Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from November, 2007
China: Social Stability via Negotiation
Sun Liping argues that it is rather unlikely for China to face major social turmoil nowadays (zh) because the market economy has divert social conflicts and there aren't any major ideological struggles. It is, therefore, necessary to set up mechanism for solving conflicts of interest among different social groups.
South Korea: Anti War Protest
CINA blogs about the weekend anti-war protest against the ongoing presence of S.K. troops in Iraq.
Hong Kong: Waterloo for Pan-dem
Yesterday was the district council election day in Hong Kong. The pro establishment party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong has won 115 seats, while the pan democratic clan has lost one third of their seat. Erynnyes describes yesterday as the darkest day for the pan-dem.
China: Labour Contract Law and Huawei's Violation
Chris O'Brien has a detailed post on how the news about a local company, Huawei’s decision to “ask” 7,000 of its employees who had been working for the company for eight years or more to resign had been harmonized in the mainstream media. Huawei's action is seen as a way...
China: Professor Shot to Death by Police
Liu Xiaoyuan comments on a recent news about an assistant professor being shot to death in Guangzhou city by local police (zh). According to the police report, the gunshot was a self defense act as a police was dragged by the professor's car (with a fake military car number) for...
Hong Kong: Uwants
Poon Wai Hang blogs about the most popular internet forum in Hong Kong, Uwants (zh). It ranks second among traditional Chinese language webistes, however, the sources of income are very limited.
Taiwan: Friendly City
Michael Turton posted an initiative to make Taichung A Barriers-Free City for All International Guests. The proposal was drafted in 2004, but has some significance against the recent campaign for Taiwan to join the United Nation.
Japan: NEC Fingerprinting Technology
Edo from Pink tentacle gives some technology background of the fingerprinting foreigners policy in Japan: NEC helps Big Brother watch foreigners in Japan.
South Korea: Workers’ Protest
Jamie from Two Koreas blogs more on last weekend's workers’ protest commemorating Chun Tae Il, a worker who immolated himself in the early seventies in protest of the regressive labour relations that animated the sweatshops of the textile boom of those days.
South Korea: Cheering for Test Takers
Matt from Gusts of Popular feeling blogs about the cheering activities related to the annual university entrance examination in Seoul.
Taiwan: UN for Taiwan
Holly blogs about the campaign for Taiwan to get UN membership.
Japan: Housing Discrimination
James from Japan Probe blogs about the issue of housing discrimination against foreigners in Japan.
Japan: Giant Jellyfish
Edo from Pink tentacle blogs photos of giant jellyfish found nearby the coast of Japan sea.
China: Imitating Lust, Caution
Kenneth Tan from Shanghaiist translated local news on how movie fans found joy in imitating sexual positions in Lust, Caution.
Hong Kong: District Council Election
Roland compares and analyzes the background and policy advocacy of the district council election candidates in his district. Can get a glimpse of the election culture in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong: Putonghua is a Chinese Language
Diumanpark pointed out that Putonghua is just one of the Chinese Languages. He criticized the Hong Kong government language policy for equalizing Putonghua as “The” Chinese languages and killing all the Chinese language diversity (zh).
Hong Kong: Live Report from IGF 2007
Charles Mok gives a live report from the Internet Governance Forum 2007.
China: Law PhD Sues Over Cuts to Lust, Caution
Joel Martinsen from DANWEI reports on the legal action by a law PhD student, Dong Yanbin, against UME International Cineplex and SARFT over the edited Mainland Chinese version of Lust, Caution.
China: Shenzhen Property Market Dropped for 40%?
Mrzhang criticized the local mainstream media report that the Shenzhen Property Market has dropped for 40%. In reality, the property market is still suffered from the bubbles (zh).
China: Recycled Condom
Kenneth Tan from Shanghaiist reports on how condoms are recycled into hair bands.
China: Spicy Crayfish
Hegel Chong wrote the migration of Crayfish from Louisiana to Japan and then China (zh). Now it has become the most famous street food in major cities: spicy crayfish.
