Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from December, 2009
South Korea: Religion
Ask a Korean! answers some questions about Korean people's religion belief and practice.
China: VeryCD.com closed
VeryCD, one of the most popular file sharing website in China, was closed suddenly yesterday. Its founder, Huang Yimeng admitted that the website didn't have “Information Network Broadcast Audio Visual...
China: On changing China’s ethnic policy
C. Custer from ChinaGeek translated Woeser’s blogpost on the discussion about abolition of the policy on autonomous ethnic regions.
Japan: Kiko Network blogging from Copenhagen
Martin J Frid introduced a Japanese NGO, Kiko Network, which focuses on climate change issue. The group has sent three people in Copenhagen to report on the COP15.
China: Anniversary of Charter 08
C.A Yeung from Under the Jacaranda Tree translated an article written by Sun Wenguang on a seminar in Shandong by a number of Charter 08 signatories to commemorate the anniversary...
China: Young people and housing
China Hush puts together an interesting discussion related with the property bubble in China. The focus of the debate is on whether people below 30 should be able to buy...
China and the World Map of the Internet
Uln from Chinayouren reprocesses the world map of the Internet to examine China's position and relation with the rest of the world in the Internet.
China: The Chengdu Self-Immolation
A woman, Tang Fuzhen, in Chengdu set herself on fire in order to protest against the forced demolition of her home. ESWN translated a T.V news commentary on the incident.
China: AIDS patient's call for freedom and rights
C. Custer from ChinaGeeks translated a blog post written by Wang Keqin about his friend, a AIDS patient, who was detained by local government before the International AIDS day because...
China: The Obama Girl Was An Internet Promotion Campaign
A female student Wang Zifei, who sat behind Obama when he delivered his speech at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, has become a Internet celebrity. Local media recently found...
China: Microblogging
Xue Ying from CNreview reports on a tech conference in Beijing concerning the development of microblogging in China.
Michael Moore in Japan
James from Japan Probe blogs about American film maker Michael Moore's visit to Japan.
China: Demise of the media
Uln from Chinayouren comments on the discussion on the demise of the media by looking into the dynamics of the State, the Business and the Readers.
Japan: Open government
Tobias Harris from Observing Japan blogs about the Hatoyama government's attempt in building a transparent and open government.
China: Female deputy editor-in-chief being assaulted
ESWN translated a local news story about a female deputy editor-in-chief, Le Qian, being assaulted by an attacker in front of her home.
Hong Kong: Democracy
Tom Legg blogs about the recent political scandal on the attempt by the Beijing Basic Law expert in re-interpretation of the meaning of democracy in Hong Kong.
