Stories from 6 January 2011
Guyana: More Than Abstinence
“The sooner we recognize that our teens are having sex, the sooner we can start acting like conscientious parents”: The Guyana Groove thinks that “where abstinence alone teaching has failed…learning about sexuality from parents is the answer.”
Japan: Yearning for death
Daniele at The East Asia Gazette analyzed the “state of suicides in Japan” [en]. The post reads like a short essay on the sociological and cultural causes of suicide in one of the country with the highest suicide rates in the world. The blogger also reflected on the alarming statistics...
Armenia: Charity or Mismanagement?
The Truth Must Be Told [AM/EN] posts a two-part examination of the work of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, a charitable organization which attracts annually appeals for donations from Armenians worldwide. However, the blog says, with senior government figures on its Board of Trustees, the fund's work is overshadowed by allegations...
First Chinese sex-negative website launched
Jing Gao from the Ministry of Tufu reports on the launching of a non-governmental website haongo.com which campaigns against eroticism as well as extramarital sex, homosexuality and masturbation.
Criticism needed in a rising China
C. Custer from ChinaGeek publishes an opinion post, “Criticism needed in a rising China”, written by Eric Fish. The article, commenting on Global Times’ earlier editorial “China will endure more criticism”, was rejected by their editors.
North Korea:Kim Jong-un's Birthday Approaches, More Analyses Came Out
As North Korea's heir apparent Kim Jong Un's birthday (Jan.8) approaches, more analyses and predictions are made on the regime's prospect. Daily NK, a Seoul-based online media which exclusively deals with North Korean issues with using North Korean insider's comments as major source, released an analysis before Kim's coming birthday.[en]
China: Brutal Eviction
The photo circulated among Sina microbloggers shows how the developer damaged the building structure in order to force the residents on the 6th floor to move out.
