Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from February, 2011
Hong Kong: Hiking
Journey to Hong Kong introduces a hiking route where one can have a glimpse of the city's history while enjoying the unique landscape.
China and Hong Kong: Questioning Democracy
Zhongnanhai blogs about a debate on “The world needs less democracy, not more” organized by Asia Intelligence in Hong Kong.
China: Face to face with Chen Guangcheng
Don Weinland from China Digital Times has translated prominent blogger Zhai Minglei's report on the attack of human rights activist Chen Guangcheng upon the release of a video depicting his life under police surveillance.
China: Home Depot's failure
Dan from China Law Blog looks into the reasons behind the failure of Home Depot in China.
China: Raising questions on the “Liberate child beggars campaign”
Roland Soong has translated a number of articles raising questions on the “Take chance photos to liberate child beggars” campaign: Stop Running And Think For A Moment by Qiu Ming, Who Is Being Abducted And Sold Off? by Hecaitou.
China: Fight against kidnapping via microblogging
C. Custer from China Geeks blogs about the recent effort by micro-bloggers to help tracking down missing children by taking photo of children beggars. The blogger also translates Southern Metropolis‘s interview with Yu Jianrong, the mastermind of the citizen action.
China: January 2011 censorship instruction from Chinese authorities
China Digital Times has translated the latest instruction issued by various authorities to media outlets. The censor machine claims that it would shut down websites which are lax in monitoring news concerning Egypt.
China: QQ and the American Dream
China and the World has a blog post looking into the Chinese Internet giant, Tencent's lunar new year advertisement which tells the typical story of a young Chinese with a “dream”.
Comparing China and Egypt
Johan Lagerkvist from China Roader compares the socio-political structure between China and Egypt.
China: Afraid to go home for the New Year
ChinaHush has translated the lyrics of a popular Internet song, Afraid to go home for the New Year, written by He Puxian a drifter singer from Hubei.
China: Egypt-style uprising or election?
Adam from Shanghai Scrap discusses the possible political implication of Egypt uprising to China.
China: Update on the death of village head
Tom Lasseter from China rises writes an update on the death of Qian Yunhui. The court has presented a video that recorded from Qian's watch showing how he was hit by the truck.