Stories from 7 October 2006
Taiwan: Global Voices in Chinese Podcasting
Swpave records a podcast featuring headlines and hot blogging topics for the last week gathered from HEMiDEMi(a social bookmarking service in Taiwan, just like a combination of del.icio.us and digg.com)...
Singapore:Mid Autumn Lantern Festival
Singapore blogger anonnymousxwrites visits and posts images from the Lantern Carnival at a park in Singapore. The mid-autumn festival is a Chinese traditional festival that is celebrated by hanging colorful...
Philippines: Photographer's Haven in Manila
Senor Enrique in Philippines blogs about a project to turn a busy Manila Street into a photographer's haven. “Only a couple of months ago I posted an entry about an...
Fiji: Fijian Fashion
Wendy at Babasiga blog introduces the various dresses that the Fijian women wear.
Cambodia: Censorship
Arie, an American living in Cambodia comments on the censorship in the country.
Indonesia: International Potluck
Students from South-East and rest of Asia are increasing going to China to learn Mandarin. Christina, an Indonesian student in Fuzhou, Southern China throws a potluck party to welcome her...
Cambodia: Rumours of a Coup
The blogger at Details are Sketchy downplays the rumours of a coup in Cambodia due to the extensive hold the ruling party has on almost every aspect of Cambodian state....
Surf in Chile
In Chile summer is coming and the surfers don’t mind. They just surf all year long up and down Chile's 2,880 miles of coastline. A community of passionate surfers share...
Tahitian Classic Cinema
Tahiti: Littérature, Musique et… (Fr) offers a primer on classic Tahitian cinema.
Congolese Writer Alain Mabanckou on André Schwarz-Bart
Alain Mabanckou, a novelist and poet from Congo-Brazzaville now living in California, pays tribute (Fr) to Polish-Jewish writer André Schwarz-Bart, author of Le Dernier de justes who passed away last...
E-Commerce Comes to Cameroon
Le Blog de PKJ Agency (Fr) writes about a possible new e-commerce business set to launch in Cameroon in the coming months.
