Oiwan Lam

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Am now a free lance researcher, translator and editor, while my full time work (voluntary work) is with inmediahk.net (a Chinese citizen journalism website) , interlocals.net (a multi-lingual border-crossing citizen journalism website) and Hong Kong In-Media (citizen media center). I worked as journalist on political news (the handover of Hong Kong to China) from 1994-97; then joined an Asian NGO (Asian regional exchange for new alternatives) for their alternative education programme; later worked in Taiwan as managing editor for Inter-Asia cultural studies journal and then studied in Beijing for three year; now am more or less settled in Hong Kong.

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8 February 2012

China: Censoring Opinions on China's veto on UN resolution on Syria

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Even though the People's Daily propagated [zh] that “China’s veto was in accordance with the Syrian people’s basic interests”, Chinese concern citizens have not been misled by the official media...

3 February 2012

South Korea: National Security Law Muted North Korea Related Discussions

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A South Korean Twitter user, Park Jeong-Geun has been arrested since January 11, 2012 for re-tweeting messages such as “Long Live General Kim Jong-Il” in Twitter. Under the curry National...

22 December 2011

China: Micro-blog real name registration extended to Guangzhou and Shenzhen

The regulation of real name registration for micro-blogging platform has extended from Beijing to Guangzhou and Shenzhen. According to local report [zh], the real name registration requirement is started today...

18 December 2011

China: Real Name Registration for Micro-blogging

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The Beijing city government introduced a new set of regulations on December 16, 2011 to control the flow of information in micro-blogging platforms. The Beijing Municipal Regulations Concerning the Development...

21 November 2011

China: Father of GFW on Internet Sovereignty

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Fang Binxing, known as the “father of China’s Great Firewall,” recently recently made a speech on “The future of Internet security” which justifies the development of national network or national...

14 November 2011

China: Sina Weibo's Warning to DeutscheWelle

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DeutscheWelle's official Sina Weibo account has been forced to “re-incarnate” again in November 13, 2011. The deletion of user account is a punishment mechanism by Sina Weibo to those who...

18 September 2011

Hong Kong: Electoral Office bans online sharing of candidate information

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The nomination of district council election candidacy in Hong Kong has begun on September 15, 2011. However, the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) claimed that all social media activities, including...