Stories about Migration & Immigration from July, 2008
China: Naked Government Official
Li Yin-he re-posted an article about “naked government officials” which refers to (quite often corrupted) officials whose family members have migrated overseas. According to the article, there are 1,080,000 overseas Chinese who are relatives of these “naked officials”.
Guinea-Bissau: A day without immigrants
“What if the immigrants associations decided to go on strike for a day, to show what Europe would be like without them?”, asks Jorge Rosmaninho [pt].
Palestine: Obama in the News
Presidential Candidate Barack Obama is making headlines this week in the Palestinian blogosphere: partly for his impending visit to the West Bank and partly for his turn on the cover of this week's New Yorker. Jillian York reviews Palestinian blogs.
Trinidad & Tobago: Draft Constitution
Jumbie's Watch wonders “wither did it come from?”, referring to Trinidad and Tobago's new draft constitution.
Armenia: Meet The Kardashians
Blogian posts the text of an email that laments the fact that many Americans are beginning to associate ethnic Armenians in the U.S. with socialite and sex tape celebrity Kim Kardashian.
South Korea: Tracking Foreign Student
Following U.S government's practice, the South Korean government started to track international students — more from Korea Beat.
China: Reflection on Human Value
Hu Yong posted an interview with Qian Gang, the writer of Tangshan Earthquake, about the recent Sichuan earthquake. The writer pointed out that after 32 years of the Tangshan earthquake, Chinese society is yet to reflect upon the value of “Human”.
Europe: Roma People in Italy
At A Fistful of Euros, a discussion of the situation with the Roma people in Italy, inspired by this piece from the Guardian's Comment is Free (229 comments).
MENA: Reactions to the Mediterranean Summit
As over 40 leaders from the Mediterranean region gather in France for the inauguration of the new Union for the Mediterranean, the blogosphere is filled with mixed feelings. Jillian York checks up on the Middle Eastern and North African communities, bringing us reactions from Morocco to Syria.
Armenia: Diaspora Survey
Social Science in the Caucasus comments on its research on difficulties faced by ethnic Armenians from the Diaspora when they relocate to Armenia. The blog notes that there is often competition between local and foreign-born Armenians as well as differences in mentality and values.
South Korea: Why do Expats in Korea Complain So Much?
Ask A Korean! explains to Roboseyo on “Why do expats in Korea complain so much?”
Paraguay: Perfect Weather at the Expo Fair
Muna Annahas is in Asunción Paraguay enjoying the “perfect weather” and a visit to the Expo. She describes the scene from the food stands to promotional booths.
Angola: An unacceptable silence
Brazilian expatriate, Menina de Angola [Girl from Angola, pt] comments about two separate cases of rape committed against Brazilian women in Luanda and criticizes the silence surrounding the issue, which according to her hasn't triggered any action from police, media or community: “I always thought the Angolan society was sexist,...
Japan: View from Ecuador on WaiWai “Child Hunt”
WaiWai was a column in Japan's fourth largest newspaper Mainichi, published for years in the English version of their website and featuring some of the most scandalous (and mostly fabricated) articles from Japan's weekly tabloids, translated to English with added “embellishments”. In recent weeks, the story of WaiWai erupted on the Japanese Internet, users reacting to WaiWai's negative depiction of Japan. One Japanese blogger living in Ecuador wrote a blog post expressing outrage at a WaiWai article about Japanese supposedly "hunting" for children in Ecuador.
Iran: Immigration and Iranian family
Reza Kazemzadeh,an Iranian psychologist explains[Fa] in his blog about “immigration and Iranian family's challenges” in an interview with Radio Hambastegi.
Cuba: Family Travel to Cuba
The US Congress has approved a 2009 fiscal spending bill containing a controversial provision that lifts family travel restrictions to Cuba. Uncommon Sense believes this would “restore some humanitarian sanity by helping break the barriers between Cubans who have been able to leave the country and loved ones they left...
Touring Libyan Blogs: Summer, Diplomacy, Data Protection and the Right to Privacy
The sprawling summer days in Libya have kicked in fast bringing with them the beach season, which for me carries wafts of childhood holiday memories and funnily enough watermelons. As expected there were a few summer related posts on the Libyan blogosphere. After all with approximately 2000 km of coastline...
Ukraine: Corruption and the Media
A discussion of corruption and the state of the media in Ukraine – at Nash Holos.
Ukraine, Canada: Yushchenko and the Diaspora Media
Taras Kuzio writes that president Victor Yushchenko seems to be avoiding the Canadian-Ukrainian media.
Malawi: Radio Host seeks Help in Blog
An 18 month-old radio program that attracted a faithful following in Malawi is in danger of ceasing, thanks to expensive phone rates and limited bandwidth. The program's host, Malawian blogger Victor Kaonga, has made an appeal for the program to find sponsorship and be saved.
Armenia: LGBT Blogs
While most political blogs in Armenia simply duplicate the views of an already polarized media, the voices of those stuck in between, denied access to the airwaves, or who are simply misrepresented, are often ignored. That might now all be changing with the appearance of several LGBT Blogs from Armenia and the Diaspora.
