Apr
3
Tibet Riot and China’s Threat
April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
3.14 Tibet event has happened for weeks, Chinese government define the chaos as “打砸抢烧” and its English translation is Tibet Riot. Many kinds of response regarding on Tibet issue came out. Angers were triggered by Western Media’s report, so anti-CNN was born under this condition. Dalai Lama sent an appeal and Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman response [...]
Apr
3
Mugabe loses parliament
April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Meryam
For the first time in 28 years, Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party lost control of parliament. According to Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission, Mugabe’s party only took 93 seats, while the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) took 114. Results for the presidential polls have not yet been announced.
There seems to be general consensus however, that Mugabe [...]
Apr
3
Chinese netizens’ war against western media
April 3, 2008 | 2 Comments
By Cindy Ru
In the wake of the Tibet unrest, many Chinese netizens are outraged by what they see as unfair and biased reporting from the western media in comparison to their knowledge of what the Tibetan militancy really did – as John Kennedy from Global Voices reports- “China: Bloggers declare war on Western media’s Tibet [...]
