Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from November, 2006
China: Chen Guangcheng's case re-opened
The blind human rights activist's case is re-opened today. According to Zeng Jinyang (zh), the lawyers were harrassed by local police and the village has been blocked to prevent local villagers to go to the court as Chen's eyewitnesses.
Japan: blogger survey
Kaishin in Japundit presents some data from a recent blogger survey: almost 70% of the people who took it responded that updating was too much of a trouble…
China: More crazy growth for 2007
Fons Tuinstra from China Herald foresees that China will have more crazy growth for 2007.
China: golden Mao
Shang_kenneth from Shanghaiist reports that a 7 metre high statue of Chairman Mao has been recently erected in Changsha. It is a prelude to Mao's birthday next month.
China: story on resignation of a soccer commentator
ESWN puts togethers reports and translation on the media story about the resignation of a famous soccer commentator on CCTV, Huang Jianxiang. The case is significant as it touches upon the media system, a debate between two media workers.
China: sex scandal
China Media project translates an article from Southern Metropolis Daily which comments upon the recent sex scandals and discusses about free speech and social responsibility.
China: 40 mins radio dead air
Joel Martinsen from DANWEI translated a blog post from Pingke, who tried to explain the 40 mins broadcasting dead air from nine stations, from his experience in working for radio.
Japan: school bullying
Kaishin blogs about the school bullying issue in Japundit.
China: 50 years of peasant life in photos
Great photos stream from Tianya BBS on 50 years of peasant life in China. via Virtual China.
China, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan: acquittal rate
Chinese law prof blog compares acquittal rate among China, U.S, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
China: Three Rules for Foreign Tourists at Three Gorge Dam
ESWN translates and puts together articles about the arrest of tourists at Three Gorge Dam. To prevent from getting arrest, tourists have to follow the three princples: You must not meet, mention or take photos of the 1 million people displaced by the Three Gorge Dam project.
Hong Kong: food security
How come the egg yokes are in reddish yellow? Because farmers are feeding chemical to ducks and hens. More and more food security issues were exposed in recent weeks. Zoomimaging urged more monitor and change of consumption habit (zh).
China: police state
Ai Wei Wei reports on a police operation in Beijing Fengtai district in which 500 polices had arrested 800 people for checking their identities. The blogger criticizes the police state practice as violation of harmony and human rights (zh).
China: harmony rights
The President of China University of Political Science and Law claimed that harmony rights is the fourth generation human rights concept, the first three stages are: liberation, survival and development (zh). Wang Xiao feng said that such claim looks like a political spoof (zh).
South Korea: Why Koreans Would Love Battlestar Galactica
Michael Hurt tries to explain why Koreans would love the movie Battlestar Galactica by looking into Korean culture.
China and Africa: African, our brothers
Little bridge has a translation of a blogpost “African, our brothers”, written by a Chinese diaspora Zhai Hua, on his encounter with Africans.
China and U.S: homeland insecurity
One Man Bandwidth blogs about the difficulties in visa application for going to study in U.S from China: We are sending China huge amounts of cash, keeping them out of our country and then demonizing them for the deficit.
China: dog eats dog tourism
Joel Martinsen in DANWEI blogs about the notorious tourism industry featured in a magazine, Oriental Outlook: the conclusion the articles seem to make is that change in the industry really depends on the tourists themselves…
China: modern peasants
Lyn Jeffery in virtual China introduces two peasant websites in China. Both sites are rather visible on net.
Hong Kong: unity via gambling rather than democracy
Simon world blogs about how the pro-Beijingers voted down against universal sufferage for 2012. However, the liberal sector managed a unity for a casino project in Lantau.
Japan: miserable youth
JP in Japundit quotes from a report which reveals Japanese youth are the most miserable in the world.
