Robert Koehler from Marmot's hole blogs about a study of the regional particularities of Joseon-era beauties through the drawing of faces in folding screen by professor Jo Yong-jin.
Due to the Xinjian riot, the propaganda department gave a long filter list to the search engines on July 8, 2009. (via China Digital Times)
A youtube video produced by Stanley Foundation on Uyghur Muslim minority in China.
With “Love Japan“, Rakuten Inc. has enabled personal donations to politicians via credit card, a first in Japan. Hit Okano [ja] ponders about the relationship between the amount of donated money and its influence on politicians, while blogger Satotaku [ja] refers to U.S. President Obama's success with online contributions and expects other services to follow.
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