Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from July, 2009
China: When a gang rape scandal turns into state secrets…
Yesterday (July 16) in early morning, twitterer amoiist sent out a mobile message to twitter saying: “I have been arrested by Mawei police, SOS.” And the second message is: “Pls help me, I grasp the phone during police sleep”. Since then, there isn't any update in his twitter. Netizens arrested...
Japan: Unemployment in Japan by Region
Curzon from Mutantfrog posts a map that shows unemployment in Japan by region.
China: Fresh tensions in Xinjiang
James Leibold from the China Beats points out that both the Western and Chinese media have failed to explain the tensions happening in Xinjiang that lead to massive killing as the tensions are new.
China: Old Man Attacks Red Light Violators’ Cars With Bricks
Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated a Netease news story and netizens’ opinions on an old man using bricks to smash 30 cars illegally running red lights.
China: Free Tibet Concert
ChinaGeeks translated parts of Wosers's blog post on Taiwan's free Tibert concert on 11th of July.
Japan: Poor Japanese people
Lee from Tokyo Times brings into focus a 10 minutes documentary, Japan: A Story of Love and Hate, which touches upon poverty problem in Japan.
Japan: The coming DPJ tsunami?
Tobias Harris from Observing Japan comments on Daniel Twining's argument that the advent of a DPJ government could represent a “tsunami” for the US and Japan. The blogger pointed out that the era of Japan's becoming a deputy to the US sheriff in East Asia has passed.
China: Netizens starving, no more rice talk!
Since July 8, the Chinese rival of Twitter, Fanfou has been suspended. Up till now, Fanfou's founder Wang Xing has only clarified that the website's “maintenance” has nothing to do with Internet content provider (ICP) license. As the date of its suspension is soon after the Xinjiang riot and Fanfou.com...
South Korea: Ohmynews! calling for 100,000 supporters
Ohmynews! is now calling for 100,000 supporters to give monthly donation in order to become independent.
China: Xinjiang Info-War
Rebecca MacKinnon from Rconversation looks into the Chinese government's strategy in information control over the Xinjiang riot.
China: How did a protest become mass murder?
Black and white cat urges more investigation on how the student protest in Urumqi suddenly turned into a mass murder on July 5?
China: The Han/Uyghur demographic trend in Xinjiang
Sunbin looked into the Han / Uyghur demographic trend in Xinjiang to rebuke the comparison of Israel-Palestine relation with China / Han-Uyghur.
China: Government order to filter search results: July 8, 2009
Due to the Xinjian riot, the propaganda department gave a long filter list to the search engines on July 8, 2009. (via China Digital Times)
China: Uyghur Muslim Minority
A youtube video produced by Stanley Foundation on Uyghur Muslim minority in China.
China: Omitting the Uyghur grievances
Will from imagethief pointed out that in order to solve the ethnic conflict, it is necessary for the Chinese government to reflect upon a national myth-making apparatus that allows no room whatsoever for the acknowledgment of Uighur grievances.
China: Urumqi mass incident and beyond
According to Xinhua latest report (July 6), the violence in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has led to at least 140 people dead and 828 injured. The regional government said that the mass incident was masterminded by the World Uyghur Congress. However, Uyghur independent activist explained...
Hong Kong: July 1 Rally
ESWN has a review on the newspapers coverage of this year July 1 rally.
China: Spoofing the collapsed Shanghai Building
Netizens from cat898 started spoofing the collapsed Shanghai building with PS photos.
China: Shishou official speaks out about riot
Sam Verran from China Elections and Governance translated a blog post written by a Shishou official reflecting on the local government's “mistake” in handling the investigation and riot.
Japan: Manga-style illustrations by Shohei Otomo
Pink Tentacle has a selection of Manga-style illustrations by ballpoint pen artist, Shohei Otomo.
China: A clean bull returned
The blog hosting website bullog was exiled and blocked early this year. Recently a new website bullock is launched, with a notice that it will strictly adhere to the policy of “no political content”. More from Under the Jacaranda Tree.
