Stories from 8 March 2006
Singapore: Success Reexamined
Mr. Wang discusses how what Singaporeans used to define as success – the 5 “C's” (club membership, credit card, condo, car and cash) has now become out of reach. But the problem now, he concludes, is that Singaporeans haven't come up with new aspirations to replace them.
Venezuela: Narrated Photo Tour
The blogosphere is busy, as always with news from and about Venezuela. Daniel Duquenal is back from vacation with what he calls a “crazy round up of news.” MIguel Octavio has a thorough explanation of a proposal in the state of Zulia which would grant it more autonomy. Resource-rich Zulia...
Panama: Legendary Cocada Maker
Chef Melissa De Leon takes a trip to Monagrillo to meet legendary cocada maker, Juan Deago. Find out more about the Latin American treat as well as mister Deago's blogging niece, nephew, and daughter in California.
India: Bomb blasts in Varanasi
India: Bomb blasts in Varanasi
India: On Street Harrasment
India: On Street Harrasment
Iran: Photos & Women's Day
Kosoof, an Iran based photo journalist & blogger, has taken very interesting photos from women's gathering in Tehran (Persian). Same meeting was attacked by security forces. Slogans in photos are such as education & jobs are women's right or peace, solidarity & equality.
Serbia & Montenegro: Climbing in Montenegro
Mat Savelli at Roma Roma posts another installation on his travel in Montenegro: “It's fantastic though because there are seemingly no tourists here (save myself) and absolutely no limits in terms of wandering. It's a bit like being in Rome, except everything is better preserved and you can climb, touch,...
Nepal: Infrastructure Crisis
Beyond the political crisis in Nepal, the one of infrastructure is looming large. Blogdai on the crisis of energy and electricity.
Pakistan: Big Sibling watching
Pakistan: Big Sibling watching
Iran: Women & Repression
Fanous informs us that peaceful meeting of Iranian women in Tehran has been repressed by police (Persian). Blogger adds that Iranian famous poet, Mrs. Simin Behbahani was attacked and wounded by security forces. She is 78 years old.
Taiwan: How to feel about China?
How, asks London Calling, a Taiwanese woman doing an MBA in the U.K., is a Taiwanese person supposed to feel about China? “There are in total 784 Chinese missiles aiming at Taiwan at the moment. If the Chinese party leader orders to attack, China can bomb Taiwan for 10 hours...
China: Massage Milk archive
ESWN digs out a translated archived post of a self-description by Massage Milk/Cream, whose blog appears to have been deleted by Chinese censors.
The Moroccan blogosphere celebrates women and discusses taboos
The Moroccan bloggers paid their tribute to the woman who is, Today, celebrated all over the world. They also discussed sensitive issues like being gay in a conservative environment. Samir blogged about Rif, where two-thirds of farmers grow cannabis, while IBAHRINE stressed the revolutionary role of the internet in the...
China: Go-getting newshounds
Via Asia Pundit, Non-Violent Resistance is also somewhat aghast at the media circus surrounding the annual National People's Congress in Beijing, especially when the equation of physical endurance versus content is worked out in full.
Three Renowned Chinese Blogs Blocked
UPDATE: At least two of these blogs appear to be back up. See comments section, or this round-up post. —————————————————— Three renowned Chinese bloggers are blocked by their BSPs, including one of the most popular bloggers in the country and DW Best of Blog winner, Milk Massage. The three blogs...
China: Double standards
Angry Chinese Blogger notes that while the Chinese papers have plastered Oscar-winning Taiwan-born director Ang Lee and his “Brokeback Mountain” all over the headlines, claiming his success as ‘a victory for all Chinese, everywhere’, most papers gloss over the fact that the film is a story of love between two...
China: Gender issues in labor
Corporate Social Responsibility Asia quotes Gu Xiulian, president of the All-China Women's Federation, as saying that “inequality in employment is still a serious issue”, citing the Labour Law that employers should not raise the bar when recruiting women or reject them on grounds of gender.
DRC: Shots of Mbuji-Mayi
At Renouveau Congolais, DRC blogger etngandu posts (FR) pictures of public sites in remote Mbuji-Mayi, the capital of East Kasai province: the Cathedral of Bongola, recently built electric poles and the future administrative headquarters of East Kasai province.
Russia: Svetlana Gannushkina's Declaration of Guilt
David McDuff of A Step At A Time has translated an open letter to the Russian Federal Security Service written by Svetlana Gannushkina, head of the Civic Assistance Committee, in which she mockingly confesses to “have undertaken activities which may be considered by the addressees of this statement as espionage.”...
Le Blog du Congolais critical of international officials overseeing DRC elections
At the group blog Le Blog du Congolais, blogger Anthony MK Katombe expresses (FR) skepticism at European Commissary Louis Michel's enthusiasm and optimism that DRC elections will take place in June 2006. Not impressed with the 26,000,000 voters that have been registered so far, Katombe cites challenges such as minority...
Russia: “Cancer Ward”
Raffi Aftandelian of maaskva: nashimi glazami writes about a Chechen friend who had to share a hospital room with a biased Russian woman. (The post is both in English and Russian.)
