Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from May, 2011
Hong Kong: Brainwashing Education
The Hong Kong Education Bureau is planning to make patriotic education compulsory for primary and secondary school children. The objective of the Moral and National Education Curriculum is to help the students to "develop a sense of belonging to the motherland", "support national sports teams" and "appreciate Chinese culture". The plan, however, has sparked fears in the society of political brainwashing.
China: Ai Weiwei's Chat with Public Opinion Channeler
China Media Project has translated a portion of Ai Weiwei's interview with a public opinion channeler or the so-called member of 50 Cent Party which was conducted back in March 22 2011.
Asian-African Economic Cooperation
Johan Lagerkvist posted his research paper on “The strategic presence of China, Japan and Korea in sub-Saharan Africa” in China Roader.
China: Income Tax and Housing Expense
Jacky Huang from ChinaHush translates a news story on the controversy of the China Statistics Bureau's account of average monthly housing expense per citizen.
China: Opinion Poll on Bin Laden's Death
C Custer from ChinaGeek translates an opinion poll on Chinese netizens’ reaction to Bin Laden's death.
China: Chengdu Zebra Music Festival
Charlie from Chengdu Living posts some photos on the third annual Zebra Music Festival in Chengdu.
China: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The past week has seen a real-life version of film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” reenacted in China. The Chinese protagonist, Xu Wu, has been detained in a psychiatric hospital for four years over a labour dispute against a state-run enterprise. He escaped from the hospital and told his story to a television station, but police forced their way into the station building and abducted Xu, remanding him back to the psychiatric ward.
China: Mainstream Report on Bin Laden's Death
David Bandurski from China Media Project looks into the front page report of major newspapers in China on the death of Bin Laden.
China: Chinese Netizen Reactions on bin Laden's Death
Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated Chinese netizens’ reactions on Osama bin Laden's death.
China: A New Generation Nationalistic Website
Andy Yee translated an article by Kai Wen at Radio France International about the group of young people behind April Web, labelled as China’s new generation of nationalists. (via ChinaGeek)
