They are from the 1970s when the photographer was travelling in Kashmir.
Croatia: Online Discussions Overview
Some Croats feel nostalgic when they think about Tito's Yugoslavia, which broke into pieces in 1992. Turbo Kvrcko posts a funny “Wanted” image that depicts why he misses the good...
Turkey: OpenSource Radio Discussion on Turkey
Open Source Radio will be having a dialouge on their show tonight about recent events in Turkey with the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Turkish author Orhan...
Bulgaria: Presidential Election
A Fistful of Euros writes about the upcoming presidential election in Bulgaria.
Singapore: Singapore's role in the history of Lonely Planet travel guidebooks
The blogger at beyond.sg meets the founder of popular travel guidebook company Lonely Planet and talks about the start got in Singapore for their guidebook business.
Taiwan: mobile coffee
Funck Chen at CCB.2.0 blogs about the cultural history of mobile coffee house. The first coffee car appeared in 1999, and now becomes a national landscape and the drivers of...
