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Oiwan Lam

Contributor profile · 3692 posts · joined 25 May 2006

Regional Editor for Northeast Asia

a media activist, research and educator currently based in Hong Kong. my chinese writings are in inmediahk.net and my twitter account is @oiwan.

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2 September 2010

China

David Bandurski from CMP translated Wu Danhong's account of the senseless murder of his sina microblog. Wu is an assistant professor at China University of Political Science and Law.

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China

PH translated a tweet about a class headmaster's tactics in identifying the source of dissenting opinions in the classroom.

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1 September 2010

Hong Kong (China)

Bencheng complains about the unfriendly policy towards startups regarding web hosting service provider - Rackspace's handling of phishing and copyrights complaints.

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China

ESWN has translated the first-person account of a Manila hostage survivor, Lee Ying Chuen, who urged the Hong Kong society not to direct anger to the weak.

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China: Feeling insecure about the mobile phone real name registration

By Oiwan Lam · East Asia

Beginning from today (September 1 2010) mobile phone users in China will have to show their identity card and register their real name when purchasing a new mobile number. It... read »

31 August 2010

China

Xie Guozhong from my1510 comments on China's rapid economic growth and stresses the need for economic adjustment for a healthy and sustainable economy in the long run.

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