public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from tsalon with tag china

07 June 2004

Asian Labour News: China: Electricity cuts and manufacturing

"The impact of China’s inability to power its manufacturing boom doesn’t hit home until you see factories that would usually have around 6,000 workers toiling away are laying idle."

15 Years After Tiananmen: Is Democracy in China's Future?

at Congressional Executive Commission on China

China Digital News: Protests now flourish in China (IHT)

"number of demonstrations increased from 8,700 to 32,000 from 1993 to 1999 - an increase of 268 percent. The number probably swelled past 40,000 in 2000. In no year during this period did protests increase by less than 9 percent, and in the financial cris

02 June 2004

01 June 2004

30 May 2004

28 May 2004

26 May 2004

微笑图书计划 | smilinglibrary.org

i believe this is a case where blog was used to organize a charity project...virtual means for a physical goal...rapid mobilization of human capital & resources in a very short span of time...the idea is viral.

IHT: Chinese intellectuals urge apology over Tiananmen

"Our demand for truth is not an exercise in revenge, rather we earnestly desire reconciliation, and through that process of reconciliation, to advance democracy,"

Pollution in Shanghai

using blog to bridge the gap between citizen and government in raising awareness of and finding solutions for pollution problems in shanghai

25 May 2004

24 May 2004