Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from November, 2012
Hong Kong Gay Rights Parade
Beijing Cream has a collection of videos and photos from the Hong Kong Gay Rights Parade which took place in last weekend. GdotTV, a local LGBT video production team has also uploaded a video at Youtube on the parade.
Freedamn is Just Another Word With Chinese Characteristics
A list of “English terms” has been circulating in Chinese social media in the past few days. The intentional mis-spelling of the English terms are used as satires to describe the political culture in China.
Political Reform in China: Neither old way nor odd way
The ministry of Tofu translated some micro-bloggers’ comments on Chinese President Hu Jintao's talk in the 18th Party Congress about political reform. Hu stressed that the Chinese's reform will be neither old way nor odd way, which in a nutshell points to “no way” as highlighted by micro-blogger Xu Xiaonian.
A blogger's lament over the 18th Party Congress in China
Stan from China Hearsay lamented about 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress in China: boring official news, internet connection disrupted, unproved rumors and speculations.
If there were Elections in China…
A micro-blogger, pretending to be in New York, composed an imagined map of election results if the Chinese Communist Party were to compete with Kuomintang from Taiwan. (via Tea Leaf Nation)
Instructions on the18th Party Congress in China
Today is the opening of the 18th Party Congress in China. Netizens shared instructions issued by security on what should and should not be done during the congress in Beijing. China Digital Times has collected some of the instructions.
China: China observers’ Twitter Accounts Hacked
China Digital Times reported that several high profile China observers’ Twitter accounts have received warning messages that their accounts are hacked.
Hong Kong ‘Artificial Beach’ Will Destroy 200+ Coastal Habitats
Despite strong opposition from environmental groups and concerned citizens, the Hong Kong government is insisting on an artificial beach construction project that will destroy more than 200 coastline habitats.
China: Intellectuals Debate Politics of Nobel Prize in Literature
Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature with the Chinese government's blessing. The achievement has stirred debate among Chinese intellectuals, with some believing that literature should be detached from politics, while others having pointed out that when it comes to China, literature is always about politics.
Nasty China Style Hits One Million
The most popular satire of Korean K-pop “Gangnam Style” in Hong Kong goes to “Nasty China Style”, which has reached more than 1 million views in about two weeks. The remix does not have fancy dancing steps, but the Chinese red army performance and its highly satirical lyrics (some may...
Chinese Political Joke on Beijing Weather
As the 18th Chinese Party Congress is approaching, censorship measure has been tightened. Below is a translation of a funny short story circulated [zh] in Chinese social media: Recently the imperial capital's weather suddenly changed. In the evening, a security old man said: “look! suddenly the sky has changed!” A...
Love China or Leave Former Beijing Officials Tell Hong Kong
Ex-Beijiing officials warned against the rise of separatist movements in Hong Kong and told Hong Kong people either to love China or to renounce their Chinese nationality.
Water Pollution Threatens Lives in Inner Mongolia's Tengger Desert
Members of the Yellow River 10-Year Investigation team have begun reporting on the situation regarding water pollution in the Tengger Desert of Inner Mongolia. The team pointed out that black industrial water emitted by a coal chemical processing factory in the industrial district has been contaminating the desert's underground water, destroying the local herders' homeland and endangering the lives of those in the desert.
Chinese Media's Report on the Superstorm Sandy
Jing Gao from Ministry of Tofu picks some online comments that mock at the Chinese state-run media's coverage of calamity caused by Superstorm Sandy in the West Coast of the U.S.A, saying that they are serving the interest of U.S rather than Chinese as they often ignore local protests and...
Foreign Journalists Covering Ningbo Anti-PX Protest
Chinese journalists were banned from covering Ningbo anti-PX protest in China last week while foreign journalists were standing side-by-side with the protestors at the frontline. China Digital Times translated some tweets that tell the grateful feeling of the Chinese netizens toward these group of foreign journalists.
