Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from September, 2009
China: Army on national day parade
Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated netizens’ opinions and comments from a local forum on the training of army on the national day parade.
China: the 2002 needle attacks in Tianjin and Beijing
Rob from Black and white cat pointed out that the use of hypodermic needles to threaten and rob people is not a new phenomena in China and rest of the...
China: Interview with the CEO of duoban.com
Alice from DANWEI interviewed Ah Bei, the CEO of douban.com, one of the most popular social networking site in China based on users’ common interest.
South Korea: Prosecution for racist remarks
Korea Beat translated a news story on the country's first prosecution case against a Korean man for using racist remarks towards an Indian, Bonojit Hussein, who is teaching in a...
Hong Kong: Journalists accused of incitement
Last Friday (Sep 4), three Hong Kong journalists were beaten up and detained by Xinjiang armed polices when they were covering the protest in Urumqi. Yesterday, the authorities in Xinjiang...
China: How artistic these buildings are!
MOP forum posted a number of photos on some newly constructed residential buildings in Guangzhou. From a far, one can see some “artistic” white pattern. When getting a closer look,...
China: Wal-Mart Workers Beat Customer To Death
ESWN translated a local news story about 5-6 a 37-year old woman customer beaten to death by 5-6 Wal-Mart workers in Jingdezhen plaze, at Jiansi province.
China: New real-name requirement
Rebecca MacKinnon from Rconversation discussed the implementation of real name registration in online discussion and pointed out that the system, started from South Korea, is becoming a global trend.
China: Tanks roll in Beijing
Imagethief noticed the symbolic shift on tanks roll in Beijing city through the military parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China.
China: Rights or rumors?
Siweilouzi translated Beijing University professor's opinion piece: the Public's Right to Question Shouldn't Be Misconstrued as Spreading Rumors.
China: Shanghai “black girl” abused by racist netizens
Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated a forum post full of abusive and racist comments against Lou Jing, whose is the offspring of an extra-marital relation between her mother and a black...
China: A blog on rescuing husband
A woman's husband was arrested and sentenced to 14 days in a detention center in Beijing. Apart from trying to give him support, she sets up a blog, Beijing Haze,...
China and Japan: New era for Sino-Japanese dynamic?
Angry Chinese Blogger looks into the implications of Japan's election and the shifting of ruling party on the future Sino-Japanese dynamic.
South Korea: 3 bills regarding native English teachers
Matt from Gusts of popular feeling discusses the three bills submitted by Democratic Party representative in the national assembly. The bills require foreign English teachers to have criminal record and...
Korea: Kim Jong-Il's “kitsch” taste in art?
Ask a Korean! questions the bias interpretation made by Wall Street Journal on Kim Jong-Il's “kitsch” taste in art.
China: Newly invented Han characters
Recently the Ministry of Education of PRC has announced a list of 44 Han characters to be adjusted in their writing style. The adjustments were so insignificant and redundant that...
Japan: New map of politics
Yoko Akimoto wrote a letter to Asia social movements mailing list on the implications of the landslide victory of Democratic Party in the General Election on social movement in Japan....
