Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from March, 2007
China: property, power and violence
Shao Zishing from mindmeter posts an article about the logic of property management and the distinctive character of “property violence” in China (zh). This article has been censored away by some printed media.
China: translation tool
Eric Hu has a review on the google translation in Shanghaiist.
China: legal base for the real name system
Joel Martinsen from DANWEI sums up a discussion in Liaoning Legal News on whether the “real name registration system” has legal base: Of the real-name systems that have been proposed recently, relevant national laws are only in place for the banking system; real-name systems for mobile phones, online games, blogs,...
China: blogspot blocked again
Jeremy Goldkorn reported that many foreign blog providers have been blocked in the past few weeks. Blogspot is blocked again.
Hong Kong: Panda's right
Hegelchong criticizes the mainstream media's insensitivity towards animal rights in the news concerning central government giving two Pandas to Hong Kong for 10 years anniversary of reunification of Hong Kong with China (zh).
Hong Kong: blogger gathering
Jacky writes about the weekend blogger gathering organized by sina. The topic is about media and blogging (zh).
Japan: Nostril flush
The Nostril flush is for dealing with cedar pollen allergies, JP explains how to use it at Japundit.
China: Cohabitation
Lyn Jeffery from virtual China translated a discussion from Sina BBS concerning “People's Congress Delegate Advocates Repealing Concept of Illegal Cohabitation”.
Japan: Hello Kitty product
Hello Kitty product from air purifier to condom? Paul Nicholls from Japundit clarified that the Kitty condom is a fake news.
Taiwan: Bloggers Organize To Save Losheng Sanatorium
ESWN translated the article from Coolloud to show how individual bloggers work together to protect the Losheng Sanatorium.
Taiwan: Embarrassed Blogger Association
Chiao ching translated the mission statement of embarrassed blogger association: This Association aims to provide a space for bloggers in the Internet world, who are unable to Self-Taglize, and then confused and Orzistic(?), to support and help each other.
China: Sleeping delegates
Laowiseass blogs a most popular email photo circulated in China last week: sleeping delegates of the people's congress.
China: Punish Seditious Speech? What a Joke!
During this year's congressional sessions, leftist Yu Quanyu proposed drafting a law to criminalize seditious speech. Joel Martinsen has a translation of Southern Metropolis Weekly's interview with Yuan Weishi. The magazine teased the article on its cover with the line “punishing seditious speech is a farce.”
China: Inequality
Lyn Jeffery from virtual China blogs about a recent report on “How Much Inequality can China Stand?”
Taiwan: 200 bloggers joint action
The Save Lo Sheng Sanatorium campaign has developed into 200 bloggers joint action. In less than 18 hours, the bloggers got 150,000(TWD) for posting an ad in apple daily news to express their anger towards the state violence and the mainstream media's lack of coverage on the issue. The action...
China: Film ratings were stopped by a phone call
DANWEI has a translation of a report from YWeekend which tells how the film ratings system were stopped by a phone call.
Hong Kong: The Second CE Election Debate
ESWN has a sum up on media report and statistic of the Second Hong Kong Chief Executive Debate.
China and Japan: Sino-Japanese Studies Journal Online
K. M. Lawson from Japan History group blog announced the digitization of the Sino-Japanese Studies Journal. The full journal is available online at ChinaJapan.org
South Korea: street vendors
Matts has a nice post about the Seoul city plan in cracking down street vendors.
South Korea: China town
Asiapages explained why South Korea’s attempt to create a Chinatown near Incheon is seriously missing the point.
Japan: Where are the Japanese comfort women?
Ampontan translates a post written by Kiyotani in response to the recent debate about Abe's claim that there was “no evidence” that the recruitment of “comfort women” had been “forcible in the narrow sense of the word”.: I really wonder why no one is talking about the Japanese comfort women....
