Oiwan Lam · September, 2013

Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from September, 2013

Hong Kong: Typhoon Usagi Passed Nearby

The ‘storm of the century’, Typhoon Usagi, passed through southern China last night had only costed some inconvenience in Hong Kong, such as disrupted transportation service and panic buying in...

23 September 2013

How To Handle A Chinese Government Raid

Dan Harris from China Law Blog gave some advices on how to handle a Chinese government raid. The blogger stressed the importance of not volunteering information to the government.

17 September 2013

Music Flashmob in Hong Kong Times Square

An independent folk rock band, Noughts and Exes, teamed up with a number of indie bands occupied the Times Square in Hong Kong and held a flashmob music performance last...

11 September 2013

Chinese Pop Song: Rule Breaking Animal

Rensi from ChinaSMACK translated and explained the lyrics of a recently released pop song, ‘Rule-Breaking Animals’, written by a 27-year-old independent singer-songwriter Xu Song. The song is about the conflict...

10 September 2013

Chinese Tomboy Image Gets Popular

Offbeat China blogs about the rise of a new Chinese woman image – Nu Hanzi, meaning manly woman or Tomboy. The blog has also translated the 20 typical characters of...

8 September 2013

Hong Kong: A Cautionary Tale for Taiwan

A group of 300 individuals in Hong Kong published a statement in Taiwanese newspapers warning the Taiwan society against Sinicisation [i.e. the bad influence of mainland China]. The statement has...

8 September 2013