Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from March, 2009
China: Lei Feng Heritage
Joel Martinsen from DANWEI blogs about CPPCC member Liu Jianglong's suggestion to the government to apply for UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage status for the “Lei Feng Spirit.” （雷鋒精神）
China: Complicated Internet Culture
Ethan sums up Rebecca Mackinnon's presentation on the Chinese internet, deliberative government and internet filtering at the Berkman Center
China: Youtube blocked
Aw Guo reported that Youtube is blocked in China. The blogger confirmed the situation with his twitter friends.
China: Industrial Towns in Southern China
David from Silk Road International depicts the threatening situation in industrial areas outside of Shenzhen due to unemployment.
China: Societal Breakdown
Xujun Eberlein translated a well-known sociologist, Sun Liping's article on crisis in China. Sun argued that the greatest crisis is not social unrest but societal breakdown. Translation part I and part II.
China: RMB for Children
Chris from ChinaSMACK translated a news story and netizens comments on toy bank and pirated RMB for children in Shanxi, China.
Japan: Virtual Marathon
Masaru IKEDA from Asiajin blogs about a newly launched virtual marathon game.
Japan and Taiwan: Gay politics
Roy Berman from Mutantfrog Travelogue notices the different between gay politics in Japan and Taiwan.
China: More on Grass Mud Horse
China Digital Times has translated the Song of Grass Mud Horse, a big hit in the Internet, in early February. In brief, Grass Mud Horse （草泥馬） is said to be a legendary creature in China, but it is phonetically equivalent to “Fxxk Your Mother!” in Chinese. There are other similar...
China: On the Internet, nobody knows you're a cadre
Imagethief discusses the “eluding the cat” investigation arrangement in Yunnan from a P.R perspective. The blogger feels that it is a creative method by propaganda department: “On the Internet, nobody knows you're a cadre”.
