Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from February, 2009
China: Remebering History
2009 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of PRC. David Bandurski from China Media Project translates an article by a Chinese scholar Zi Zhongyun (资中筠), who urges China to reflect on its suppression of contemporary history.
China: Logo for 50 Cents
Someone has designed a logo for the 50 cent party (state sponsored online opinion maker). via wumao twitter.
China: Wen's Talk at Davos
China Matters has a post analyzing the implications Premier Wen Jiabo's talk at the World economic forum in Davos.
China: A fair for Muslim in Guangzhou
Jacky Peng blogs a set of photos on a fair for Muslim in Gangzhou.
China: More reactions to shoeing incident
ESWN translates a post from a nationalistic BBS reacting to the shoeing against Wen Jiabo in Cambridge University. Fauna from ChinaSMACK also picks up and translates a number of local reactions.
East Asia: Various readings on “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea”
Japanese anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's latest animated film, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, has become a widely discussed movie in the 2009 new year. Here is the movie trailer: In Hong Kong, the movie was on show since mid Jan and because of the debate over protection of...
China: Shanzhai Spring Festival Gala Blocked
Shanzhai Spring Festival Gala, an alternative to CCTVcelebration of the spring festival online casting, has become a sensitive term and blocked. (more via Joel Martinsen from DANWEI)
Japan and U.S: Totoro Forest Project
Martin J Frid from Kurashi introduces an exhibition on Totoro in San Francisco, which is part of the Totoro Forest project for preserving the Sayama Forest in Tokyo.
South Korea: Protest Against Police Violence at Yongsan
CINA posts photos of a protest against police violence at Yongsan. The police action in the redevelopment zone on 20 of January had resulted in the death of 5 residents who were protesting against a forced eviction.
