Stories from 16 February 2007
Kuwait: New Mall Opening
Kuwaiti blogger evolution is excited about the opening of a new mall, which will bring much sought after brands closer.
Armenia: Structure Determines All
Armenian Libertarian-Socialist Movement argues that Armenia's political structure is institutionalizing politics ruled by the military and oligarch without any real alternatives in sight.
Malawian bloggers on nature, health, technology, politics and corruption
The newest Malawian kid on the blog is journalist Kondwani Kamiyala, of The Nation newspaper, one of Malawi’s two daily papers. Since launching his blog on January 17, Kondwani has posted 11 entries in a space of four weeks, making him one of the most active bloggers in the Malawi...
China: Aesthetics of Power
Chong translates a cultural critics Zhu Dake's comments on Zhang Yimou's film (director of the Curse of the Golden Flower) and the aesthetics of power that colours Chinese modernity: It is a problem of Chinese culture. We have a passion for sickness and aesthetics of power rather than ordinary people's...
China: cycling with goods
Onemanbandwith puts up a series of photos to show how people carry a dozen pigs, tens of chicken, hundreds of eggs, etc in bicycle or motor cycle.
China: the 10th anniversary of the death of Deng Xiaoping
Positivesolutions blogs about how China Daily plans for the 10th anniversary of the death of Deng Xiaoping. The blogger feels that, under the present context, the China Daily story looks at best unfortunate, and at worst deeply cynical.
China: greatfirewallofchina.net
A new website www.greatfirewallofchina.net has been set up for testing whether a url is blocked in China or not.
Japan: foreign crime book editor's comment
Debito posts GAIJIN HANZAI editor Saka's comment in his blog and reply to him point by point. In his conclusion, he said: Again, I thank Mr Saka for making his ideology so plain. He comes off as a crybaby who sees other people going about their business, gets angry because...
Japan: cross dressing
Ampontan blogs about the tradition of cross-dressing show business in japan.
Taiwan: kiss and ride
Mr.6 comments on the effect of (zh) David Reid’s blog post on the “kiss and ride” road sign near Hsinchu station of Taiwan High-Speed railway. The discussion about the use of “kiss and ride” in David’s blog entry has been picked up by many English newspaper both in Taiwan and...
Bolivia, Venezuela: Redefining Nationalization
April Howard, detailing the recent protests in Camiri, draws an interesting parallel between how Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Bolivian President Evo Morales are redefining the term “nationalization.”
Nicaragua: Alvaro Orozco
Andres Duque describes the case of Alvaro Orozco, a 21-year-old Nicaraguan who is fighting deportation proceedings in Canada after an immigration court deemed that, according to Duque, “he wasn't gay enough.”
Uruguay: Las Hortensias
Posthegemony on the short story, “Las Hortensias” by Uruguayan author, Felisberto Hernández [ES].
Mexico: YouTube cartel war
Boz shows how Mexico's drug war is spilling over onto YouTube. Xeni Jardin has links to the actual videos at Boing Boing.
Mexico: Regiopedia
Guillermo Castro points readers [ES] to Regiopedia [ES], a Wikipedia-like site focused on the industrial city of Monterrey, Mexico.
