· December, 2006

Stories about Hong Kong (China) from December, 2006

China: Ping…ping…pfft

The earthquake near Taiwan last night which snapped six underwater internet cables, seems to have left a large part of Asia, particularly the Northeast, struggling for an internet fix. Those...

27 December 2006

China: Nary Xmas?

A group of PhD students at several of China's biggest and best universities came together last week to release a letter calling for Chinese to boycott Christmas—a holiday they see...

23 December 2006

Hong Kong: Star ferry

ESWN blogs about his memories of Star ferry and explains why he did not join the protest to “preserve” the site.

18 December 2006

Hong Kong: Star ferry protest

The protest for preserving Star Ferry has been on going for two days. Protesters had occupied the ferry for stopping the demolition until the police cleared the scene today (Dec...

13 December 2006

Hong Kong: media promotion fee?

An anonymous blogger doctor report blogged an open letter to the Civic Party concerning the political campaign for election of Chief executives (zh) and there is a list of “media...

6 December 2006

Hong Kong: Social forum

Hong Kong civil society is having its first social forum this week, a series of pre-conference citizen reports about grassroots workers conditions, migrant domestic workers (zh), gay and lesbian movement...

4 December 2006