Rebecca MacKinnon · September, 2005

Latest posts by Rebecca MacKinnon from September, 2005

Comments problems

Sincerest apologies to anybody who tried to post comments over the past two days. This was caused by an unfortunate technical mess-up on my part while attempting to block a...

26 September 2005

Best of Blogs: Nominate your favorites!

Grateful thanks to the esteemed Dr. David Weinberger for nominating Global Voices for the Best of Blogs Awards. The contest is sponsored jointly by Deutsche Welle and Reporters Without Borders....

21 September 2005

South Korea: Blaming the U.S.

Marmot points to a South Korean opinion poll revealing that 53 percent of South Koreans polled believe the U.S. is most responsible for the continued division of the Korean Peninsula.

13 September 2005

China: Murder Case

ESWN translates an article about “hottest subject on the Chinese Internet recently:” The Case of Wang Binyu.

13 September 2005

Singapore: online sedition

From a Singapore Angle rounds up blogger coverage of the two bloggers charged with sedition for racist remarks online. There is also a follow-up post here. mr brown has more...

13 September 2005

South Korea: Bloggers critique Roh

Mingi Hyun of Asia's Secrurity Perils points to an editorial arguing that President Roh tends to “abuse South Korean nationalism”, written for the English edition of OhMyNews by fellow blogger...

12 September 2005

Cambodia: Katrina Aid

ThaRum and Cambodia4Kids both point out that even one of the poorest nations on earth has offered money for Katrina victims.

12 September 2005

China: War atrocities

Bingfeng points to a Chinese-language discussion of Japanese wartime atrocities. He compares Chinese historical memories of the Rape of Nanking to Japanese historical memories of Hiroshima, and asks: is Hiroshima...

12 September 2005

China: Overseas Democratic Movement

ESWN has a scathing post titled The Tragicomedy of the Overseas Chinese Democratic Movement in which he reproduces an interview with a former movement member who has grown very cynical.

12 September 2005

China: Rich vs. Poor

ESWN translates a Chinese newspaper article on The Most Popular Forum Post Ever In China: an internet-bulletin board discussion thread which exposed the strong emotions held by many Chinese over...

12 September 2005

Malaysia: SMS bankruptcy

Brand New Malaysian is concerned about the social implications of SMS polling by TV shows, because people with low incomes are hemmoraging money in order to vote for their favorite...

12 September 2005

China: Yahoo! furore

T-Salon is sickened by Yahoo!'s behavior in China after it helped Chinese police convict journalist Shi Tao. Angry Chinese Blogger points out that the internal government circular Shi Tao was...

12 September 2005