Latest posts by Paul Frankenstein
China: great wall party – the secret route to lobby the chinese congress
Bingfeng Teahouse traces the route that a story about an annual rave at the Great Wall took to get to the front page of China Daily. Unsurprisingly, it's a complicated one.
Thailand: Bangkok Post Story Has Holes
Sarasonteh looks at a Bangkok Post story about problems with the runways at the Bangkok airport and discovers that the real problems were with the story, not the runways.
Thailand: Dad's Thailand, my Thailand
A guest blogger on Thai-Blogs.com reflects on the differences between her Thailand and her father's Thailand.
Sudan: Hard Work and Bad Connections in Darfur
Humanitarian Hijinks reports that tensions are running high in the refugee camps and that it's taking its toll on both aid workers and camp residents: “Truth in Darfur is becoming harder to find every day. The only thing most of us can agree on is that Darfur is still a...
Somaliland: Somaliland editors adopt new code of conduct for elections
Journalists inside Somaliland have developed a code of conduct for covering the upcoming Somaliland elections.
little fish: Singapore's 40th Birthday
The Singaporean blog Little fish chronicles the top ten most popular pieces of Singaporean slang.
Georgia & Ukraine: Georgian President and Ukrainian PM get it on. In a helicopter.
Siberian Light points out that Russian filmmakers are trying to cash in on the relationship between two former Soviet republics by making a blue movie that features the doppelgangers of Georgian President Mikail Saakashvili and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Nigeria: Sino-Nigerian relationship: True partnership?
Chippla's Weblog takes another look at the relationship between China and Nigeria.
Philippines: A Raul Roco Story
Tales from Disiniland relays a tale about the beloved late politician Raul Roco.
Kenya: Blogging, Kenyan Women & Opening of Democratic Spaces…
The Kenya Democracy Project puts up a long post about Kenyan women who blog.
Indonesia: Troops withdrawing from Aceh, but going where?
Jakartass is worried that the troops that are being withdrawn from Aceh will be redeployed to West Papua.
Cambodia: How can we remove barriers to podcasting from Cambodia?
Beth Kanter wonders how to remove the barriers that face podcasters from Cambodia.
China & Hong Kong: Report on Blogging Seminar
T-Salon points to coverage of CCTV producer and blog portal director Hu Yong's Hong Kong seminar on blogging.
China: A Chinese Chatroom Adventure
An unfortunate chat room user found that her picture was hijacked by an unknown party who used it as their avatar in an “adults-only” chat room, reports EastSouthWestNorth.
China: Bill Clinton keynote speaker at China Internet Summit
China Digital Times reports that former US President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the China Internet Summit this fall in Hangzhou.
Azerbaijan: AZ Youth Opposition Leader Arrest Aftermath
Blogrel has a great roundup of the fallout from the arrest of a popular opposition politican in the run-up to parliamentary elections in the fall.
China & Taiwan: lee teng-hui sounds off
Former Taiwanese President Lee Tung-Hui has injected himself into the China/Taiwan debate by arguing that any invasion of Taiwan by China would be impossible due to the US nuclear submarine presence in the western Pacific.
China: Local Companies Ready for the outside world?
China Herald is skeptical of the ability of Chinese companies like Huawei, CNOOC, and Baidu to compete globally.
Cambodia: How to use CSS to blog in Khmer
On the heels of the latest Phnom Penh blogger meetup, Webbed feet, Web log passes on a quick little CSS hack to blog in Khmer.
Singapore: National Day
Today is Singapore's National Day, and it's also the 40th anniversary of Singapore's independence. Daryl Sng muses that it feels odd to have a country younger than his parents, while Mr.Brown's family provided color commentary on the National Day Parade. Tomorrow.sg also has a roundup of Singapore blogs celebrating their...
Estonia: Noncitizens to disappear by 2010
Bonjour L'Estonie reports that Prime Minister Andrus Ansip announced that Estonia's stateless population will have all become Estonian citizens within 10 years. Interestingly enough, Estonia's apparently liberal naturalization process contrasts sharply with the process in some western countries.
