13 November 2006

Stories from 13 November 2006

Sudan: relief agency pulls out

The Norwegian Refugee Council pulls out of Darfur: One can always hope for the best, but I very much doubt that the NRC will be the last organization to quit...

13 November 2006

D.R. of Congo: sign painters

What do you do if you want a public sign for your business in Kinshasa?, “For the most part, here in Kinshasa, if you want a sign advertising what you...

13 November 2006

Voices from South Asia

Bangladesh: Asif of Unheard Voices: Drishtipat Group Blog analyzes the current political situation in Bangladesh and urges all the Bangladeshis to take a non-partisan moral stand to get out of...

13 November 2006

China: Chinese wikipedia fully unblocked?

Andrew lih has the latest update on the Chinese wikipedia accessibility in Mainland China: According to many folks around China, the Chinese Wikipedia (zh.wikipedia.org) seems to be widely accessible in...

13 November 2006

Hong Kong: honorable doctorate for former CE

inmediahk.net has a citizen report (zh with photos) on the student protest against the University of Science and Technology for giving out honorable doctorate for former Chief Executive Tung Chee...

13 November 2006

Taiwan: terrorist blogger

ESWN translates some reports and posts about a blogger in Taiwan who blogged about various ways to depose President Chen Shui Bian. The blogger is now investigated by the Criminal...

13 November 2006

China: fabricating news business

ESWN translates an investigative report from Youth Weekend about a gang who sold tabloid newspapers in the Beijing subway and train stations with fabricated sensationalistic news headlines such as Andy...

13 November 2006

Japan: police can't marry non-Japanese?

Debito repasted another blog post from a German girl who has a Japanese policeman boyfriend: Policemen in Japan have to report their girlfriends when they become serious about their partnership....

13 November 2006

China: sexual service nanny

Kai blogs about a new service emerging in China: nanny for single middle age or old men. It costs about 2000 yuan per month and most of the nannies come...

13 November 2006

China: PR on Fujian-like virus

The image thief commented on the PR strategy of Chinese government in denoucning the research concerning the discovery of a new avian flu virus: This is exactly the kind of...

13 November 2006

China: defamation suit against blog host

Chinese Law Prof Blog commented on a court case about a journalism professor's defamation suit against blog host for not taking down insulting comments about him posted by a student.

13 November 2006

China: one dog

Angry Chinese blogger has an interesting and thoughtful post on One Party, One China, One Child and One Dog policy.

13 November 2006