Stories from 23 October 2007
Cuba: Election Scrutiny
According to this post at Babalu Blog, “scrutiny is not part of the plan” when it comes to the municipal elections in Cuba.
Belize: Fish In Trees
Caribbean Beat Blog reports that “scientists have found one of the oddest fish known to mankind in abundance in Belize.”
Bahamas: We the Jury
Craig Butler at Bahama Pundit makes a case for passing the proposed bill to amend the island's Juries Act.
China: More on DNS Hijacking
Rebecca from Rconversation tries to clarify what exactly had happened concerning the temporarily redirecting of western search engines to Baidu and government anti-porn site.
China: Heavy schooling fees and migrant workers
Yuan Guiren, Chinese Vice Education Minister, emphasized the equal education rights for the migrant workers’ children at the CPC press conference last Saturday. However, the tough reality makes some migrant parents worried if they can find an adequate school for their children next term.
Kyrgyzstan: Rights of Believers
Genderstan reflects on the new arguments for an interpretation of human rights that are raised by the organized Muslim believers.
Hong Kong: University Master Plan
The Chinese University Student Union has launhed a signature campaign against the university's undemocratic practice in Master Plan process (zh). The students demanded the university to include representatives of stake holders in the master plan steering committee and disclose all information in relation to the campus planning. HK-x-force, a student...
Kyrgyzstan: Referendum brings new constitution
Central Asia section on the foreignpolicyblogs reviews the outcomes of the first constitutional referendum in Kyrgyzstan, which brought new constitution and resulted in dissolution of the parliament.
Afghanistan: Countering the Narcotics
Informed Comment Global Affairs continues its series of posts to analyze the main aspects of counter-narcotics policy in Afghanistan, in response to the recently published U.S. Counter-Narcotics Strategy for Afghanistan and the UNODC Afghanistan Opium Survey 2007.
Taiwan and Burma: Burmese Chinese in Taiwan
Coolloud has an interview with a Burmese Chinese, Yeung Yong Zhou. In the past, his family considered Taiwan as their mother country; however, when he started his study in Taiwan, he felt bitter about the debate on the definition of “Taiwanese”. Now that he has got the right of abode...
China: Sex-Related Advertisements
Earlier in September, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television announced the ban on sex-related advertisements, however, sex-related advertisements are still running amok in China. ESWN translated an article from Southern Weekend to explain why.
Japan: Peace as a Global Language Conference
Debito forecasts a conference on Peace as global language in Kyoto University of foreign studies from Oct 27-28.
Japan: Veggie Characters
You can take a look at the Japanese vegetable packaging culture from Pingmag.
Malaysia: Former Leader Protecting Whistleblower
The Malaysian says former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar may face charges if he fails to reveal the whistle blower who secretly recorded a video that features lawyer brokering a deal to appoint senior judges.
Malaysia: Sucide Bombing Is UnIslamic
Mahaguru88 comments on the recent suicide bombing in Pakistan and questions the act of suicide bombing and its use by certain groups.
Malaysia: AstroNot
KurtLow is wondering why Malaysian media is calling the first Malaysian in space an astronaut when the space mission web site just refers to him as an participant.
Malaysia: Egg Noodles From Kuching
Eating Asia takes us to Kuching in Malaysian Borneo to meet a family that has been making Egg Noodles for three generations.
Ecuador: Teenage Podcaster
Cobertura Digital [ES] and the Blog de Palulo [ES] write about the 16-year-old Ecuadoran podcaster that appeared in the El Comercio newspaper.
Argentina: Elections 1995 vs. Elections 2007
Eduardo Beta compares the Argentine elections of 1995 and 2007 in his latest post in Grito Argentino [ES].
Honduras: Juice Combinations
La Gringa writes about the different combination of juices in her favorite juice store, Chapala, in La Ceiba, Honduras.
Honduras: Murder of Radio Journalist
Aaron Ortiz of Pensieve writes about the murder of radio journalist Carlos Salgado in Honduras.
