Stories from 27 September 2005
Hong Kong, China: Democrats in Guangdong
China Confidential reports on the visit to southern China by Hong Kong's pro-democracy politicians, and debate with provincial Party chief Zhang Dejiang on the 1989 Tiananmen massacre.
Lebanon: Support May Shidyak
In solidarity with the Lebanese Journalist, May Shidyak, who was seriously wounded (lost left leg and hand) when a bomb exploded inside her car north of Beirut a couple of...
North Korea: Video of a beating
Oranckay posts still photos and links to an audio clip from a video of North Korean border guards apparently beating a female defector as she attempted to return home after...
China, Tibet: Unscheduled protest
Angry Chinese Blogger goes into some detail about an incident during the recent visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to New York, in which Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing was surrounded...
Hong Kong: Not the only fruit
ESWN offers an alternative and embarrasing translation of a Cantonese public service movie about oranges…oh, and free trade.
Jordan: Music Morals
Sugar Cubes and Sabbah seem to be upset with what they describe as the low level of moral that some Arab artists and Arab Music TV channels are performing and...
China: What the government fears
RebeccaMacKinnon posts a well-linked and closely argued commentary on the main fear driving the new set of Chinese government regulations to control its citizens’ Internet use: the tech-savvy smart-mob.
China: Don't boycott Yahoo!
Jeremy Goldkorn at Danwei argues that continued investment by companies like Yahoo! in China will continue to promote freedom of expression among its citizens. He accuses Yahoo!'s critics of pursuing...
IRC chat about RSF Guide for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents
Log file opened at: 9/27/05 10:41:55 AM ethanz: Hi friends – we'll start in about three more minutes ethanz: I'm logging the session and will post the transcript, so this...
Bangladesh: Asia Democracy Index
Bangladesh: Asia Democracy Index
Sri Lanka: Celebrating heritage
Sri Lanka: Celebrating heritage
Pakistan: Can't get enough of Pepsi?
Pakistan: Can't get enough of Pepsi?
India: Can't work at night
India: Can't work at night
India: Non resident Indian
India: Non resident Indian
Join Our Live Chat! Handbook for Bloggers & Cyber-Dissidents
Update: The IRC chat was a great success, with three dozen participants from around the world (China, Malaysia, Tunisia, Bahrain, Japan, Germany, France and Canada, just to name a few…)...
Pakistan: Blog-o-rama
Without a helmet, riding a Vespa scooter at 45km an hour, I headed out on the internet highway last night, swerving my way through heavy traffic (risking life and limb)...
Iranian Journalists & Blogging in Iran: An Open Window to Communicate
Iranian journalists in their blogs,time to time, provide us first hand information. A couple of months ago Webnameh published Ganji's supporters’ photos in front of hospital before any other site...
