Oiwan Lam

Contributor profile · 108 posts · joined 4 October 2007

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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18 September 2011

Hong Kong: Electoral Office bans online sharing of candidate information

Written by Oiwan Lam · Hong Kong

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...

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20 August 2011

China: State media's anti-rumor campaign

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

The state controlled national television China Central Television (CCTV) launched an attack on social media platform, such as Sina Weiblog [a micro-blogging platform similar to Twitter] earlier in August 2011...

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28 July 2011

China: Wi-Fi monitoring system in Beijing cafes and bars

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

According to Mingpao Daily, Beijing Police has issued a notice to all the cafes and bars which provide Wi-Fi access to their customers to install a RMB20,000 monitoring system. Upon...

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7 July 2011

China: Swedish student's passport confiscated for flash mob call

Written by Oiwan Lam · China, Sweden

A Swedish student, Sven Englund studying in Shanghai Fudan University was summoned by Shanghai police for writing a letter to the Chinese President Hu Jintao in his blog. His passport...

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6 July 2011

Taiwan: Blogger subjected to US7,000 compensation for writing food critics

Written by Oiwan Lam · Taiwan

A Taiwanese blogger was sentenced to 30 days detention with a 2 year probation and subjected to a TWD200,000 (approximately USD7,000) compensation for writing food critics in her blog. The...

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25 June 2011

Hong Kong: Criminalization of unauthorized derivative work

Written by Oiwan Lam · Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Government has tabled the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2011 at the Legislative Council on June 15, 2011. The bill will criminalized online derivative works that use copyrighted material...

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7 June 2011

China: Netizen sentenced to one year labour education for mocking at leader

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

According to local media report, a Chongqing city resident Fang Hung was sentenced to labour education camp in April 2011 for posting a microblog that mocked at the city's party leader Bo Xilai, the son of a Chinese Communist Party revolutionary elder Bo Yibo.

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