Nuon Phymean from Cambodia is one of the nominees for the CNN Hero of the Year Award. She has helped a lot of children in Phnom Penh by providing free education and job training.
A female student Wang Zifei, who sat behind Obama when he delivered his speech at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, has become a Internet celebrity. Local media recently found out that her boyfriend actually paid 100,000 yuan to hire a Beijing Internet promotional strategy company to use the opportunity of Obama's speech to hype up the ‘Obama girl.' (via ESWN)
Xue Ying from CNreview reports on a tech conference in Beijing concerning the development of microblogging in China.
James from Japan Probe blogs about American film maker Michael Moore's visit to Japan.
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She is a role model for all Cambodians. She makes us feel proud. We should pray that she will win.