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China: U.S and China Economies

Oiwan Lam — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:15:22 +0000

Xueyong compares the U.S and China economic performance and pointed out that even though China has much higher GDP, its price economy is without solid base and thus results in a serious bubble economy.

China and Singapore: Illegal Baby

Oiwan Lam — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:55:35 +0000

Will blogs about his experience in getting his new born baby a Singaporean passport.

China: Free Facebook

Oiwan Lam — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:40:49 +0000

Soon after the facebook launched its Chinese version, it is blocked. Onemanbandwidth wrote, “Free facebook!“

China: Tiger Photogate Part II

Oiwan Lam — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:27:38 +0000

The Shaanxi government has finally finished the investigative report on the Souther Tiger photogate and the farmer photographer is to take up all the blame for cheating the public. ESWN translated two follow up discussions on the scandal: Why Didn't “Tiger Photo Gate” Wake Officials Up? and Tiger Zhou and the Reporters.

China: Being Suicided

Oiwan Lam — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:59:30 +0000

Wei tang wrote a poem to memorize the 15 years girl who “were suicided” by the Weng'an police report. ESWN has the background about the Weng'an mass incident, thousands of people went out to protest against the police's investigation of the suspected rape and murder case.

China: Shanghai Police Assault Incident

Oiwan Lam — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:46:26 +0000

For Chinese legal development posted in chinacourt.org about the recent Shanghai police assault incident (6 policemen were killed by Yeung Jia). Yeung were abused by the polices last October and decided to take revenge after reading about the Akiba Massacre in Japan.

Hong Kong: No Blogger Accreditation

Oiwan Lam — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:12:37 +0000

Thomas Crampton talked to the Hong Kong government’s Director of Information Services Betty Fung, who said Hong Kong does not recognize bloggers for accreditation to official media events and she has never received a request for accreditation from a blogger.

China: Politicization of Xiaonei.com

Oiwan Lam — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:49:37 +0000

Xiaonei.com is one of the largest social networking site in China targeting at university students. ESWN translated an article from my1510 on the recent politicization within the network.

China: Lesbians Face Blood Donation Discrimination

Oiwan Lam — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:24:38 +0000

DANWEI posted an opinion piece on the discrimination of lesbian in blood donation.

China: Earthquake Runaway Teacher

Oiwan Lam — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:53:49 +0000

Fan Meizhong a teacher who dashed out of the classroom when the earthquake hit and left his students behind has become the most controversal figure in China. ESWN has translated yweekend's chronicle of the debate.

Japan: Politics

Oiwan Lam — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:48:23 +0000

Shisaku has some obervations on Japanese politics.

South Korea: Life as a Korean AIDS Patient

Oiwan Lam — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:33:49 +0000

Korea Beat translated a local report on how Korean AIDS patients live and die.

China and U.S: Why Block Chinese Direct Investment

Oiwan Lam — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:08:12 +0000

DANWEI posts an article by Pete Sweeney questioning the U.S government's policy in blocking Chinese direct investment.

China: Right to Entertainment

Oiwan Lam — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:56:30 +0000

Ran Yun-fei from my1510 points out that earthquake victims need entertainment to restore their lives, others shouldn't be too harsh to judge them [zh].

Hong Kong: Internet Service Fee Scandal

Oiwan Lam — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:40:23 +0000

Ibrahim from Outblaze blogs about the recent internet service fee scandal in Hong Kong. The extremely high bill (HK$14,000) is due to policy on the by the “byte” extra charge on Internet access.