19 December 2005

Stories from 19 December 2005

Singapore, South Korea: Iconoclasm

  19 December 2005

Jeff Ooi asks why Singapore and Lee Kuan Yew are so often cited as models: isn't South Korea, with its larger population and greater challenges, more admirable?

China: Virtual Celebrity

  19 December 2005

danwei wants to introduce you to eXinXin, a model for computer simulations and video games, who is supposedly China's first virtual celebrity. She's real, though, and has a blog (in ZH).

Taiwan: Political Changes

  19 December 2005

Jerome F. Keating reflects on the changes that have affected Taiwan's politics: how in 15 years the ex-opposition Democratic Progressive Party successfully challenged the Kuomintang's one-party state.