23 August 2005

Stories from 23 August 2005

Philippines: Aquino 22 years after

  23 August 2005

Benigno Aquino is remembered 22 years after he was assassinated. August 21, 1983, Aquino was shot dead on the tarmac of the Manila International Airport as he returned from exile to launch an opposition against dictator, Ferdinand Marcos.

Hong Kong: Ching Cheong

  23 August 2005

Is the arrest of journalist Ching Cheong, formerly ‘detained’ and recently charged with spying for Taiwan, a victim of a power tussle between the Shanghai clique and the Jiang Zemin's? There had been other journalists having similarly-linked run-ins with the government, says Chatter Garden. The blogger wonders whether somebody is...

China: Great Firewall strengthens

  23 August 2005

The time for “using real names on the Internet” is about to come in China, blogs EastSouthWestNorth with a full translation of a Nanfang Weekend article that carries a severe warning: The Great Firewall is gathering force and fourteen government departments are teaming up to ‘purify’ the Internet.

China: War Game

  23 August 2005

Is mainland China having so much money now that it could pay for the Sino-Russian war game? Bingfeng Teahouse says the People Liberation Army (PLA) should consider hiring Americans from the Seals to help reunify with Taiwan. Meanwhile, Beijing Youth Daily features a frontpage story of the Sino-Russian combat maneuver...

Cambodia: More condoms

  23 August 2005

While Japan is facing a dwindling population, Cambodia needs to increase condom production to protect its sexually active population. Cheang Sokha of Cambodian Morning blog reports that twenty million condoms are not enough and the country's leading distributor plans on increasing production to 23.5 million condoms by the end of...

Cambodia: Water Festival

  23 August 2005

Independent nonprofit technology consultant Beth Kanter (blog: Cambodia4kids) has a podcast with Somaly K. Hay, the master Cambodian dance teacher. Beth has been chronicling in her vblog the water festival season in Maine and Massachusetts, USA – here, here and here. There is a short video which shows Cambodian dancers...

Malaysia: ISP meets bloggers

  23 August 2005

One of the earliest agendas the new CEO of Malaysia's largestISP wanted done is to meet blogger Jeff Ooi to resolve quality of service issues raised in his blog, Screenshots, and an issue raised two years ago in his column in Malaysian Business, a business fortnightly with a 32-year history....

Chile, Argentina: New Characters in URLs

  23 August 2005

Iria Puyosa notes that beginning next Sunday, Chile and Argentina will allow the registration of domains including the characters á, é, í, ó, ú, ü, and ñ. I would assume http://www.méxico.com.mx has already been registered. Un blog con floggera thinks this is a step in the right direction in making...