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Taiwan: Books, Writers & Videos

Every Sunday on the local newspapers China Times (中國時報) in Taiwan, many readers are expecting the two pages reviews on books. In the year end, book columnists will announces their picks on “Books of the Year” (開卷好書獎), the best Chinese books published ...

From LEONARD CHIEN, Global Voices Online,  25 Jan 2009

New Zealand: Time for Change As Well?

Jim Belshaw in Personal Reflections provides thorough backgrounds and analyses of New Zealand electoral system and this year results. To him: This was an election that combined new and old in interesting ways. Nik from Spatual Forum notes an ...

From LEONARD CHIEN, Global Voices Online,  9 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush

SketchPAN: World without Words

How do you express yourself online? Words, photos, clips, or paintings? It's been difficult for some of us to draw online, but now with SketchPAN, life will be easier. This website, originally in Korean, started in February 2008. English service is ...

From LEONARD CHIEN, Global Voices Online,  30 Oct 2008

Five Minutes to Midnight: Let the Youth Be Heard

Since June 2003, (FMM), a non-profit organization, has been trying to give youth's a voice on human rights and international issues, especially in developing countries. The name of this organization derives from the Doomsday Clock idea invented during ...

From LEONARD CHIEN, Global Voices Online,  17 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Flickr,  Wordpress

Taiwan: Bridging Digital Divide with Puncar

While Taiwan is well developed and people enjoy relative equal opportunities compared with other regions around the world, the digital divide between urban and rural area is still wide. Several projects are ongoing in the island with an attempt to ...

From LEONARD CHIEN, Global Voices Online,  2 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Google Inc.,  Facebook Inc.

Taiwan: Questions to Presidential Candidates

With the upcoming presidential election in Taiwan on March 22nd, televised debates will be held on February 24th and March 9th.  Following the Youtube example in the United States, at the first debate, two presidential candidates will answer 20 video ...

From LEONARD CHIEN, Global Voices Online,  13 Feb 2008

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