5 October 2008

Stories from 5 October 2008

Philippines: Comment on Palin

After reading an interview of US vice president candidate Sarah Palin, a popular Filipino blogger comments: “The woman has no idea what she’s talking about! It is not sexist to...

5 October 2008

Blogger of the week: Rezwan

Global Voices new South Asia editor, Rezwan, from Bangladesh has been with Global Voices as a volunteer author since 2005. Memorable posts by Rezwan include a report on Twittering' an earthquake in Bangladesh, and a story of colorful but expensive Bangladeshi weddings. He replaces the illustrious Neha Viswanathan as South Asia editor.

5 October 2008

Brazil: 128 million vote on the anniversary of the Constitution

Over 128 million Brazilians are expected to go to the polls today and choose 5,563 mayors for cities and towns, and 52,137 city councilors. The date marks the 20th anniversary of the current Brazilian Constitution. See historic photos of that day in October 05, 1988 and some of today's voting.

5 October 2008

China milk scandal and Southeast Asia

Like the rest of the world, the China milk scandal has shocked Southeast Asian countries. China is the major trading partner of Southeast Asian nations. How did governments, consumers, and bloggers from the region react to the issue?

5 October 2008

China: Skype Messes Up

Rebecca Mackinnon from Rconversation blogs about the recent security trap problem of the Chinese Skype, or Tom-Skype. Imagethief suggests foreign Internet firms to operate their own business rather than surrender...

5 October 2008

Japan: Google, the anti-social corporation

In a post entitled “Google, the anti-social corporation” [ja], former Mainichi journalist and writer/blogger Hiroyuki Fujishiro [藤代裕之] at Gatonews picks up on an ongoing series of posts [ja] by blogger...

5 October 2008

Japan: 1st Keitai Photo Awards

id:heimin posts pictures he's taken with his keitai [mobile phone] camera over the last year [ja], including: shots before and after he shaved his head, close-ups of cutting nostril hair,...

5 October 2008