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May 13, 2004
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Asia by Blog
Time for a tour of what's happening in Asia... May 12th marks an important day in Hong Kong history. Hemlock has announced his intention to run for Chief Executive. This is clearly the best argument yet for full democracy in Hong Kong, now. Chris notes the Asia Blog Awards flap makes the papers. Giles has found another way China is tightening its grip on Hong Kong. So Mr. B's tour of HK's wartime fortifications could come in handy. DTL has a story on the ongoing crackdown on China's press (with a more recent example at Asia Media) and another on water pollution in China. China Herald has a short story from a reader of local Shanghai-ese standing up to forcable removals (May 11th, "protest...) - you people on Blogspot need to take advantage of their new "Post pages" service so you have permalinks that work! The Sassy Lawyer has more on the Philippines election "quickcount" and finds herself choosing between the lesser of two evils. She also talks about the "showbiztocracy" and the unusual move from politics to show biz. BOYI has the makings of a great caption contest with this picture. What's going on under that desk? Adam does some fact-checking on an article Richard found by American conservative Paul Weyrich. I disagree with Richard's comment that it shows how the right views China: it simply shows that ignorance about China exists on all sides of the politics. China Letter has more on the China prison abuse story I mentioned yesterday. Durian Nation also finds the hyopcracy amusing and finds China's newest tool in the war against crime: mobile execution vans. Cranial Cavity compares North Korea's News Agency with Robert Higgs with interesting results. Shuxie takes a taxi and gets a lesson on minorities in Singapore out of it. Marmot does some research on variations of the word Mongolian after seeing a phrase used by Daniel Drezner. Glutter posts an article on China's attempts to control blogging. UPDATE: Yan points out her article is about internet censorship, not just blogging control. The Ruck tells us about at least one Hollywood type that doesn't mind China's piracy trends. If you've got any interesting links or blogs you think should be included, let me know. posted by Simon on 05.13.04 at 01:50 PM in the Asia by blog category.
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Hey thanks for the link!! I apreciate it. :) But it's more like: Glutter writes an article on the internet's impact on freedom of information in China in regards to internet censorship and blogging is only one small part of it. Okay. I know that sentence was long and clumsy. But I am a real stickler about the fact it's not "blogging" that's being attacked. It's an over all problem and question of free speech issues, and blogging is a very small part of it. Yan posted by: Yan on 05.13.04 at 02:28 PM [permalink]Thanks for the link, Simon posted by: Alexandre on 05.13.04 at 03:19 PM [permalink]You're both welcome for the link: you do the writing, I just have to read and link! Yan: I've updated it to reflect your comments. posted by: Simon on 05.13.04 at 03:43 PM [permalink]Thanks for the update. posted by: Yan on 05.13.04 at 10:19 PM [permalink] |
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