Oiwan Lam · August, 2006

Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from August, 2006

China: drought

  20 August 2006

Shang pei-jin in Shanghaiist reports on the drought in Chongqing and Sichuan region. Reports circulated in the internet said that The Three Gorges Dam was responsible for the situation.

China: parents camping at Tsinghua

  20 August 2006

Mindmeter puts together some photos and reports from BBS and newspapers on the Tsinghua University campus, showing how parents of undergraduate students stay overnight at the campus without any shelter at registration days(zh).

South Korea: protest photos

  20 August 2006

Darin in Occidentalism posts several protest photos from South Korea, probably in response to Koizumi’s most recent Yasukuni visit.

South Korea: English teacher

  20 August 2006

Robert Koehler in Marmot's hole summarizes the problem of English teachers hiring practice in South Korea: “According to Seoul immigration officials, about 240 unqualified foreign teachers were busted in Seoul alone last year. This year, some 20~30 teachers are busted a month. Even more concerning, there are even cases of...

South Korea: Liberty in North Korea

  18 August 2006

Andy Jackson in Marmot's Hole introduce a NGO, an unofficial Liberty in North Korea – LiNK. The organization is concerned with education on North Korean human rights and outreach to North Korean defectors.

Japan: preservation of foreign culture

  18 August 2006

Hisane Masaki from Ohmynews reports that recently Japan enacted a new law obliging the nation to actively promote the preservation of valuable foreign cultural assets. “Under the new law, Japan is expected to step up official development assistance (ODA) to help countries preserve and restore their cultural heritages, especially through...

China: unregistered population

  18 August 2006

Xin haiguang posts a letter to editor written by a police to Nanfang Weekend on the problem of un-registered population in China. New born babies are un-registered; deaths are un-reported; there is no way to have accurate population statistics (zh).

China: play and wan

  18 August 2006

Maryannodonnell explores the meaning of “wan” (play) in Chinese via her experience in Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park.

China: lawyers accused of stealing

  18 August 2006

Hu Hao family puts it as a joke. Human rights activitist Chen Guan-cheng's lawyer team was being accused of stealing from local (Shandong) gangsters group and got arrested by police. And it happened just one night before (on August 17) Chen's trial (zh). Zhen Jin-yan puts up a statement to...

China: the prisoners

  17 August 2006

Nick wong introduces three persons who are now on trial in China: Za Ai-zong, a reporter who was arrested because of a report on local government repression on Christian church. Ching Cheong, a reporter accused of being a Taiwan spy. Chen Guan-cheng, a blind civic rights activist (zh).

China: community DV shoot

  17 August 2006

Joel Martinsen in DANWEI reports on a community DV shoot project in Beijing's Tiantongyuan neigbourhood. The 30 minutes film is titled How can I rescue you, my daughter?

China: unemployment

  17 August 2006

One Man Bandwidth gives us some data on how Chinese university students evaluate their college experience and future.

China and Japan: the Ants

  16 August 2006

Richard in the Peking Duck introduces a new Japanese movie “the Ants” which explores the topic of WWII war crime with merciless honesty.

China: GDP calculation

  16 August 2006

Rosu in Bullog points out that the calculation of GDP by the National Statistic Bureau is very arbitrary. According to the reports from 31 provinces, the growth of GDP in the first half year should be 12%. However, the figure given out by the Bureau is 10.9%. The difference is...

China: webcast regulation

  16 August 2006

According to Wang Xiao feng, the National Broadcast and Television Bureau will introduce a new regulation which requires permission for all internet webcast (zh).

South Korea: Liberation Day

  16 August 2006

Yesterday (Aug 15) was the anniversary of Korea Liberation Day, Richardson from the Korea Liberator puts together South Korean newspapers’ editorial excrepts.

Japan: freedom of speech or privacy

  16 August 2006

Matts in Occidentalism disagrees that Yasukuni Shrine had violated freedom of press in rejecting Asahi Shimbun's reporters entry to its compound claiming that the newspapers had violated its privacy in their previous report.