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Paper Republic link: Ha Jin on (Self-) Censorship

(via www.theamericanscholar.o...) 1 day ago

The office that Chinese writers, artists, and journalists dread and hate most is the Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Department. In addition to its propaganda work within the party, this department, through its numerous bureaus...

Tags: chinese, movie, tv, media, party, military, power, internet, artists, communist, radio, politics, communist party


Lee Dong Gun at the Dior Homme Party, Hong Kong

(via k-popped.com) 1 day ago

Lee Dong Gun at the Dior Homme Party, Hong Kong

Here are some old photos of Lee Dong Gun at a Dior party in Hong Kong last year. Although it is somewhat dated, fans of Lee Dong Gun might appreciate these...so here they are. :-) Josh Hartnett and Daniel...

Tags: fans, hong kong, party, fashion, jeans


Live performances at the Oracle Open World Conference in San Francisco

(via www.nt2099.com) 2 days ago

J!-ENT's Angelo Delos Reyes taking a few pictures at Oracle Open World on Sept. 25th at the conference wrap-up party while everyone is hanging out to watch the live bands perform.

Tags: world, live, party


Japan Gets New Prime Minister, Veteran of the Governing Party

(via www.nytimes.com) 6 days ago

In his first news conference as prime minister, Taro Aso said his priority was to revive the economy.

Tags: japan, new, party, minister, prime minister, economy


Here's Why There Are Fewer PSP Games Today [Sony]

(via kotaku.com) 6 days ago

Here's Why There Are Fewer PSP Games Today [Sony]

Panic adverted! Yesterday, we brought word that there are currently fewer third party PSP titles — leading some to say devs are "abandoning" the platform. Not entirely so! As Sony's John Koller explains, the reason is that there's...

Tags: games, party, children, development, growth, sony, decline


Election Dance Off

(via www.channelapa.com) 7 days ago

Election Dance Off

Jon M. Chu (director of Step Up 2) kicked off The Biggest Online Dance Battle in YouTube History earlier this year. ACDC Crew vs M&M Cru ended at the Teen Choice Award. Now he's off to the next dance competition - The Election...

Tags: video, 2008, party, online, dance, director, youtube, history, award, rights, competition, election


Heroes Season 3 Villians premiere

(via www.channelapa.com) 12 days ago

Heroes Season 3 Villians premiere

All our posts about Heroes Season 3: Villians has finally come to fruition. Of course, we spotlight the Asian stars as your favorite Heroes characters : Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura, James Kyson Lee as Ando Masahashi, and Sendhil....

Tags: japan, japanese, new, people, tokyo, us, music, korea, asian, anime, india, singer, school, party, family, south korea, summer, dance, new york, seoul, drama, future, car, commercial, singing, high school, education, birthday, premiere, heroes, tennis, spotlight, boston


Malaysia PM says he might resign before 2010

(via news.yahoo.com) 12 days ago

Malaysia PM says he might resign before 2010

Malaysia's prime minister, facing a resurgent opposition and rebellious colleagues in the ruling party, said Wednesday he may hand over power to his deputy before the 2010 deadline he set earlier.

Tags: party, minister, power, prime minister, malaysia


Thailand Elects New PM

(via www.time.com) 12 days ago

Thailand Elects New PM

Thailand's ruling party elects the brother-in-law of ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra to lead the nation...

Tags: new, party, law, thailand


Memo From Tokyo: Populist Appeals in Election, and Claims of Political Theater

(via www.nytimes.com) 14 days ago

According to some political analysts, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party is leery of the real, disruptive change that powerful populists can bring.

Tags: japan, tokyo, party, election


PUFFY and Otsuka Ai join Avril Lavigne during her concert performance at Tokyo Dome

(via www.nt2099.com) 14 days ago

With the long awaited Avril Lavigne performance at Tokyo Dome on Sept. 16th, with 35,000 in attendance, Avril told the audience that with the performance being her first at the Tokyo Dome, why not have a party.

