Global Voices · 19 July 2006

19 July 2006

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Stories from 19 July 2006

China: corpses trade

East Asia 19 July 2006

OneManBandWidth discusses the good and the bad side of the news concerning the banning of trade and commercial use of corpses in China.

China: Text book

East Asia 19 July 2006

Joel Martinsen has a post in Danwei on the controversy over Chinese textbook revisions. He puts together various articles and discussions on the recent change of historical perspective.

China: Rock band

East Asia 19 July 2006

Wonwon from Chinatimes puts up a review on the development of rock band music in mainland China in the past twenty years (zh).

The Hong Kong government plans to introduce consumption tax in Hong Kong. Ben Ng goes through the Japan experience in consumption tax and raises his voice against this tax item, calling it “candy poison”.

Singapore: Beancurd Brothers

East Asia 19 July 2006

Sparklette compares tau huay, a local beancurd dessert, from two rival stalls located next to each other. The stalls are run by feuding brothers.

The Week that Was – Bolivian Blogs

Latin America 19 July 2006

Este artículo también está disponible en español en el sitio Blogs de Bolivia Commemorations and anniversaries were on the minds of a handful of Bolivian blogger this week. Twenty-six years ago on July 17th, politician and writer Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz (ES) was kidnapped and murdered by the dictatorship government...

Guyana: Mystery columnist

Caribbean 19 July 2006

Guyanese blog Demeraralighthouse racks its brains to figure out the identity of the Kaieteur News columnist “Peeping Tom“.

Barbados: The government on blogs

Caribbean 19 July 2006

Titlayo sees a Barbados government minister's call for blogs to have a “framework of accountability”, as a sign that blogs are beginning to be taken seriously by “people in high places”.

Vietnam: Is Vietnam the next China?

East Asia 19 July 2006

The blogger at itsthefinalword links to a post that compares China's growth with that of Vietnam's.

Philippines: Preserving Heritage

East Asia 19 July 2006

Ivan About Town is concerned about the state of ancestral homes in Philippines. Antique dealers are tearing down these houses to sell woodwork and other contents of these homes.

Uzbekistan: Returning to Andijon

Central Asia & Caucasus 19 July 2006

Registan.net discusses the voluntary return of Uzbek refugees who had fled the country after last year's violence in Andijon.

Kazakhstan: Infants & HIV

Central Asia & Caucasus 19 July 2006

Irene asks who is responsible for the negligence that led to the infection of six infants with HIV in a hospital in southern Kazakhstan.

Armenia: Racist Fliers

Central Asia & Caucasus 19 July 2006

Nessuna reports on the appearance of racist fliers appearing in Yerevan urging people to “clean their city.” Onnik Krikorian adds that this is ironic considering the number of South Caucasus natives who have died at the hands of white supremacists in Russia.

Armenia: Our Duty to Live

Central Asia & Caucasus 19 July 2006

Onnik Krikorian posts photos and and an interview with the program manager of the Our Duty to Live project in Vanadzor, Armenia. The project offers educational and social services to needy children in an area still recovering from the devastating 1988 earthquake.

Kurdistance: Lebanon's Legacy?

Middle East & North Africa 19 July 2006

While the world's media eye is focused on Lebanon, other potential conflicts are arising in the Middle East; but they are arising using Lebanon as the primary example for conflict justification. The Counterrorism Blog says it best: Turkey is currently making a lot of noise about launching a cross-border incursion...

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