Stories about East Asia from March, 2007
Japan: Tokyo election and nationalism
James from Japan Probe blogs about the Tokyo governor candidates’ stand and debate on nationalism, in particular to the policy of coercing teachers to stand and sing the national anthem ‘Kimigayo’.
South Korea: what not to post in blog
A blogger posted about his pot-smoking experience in the Netherlands on his blog and got busted for doing drugs overseas – Robert Koehler from Marmot's Hole.
China: nationalism and Olympic
David Bandurski from China Media Project post a translation of a recent editorial in Southern Metropolis Daily, which argues that China's well-publicized appetite for Olympic gold has become a kind of Midas touch, spoiling the spirit of friendship and harmony that the Games have come to symbolize.
China: nail house
The picture of “nail house” from Chongqing has been widely spread in BBS and mainstream media. Lyn Jeffery from virtual China gives some more background about the case. DANWEI also has a report, puts the discussion under the context of the recent property law.
China: Book banned prior to printing
Prior to a recent reprinting, ‘A Narrow Escape From Death: My ‘Right-wing’ Life’, a book from retired Xinhua journalist Dai Huang was banned from being published by order of China's General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP), in which Dai recounts the years during which he was cast as a...
The Balkans, Japan: War Re-Enactment Games
Photos of a group of Japanese men clad in Croatian and Serbian military uniforms has caused a scandal in the Serbian blogosphere, Neretva River reports: “…these men were participating in a re-enactment of the recent wars in a ‘capture the flag’ style game which apparently had different scenarios, one apparently...
Argentina: Chinatown
Buenos Aires Weekly has some great photos of Buenos Aires’ Chinatown neighborhood of Belgrano.
China: reading property law
Postive solution blogs about his reading of the newly passed property law in China: while private property was the most eye-catching section of the law, the focus was in fact on problems with State-owned property.
China: property, power and violence
Shao Zishing from mindmeter posts an article about the logic of property management and the distinctive character of “property violence” in China (zh). This article has been censored away by some printed media.
China: translation tool
Eric Hu has a review on the google translation in Shanghaiist.
China: legal base for the real name system
Joel Martinsen from DANWEI sums up a discussion in Liaoning Legal News on whether the “real name registration system” has legal base: Of the real-name systems that have been proposed recently, relevant national laws are only in place for the banking system; real-name systems for mobile phones, online games, blogs,...
China: blogspot blocked again
Jeremy Goldkorn reported that many foreign blog providers have been blocked in the past few weeks. Blogspot is blocked again.
Filipino Bloggers Discuss Homeschooling
An interesting discussion on whether one should homeschool their children or send them to a school appeared on some blogs from the Philippines. A Passerby's Trail writes I am an educator and I had a lot of teaching experiences in different school levels; yet as a mom, I prefer to...
Singapore: Crowdsourcing the Media Panel
Kevin Lim is inviting his readers to a panel titled “Crowdsourcing the Media” that he is moderating as a part of a technology conference. “Initially entitled “Citizen Journalism”, the panel I’m moderating didn’t quite capture the feel of what the discussion was going to be about, so I renamed it...
Hong Kong: Panda's right
Hegelchong criticizes the mainstream media's insensitivity towards animal rights in the news concerning central government giving two Pandas to Hong Kong for 10 years anniversary of reunification of Hong Kong with China (zh).
Cambodia: The Four Beggars in Cambodian Society
Vutha describes the four types of beggars one may find in Cambodia.
Malaysia: AIDS Stigma
MM links to a New York Times story on AIDS in Afghanistan and compares Malaysia to Afghanistan. “
Global Voices en Français Celebrates Journée Mondiale de la Francophonie
Today is Francophonia Day. About 50 French-speaking countries and territories, some belonging to the Organisation Mondiale de la Francophonie and others not, will reflect on what it means to have French as a language –often alongside others. (Not to worry we will tell you what the bloggers said as soon...
Hong Kong: blogger gathering
Jacky writes about the weekend blogger gathering organized by sina. The topic is about media and blogging (zh).
Japan: Nostril flush
The Nostril flush is for dealing with cedar pollen allergies, JP explains how to use it at Japundit.
China: Cohabitation
Lyn Jeffery from virtual China translated a discussion from Sina BBS concerning “People's Congress Delegate Advocates Repealing Concept of Illegal Cohabitation”.
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