Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from June, 2008
Hong Kong: Preserving Bruce Lee's Home
Diumanpark urges the Hong Kong government to preserve Bruce Lee's home as a memorial hall in Hong Kong [zh]. The commercial radio has set up a webpage for a signature campaign to support the preservation.
South Korea: Protest and Public Space
Matt from Gusts of Popular Feeling looked into the Seoul city public space for accounting mass mobilization in protest.
South Korea: Teen Lesbians
Korea Beat translated a local magazine feature story on Teen lesbian culture.
Japan: Kite Festival
Harvey from Japan Newbie wrote a photo essay about the Hamamatsu Kite Fesitval.
Hong Kong: 100 Blog Posts on June 4
Sidekick puts together 100 blog posts for commemorating the 19 year anniversary of June 4 Massacre [zh].
China: Tibet Talk
Maryannodonnell blogs about how communication breaks down when talking about Tibet.
China: Why School Crumbled?
Hu Yong said that the Chinese government should answer to the question why schools were crumbled in the earthquake zone. The blogger insisted that if the truth was buried, China would have no future [zh].
China: Olympic Visa Policy
Fon from China Herald comments on the recent change in visa policy due to the Beijing Olympic.
China: Reconstruction
TECN posted Qian Li qun's speech on earthquake reflection, which stressed that earthquake reconstruction work should incorporate the reconstruction of the Chinese society in term of the development of humanitarianism, civil society, social reform, etc [zh].
China: Earthquake Migration
Zhao mu interview specialists about the resettlement of earthquake victims [zh]. As the whole Wenchuan region becomes an active earthquake zone, relief work would include a huge migration plan.
China: The Suffering of Qiang Minority
Sunbin draws readers’ attention to the suffering of Qiang (an ethnic minority in Sichuan) in the earthquake. Initial stats shows that Qiang had lost close to 10% of its population. The government official acknowledged the need to save Qiang's culture.
China: Earthquake Witness from Beichuan
Qiang-shan You-ke from my1510 writes in detail what had happened in Beichuan secondary school after the earthquake. The writer lost his wife on that date and witnessed the deaths of hundreds of teachers and students. He believes that 80% of the deaths were result of human mistake [zh].
China: Don't Forget Gansu
Michael from the opposite end of China urged people not to forget the earthquake relief work in Gansu area.
China: Cruel Olympic Souvenir
Kenneth Tan from Shanghaiist puts together reports and comments on a cruel Olympic souvenir — a live fish keychain.
China: Earthquake Lake Crisis
Zhao Mu tried to show the disastrous effect of Tang Jia Shan earthquake lake on the downstream areas once the dam collapsed.
China: Who Should be Thankful?
The CCTV kept showing clips on earth victims expressing thanks to the government. Guo yu hua, an anthopologist pointed out that the government should thank Chinese people instead as they have showed high quality in supporting the relief work [zh].
Japan: Death Art
Chiemi from Pink Mag blogs about an art exhibition on death theme. The writer inteviews the gallery owner Narutoshi Sekine about this art category.
Japan: Photograph Memorial Service and Festival
Ampontan introduces a Shinto rite called photograph memorial service and festival hold by the Ozaka Shinto shrine.
Japan: Haunting Beauty
Edo from Pink Tectacle introduces a digital art genre by Yoshitaka Kawakami. Most of the works are about haunting look of school girls. The artist's gallery is here.
Japan: OpenWeb.Asia
Serkan Toto blogs about the openweb.asia project which is designed to be a network of premium blogs written in English that deal with IT, Tech and web stuff coming from Asia.
South Korea: Protest Marathon Against Beef Import
CINA blogs about the protest marathon against the importation of U.S beef. The biggest mobilization would be in June 10.