Oiwan Lam · February, 2009

Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from February, 2009

Japan: Miyako Festivals

  13 February 2009

Peacay from BibliOdyssey posts picture of Japan Miyako Festivals -the annual festivals and customs of Kyoto at the beginning of the Showa period.

Korea: Golden Blog Award

  12 February 2009

Readers can see the best blog story, best blog, funniest blog, happiest blog, angriest blog, culture blog, food blog, etc. from Korea English blogosphere at the Hub of Sparkle.

China: Pressure on Yanhuang Chunqiu

  12 February 2009

C.A. Yeung from Under the Jacaranda Tree blogs about the administration's pressure on a history journal, Yanhuang Chunqiu, for the change in its management broad. The move has been interpreted as a sign of internal conflicts within CCP.

China: Grass Mud Horse

  12 February 2009

Joel Martinsen from DANWEI explains the popular online term, Grass Mud Horse, which originally is a legendary beast and recently used as a political parody for the harmonious society.

Japan: Homeless

  11 February 2009

Lee from Tokyo Times posts photos of homeless people in the Capital. The blogger comments that the situation will get worse.

China: Bird's Flu in China

  11 February 2009

Ned Kelly, reading between the Lines on a Xinhua's article, interpreted that at this time, a human-to-human epidemic of bird-flu has begun in China.

China: Can Paper Wrap the Fire?

  10 February 2009

Last night CCTV's new building's extension caught fire because of nearby fireworks celebrating the Chinese Lantern Festival (元宵). Blogger Anlei recorded the whole process with a series of photos. Even though the fire is an accident, the propaganda department still decided to harmonize / censor the news. A notice has...

China: CCTV Fire News Censored

  10 February 2009

Fauna from ChinaSMACK reported about the CCTV building fire and how the news got censored in major internet portal, like Sina and NetEase.

China: Sitting on a Firework

  9 February 2009

Uln from Chinayouren blogs about the crisis that appeared in news and statistics but is absent in daily life in China. The blogger points out three factors that contribute to the incoherence between theory and observation: delay, inertia and transparency.

China: Worst Drought in 50 years

  9 February 2009

A worst drought in 50 years, affecting more than 12 provinces and more than 9.3m hectares, in northern China has hit 43% of the country's wheat crop. The Office of State Control and Drought Relief Headquarters warned that 3.7 million people and 1.85 million livestock had lost access to drinking...

China: Shanzhai Spring Festival Blocked

  5 February 2009

In the evening of 25 of January 2009, most Chinese people in mainland China were at home, enjoying the year end dinner while waiting for the Lunar New Year. A usual entertainment for the night among family members was to watch the Spring Festival Gala broadcasted by CCTV. This year,...