Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from April, 2008
Japan: Stick-puppet Animation
Edo from Pink Tentacle posted a stick puppet animation, “Mononoke Dance”, by manga artist Masakazu Amahisa. The video shows a traditional Japanese monsters party.
Japan: Candle Night for Tibetan
Martin J Frid wrote an account for a candle night event in a Buddhist temple for showing their concern and support for Tibetan.
Taiwan: 314 and 228
winddriver compares the 314 Tibet incident with the 228 incident in Taiwan [zh].
China: Report on Overseas Pro-China Protest
Mao Ningbo complained that western media did not report on the pro-China protest in the Olympic torch journey in Ireland. He urged netizens to do the citizen report [zh].
China: Hu Jia and National Security System
I have translated an article written by Ip Iam Chong on the arrest of Hu Jia and the national security system in China at interlocals.net.
China: Comment on Tibet Issue
Sunbin comments on Tibet issue and urges politicians not to sacrifice the lives of the people you claim to love and save.
China: Defending National Pride
ESWN argues that the Olympic torch protest is a public relation disaster as it gives the opportunity for the China mainstream to defend national pride. He translated two Chinese reports...
South Korea: AIDS Discrimination
Michael Solis from Ohmynews! writes about the lack of confidentiality for the treatment of AIDS, in particular for foreigners, in South Korea.
China: CCTV PK CNN
Lyceum writes down the track record of CCTV and CNN and asks which one is more independent? [zh]
China: Demonizing?
Ran Yun-fei from my1510.com argued that nationalistic sentiment would lead to the imagination of China being demonized [zh].
China: Reflection from a Tibetan Monk
Woser reposted an article by a Tibetan monk on the March 14 incident. He criticized the violent protest as well as the blame that Chinese government put on Dalai Lama...
China: Book on the Truth about Tibet
In three weeks time, a book about lies and truth of Tibet has been published in China. Joel Martinsen from DANWEI translated an interview with the publisher, Zhang Weimin.
Hong Kong: Pre-Olympic Sport
Diumanpark described the seizing of Olympic torch by protesters as Pre-Olympic sport[zh].
Hong Kong: Guarding Olympic torch
Fongyun commented on the Chinese security staffs in guarding the Olympic torch away from protesters. The blogger pointed out that Australian media were correct after all [zh], China did send...
Hong Kong: Boycotting Olympics FAQ
Kursk continued to explain why he urged for boycotting Olympics [zh].
Hong Kong: Olympic and Justice
Diumanpark agreed that Olympic shouldn't be politicized, however, it is related to people's aspiration for justice [zh].
Taiwan: Ma Worships at the Tomb
Michael Turton comments on the newly elected president Ma Ying-jeou's visit to Chiang Kai-shek‘s mausoleum to commemorate the anniversary of the his death.
Japan: Penis Pandemonium
Lee from Tokyo Time posts photos of the annual fertility festival at Hachiman-gu Shrine.
South Korea: How the Dead are Remebered Differently?
Matt discusses about how the dead are remembered and forgotten in South Korea.
China: Tibet Fatigue Syndrome and Lhasafication
Fuge noticed new terms popping up after the Tibet riot [zh]. Tibet Fatigue Syndrome – meaning getting tired of the debate about media representation of Tibet incident. Lhasafication – meaning...
China: Nationalist traitor at China.com
Hecaitou criticizes the angry youth at China.com who used cultural revolution language to attack Nanfang daily's opinion piece calling for free press on the tibet issue. The blogger uses the...