Tags: tokyo, party, performance, concert


XI: Thou Shalt Not Smush Goombas

(via kotaku.com) 14 days ago

XI: Thou Shalt Not Smush Goombas

Swear, I'm not turning Sundays on Kotaku into Pastor Owen's Hour of Power. GamePolitics found a discussion on the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (Lutherans: no serpent handling, but one hell of a fish fry....

Tags: people, video, man, life, games, party, game, power, record, video game, rate, suicide, shooting, murder, video games


DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival

(via www.slanteyefortherounde...) 16 days ago

DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival

For my folks out in DC - the 9th annual Asian Pacific American Film Festival is coming your way September 25th and running through October 4th 2008 and in addition to having some pretty slick films (see below) they'll also be...

Tags: chinese, korean, music, 2008, love, asian, american, film, party, blog, festival, artist, film festival, temple, flickr


House speaker Kono may retire

(via search.japantimes.co.jp) 16 days ago

Yohei Kono, speaker of the House of Representatives, is considering retiring from politics, according to sources close to him. n Kono, 71, probably won't run in the Lower House election that is expected...

Tags: party, election, politics


Shanxi Governor Loses His Job Over Mudslide Deaths

(via time-blog.com) 16 days ago

China's official Xinhua News Agency announced September 14 that the governor of Shanxi province, Meng Xuenong, had resigned from his post along with his deputy following the deaths of over 250 people in a mudlside.

Tags: china, people, chinese, beijing, government, police, president, party, director, project, water, cover, problem, communist, safety, rules, politics, hu jintao, communist party, deaths, google, corruption, reform, mayor


Obama and McCain on China

(via time-blog.com) 16 days ago

The American Chamber of Commerce in China has published letters from the two U.S. presidential candidates on how they would approach relations with China. There are no huge surprises, though the McCain letter has a pretty hard...

Tags: japan, new, china, people, chinese, world, us, korean, korea, beijing, government, american, live, international, president, party, asia, south korea, performance, foreign, taiwan, military, market, united states, future, record, system, global, north korea, talks, problem, rights, health, economy, law, nuclear, workers, philippines, modern, relationship, thailand, launch, trade, energy, technology, increase, education, growth, models, environment, democracy, safety, rate, rules, human rights, threat, cooperation, laws, climate, piracy


Toy sushi maker for creative sushi parties

(via www.tokyomango.com) 17 days ago

Toy sushi maker for creative sushi parties

Planning a sushi party? This awesome little boy from Bandai makes sushi rolls shaped like hearts, teddy bears, flowers, and rabbits.

Tags: japanese, party, boy, toy, sushi


Good news for teachers on Teachers' Day

(via www.danwei.org) 18 days ago

Good news for teachers on Teachers' Day

A sudden eruption of teacher-related news in today's newspapers reminds readers that the otherwise unremarkable September 10th is Teacher's Day in China.

Tags: new, china, people, chinese, 2008, government, party, asia, money, problem, ceremony, economy, trade, education, teacher, cars, premiere, celebration, mayor


Thai ruling party moves to restore Samak as PM

(via www.channelnewsasia.com) 18 days ago

BANGKOK: Thailand's ruling party moved Wednesday to return Samak Sundaravej to power as prime minister, sidestepping a court ruling that forced him from office for taking part in TV cooking shows.

Tags: tv, party, minister, power, prime minister, court, thailand, thai, bangkok


WWE attracting Japanese fans

(via www.japanprobe.com) 19 days ago

WWE attracting Japanese fans

The Japan Times reports today about the growing popularity of American pro-wrestling in Japan:nThe WWE's big push to market itself in Japan is nowhere clearer than at events like Sunday's SummerSlam Festival, a raucous party ....

Tags: japan, japanese, video, american, fans, home, party, business, festival, market, global, overseas


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