A media activist, researcher and educator currently based in Hong Kong. My Twitter account is @oiwan and personal views are published on: patreon.com/oiwan
Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from October, 2010
China: Debate on Rare Earths Export
With the rise of nationalistic sentiment in China, a majority of mainland Chinese support the government's policy in restricting the export of rare earths to Japan and other western countries.
China and the U.S: Fuss about rare earth
Adam Minter from Shanghai Scrap looks into the data of China agricultural trade and points out that the recent intimations of a ban on the rare earth elements has been overstated. On the other hand, the Chinese experts have underestimated the importance of low-cost soy beans and wheat to social...
China’s image in posters
Annie Lee from China Hush translates a feature article [cn] which looks into China's image in political posters in the past 61 years.
China: Why I Support Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize
Wang Chaohua, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Modern History at Academica Sinica in Taiwan, explains in China Beat why she supports Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Peace Prize.
China: The social and political implication of “Car Accident Gate”
ESWN translates a blog post explaining the social and political implications of the public rage instigated by the catchphrase: “My father is Li Gang” in the recent “Car Accident Gate”.
China: Blood house map
A google map that marks social conflicts related with force demolition and land acquisition.
China: A Mistress Denounced The Maoming Vice-Mayor
The Internet provides new space for citizen to uncover corruption. The latest case is a mistress denouncing the vice-mayor of Maoming city for corruption and debauchery by posting his nude photos online. (ESWN has translated the story.)
China: Professional test-takers
China Geeks translates a journal article from Southern Weekend on the business of professional test-takers and how foreign institutions struggle to combat Chinese cheaters.
China: Rare earth
George Chen blogs about the international and domestic debates over China’ exportation of rare earth.
China: Protest over “Mandarin only” education program
Angry Chinese blogger looks into the recent protest in Qinghai by Tibetans against the introduction of “Mandarin only” education program.
China: My father is Li Gang!
The son of a deputy police director in Hebei province killed a young woman in a traffic accident on October 16 and reportedly shouted to an angry crowd, "Go ahead and sue me, my father is Li Gang". Now hundreds of people have been writing and sharing songs and poetry online in protest against bad behavior by offspring of government officials
China: Unhappy Chinese after surprise rate hike
George Chen from Have a news day comments on the sudden rate hike by the China central bank.
China: Maoist worker activist in jail
JJ from China Study Group looks into the significance of Zhao Dongmin's arrest and imprisonment. Zhao is a lawyer, labor activist and Maoist. He has been put in jail more than a year after his arrest for trying to setup a workers’ watchdog group to combat corrupt and illegal SOE...
China: Dairy Wars
ESWN collects and translates reports about the scandal of Mengnui smearing campaign towards its rival Yili and Shengyuan.
China: Woser's acceptance speech for the Courage in Journalism Award
Tibetan writer and blogger Woser has been awarded by the International Women's Media Foundation for its Courage in Journalism Award. Since she is under monitored and cannot travel outside the country to receive the award, she posted her acceptance speech in her blog (English version translated by A.E Clark).
China: 50 Cent Party Roams on Internet
Lee Chi-Leung from interlocals.net translated an investigative report written by Chang Lei on the history of government hired online commentators, the so-called 50 Cent Party, in China.
China: Student protested against the removal of Tibetan textbooks
A student protest took place in Qinghai Tongren at 8am October 19 against the removal of Tibetan textbooks at schools. (Via Twitterer @Iahu and RFA has posted the video to Youtube)
China: Whistleblower Exposes Guangzhou Metro Line 3 Safety Failures
A construction engineer Zhong Jizhang risked his career to expose the safety problem of Guangzhou Metro Line 3. ChinaSMACK has translated the story and some netizens’ comments..
China: A brief guide to censorship
Angry Chinese Blogger writes a very elaborated post on China censorship.
China: Life at the bottom of the society
Annie Lee writes a feature on the daily life (and pain) of the bottom of the society in China (via China Hush).
China: Vehicle smashed during the anti-Japanese Protest
The youtube video shows how Chinese protesters smashed a Japanese branded vehicle during the anti-Japanese demonstration in Mianyang city, Sichuan province yesterday (October 17 2010).
