A propaganda poem published in a Shandong newspapers has been called by netizen “the most shameless piece”. (via webbbs) The poem written by the vice president of Shandong Writers Association said that “1.3 billion people cried together, even one has become ghost, s/he should be happy”, “Wish the tomb can have a screen, so that they can watch the Olympics and cheer together”.
Xujun Eberlein from Inside-out China blogs about a 18-year-old man Sun Zhongjie's act of chopping off his little finger off to protest against the Shanghai Traffic Management Bureau's “hook” on “black taxi driver”.
Roland Soong talks about the inward-looking character of both Hong Kong and Mainland bloggers and discusses the thesis on whether or not cross-border dialogue is possible.
Get summaries of new stories from Global Voices in your inbox daily, weekly, or just sign up for important announcements.
Africa: 10 songs dedicated to African women
Cuba: Yoani Sanchez & Other Bloggers Seized
Translated every day by Lingua volunteers:
This site is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License
Please read our attribution policy.
Based on the Wikipedia list of countries, details.


















Reflections on Blogging with Fernando Flores
- Love to know if mr Fernando Flores stil giving workshops!?
And if so when and where?
Thanks
...
more »