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· December, 2005

Stories about East Asia from December, 2005

Malaysia: Islamic burial of ethnic Indian

The recent controversy over “forced” burial of a Malaysia Everest mountain climber M. Moorthy in accordance to Islamic rites, in which the decision was disputed by Moorthy's family, has stir...

Written by SK Thew
31 December 2005

Chinese Blogosphere:Year in Review

The development of blog in 2005 is fast and influential. Compared with early years when blog was first introduced, 2005 is the booming year of Chinese Blogosphere in terms of...

Written by Frank Dai
31 December 2005

China: Jailed Journalists

the leaky pen writes about three journalists now languishing in Chinese jails: Singapore's Ching Cheong, researcher Zhao Yan of the New York Times and local reporter Shi Tao.

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
29 December 2005

Indonesia: Economists’ Blog

Cafe Salemba is a group blog written by Indonesian economists, one in Jakarta and three studying in the U.S. Recently, they've been writing about subsidies: for education and for art.

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
29 December 2005

Thailand: Bilingual Posting

Fringer has announced he will be no longer writing as often in English as in Thai: “it is almost impossible to write in different languages without switching between two different...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
29 December 2005

Philippines: Gas Project Runs Out

In the 1990s, the Malampaya underwater gas field was touted as a major move for the Philippines into cleaner energy. Divergent Poles talks about what has happened to the project...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
26 December 2005

Japan: Gaudy Game Paddles

Japanduit has colorful photographs of hagoita, wooden paddles used in a traditional Japanese game much like badminton that is played around New Year's. The paddles are adorned with Kabuki images,...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
23 December 2005

China: Scrubbed News Digest

danwei prints a post by a publishing consultant in Shenzhen on Cankao Xiaoxi, a Chinese-language digest of articles from world press formerly restricted to the Communist party elite but now...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
23 December 2005

China: Patients’ Fate

In 2004, China's President Hu Jintao shook the hands of two AIDS patients in a hospital. The resulting exposure changed their lives, and not for the better. EastSouthWestNorth translates a...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
23 December 2005

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