Stories from 3 September 2007
Dailymotion in Tunisia blocked-unblocked-blocked again
Dailymotion, France’s YouTube-like video sharing site has been blocked, again, in Tunisia. Still unclear if the government-controlled body, ATI (Agence Tunisienne d’Internet), throw whom all Tunisia’s ISPs are operating, has...
China: Faked Newspaper Page Won Top Chinese Journalism Award
ESWN translated a blog post which discovered the fact that an award winning newspapers page from Yangzhou evening news was faked.
China: Why patriotism won't save the Chinese film industry
Imagethief comments on Han Sanping, Chairman of the government-backed China Film Group's call for more patriotism in Chinese movies: If Han Sanping truly loves the Chinese film industry he should...
Japan: First Manifesto of Neojaponisme
W. David Marx, Ian Lynam, and Jean Snow have launched Neojaponisme, an online group blog following in the footsteps of neomarxisme, a “post-blog” about topics related to Japan and Japanese...
China: Anti-monopoly Law
Chinese Law Prof blogged a summary made by Paul Jones on the newly passed anti-monopoly law in China.
China: World Largest Christian Population?
Kenneth Tan from Shanghaiist has written a piece on the development of religion in China and predicted that Christianity's next golden age will be in China.
China: Let's Not Talk About Politics
Cao Zenghui from new media observe urged that people should focus on business rather than talking about politics in the blog: we don't need to talk about GFW (great fire...
Egypt: Tourists Treated Poorly
Jordanian Ahmad Al Ghashmary writes about the abuse he met at the hands of Egyptian police while visiting the pyramids.
China: Burning Down Illegal Home
Chao Mu blogged a new photo showing a child in a ruin -a place used to be his home and was burned down into ashes by the Shenzhen government because...
Bahrain: Young Filmmaker
A young filmmaker from Bahrain enjoys the limelight at MidEast Youth.
Egypt: Photoblogger Wins Award
Egypt's leading photoblogger Wael Abbas won the the 2007 Knight International Journalism Award, announces the Big Pharaoh.
Egypt: Jailed Blogger Identifies Torturer
Brotherhood blogger Abdulmonem Mahmood, who has served 46 days in prison, has identified his torturer, writes Eliajah Zarwan.
Bahrain: Birthday Special
Bahrain-based Bint Batutta celebrates her birthday in style – taking us to a new resort in the middle of the desert for dessert.
Bahrain: Ministerial Changes
Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif writes about possible ministerial changes in the country's Cabinet soon.
Trinidad & Tobago: Geographically Swapped?
This Beach Called Life is surprised that the islands of Trinidad and Tobago have been geographically repositioned, courtesy “the high-paid map designer at an international news agency.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Devil's Advocate
“Might we not see some serious citizen reporting this upcoming election season? Might some ordinary person not happen to capture some priceless image or bit of footage on a cell...
St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Cuba: One Region
Abeni reminds the Caribbean media that Cuba is part of the region too…
Jamaica: Election Day
As Jamaicans go to the polls, Jamaican Lifestyle says: “Finally the day is upon us and I am so happy it is coming and going. Please pray for peace on...
Cuba: Musical Chacon
Photographer Roy Llera posts a shot of Chacon, a Cuban musician who passed away in 2003: “One day I found him at home in a small shack on a hillside...
Barbados, Belize: Hurricane Felix a Cat 5
On learning that Hurricane Felix is now a Category 5 storm, Notes From the Margin writes: “Currently, things are not looking great for Honduras or Belize”, while Belize-y Livin’ says:...
Barbados, Cayman Islands: Freedom of Information
Notes From The Margin applauds the Cayman Islands for passing a Freedom of Information Act and would like to see similar legislation introduced in Barbados.
