Richard from The Peking Duck writes with a link and a post on two Chinese journalists arrested within the last year who according to Chinese law are being held illegally.
“Hao Wu's sister, blogging about her helplessness in the face of her brother's disappearance into the black hole of Chinese justice, reminds us of how human a problem this is, how there are real people, real lives at stake,” he writes.
Check out the pictures and presentations of Barcamp Singapore 4
Pedestrian Observer praises Efren “Kuya Ef!” Penaflorida Jr. from the Philippines for being the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year.
A popular Chinese drama “Dwelling Narrowness” was “re-scheduled” without explanation recently. ESWN translated various reports and discussions about the drama. A recent development of the drama is that one of the main characters becomes the mistress of a government official in order to help repay her older sister's mortgage.
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