Global Voices · Citizen media stories about East Asia

East Asia

Region archive · 2777 posts

RSS feed for East Asia WikiPedia Link

Search Wikipedia for East Asia

Latest stories about East Asia

6 February 2012

Zambia: Netizens Weigh in on Labour Minister, Chinese Quarrel

Written by Gershom Ndhlovu · China, Zambia

This is a roundup of reactions from Zambian netizens following a public quarrel involving the Labour Minister Chishimba Kambwili, the Chief Medical Officer of the Chinese-run Sino-Zam Friendly Hospital in the mining region of the Copperbelt and the Chinese ambassador to Zambia.

· 2

· read »

5 February 2012

China: Veto of UN Security Council Draft Resolution on Syria Draws Praise and Grief

Written by John Kennedy · China, Syria

Once again, China and Russia have vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution aimed at bringing peace to Syria. The latest proposal calls for an end to the killings of those involved in an uprising against the country's current president.

· read »

3 February 2012

China: A Death Sentence to Hide Government Corruption?

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

Wu Ying, named China's sixth richest woman in 2006, has lost her appeal against her death sentence at the Zhejiang Higher People's Court. The 30-year old was first arrested in March 2007, charged with illegal fund raising. Oiwan Lam reports.

· 3

· read »

2 February 2012

Cambodia: Mass Fainting in Garment Factories

Written by Mong Palatino · Cambodia

Cambodia’s first ever People’s Tribunal on Minimum Living Wage and Decent Working Conditions for garment workers will take place next week which will tackle, among other things, the poor working conditions in garment factories which caused thousands of workers to faint in their workplaces

· 2

· read »

Mongolia: The Mining Projects Leaving Herders Without Livelihoods

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · China, Kyrgyzstan

Mining projects in Mongolia promise development of social and economic infrastructure and a way to alleviate poverty, but on the wayside, local communities near the mines are feeling the negative impact as their environment and traditional livelihoods are affected.

· read »

1 February 2012

China: Several Tibetan Language Blog Sites Shut Down

Written by Dechen Pemba · China

Against the backdrop of a stream of self-immolations in Tibet in protest against Chinese rule, unrest in eastern Tibet and a severely increased military presence, several of the most popular Tibetan language blog sites have gone offline as of today. Dechen Pembar reports.

· 2

· read »

Updates about East Asia

8 February 2012

Law

Jende Huang from Sino-NK has written an investigative report on the spreading of meth across the China and North Korea border.

• Oiwan Lam

Freedom of Speech

Asia Sentinel has a news story about the latest development of the oldest English newspaper, South China Morning Post, in Hong Kong. The writer believes that the appointment of the newspaper's new Chief editor, former China's Daily's reporter and a CPPCC member Wang Xiangwei is part of the trend of the China Communist Party's move in media takeovers in Hong Kong.

• Oiwan Lam

Freedom of Speech

Bishop from Digicha follows up Sina Weibo's new user registration growth after the implementation of real name registration and the blogger provides three possible explanation on the falling trend.

• Oiwan Lam

Humor

Jacky Huang from ChinaHush translated a local story from Beijing News about the new discovery by netizen of the printing of a “worshipping cats” totem on the RMB100 Banknote. The cats' image is very comical, but experts said it was from Ancient China's the Warring States period (5th-3rd cent. BCE).

• Oiwan Lam

Politics

China media project has translated journalism professor Zhan Jiang's article on the division between the “rightists” and the “leftists” in addressing the current political situation in China.

• Oiwan Lam

7 February 2012

Governance

After a six-day mission to Myanmar, U.N. Human Rights Rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana releases his report about the continuing human rights problems in the country despite the reforms implemented by the government

• Mong Palatino

Elections

Centru Jornalista Investigativu Timor Leste uploads the list of presidential candidates in East Timor who have registered with the Court.

• Mong Palatino

Comments on "East Asia"

Korea: Blood Type and Personality

OMG, if those description are correct, then I am definitely a Blood Type A person. The description in this article...

you are so amazing!!!
bloggers thank you all for the was accidental that i got in this site while looking for a pornographic site.because...

President Sata has been faced with two contrasting options on the labour issue. On the one hand, he has Shamenda...
A very good question: nowhere in this naked world would a Zambian ambassador/high commissioner's sentiments/complaints make a prime minister or...