Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from February, 2009
Japan: Miyako Festivals
Peacay from BibliOdyssey posts picture of Japan Miyako Festivals -the annual festivals and customs of Kyoto at the beginning of the Showa period.
South Korea: Prospects for Peace
Jae Young Lee from Ohmynews writes an analysis on the prospects for peace in Northeast Asia region.
Korea: Golden Blog Award
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.
Japan and Korea: Love Hotel
James Turnbull from the Grand Narrative discusses about the love hotel culture in Japan and Korea.
China: Pressure on Yanhuang Chunqiu
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
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: Online Facemark Dictionary
A website, evoticon.net, has been launched recently to collect Japanese emotion icon. (via Japan Probe)
Japan: Pictures of foreigners from 17th/18th century
James from Japan Probe posts a collection of pictures of foreigners from 17 / 18th century in Japan.
Japan: Homeless
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
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: PS Photos on CCTV Fire
Fauna from ChinaSMACK has a selection of PS photos on CCTV Fire happened on Monday night.
China: Can Paper Wrap the Fire?
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...
Hong Kong: Twestival
Daisy blogs about the upcoming (Feb 12) Twestival in Hong Kong.
China: CCTV Fire News Censored
Fauna from ChinaSMACK reported about the CCTV building fire and how the news got censored in major internet portal, like Sina and NetEase.
China: CCTV Fire Photos – Twitter breaks the news again
David Feng from CNreviews tells the story on how twitter breaks the news on the fire in CCTV building last night in Beijing.
China: Sitting on a Firework
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.
Taiwan: Naked nurse ads
ESWN translates local news stories about naked nurse ads of plastic surgery clinic at Tainan, Taiwan.
China: Worst Drought in 50 years
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...
Japan: The Origin of Zoku
Neojaponisme has a post investigating the origin of a popular term “zoku” in youth subculture.
Japan: Tokyo Police Acts Against Slander On Blog Posts
Masaru IKEDA from Asiajin blogs about Tokyo police's recent prosecution of 18 people for slandering comments in a local comedian's blog.
China: Shanzhai Spring Festival Blocked
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,...