Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from September, 2008
Japan: Healthy Diet
Ampontan writes some Japanese diet tips for staying healthy.
South Korea: Han River
Robert Neff from Ohmynews! posted some historical photos of Han River (from an exhibition) to indicate how the river changes over time.
Japan: Respect for the Aged Day
Martin J Frid from Kurashi blogs about local NGOs’ attempt in encouraging more senior citizens in Japan to tackle environmental problems in “Respect for the Aged Day”.
China: Crisis on “Made in China”
The anger on the poisonous milk powder incident continues to roar everyday. Apart from Sanlu, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China released last night (Sept 16) that one fifth of baby powder manufacturers in the country are involved in the melamine scandal. 22 dairy enterprises, including national brands like Yili and Meng Niu are involved in manufacturing poisonous milk powder. Up till now, at least 6,244 babies got sick with kidney stone disease.
China: Full Transcript of Leaving Fear Behind
Woser posted the full transcript of an underground documentary, Leaving Fear Behind, produced by Tibetan.
China: Reporter Fieldnote on The Shanxi Mudslide
ESWN translated Reporter Huang Xiuli's fieldnote on the Shanxi mudslide, which resulted in more than 200 deaths. The fieldnote was first published in her own blog but was deleted and...
China: Dalai Lama’s 30-years of dialogue
Skylight from the Fool's Mountain assesses Dalai Lama’ 30-years of dialogue with the Chinese government with a detailed chronology.
Japan: TechCrunch50
Serkan Toto from Tokyotronic lists out 10 things he learned from the TechCrunch 50 conference 2008.
Japan: Idiomatic Expressions
You can pick up some Japan idiomatic expressions at Yuki Sakuma's blog post.
China: Kidney Stone Gate
ChinaSMACK follows up the poisonous milk powder incident in China with the Kidney Stone Gate story Part I and Part II.
Hong Kong: Save the Ha Pak Nai Wetland
A major developer in Hong Kong is planning to develop one of the most beautiful piece of wetland called Ha Pak Nai in Yuen Long. The plan is to build 122 country houses, 56 village style hotels, a golf court around the 5 million square meters wetland and a tiny insect museum, which means the whole wetland area will be privatized in term of spatial arrangement.
Japan: “Green” Manga Summit In Kyoto
Martin J Frid from Kurashi blogs about the tradition of using the screen or manga book to convey environmental messages in Japan. The main theme for the International Manga Summit...
China: Sparrow as National Bird
Nimrod from Fool's mountain blogs about the netizen's opinion in choosing sparrow as national bird.
China: How The Western Media Lost The Young Generation
ESWN translated a Tianya forum post discussing how the western media lost the trust from the young generation in China.
China: Art Censorship
Rebecca Catching wrote about the problem of censorship at Shanghai contemporary art exhibition.
Hong Kong: Democracy Project
ESWN picks up the discussion by chonghead and Daisann McLane concerning the Legco election in Hong Kong with his own conversation with grassroots workers in a restaurant.
China: 2008 Internet Buzz Words Video
My mother doesn't know how to go online She looks very busy everyday She says the internet is no good Everything inside is very yellow and very violent Oh mama, who tells you so? Oh mama, what you say thunder-shocks me Oh mama, let your son tell you I go online to buy sauce (majority onlookers)
Hong Kong: Radically Idealistic?
Alice poon carries on her debate with Shih Wing-ching, the chairman of Centaline Property Agency and owner of the newspaper “am730″ in Hong Kong, on Hong Kong political culture in...
Taiwan: Two Region Theory
Micheal Turton translated a Hong Kong pro-China commentary on Taiwan's president Ma Ying-jeou's two region theory concerning the relation between Taiwan and China.
China: Iphonegirl, a PR or not?
Imagethief carries on the discussion on whether or not the Iphonegirl is a well-planned PR campaign.
China: Communication Style
Joel from Fool's mountain is collecting feedback from Chinese readers on this description a typical Chinese communication style. The blogger has posted a list of assumptions for further discussion.
