Stories about East Asia from December, 2007
China: Scrap the death penalty?
Was it New Jersey's undoing of the 1976 reinstatement of capital punishment earlier this month, or the United Nations General Assembly's call for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty a few days later that launched prominent Chinese bloggers into their own debate on the subject? NetEase has gotten nearly...
China: Ant Story
Imagethief explains why the Yilishen ant story is a perfect China story in terms of its cultural, political and social elements.
Japan: How the Japanese spend Christmas
Ampontan blogs a survey on how Japanese spend their Christmas.
Japan: Foreign Snails Invasion
James from Japan Probe blogs a video about giant snails from South America's invasion.
Japan: Witnessing Gang Fight
Adamu witnessed a gang fight near his home.
Taiwan: An Ironic Human Rights Day
In this article, I will carry on the subject from my last article in bringing you information on human rights in Taiwan. Top Ten News on Human Rights The Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) released their picks for “Top Ten News on Human Rights in 2007″ just before the...
Thailand: Party Supporting Thaksin Leads Thai Elections
Bloggers in Thailand and abroad are analyzing the results of Thai elections where the party supporting the former Prime Minister Thaksin Sinawatra has emerged as the leading candidate for running the country.
Korea: Why the Internet didn't Influence the Presidential Election This Time
The presidential election of the Republic of Korea was held on the 19th of December. While the election ended in the predicted result to many, it shocked others. In particular, the results of the election showed that some active netizens’ opinions didn’t influence this election compared to the last presidential...
Thailand: PPP Leading
Bangkok Pundit analyzes the latest results of exit poll data and the actual election results. The PPP or People's Power Party, considered by many as the incarnation of the banned Thai Rak Thai is leading the polls.
Thailand: Exit Poll Results
Real Life Thailand does not like the possible candidate favored by the latest exit poll data in Thailand.
Japan: Economics of the “Illegal” Download
Following on recent moves by the government to regulate the Internet, plans for regulation in other areas of online communication have been moving ahead apace in Japan. Among these is the plan to revise article 30 of Japan's Copyright Law to make it illegal for individuals to download copyrighted material for personal use, something which up until now had been considered legal. Blogger and economist Ikeda Nobuo delves into the economics of the "illegal download", strongly criticizing the proposed revision.
Myanmar: Lessons From 2007 Burma Uprising
The Burma Review blog quotes from the editor of Burma Dialogue on the lessons from the uprising in Burma earlier this year.
Thailand: Coverage of Thai Elections
Bangkok Pundit will be live-blogging the Thai elections.
Philippines: Longest Christmas season in the world
Filipino bloggers discuss how Christmas is celebrated in the Philippines. Learn Filipino Christmas traditions and find out why the longest Christmas season is to be found in the Philippines.
China: Zuola on how citizen media should work
A fist-chop in the throat and surveillance by secret police seems to have put a swift end to the career of China's most popular investigative blogger Zhou “Zuola” Shuguang, but judging from his post earlier this month ‘Zhou Shuguang's understanding of citizen reporters and citizen media’, if you were to...
Hong Kong: Currency Peg
As Hong kong Currency is pegged with U.S, the economy in U.S has leaded to negative interest rate and inflation in Hong Kong. Kaie pointed out that such economic pain is unnecessary and against economic logic (zh).
China: Xiamen PX
ESWN translated an article from Southern Weekend which described in detail the negotiation among governments, Xiamen people and business over the Xiamen PX project.
South Korea: Thoughts on Lee Myung-bak
Robert Koehler from Marmot's Hole blogs his thoughts on the new president, Lee Myung-bak: There’s just something about him that says, “I’m going to get shit done.”
South Korea: The Bulldozer Triumphant
Matt blogs about the demolition of Dongdaemun Stadium, a place for street vendors who previously were relocated from the old Cheonggye expressway (the present Cheonggyecheon).
South Korea: Sexual Minorities Neglected
Cho Eunseok from newcham translated an article about sexual minorities’ previous encounter with the newly elected president Lee Myung-Bak.
China: Children Version of Lust, Caution
ESWN translated an editorial discussion of yweekend about the children version of Lust, Caution.
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