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Taiwan: More than 10,000 bloggers compete in this year's Blog Award

Posted by Portnoy on 15/09/2008

The fourth Global Chinese Blog Award-the biggest blog award in Chinese blogosphere-hosted by Taiwan's Chinatimes.com just finished sign-up stage this evening with a result of more than 10,000 blogs signing in 16 categories. The most competitive category is Art and Culture which has 3,015 contest ...

Arts & Culture China Chinese East Asia Hong Kong (China) Internet & Telecoms Malaysia Media Roundups Taiwan (ROC)

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Bangladesh: The other face of Dhaka

Posted by Rezwan on 15/09/2008

Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh comes with the usual facets of a megacity; it is congested, polluted and with a lot of traffic jams. Dhaka Dweller reminds that it also has its “cultural diversity, the sheer warmth of the people and the magic of the old town”.

Arts & Culture Bangladesh Development English Roundups South Asia

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Iran:The Blogging Revolution

Posted by Hamid Tehrani on 14/09/2008

Antony Loewensteins The Blogging Revolution will be available on Amazon soon. The Blogging Revolution talks about Iran, Egypt,Syria,Saudi Arabia, China and Cuba. This is how he describes the book.

Americas China Cuba Cyber-Activism East Asia Egypt Freedom of Speech Governance Human Rights Iran Middle East & North Africa Politics Protest Roundups Video

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Japan: “Green” Manga Summit In Kyoto

Posted by Oiwan Lam on 12/09/2008

Martin J Frid from Kurashi blogs about the tradition of using the screen or manga book to convey environmental messages in Japan. The main theme for the International Manga Summit in Kyoto this year was “Environmental Innovation”.

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Russia: Getting the Message Through

Posted by Vilhelm Konnander on 12/09/2008

Kosmopolit comments on the difficulties for Russian leaders to get their message through internationally, when their political language does not come across to their audience.

Central Asia & Caucasus Eastern & Central Europe English Georgia International Relations Language Politics Roundups Russia War & Conflict

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