Stories from 4 July 2008
Tunisia: Muslim While Flying
Blogger Tunisianbelle shares a horrific story of being searched, her clothes being torn, and subsequently missing her flight, all due to the way she was dressed.
China: U.S and China Economies
Xueyong compares the U.S and China economic performance and pointed out that even though China has much higher GDP, its price economy is without solid base and thus results in a serious bubble economy.
China and Singapore: Illegal Baby
Will blogs about his experience in getting his new born baby a Singaporean passport.
China: Free Facebook
Soon after the facebook launched its Chinese version, it is blocked. Onemanbandwidth wrote, “Free facebook!“
China: Tiger Photogate Part II
The Shaanxi government has finally finished the investigative report on the Souther Tiger photogate and the farmer photographer is to take up all the blame for cheating the public. ESWN translated two follow up discussions on the scandal: Why Didn't “Tiger Photo Gate” Wake Officials Up? and Tiger Zhou and...
China: Being Suicided
Wei tang wrote a poem to memorize the 15 years girl who “were suicided” by the Weng'an police report. ESWN has the background about the Weng'an mass incident, thousands of people went out to protest against the police's investigation of the suspected rape and murder case.
Colombia: Íngrid Betancourt and Other Hostages Rescued
Colombian bloggers praise the government for the military operation that rescued 15 hostages held by the FARC, all without a single shot being fired. This has proven to be yet another blow to the guerrilla group. Others analyze the media coverage provided to the event saying that Betancourt's rescue overshadowed the other 14 hostages.
China: Shanghai Police Assault Incident
For Chinese legal development posted in chinacourt.org about the recent Shanghai police assault incident (6 policemen were killed by Yeung Jia). Yeung were abused by the polices last October and decided to take revenge after reading about the Akiba Massacre in Japan.
Americas: Region Celebrates Rescue of Betancourt and Other Hostages
The entire Latin American region celebrated with the people of Colombia upon hearing the news that ex-Presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages were rescued. In the operation named “Jaque,” Betancourt, 3 U.S. citizens and 11 members of the Colombian forces were freed after the rescue attempt. Bloggers from many countries throughout Latin America shared the excitement and wrote their own personal reflections.
Colombia: Reactions to the Hostage Rescue from the Bogotá Airport
Juliana Rincón of Medea Material [es] writes about finding out about the new of the rescue of the Colombian hostages through Twitter, and also the reaction of the people in the Bogotá airport, “The people at the El Dorado airport in Bogotá applauded, cried, and said hooray with the news.”
