China: Subway as Metaphor
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On his daily Beijing subway ride, Austin Arensberg has a miniature epiphany: the daily struggle for seats on the train is a metaphor for all of China.
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On his daily Beijing subway ride, Austin Arensberg has a miniature epiphany: the daily struggle for seats on the train is a metaphor for all of China.
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In Consent of the Networked, internet policy specialist Rebecca MacKinnon argues that the purpose of technology is to serve humanity, not the other way around. It’s time to wake up and act before the reversal becomes permanent.
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Min Sun Min writes about the modern history of Myanmar by documenting the banknotes issued for Burma.
Richard Barrow uploads a photo of the ‘Purple People Toilet' in Thailand. It's a toilet for those who belong to the “Third Sex” or in Thailand they are often called “Lady Boys”
The Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) reports that more than half of the 27 journalists imprisoned in China are ethnic Tibetan or Uyghur.
Dr. Apiwat Ratanawaraha writes about several projects in Southeast Asia that seek to restore historic towns and promote cultural tourism. Some of the ongoing projects are located in Singapore’s Boat Quay, Malaysia’s Georgetown, and Thailand’s Chiang Mai
The World Agroforestry Centre has released a study on the climate change adaptation options for small farmers in Southeast Asia.
The 'Desarrollando Latin América' (Developing Latin America) competition, a public hackathon for creating technological solutions to educat... More »
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Next time we will be there again :)
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There is now a Chinese translation at Santiago’s blog at :
http://www2.tianyablog.com/blogger/view_blog.asp?BlogName=santiago
Check it out.