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Politics: Myanmar (Burma) on a US Cable News Network…

October 24, 2009

I was hoping to have time to write a more detailed post, but such is not the case. However, since this draft (consisting of a heading) has been in my box for over a week, I thought I’d get something out there to keep things going.
Recently, I watched a round table discussion about Myanmar on [...]

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Life: Youtube Proxy for China

April 13, 2009

A lot of people send me/post Youtube videos, but I have been unable to watch them in China…until now! I discovered, thanks to this site, that there is a proxy.
If you are in China, click on the above link and follow the instructions. However, I should warn that you only have a few minutes before [...]

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Culture: China in US TV Shows and Movies – A List

February 15, 2009

This post has a list of American TV shows and movies that have something to do with China.

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Politics: Singapore, China, and the Inauguration

January 25, 2009

Singapore
Some bloggers in Singapore have been writing about the Dr. Chee Soon Juan’s message to President Obama. The International Herald Tribune reported on this story:

A Singapore opposition leader has called on President Barack Obama to take steps to encourage the island nation’s government to stop committing human rights abuses.
Chee Soon Juan, the leader of the Singapore [...]

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Media: Sex in the Straits Times, Comments on Media in Singapore

December 14, 2008

Sex Stories
There seem to be a lot of articles about sex in the Straits Times recently. I posted last week about the rape story, and there are a few more this week:
Naughty Behavior
Youth Had Sex With Girl, 11
Foreigner in Sex Raid
By the way, there are article listed in the “10 most read” section. Aside from [...]

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Media: Experience the Great Firewall of China

December 14, 2008

This is great – you can actually experience the ‘Great Firewall of China’ with a new Firefox Add-on. This is the description from the site:

The Firefox add-on China Channel offers internet user outside China to surf the web as if they were in China. Take an unforgettable virtual trip to China and experience the technical [...]

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Media: Terrible Straits Times Article, Views on Sexual Assualt/Harassment

December 3, 2008

 
I read an article in the Straits Times over the weekend that really pissed me off. I wrote a letter to the editor, and I just found out it was rejected. Although it was not accepted, I still might have made a minor difference – they changed the subtitle of the article, which I am [...]

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