EastSouthWestNorth has a really cool post containing a translation of what is supposedly Chinese Xinhua news agency’s internal list of banned terms. While it does contain some obvious ones, such as avoiding political and geographic terms that contradict the government’s official stance, it does include some interesting ones, such as “In all reports concerning […]
Archive for December, 2006
Banned terms in the Chinese media & Eating dog meat is illegal in Hong Kong
Published by December 28th, 2006 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsAn amusing WaiWai column from Mainichi:
Guffaws were heard around the world last month when it was reported that North Korea’s Dear Leader Kim Jong Il had scored 11 holes-in-one in a single round of golf.
But Weekly Playboy (1/1-8), which calls the dumpy dictator a sporting superstar, reports the feat was even more remarkable because the […]
KTF’s “social contribution”
Published by December 25th, 2006 in Dokdo/Takeshima and Korea. 1 CommentHello readers, hope you’re having a happy holiday period! The Korea Herald ran this article today, in which it praises KTF’s “social contributions”:
Support for Korean history and culture
KTF offers three different “Think Korea” programs - “Goguryeo,” “Dokdo Belongs to Korea,” and “Love towards Koreans” - to enhance the image of Korea for the outside world. […]
UC Berkeley Scholar: China’s Angry Youth venting their rage in irrational anti-US/anti-Japan forums
Published by December 20th, 2006 in U.S., China and Japan. 0 CommentsLi Rong, a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, has written an informative post about ultranationalist Chinese netizens:
Angry netizens in China are holding high the flag of nationalism and voicing dissatisfaction about the US and Japan with numerous irrational words. They believe they are right and just. This is a dangerous signal.
Read […]
The worst air pollution in Asia: Top 5
Published by December 18th, 2006 in India and China. 2 CommentsA list of cities you probably won’t want to live in, via the Shanghaiist:
1. Beijing
2. Xi’an
3. Kathmandu
4. Dhaka
5. New Delhi
Beijing, followed closely by Xi’an, Kathmandu, Dhaka and New Delhi, have the dirtiest air of major Asian cities, according to […]
Trans-Pacific Optical Cable on its way?
Published by December 18th, 2006 in U.S. and China. 0 CommentsA high-speed link between China and the U.S. is on it’s way:
Verizon Communications is part of a plan to spend US$500 million building the first high-speed optical communications line linking the U.S. and China. Verizon announced its deal to build the 11,000-mile system Monday with partners China Telecom, China Netcom, China Unicom and companies in […]
China increasing its contribution to UN Peacekeeping missions
Published by December 18th, 2006 in China. 0 CommentsThe People’s Daily reports that China is taking on a greater role in the UN through increased Peacekeeping operations:
China has sent nearly 6,000 peacekeepers on United Nations’ peacekeeping missions over the years, contributing not only to the maintenance of order in regions of conflict, but also to the reconstruction of damaged areas.
In Liberia, Chinese peacekeepers […]
Well, it looks like a scientist who worked alongside Hwang Woo-Suk has just cloned a few female Afghan hounds. It seems that the stigma of his old partner isn’t rubbing off in the eyes of some of the foreign media, at least according to this article from the International Herald Tribune:
SKorean scientist claims creating […]
VANK: Asia-Watch is an anti-Korean/White Supremacist site
Published by December 17th, 2006 in Korea. 8 CommentsMatt from Occidentalism has clued me into the fact VANK, the agency that promotes South Korean ultranationalist ideology across the globe, has listed this site as an anti-Korean site. Under their entry on Occidentalism, they include a brief mention of Asia-Watch as a related site:
. 한국오류를 조사한 소감: 오류도 아닌 완전 노골적이고 적대적인 왜곡, […]
Internatonal advisory organization suggests setting up Environmental Protection Ministry in China
Published by December 17th, 2006 in China. 0 CommentsPerhaps in reaction to the embarassing reports that heavy pollution in China has wiped out a species of river dolphin, an organization has suggested that the Chinese government put a little more effort into Environmental protection:
A high level international advisory organization to Chinese government has submitted a report to the State Council, China’s cabinet, […]
