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Oiwan Lam

Regional Editor for Northeast Asia

About Oiwan Lam

3359 posts · joined 2006-05-25

Am now a free lance researcher, translator and editor, while my full time work (voluntary work) is with inmediahk.net (a Chinese citizen journalism website) , interlocals.net (a multi-lingual border-crossing citizen journalism website) and Hong Kong In-Media (citizen media center). I worked as journalist on political news (the handover of Hong Kong to China) from 1994-97; then joined an Asian NGO (Asian regional exchange for new alternatives) for their alternative education programme; later worked in Taiwan as managing editor for Inter-Asia cultural studies journal and then studied in Beijing for three year; now am more or less settled in Hong Kong.

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November 25th, 2009

East Asia

Uln has written three long posts to argue that Chinese is the most difficult language in the world. Part I, Part II and Part III.

East Asia

Martin J Frid from Kurashi reports on a discussion on the projected peak oil crisis and the example of Ogawa organic farming project in prepare for the future.

November 24th, 2009

East Asia

China Hush has a blog post on a new selection system adopted by Peking university to pick up talented students.

East Asia

Cochina posts a series of videos showing yesterday's protest against the construction of garbage incinerator in Guangzhou Panyu. ESWN has translated the details of the protest.

November 22nd, 2009

China and Japan: Feng Zhenghu at Narita airport

Oiwan Lam · 03:07, November 22nd, 2009 · East Asia
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Shanghai human rights activist Feng Zhenhu has been living and waiting in the hall of Japan's Narita airport since November 4 when he was barred from entering his own country by the Shanghai immigration the eighth times. Feng is an economist and a human rights activist. After the Tiananmen Massacre ... 2 comments  · read »

November 20th, 2009

East Asia

Shizhao has posted Obama's letter to Southern Weekend during his visit in China. Many believe that this letter has something to do with the story about Southern Weekend's missing front page and blank advertisement.

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