Stories about East Asia from September, 2005
Taiwan, China: Full text of Li Ao
EWSN posts a full-length English translation of the controversial speech by Taiwan writer Li Ao, and urges readers to make up their own minds, rather than relying on imperfect summaries in the Western press.
China: WiFi in Shanghai
Danwei scouts out the best spots for free WiFi Internet access in Shanghai, and provides a handy list.
China: Taishi village discussion removed
EastSouthWestNorth reports that all mention of the Taishi village elections in the southern province of Guangdong has been expunged from the Yannan online discussion forum.
North Korea: Business as usual
NKZone wraps up the aftermath of Monday's North Korean nuclear agreement, saying Pyongyang has already reneged on the Beijing statement.
Japan: Innovative photographer
Photoethnography.com links to the innovative and striking work of Japanese architect and photographic artist Kazuhiko Kawahara.
China, Japan: Hitler comparisons
Danwei translates a recent article by a Chinese political commentator using a comparisons with Hitler, in what Chinese analysts are increasingly viewing as a “remilitarization” of Japan in the wake of the landslide election victory for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and his Liberal Democratic Party earlier this month.
China: Yahoo debate continues
The debate over Yahoo!'s actions in China rumbles on in the blogosphere, with China Herald examining whether the company had a way out of the situation it found itself in with regard to cyber-dissident Shi Tao.
China: Taishi protests
China Digital Times has a photo, courtesy of Duowei.com, of angry residents of Taishi village in the southern province of Guangdong, protesting official intransigence in the face of corruption allegations.
Hong Kong: American whispers
EastSouthWestNorth translates excerpts from a gossip column in the popular weekly magazine Next about some howlers spotted on a U.S. State Department-affiliated Web site purporting to give information about Hong Kong.
Cambodio: New King online
ThaRum reports that Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni has followed his father's example and set up his own Web site.
China: What's on wiki
Hailey Xie has set up a wiki for people to add their knowledge of forthcoming events around China.
Hong Kong: My territory for a horse
Will Hong Kong's hosting of the 2008 Olympic equestrian events get the territory's racing-obsessed residents out jogging the MacLehose Trail? Hemlock doesn't think so…
Philippines: Spooky tales
The Sassy Laywer's Journal reports that six members of the U.S. House of Representatives have called for an enquiry into the activities of the CIA in the Philippines.
Burma: The coasts of Titan
Myanmar blogger Kyaw Oo is taken with newly beamed images of Titan, one of the moons of Jupiter, complete with coastlines, rain and river systems, and seas of liquid methane.
China: Panyu protest
EastSouthWestNorth posts a long essay about why the land dispute and re-election of the village committee in the Guangdong village of Taishi is worth taking the trouble to follow.
China: blogging with Chinese characteristics
EastSouthWestNorth compares blogging in China to the U.S. and Hong Kong. He explains why internet bulletin boards are more influential than blogs in China.
Hong Kong: WTO protests
Che at Chatter Garden posts an account of the welcome extended by the Mexican goverment to non-government groups staging demonstrations at the WTO in Cancun, 2003. Hong Kong will host a WTO round in November.
China: High suicide rate
HKDave picks up on a report about the lack of trained mental-health professionals in China, and the high proportion of rural women among the country's suicides.
Cambodia: Imported labor
Just how much, wonders Phnom Penh-based ThaRum, does Cambodia need expats?
North Korea: Translation issue
Oranckay “re-translates” the English version of the statement issued by the six-parties to the Korean nuclear talks.
North Korea: Nuke-free pledge
One Free Korea takes apart, in a point-by-point analysis, the unexpected announcement that North Korea will give up its nuclear weapons program in exchange for security and assistance guarantees from the other five parties to the China-brokered talks.
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