Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from March, 2008
Japan: Perfect Nirvana
Ad Blankestijn introduces the Para-Nirvana scenes (the Buddha Nirvana posture) at Kyoto temples.
Japan: Coastal Whaling
Shisaku discusses the Japan government's decision on the revival of commercial coastal whaling, in particular its relation to local politics.
South Korea: Women Protest
CINA posted some links and pictures on the weekend International Woman's Day Protest in Seoul.
China: Frozen Shanghai
A group of flash mob (50) decided to freeze Nanjing Road in Shanghai on 8 of March, 2008. Shanghaiist has an English report. cnBeta has a Chinese version.
China: Support Tang Wei
Tang Wei is the main actress in the award winning movie, “Lust, Caution!”. Major T.V stations in China has banned all her advertisement, and Li Yinhe writes a post to...
China: Yao Ming and Li YunChun
Yao Ming (male) is one of the most famous sport star and Li Yun Chun (female) is one of the most popular pop singer; Zhaomu finds out that their faces...
China: Ask Wen Zong Li
Sina sets up a page for netizen to ask Primer Wen Jia Bo question during the National People Congress. Up till now, there are more than 114,307 responses [zh].
Hong Kong: Picnic at Time Square
Local artists have a picnic at Time Square to reclaim the public space at the city centre [zh]. The spot is outside a giant shopping mall at Causeway Bay.
Taiwan: Hunter Action
Peopo.org puts up a video on the weekend music concert organized by indigenous groups in Taiwan. The ethnic minorities are claiming their land right [zh].
China: Freedom and Welfare
Maomy posts a speech by Qin Hui (a public intellectual advocating political liberalism) at Ohmymedia, which explains his position in political reform in China: a parallel reform of freedom and...
Japan: Sentaku: Choose Clean!
Ampontan traces the political and historical origin of the new citizen group, Sentaku (meaning choose and clean), back to 1850s modernization period.
Japan: Eat Whale And Save The Planet?
James from Japan Probe blogs a survey from the pro-whaling group which argues eating whale is more environmental than other meat. There is a poll attached in the post.
China: Ten Years In Jail For Uploading 28 Obscene Photos?
ESWN translated a local forum post discussing the jail time of uploading obscene Photos. According to existing regulation in China, the jail time for 28 photos with 250,000 plus hits...
Hong Kong: Cats in the University
Lingnan University in Hong Kong is popular for its friendly attitude towards cats. Duke of Aberdeen visited the university and took some photos of the cats in the university. There...
Hong Kong: Privatization of Public Space
Littleolso comments on the privatization of public space by Time square [zh], a super shopping mall at Causeway Bay, a most expensive district in Hong Kong Island. The shopping mall...
Hong Kong and Japan: Maiderland
Ben Ng visited a cafe called Maiderland during the weekend (zh). The cafe is run by a group of Japanese ACG (anime, comic, game) lovers in Hong Kong.
Japan: Cat Challenge
James from Japan Probe posted a funny video on a cat challenge in walking through 10 people's shoulders.
China: Life Stream and Privacy
Zhanbin points our that life stream applications, such as Friend feed has turned us into voyeurism and exposure addicts [zh]; and the notion of privacy is under challenged.
South Korea: Military Service
Michael Solis from Ohmynews interviewed some conscientious objectors who have been imprisoned for refusing to partake in military service.
China: OK To Sing Tibet Independence?
Imagethief discusses whether it is appropriate for Bjork to chant Tibet independence in a Chinese theatre.
China: Movie Classification System
Wang Xiaofeng explains how movie classification system can improve the freedom of expression in China [zh].
