Stories from 11 June 2007
Thailand: Street Protest Pictures from Bangkok
The Lost Boy has pictures from the latest pro-democracy protest in Bangkok. “Several thousand people had once again gathered, many standing around drinking from cans of beer or else sitting...
Cambodia: Oil Discovery and Optimism in Cambodia
Borin discusses some of the scenarios if the claims that Cambodia has huge oil reserves comes true. “Now let’s assume that Cambodia has large oil deposit that we call sell...
Japan: Criminalization of child porn possession
Japan and Russia are the only G-8 member countries where personal possession of child pornography is not a crime. JP reports on the debate on the suggestion of criminalization of...
China: Teacher Abuse Gate Scandal
ESWN translated an indepth report from Southern Weekend on the teacher abuse youtube video scandal at Haidian district Art Vocational School.
China: F__k the GFW
Four-letter words flooded Chinese blogsphere this weekend as the Great Fire Wall has filtered flickr.com. Keso said that he could only expressed his anger by one single word: F__K! (zh)...
China: Taiwanese tycoon behind Xiamen PX
Chong from interlocals translated an article from Yazhou Zhoukan about the background of the notorious Taiwanese tycoon operating behind the Xiamen PX project. Earlier in June, Xiamen citizens demonstrated against...
China: Student Riot in Zhengzhou
Peijin Chen summaries reports on the recent student riot in Zhengzhou: After a seven hour stand-off the streets were cleared; five students were detained, the injured girl is receiving treatment...
China: Dreamblogue
Onemanbandwidth introduces a new project called dreamblogue: Our dream is to travel in 2007 to every mainland province in China. During this journey, it is our intention to chronicle the...
China: The death of a lesbian
Li yinhe blogs about the death of Juan Zi, a lesbian who committed suicide because her mother locked her up for six months upon finding out her sexual orientation.
China: Missing Person Net
Lyn Jeffery from Virtual China blogs on a missing person net, the categories are: Left on Own Accord; Reasons Unknown; Cheated or Kidnapped (all children); Lost Way (quite a few...
Argentina: Buenos Aires Mayoral Blog
It was a bit of a disappointment for current Buenos Aires mayor Jorge Telerman to see his choice to succeed him, Daniel Filmus, who came up short in the first...
Honduras: The Meaning of the Word “Catracho”
Some might wonder why Hondurans are referred to as “Catrachos.” La Gringa did some investigating and found an interesting wikipedia article about Florencio Xatruch, who led Honduran troops against William...
