11 October 2006

Stories from 11 October 2006

Japan: savings

One in four households in Japan have no savings, alexpappas blogs about a survey result.

11 October 2006

Hong Kong: excess education

BWG blogs a survey about how parents in Hong Kong react when they got frustrated with their kids’ studies: Get out! go away! I don't want to see you anymore.

11 October 2006

China: fairness and justice

Ai wei wei discusses the way how the government deal with fairness and justice by presenting two legal cases: Let us discuss fairness and equality, the foundations for social morality....

11 October 2006

China: digital sex

Wang Xiao-feng discusses about the fashion of “digital sex” writings and its potential impact on sex attitude in China (zh): some writers pretend to be experts in sex, but the...

11 October 2006

China: little fatty net

Lyn Jeffery in Virtual China introduces a new website called “little fatty net”. It is a new generation youth website.

11 October 2006

Bermuda: The sound of independence

Valentine Michael Smith reports on a meeting convened in Bermuda to discuss the subject of independence, where 23% of the attendeed were “confused expats thinking they were attending a screening...

11 October 2006

Belize: Culture shock

MTV veejay-turned-Belize eco resort owner Simone Elgeln looks back on her early days in Belize when she and her husband invited a few people to watch movies at their home...

11 October 2006

Jamaica: Work with passion

“While our system of education has tragedy written into its script, with a 16 year old having to choose four subjects on which to “concentrate” to the exclusion of others,...

11 October 2006

Central Asia: Corruption & Parking

neweurasia reports on the correlation between a Central Asian and Caucasus states’ levels of corruption and parking violations for members of their UN missions.

11 October 2006

The Week that Was – Bolivian Blogs

An isolated mining town called Huanuni, located in the Department of Oruro, was the center of attention in Bolivia after violent clashes between groups of miners. In question were the...

11 October 2006