asia

schreibt georg seesslen in seiner

wer sich allerdings dafür interessiert, wie und was geishas tatsächlich auch heute noch tun, dem seien die

on july 1st, china opens its tibet railway. tibetans oppose the railway on the grounds that it is a tool beijing will use to overwhelm the tibetan population, exploit tibet's resources, dilute tibetan culture and devastate the tibetan environment. we declare july 1st a black day for tibet, and wear these black armbands to express our rejection of the railway. we reject the railway just as we reject china's illegitimate rule in tibet. reads on the reject the railway website. voices of the world makes us
aware of the ongoing discussions.

wenn der ausbau von verkehrsnetzen auch gerne als fortschritt gesehen und gepriesen wird, so kann dies auch grundlegend anders eingeschätzt werden, in tibet etwa. mehr darüber hier von

a new book on internet in china, published bei heise (german only):

weigui fang:
das Internet und china.
digital sein, digitales sein im reich der mitte.
the chinese edition of CNBlog has recently posted an announcement on a forthcoming citizen reportage project where any bloggers who blog in chinese are invited to blog about the lives and living conditions of ordinary chinese people that do not currently and are unlikely to ever have a blog.
reports andrea on livinginchina.

considerate to a fault, the chinese authorities have closed down more than 8,600 unlicensed internet cafes in the past three months to ensure the "healthy development" of the nation's impressionable young minds, reports the guardian.

a leading british cancer charity has rejected a £1m approach from nestlé over accusations that the swiss food conglomerate promotes unsafe baby milk powder in developing countries, reports the guardian.

at least 50 chinese babies have died and more than 100 are severely malnourished after being fed fake milk formula, it was reported yesterday amid growing concerns about counterfeit food and medical products in the poorly regulated country. reports the guardian.
auf deutsch in der

für die bauern in der provinz anhui ist es die "großkopf-krankheit". knapp 200 säuglinge in ostchina sollen seit vergangenem jahr wegen des schlechten milchpulvers erkrankt sein. mindestens 13 babys, zuletzt han qin an diesem montag, sind nach angaben der staatlichen nachrichtenagentur gestorben. zeitungen in der provinz anhui sprechen von mehr als 50 todesfällen.
sometimes it is boring to stick to your mental neighbourhood only: so again some more blogs from asia (china and japan)
what can we do during easter holidays? maybe visit the asian blogger scene and especially a photoblog which immediately reminded sauseschritt of the works of chris marker, e.g. sans soleil .....

er schreibt mir aus japan, er schreibt mir aus afrika. er schreibt mir, daß er nun den blick der dame auf dem markt von praia festhalten kann, der nur so kurz war wie ein bild.....
vielleicht also ein netter ausflug zur bloggerszene nach

