Stories from 12 December 2005
China: Summit Reaction
Fons Tuinstra compares the GVO summit in London and the new media conference in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong, China: ESWN Revealed
Hong Kong's Next magazine prints a profile of Roland Soong, the blogger behind the indispensable China blog EastSouthWestNorth.
Japan: Sushi Documentary
Making the rounds on the blogs is this spoof documentary on how to eat sushi. It's funny but also surprisingly informative.
Malaysia: World in Asia
As the inaugural East Asia Summit approaches in Kuala Lumpur, Competitive Malaysia finds similarities between certain Asian countries and western countries. Find out why he thinks Singapore is the Switzerland of Asia or Thailand is its Norway.
Singapore: Too Small for Democracy?
Yawning Bread grapples with the idea that Singapore's population can only afford one viable political party.
Uruguay: Made in America
Rosario offers a Uruguayan's perspective on Bill Bryson's book, “Made in America.”
Venezuela: Podcast on Venezuelan Politics
Radio Open Source invites political science professor, Daniel Hellinger, Venezuelan ambassador to the United States, Bernardo Alvarez, and bloggers, Miguel Octavio and Daniel Duquenal to hash out Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution after last week's low vote turnout in support of Chavez's parties. Comments following the post have been lively.
Argentina: What Kirchner is Up To
Robert Wright has a three part series on how Kirchner is (mis)using his political capital and what forces lie behind the scenes.
Bahamas: On the Attractiveness of Exile
Nicolette Bethel, considering the prospect of life abroad herself, makes the provocative argument that the Bahamas’ lack of cultural export is rooted in its artists’ tendency – unlike other Caribbean islanders – to stay put rather than live in exile.
Iranian Hezbollah Goes Blogging
Iranian blogosphere is very diverse with thousands active blogs. Among these blogs, we can find both many pro democratic, liberal blogs and pro Islamic Republic ones. Most of these Pro Islamic Republic blogs call theselves Hezbollah blogs. If we like them or not, they are a part of blogosphere and...
From the Gaza-Egypt border
Nora visits the newly reopened border crossing between Rafah and Gaza strip. She takes several photos and writes in Arabic about her experience. She documents the frustrations of people trying to get into Gaza. Notices the excessive video surveillance by Israel. She then explains who can cross the border; Palestinians...
