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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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Danwei hands out his “Model Worker Awards” — his picks for the best English-language blogs in China in 2005. It's an impressive list.
Musing Under the Tenement Palm visits Kashgar on the far western edge of China and is astounded by the visible changes there since 2003.
On Simon World, a soon-to-pass law in Taiwan that would limit interest rates for credit cards sparked an argument which led to a post that generated much discussion among its readers about the relative merits of democracy and autocracy for China.
Glutter reacts strongly against an online op-ed that claims democracy for Hong Kong is an “impossible dream.”
The Asia Pages wonders why Koreans keep asking her if her boyfriend, who she thinks is great otherwise, also washes her feet. She asks readers to explain the emotional significance of footwashing in Korean culture.
neweurasia reports on a Heritage Foundation Panel on Kazakhstan's recent election that gives a superb snapshot of expert opinion regarding the country and its relations with the US.
Vseuznii Blog has an example of creative marketing in the Uzbek ISP business. (Link in Russian, but photo text is in English.)
I guess it has to do with humanizing a figure we prefer to see as super-natural. The almost funny thing...
people of maldives..you have to stop this civil war. its sad to see it in this state of affairs....
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I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...