Stories from 6 November 2007
Raining in Dubai
Dubai-based blogger Seabee is excited it has rained in Dubai. He also shares some photographs.
Morocco: Local Hip Hop Goes International
This week, the hype in the Moroccan blogosphere is all about the launch of a new documentary - both at home and abroad - about Morocco's burgeoning hip hop scene. Jillian York lets us in on what the Moroccan blogosphere has to say about it.
Bangladesh: War Criminals and Denials
During the Liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971 most of the people of the nation supported the fight for independence from Pakistan except for a few groups being the fifth column. Jamaat-e-Islami is the oldest religious party in Pakistan and its Bangladesh chapter collaborated with the Pakistan army to unsuccessfully...
Guatemala: The Challenges for the Next President
Guatemala participated in a run-off election where Alvaro Colom was declared the victor. Now that the results are almost completely tabulated, the new president faces the same problems as his predecessor: drug trafficking, organized crime, corruption and the list goes on. Bloggers in Guatemala have their own hopes for the country and addresses the new president with their own wish list.
China:Korean professor under catcalls
A Korean professor's theory was put under critiques soon after it was reported in China. His suggestion that Chinese mythology mainly originated from Korea piqued many Chinese netizens and received despising reactions. It is the latest incident of a series of controversies between China and Korea on culture issues.
Bahamas: Murder Toll
As the Bahamas’ murder count rises to “a staggering 58″, WeblogBahamas.com blogs about the most recent victim and appeals to parents in Nassau to stop “catering to indiscipline and cloaking their uncontrollable children”.
Jamaica, Cuba: Alvarez In Her Own Words
Geoffrey Philp features author Celia Alvarez in her own words.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Campaign Trail
The recent elections in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica have Abeni excited about the prospect of “what will happen when the next Vincy election takes place. One thing for sure is campaigning as we know it is fast changing.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Election Overview
Trinidad & Tobago News Blog has a comprehensive roundup of the country's “unofficial” 2007 General Elections results.
Trinidad & Tobago: No. 1 Voter
Elspeth at Now is Wow proudly shows off her index finger – the one she voted with and the one that “bestows intelligence and wisdom.”
Japan: Sleep Deprivation
James from Japan Probe blogs a survey on sleeping hours in Japan.
Armenia: Private Zoos
Unzipped comments on news this week that a cleaning woman was killed by the pet bear of the head of the Armenian military police. The blogger notes that the rich and powerful often have “private zoos” and that keeping a lion, tiger or bear is considered a sign of “masculinity.”...
China: Beijing Blogger Conference
Memedia has a detailed round up on the Chinese Blogger Conference 2007 [zh].
China: 1989 and Peking University's Notice Board
Chris O'Brien from Beijing Newspeak looked into Xinhua report on the removal of Peking University's notice board to see how censorship is at work as the notice board has strong political meaning in 1989 student movement.
China: Sweet Potatoes
Zengying blogs about the history and social value of sweet potatoes, especially to the Chinese poor population in the past. However, it is now served as a winter snack [zh].
China: Columnist on Economics
Mr zhang blogs his three years’ experience in commentating economic news and policy [zh]. Most of his classmates are in the foreign trade sector, making real money; but he enjoys writing.
China: Petro China
Jay Sheng from Shanghaiist reports on how Petro China becomes the world's most valuable company via the bubbling Chinese stock market: PetroChina’s value is more than twice that of Exxon Mobil, even though the latter generated four times as much revenue and trades at only a quarter of PetroChina’s price...
Hong Kong: Illegal 14K Design
On November 1, 2007, Hong Kong Police force took action against a local household design chain store, G.O.D (Goods of Desire), confiscated 88 T-shirt with a “14K” logo and arrested 17 people, some were designers and some were shop keepers. The police claimed that they were in possession of triad...
Pakistan: All Martial and No Law
If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it is probably a martial law. President Musharraf can call it what he likes, Emergency or Amer-Jensee (as he pronounced in his speech on television) but in all intents and purposes it is martial law. The legality of...
Indonesia: Three Cultures
Jenny is happy as a person belonging to three cultures.
Singapore: Boring Second Life
Ginette is not optimistic of Singaporeans taking a liking to the virtual world of Second Life.
