Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from August, 2006
China: drought
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
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
Darin in Occidentalism posts several protest photos from South Korea, probably in response to Koizumi’s most recent Yasukuni visit.
Japan and South Korea: territorial debate
Gerry-Bevers in occidentalism writes a detailed historical analysis on a video that claims that Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks) was historically Korean territory.
South Korea: English teacher
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
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.
South Korea: cyber violence
Robert Koehler in Marmot's Hole discusses about the phenomena of cyberviolence in South Korea.
Japan: preservation of foreign culture
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: rumour and chainmail on google
ESWN picks up the story on google search engine and translates the chain mail.
China: unregistered population
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
Maryannodonnell explores the meaning of “wan” (play) in Chinese via her experience in Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park.
China: lawyers accused of stealing
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
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
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
One Man Bandwidth gives us some data on how Chinese university students evaluate their college experience and future.
China and Japan: the Ants
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
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
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: English craze
Noja in Frog in a well discusses about the English craze culture in modern Korea with a historical background.
South Korea: Liberation Day
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
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.