11 April 2007

Stories from 11 April 2007

Bangladesh: On the Bangladeshi Blogosphere

  11 April 2007

An article in publication, Slate on the Bangladeshi Blogosphere. “While by vocation Ahmede is a journalist, there is a growing band of bloggers who are bypassing the mainstream media in favour of their own to take up reporting of news or opinion analysis, via their blogs. These Citizen Journalists, springing...

Blogging Business: West African Bloggers, Inc.

  11 April 2007

This week, while perusing the Africa business bloggers section of my RSS reader, I noticed a peculiar thing, or maybe this is not so peculiar. But I noticed that a large number of the business blogs that I have been reading lately are authored by writers of West African origins....

Bahrain: Blocking Sites

Bahrain unblocked and then blocked a number of sites, writes Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif. “I am told that Batelco has started to block the sites again, but rather than blocking them at the proxy servers (which are in a sad state, it seems) they are blocking them directly at...

Algeria: On Obama

Algerian blogger Nouri gives us his thoughts on US presidential candidate Barack Obama, who managed to raise $25 million despite running a ‘disorganised’ campaign.

Guyana: World Cup Hosting a Success?

  11 April 2007

As Guyana's President lauds the efforts of his country in successfully hosting its leg of the Cricket World Cup Super Eight matches, Guyana Providence Stadium calls for “an audit of actual costs”.

South Africa: colonization of Africa by Africa?

  11 April 2007

The silent takeover of Africa by South African businesses: “According to the State Of The Nation: South Africa 2003 – 2004 (7), available documents show South African businesses running the national railroad in Cameroon, the national electricity company in Tanzania, and managing the airports located in or near seven African...

Japan: Old pols, crimes and porn

  11 April 2007

Plenty of discussion on ComingAnarchy blogger Curzon's ‘Japan Roundup‘ post this week looking at three current stories: the fading popularity of Shintaro Ishihara, the recently-reelected governor of Tokyo, the hot-button issue of WWII comfort women, and navy officer's possible leak of information related to Japan's missile defense program.

China: Shanghai correspondents gather

  11 April 2007

In an age of declining numbers of English-language foreign correspondents, the few remaining in Shanghai are making the most of the moment, the latest in a series of related posts from Shanghai-based Dutch China consultant and China Herald blogger Fons Tuinstra.

Japan: Salarymen

  11 April 2007

In case you think a salaryman is the person in the accounting department on whose best side you want to be, the an englishman in osaka blogger brings us photos and metered prose that might clear things up.

China: Losing the lottery

  11 April 2007

Via China Digital Times, Roland Soong at EastSouthWestNorth translates a report from Southern Weekend looking at the spread of the illegal “Mark 6″ lottery throughout Southern China.

China: The lives of retired athletes

  11 April 2007

Professional Chinese athletes are known to undergo some of the toughest training regimens in the world, but does this prepare them for post-competition careers? Roland Soong at EastSouthWestNorth translates a recent post from marathoner-turned-blogger Ai Dongmei, “If my child wants to be an athlete, I'll break her legs first.”