Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from March, 2011
China: Vice principle of university kills 2 and wounds 3 in fatal car accident
China Hush translates a forum post from MOP on a recent car accident in Jiangxi University, in which the vice-principal of the University killed 2 and wounded 3 people. Despite the victims’ family claim that the driver was under the influence of alcohol in the tests after the accident, local...
China: Learning from Japan
Ministry of Tofu blogs about Chinese netizens’ reflection upon their own anti-quake measures after seeing how Japanese government and society handled the deadly magnitude 9.0 earthquake.
China: Microblogs Can’t Give Us Justice
China Media Project‘s fellow, Zhang Ming argues that microblog cannot give people justice, on the other hand, it may reinforce the myth of benevolent official come to deliver justice upon people's request.
China: Power disparity
Johan Lagerkvist from China Roader examines the political agenda of the 11th National People Congress in stability control.
Hong Kong: Political Parties’ Finances
People have a sense that the income disparity between pro-establishment parties and democratic parties has been huge. With David Webb's table comparing major political parties’ finances, the picture is a lot clearer.
China: Google the Opium Wars
The People's Daily commentary now compares Google with the East India Company – a colonial entity that sold opium to China. More from China Media Project.
China: Google SSL interfered by GFW
Several sources from Twitter confirm that Google SSL has been interfered by the Great Fire Wall in China. Access to Gmail, GTalk and Google Reader becomes extremely slow. Google's server in Korea (74.125.153.113) is blocked 20-29 mins and 50-59 mins in every hour.
China's Twelfth Five Year Plan
Dan from China Law Blog posts Steve Dickinson‘s speech outline on 10 major challenges of China's Twelfth Five Year Plan.
China: In Memory of Post-80s Trash Poet, Xiao Zhao
On February 14, 2011, 25-year-old poet Xiao Zhao ended his life by jumping off a bridge near his home in Hunan province. While the urban post-80s generation blogging star Han Han has caught the world's attention and become one of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures in 2010", Xiao Zhao's short life tells a completely different story of the same generation in China.
China: Chang Ping talks about “being resigned”
Alice from DANWEI interviews Chang Ping, a journalist at the Southern Media Group, about his “forced resignation” at the end of January 2011.
China: The Sorrow of “Artificial Limbs Village”
Roy from China Hush translates a QQ news story about a village in Yunnan, near the border of Vietnam. As a result of landmine accident, many villagers had lost their legs.
Social Media in China: Why and How
Thomas Crampton reposts Andrea Fenn's overview of why and how companies have used Social Media to engage with China’s online culture. Andrea Fenn is a Shanghai-based member of Ogilvy’s social media team.
China: A Deadly Train Trip
The Ministry of Tofu translated an online appeal letter written by the parent of a male student, Zhao Wei, who died in his train trip back home. His parent believed that he was beaten to death during the trip and threw down from a building Daqing, Heilongjiang Province.
China: How to do a Uyghur homestay in Xinjiang
Josh from Xinjiang: Far West China gives the readers some tips on how to arrange a Uyghur homestay in Xinjiang.
China: Outrageous sexual harassment in Chinese wedding
Olivia from China Hush reported an outrageous sexual harassment case happened recently in a Chinese wedding. 9 bridesmaids were allegedly molested by the bridegroom’s escorting friends in front of relatives and friends.
