Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from April, 2008
Japan: Suicide Phenomenon
Asiajin blogs a new suicide phenomenon by creating lethal hydrogen sulfide gas in Japan. The method is widely spread in the Internet.
South Korea: Pro Tibet Mobilization
CINA forecasts a pro-Tibet protest during the Olympic Torch relay in Seoul the coming Sunday. According to the blogger, the extreme right to the left and the liberals will have a united front in supporting a free Tibet.
China: Biggest Carrefour in the World
Xueyong criticized the Carrefour boycott and pointed out that the rise of China is related to the growth of global retailing stores like Carrefour as most of their products are made in China. In fact China is the biggest Carrefour in the World [zh].
China: Hu Jia's Prosecution Document
Zeng Jinyan posted Hu Jia's prosecution document[zh] on her blog.
China: City Control Team
Ceng ying commented that the city control team acted like an anti-government propaganda team when they rid the street vendors out of the city [zh].
China: Tibetan Intellectuals Arrested
Woeser blogs the background of 6 Tibetan intellectuals who were arrested in Qing Hai in March 31 and April 1[zh]. They are teacher, singers, artist and writer.
China: GFW-ed Media Research
ESWN translated a local media research on three big news agencies’ Olympic torch relay report. Beifeng pointed out that the research result had been affected by the Great Fire wall (also via ESWN translation.)
China: CNN, Media and Market
Yang Hengjun wrote a very elaborated article on the CNN bias in reporting about Middle East and China. A crucial factor is the patriotic sentiment after 911 which reshaped the media market and the major victims of the bias are overseas Chinese [zh].
China: Anti-CNN Virtual Demonstration
Some netizens in China have organized a virtual demonstration against western media and in support of the Beijing Olympics at the Second City (a virtual game). via Anti-CNN.
Macau: 5000 Tips from the Government
The Macau government decided to give every citizen 5000 dollars for relieving the inflation problem. Long ching noticed that rather than appreciating such move, people are skeptical of the policy [zh].
China: Grace Wang's Essay
ESWN puts together comments from various sources and translates a Chinese article from my1510 criticizing Grace Wang's essay in the Washington Post.
China: Anti anti-CNN
Anti in nationonline.com (a nationalistic website) urged people to anti “anti-CNN” and criticized that the anti-CNN is run by commercial organization.
China: Anti-CNN An Unlawful Website?
Unbending Notes found out that anti-cnn.com hasn't been registered properly according to the requirement by the ministry of information industry [zh]. The domain is registered under the Jim from Tsinghua University and hosted by www.DNS.COM.CN.
China: A History of Red Heart
Recently many netizens in China joined the campaign in hanging a red heart in their msn signatures. 1bao posted an article written by Qian Gang about the history of red heart in contemporary China [zh].
China: American Teacher Attacked
Love Hunan posted at Zhuzhouwang about an American teacher being beaten up by secondary school students[zh] outside Carrefour in Hunan Zhuzhou district in April 20. Shanghaiist has an update.
China: Comment on Grace Wang's Article
Tu Zhu xi from my1510.com comments on Grace Wang's article in Washington Post. The blogger feels that Wang has turned herself into people's enemy because she has allowed herself to be used by western media[zh].
Japan: Shadow Pictures
Edo from Pink Tentacle introduces the traditional Japanese shadow pictures art form to the readers.
Japan: Food Shortage
Shisaku talked about his frustration about food shortage.
South Korea: 1960 Student Uprising
Matt wrote a historical review about the crackdown of student uprising against the manipulation of presidential election in April 19 in 1960.
Taiwan and China: Scary Populism
Summer from Coolloud comments on the recent nationalistic protest in China and finds the populist sentiment very scary [zh].
China: Effective Boycott Guideline
A Carrefour staff member wrote a detail account of the company's business in China as an effective boycott guideline [zh].
