Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from August, 2008
Hong Kong: Tai Kok Tsui's Photo
Tai Kok Tsui is an old district in Hong Kong and is now undergoing urban renewal (demolition of old buildings). Kursk spent a Sunday taking photos in order to record the old city landscape.
China: Truth or Lie?
Immusoul said that he could not believe in Liu Xiang's explanation about his withdrawal yet, as there weren't any independent / third party evidence supporting his explanation yet. Moreover, up till, most of the decisions made during the Olympics were related with “interest”.
Hong Kong: Fireman
Recently two Fire fighters died in a fire accident, a fireman blogger pointed out that the fire teams have been suffering from inadequate facilities and staffs back up that puts their life at risk.
Japan: Bathhouse Culture
Verena from Pingmag has written a feature about Japanese bathhouse culture.
Japan: Intangible Cultural Heritage
Ampontan blogs about the nomination of 14 cultural expressions by the Agency of Cultural Affair as Intangible Cultural Heritage. One of the items is chakkirako.
Japan: Yasukuni Shrine on August 15th
James from Japan Probe has a sum-up on the demonstration at Yasukuni Shrine on August 15, the anniversary of Japan’s defeat in the Pacific War.
Hong Kong: City of Tomorrow
Hong Kong magazine has a feature on various development projects in Hong Kong in the coming decade.
China: Chinese Students on Olympics
Jin Hye-ji from Ohmynews interviewed several Chinese students from different communities on sensitive issues concerning Olympics, the opinions are very diverse.
Japan: Foreign Population
Adam from Mutant frog blogs about the increase of foreign population on Japan society.
China: Don't be Afraid of the 50 Cents
Yan Yunfei recently faced a lot of internet bullying in his blog when he commented on Olympics. He wasn't sure whether the comments came from the 50 cents gang and urged other bloggers not to be afraid of the government leaded Internet opinion mob, as he believed in the power...
China: Manufacturer's Apprehension
Shen yin from the mindmeter posted an interview with a local manufacturer talking about the difficult market condition that Chinese manufacturers are facing [zh].
China: Bird's Nest's Naming
Imagethief doubts if China government is willing to give Bird's Nest's naming right to multinational corporate, such as coca cola.
China: Minority Terrorist
Michael from Two opposite end of China puts together news concerning bombings in Xinjiang and the Chinese official attitude towards minority.
China: Audience
A BBS thread at ifeng has a debate on the Chinese audiences’ performance, some criticized that Chinese audiences shouldn't have booed the Japanese team during the volleyball match. Some defended that cheering and booing in ball game match is normal.
China and Spain: Slanty-eyed Photo
The Taiwan Chronicles urged people not to over-read the Spanish team's “Slanty-eyed photo” as racism.
China: Football Team Welcome You
Frustrated with the Chinese football team performance in the Olympics, Chinese netizens changed the lyrics of “Beijing welcome you” into “Chinese football team welcome you” and uploaded the music videos onto youtube.
China: Lose-lose Situation for Football
Xueyung criticized the Chinese football team at the Olympics and said that the team not only lost the match but also their image. However, the blogger pointed out that the football fans also need to be responsible for the situation.
Japan: Gaijin Stereotype Debate
Eric from Japan Probe opened a debate with another blogger Debito over the issue of Gaijin stereotype.
Japan: Soft Machines
Edo from Pink Tentacle blogs about the development of elastic electronic circuits which makes soft machines / robot become possible.
Japan: Rural City
Tony Boys wrote a photo essay about Japanese rural city.
South Korea: 100 Days of Candlelight
CINA posts the protesters’ plan for celebrating the 100 days of candlelight protest against the importation of U.S beef on August 15.
