Liu Xiaoyuan comments on a recent news about an assistant professor being shot to death in Guangzhou city by local police (zh). According to the police report, the gunshot was a self defense act as a police was dragged by the professor's car (with a fake military car number) for several meters when the police was in duty. The blogger points out that the police story is unbelievable as the victim had been shot twice.
Catherine at shuflies responds to an e-mail questioning how she identifies herself. Michella at Alive and Kicking! who was also a subject of the e-mail describes her own multi-cultural background. Catherine also follows up with a post on why she calls herself a Taiwanese-American.
Martin J Frid from Kurashi blogs about an unique activism style in Akihabara, Tokyo. In those event, activists will dress as maid and perform in the street the idea of alternative lifestyle.
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