· June, 2005

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Stories about East Asia from June, 2005

Isaac Mao on China's blog crackdown

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Written by Rebecca MacKinnon
10 June 2005

Tsunami 6 months on: Blog it!!

It has come to Global Voices’ attention that a number of mainstream media outlets are going to be doing some special reporting looking at the Tsunami and its legacy 6...

Written by Rebecca MacKinnon
8 June 2005

Skypecast: Singapore's mr. brown

I had a giggle-filled conversation today with Singapore's “enfant terrible,” Lee Kin Mun, aka mr. brown. Topics included: How he instigated the Great Singaporean Conspiracy, the upcoming bloggers’ conference, “Singlish,”...

Written by Rebecca MacKinnon
7 June 2005

Monday Global Blog Roundup

The Middle East The famous “should women drive in Saudi Arabia” debate gets a hearing at Crossroads Arabia. Verdict? Well, since women can drive everywhere else, what’s the big deal?...

Written by Paul Frankenstein
7 June 2005

Tiananmen Square Blog Roundup

A quick roundup of posts and rememberances of June 4, 1989—the Tiananmen Square Massacre. The Global Blog Roundup will be posted later tonight. Andrea from T-Salon posts a lengthy collection...

Written by Paul Frankenstein
6 June 2005

Threat to Chinese blogs

Reporters Without Borders has issued a press release today voicing alarm at “the Chinese government's announced intention to close down all China-based websites and blogs that are not officially registered.”...

Written by Rebecca MacKinnon
6 June 2005

Friday Global Blog Roundup

East Asia Over at Big White Guy, Randall van der Woning writes about an expat Tiananmen protestor who climbed atop a giant TV screen in downtown Hong Kong and stripped...

Written by Paul Frankenstein
3 June 2005

Thursday Global Blog Roundup

Central Asia The Kyrgyzstan Kid attends the wake of a stranger in a small town in northern Kyrgyzstan. Registan.net comes in with two interesting stories: first, the US State Department...

Written by Amanda Michel
2 June 2005

Wednesday Global Blog Roundup

Central Asia and the Caucuses Nathan at Registan has photos from the Supreme Court building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where hundreds of people have stormed the structure to oust protesters who've...

Written by Ethan Zuckerman
1 June 2005
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