Stories from 13 November 2007
Nigeria: This is Nollywood
This is Nollywood is a film about the Nigerian film industry: “Despite all odds, Nigerian directors produce between 500 and 1,000 movies a year.”
Russia: Photos of a 1902 Building in St. Pete
LJ user an-drevv takes photos inside the 1902 residential building on the corner of Zagorodny Prospekt and Zvenigorodskaya Ulitsa in St. Petersburg. The building's condition could have been worse, the...
South East Asia: Delicious
How to say delicious in several South East Asian Languages.
Thailand: Pakistan
Fringer is asking readers to help sign a petition aimed at ending the emergency in Pakistan.
Myanmar: Jotman Talks With an Opposition Strategist
Jotman has posted a video interview with a Burmese opposition strategist.
Philippines: Writ of Amparo as Human Rights Weapon
Filipino bloggers discuss the importance of the Writ of Amparo as a weapon to protect human rights in the Philippines.
China: Spicy Crayfish
Hegel Chong wrote the migration of Crayfish from Louisiana to Japan and then China (zh). Now it has become the most famous street food in major cities: spicy crayfish.
China: Who Will Farm the Land?
Joel Martinsen translated an article written by He Bing, a professor at China University of Politics and Law, about the problem of aging in China's agricultural sector.
China: Harmony Survey
Kenneth Tan from Shanghaiist reports on the national harmony survey by East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST).
China: Art of Censorship
Zhao Mu criticizes the head of CCTV, Yang Wei Guang, who described censorship practice as art in handling with politics (zh).
China: Stock Market
Chong Nanhai from AQ weekly shows how the China stock market works by giving the Aeropace Communications Holding (600677) as an example [zh]. The stock price has been dropped from...
Kazakhstan: Aliev Affair and OSCE Bid
Adam Kesher reviews the launch of trial over Rakhat Aliyev, the ex-ambassador and Kazakhstan president's son-in-law, and the new round of bargaining around the country's bid to chair the OSCE.
Afghanistan: Jirgas and Distortion
A while ago, we learned that Hamid Karzai was willing to negotiate with the Taliban. Little has come of that, and Afghanistanica offers an explaination: I would love to see...
Afghanistan: Rumors Fly About the Baghlan Bombing
The horrible suicide bombing of November 6 in Baghlan, which killed dozens, including several members of parliament, has consumed the Afghan blogosphere. I was made privy to a rumor about...
Xinjiang: Blogging the XUAR
Bboyd informs about two blogs for the western Chinese province, populated by Turk ethnos of Uighurs. It’s difficult to get strictly Xinjiang information from the wealth of news about China...
Jordan: Dyslexic Children
Jordanian Kinano coaches us on how to discover whether our children could be dyslexic in this post.
Turkey: Military Might
Turkish blogger Murat Altinbasak keeps us abreast with Turkey's aerial military might in this post.
Dubai: Car Fires Under Investigation
Seabee from Dubai writes about how authorities are investigating the increasing number of fires in vehicles in this post.
Israel: Peace With the Palestinians Now
Israeli blogger David Bogner discusses why it's not possible to make peace with the Palestinians now.
Israel: Soldiers in Winter
Israeli A Soldier's Mother updates us with how her son Elie is doing this winter.
Jordan: Clueless People
“Some people are clueless! Completely and utterly clueless! They do something, it goes haywire and look around for some scapegoat to blame it on!” writes Qwaider from Jordan.
