Stories from 6 April 2007
Thailand: Youtube blocked Again
The Lost Boy has details on the latest block on YouTube in Thailand.
Philippines: Blog Award Winners
Mukamo Philippines lists the winners of recently concluded 2007 Philippine Blog Award winners. The awards included categories such as Best Home and Living Blog, Best Socio-Political Blog, Best Podcast, Best Travelblog and Family blog among others.
China: Comment on Nail House
Hegelchong translates parts of a comment written by XiaoWu on the Nail House report: Imagining the victim as a heroine of human rights is only a wishful thinking of ordinary people. … …
China: Though I am Gone
Yunnan Film Festival was suspended because of the nomination of documentary “Though I am Gone” (我虽死去). Danwei contacted the organizers of the festival: they said they did not yet know when they would be able to reschedule it. However, the entire film is on youtube now.
India and its various avatars
India: there are many facets to the country, and in this post we present a slice of how India is perceived by different people. Each writer is looking at India from a different angle and sees a different avatar of the country. Some look at India from a comparative perspective and...