Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from December, 2006
China: Minority Culture vs. Majority Language
Michael in the Opposite end of China discusses about the Reuters’ reports about the conflict in China between teaching the majority language (Mandarin Chinese) versus preserving local minority cultures.
China: cigarettes quotas
Zat Liu explains why a domestic cigarettes brand Zhongnanhai were out of sale in Shanghai: every year Zhongnanhai gives different regions certain quotas…
China: movie review: Still Life
Chi Tung in Shanghaiist has a movie review on Jia Zhangke’s Golden Lion-award-winning Still Life.
South Korea: beef from US military base
Robert Koehler from Marmot's Hole reports about the recent debate concerning US military base selling illegal beef to Korean resturants.
Japan: difference between minister and commissioner
Japan government has turned Japan Defense Agency into the “Ministry of Defense”. Adamu in Mutant frog discusses about the difference between minister and commissioner in Japan's politics.
China: no sex in Australia?
ESWN translates an article about translation errors in putting “banning for personal reasons resulting in pregnancy or impregnating” into “banning sexual intercourse” concerning the working conditions of Chinese workers in Australia by a Chinese newspapers. The errors resulted in a lot of discussion concerning labour rights.
China: QQ price
QQ is the most popular chatting device in Mainland China; some combination of QQ numbers have high market value. Virtual China blogs about the logic in the pricing.
Hong Kong: media promotion fee?
An anonymous blogger doctor report blogged an open letter to the Civic Party concerning the political campaign for election of Chief executives (zh) and there is a list of “media promotion fee”: Apple Daily: HK$ 50,000 (discounted); Ming Pao: HK$ 80,000 (discounted); South China Morning Post: HK$ 189,379 (to be...
Japan: metabolic ministers
Lee in Tokyo times reports two Japanese health ministers have started a website (with photos of their bellies) to document their fight against getting fatter.
Japan: foreign workers
Debito translates an article about the treatment of foreign workers in Japan and NGO's effort in advocating “free choice of work sector”.
Korea: North-South journalists meet
Robert Koehler in Marmot's Hole puts together discussion about the meeting of North and South Korea journalists.
China: harmonious culture in media policy
China media project explains the Chinese government's promotion of harmonious culture in media policy.
China: green technology
Diligence China blogs about the development of green technology in China with regard to its potential and threat.
China: lemon duck
Hizi introduces a special dish from Nan-Ning, lemon duck, to his reader (zh).
China: music video
The opposite end of China has upload a music video of a song, “Gulzarangza”, via youtube to the blog: The video is a perfect re-creation of a dream I have… something involving a happy harem of dancing Uyghur beauties, more or less.
China: Top Ten Chinese Media Events of 2006
ESWN translates a blog post on top ten Chinese media events of 2006.
South Korea: prostitution debate
Robert Koehler from Marmot's Hole blogs about the debate on eradication of prostitution in South Korea.
South Korea: water cannon below 0 degree
Jamie from Two Koreas blogs about the union demonstration against bills on irregular work. The demonstrators were received by water cannon at freezing weather. You can find a video link in the blog.
China: temporary freedom for the Olympics?
Angry Chinese blogger comments on the press arrangement in China during the Olympics.
China: film rating
Joel Martinsen at DANWEI has translates an article from Southern Weekly about Ng See-Yuen's comments on ratings, regulations, and entertainment in the mainland Chinese film industry.
China: living in China
Positive solutions writes down 10 reasons why living in China is great.
