Stories from 2 March 2009
Kazakhstan: Banking news update
Adam posts some news from the banking sector of Kazakhstan, reviewing development among the international banks’ subsidiaries in the country.
Cambodian Public Opinion Survey
A survey of Cambodian public opinion was conducted by the International Republican Institute from October-November 2008. The survey found that 82 percent of Cambodians see their country as moving in the right direction, 59 percent of Cambodians said border issues and demarcation as the most concern followed by the prices of goods, and 85 percent of respondents wanted to elect their own village chief rather than having one imposed by the government.
China: More on Grass Mud Horse
China Digital Times has translated the Song of Grass Mud Horse, a big hit in the Internet, in early February. In brief, Grass Mud Horse （草泥馬） is said to be a legendary creature in China, but it is phonetically equivalent to “Fxxk Your Mother!” in Chinese. There are other similar...
China: On the Internet, nobody knows you're a cadre
Imagethief discusses the “eluding the cat” investigation arrangement in Yunnan from a P.R perspective. The blogger feels that it is a creative method by propaganda department: “On the Internet, nobody knows you're a cadre”.
Russia, Ukraine: History and Denial
In the last days of February, calls have been made in Russia to make the denial of the Soviet victory in the WWII and the denial of Soviet crimes against the people a criminal offense; also, the head of Russia's Federal Archives announced that "he and his researchers had not found 'a single document' showing that Stalin planned 'a terror famine' in Ukraine." Below are a few reactions from English-language blogs focusing on Russia.
Bangladesh: BDR killings as a part of evil design
Maskwaith Ahsan at E-Bangladesh calls the recent rebellion of Bangladesh paramilitary force BDR and the brutal massacre of more than 100 army officers as part of “sinister designs to portray Bangladesh as a ‘Failed State’“
Bangladesh: A Time Line of BDR Massacre
Shada Kalo compiles a Timeline of brutal killings of army officers and civilians (74 found dead 71 still missing) during the BDR Mutiny on 25th of February, 2009.
Descendants of Fiji's first indentured servants
Fiji: The Way It Was, Is and Can Be chronicles the plight of the Kai Solomoni people, the descendants of Fiji’s first indentured servants who were kidnapped in the mid-1860s to work on European cotton and copra plantations.
