Author: Jason Li

Jason Li is an independent designer, artist and educator. Once upon a time, he studied engineering and ran a news site about fan translations of video games.
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Chinese media workers unite!

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In case you missed it, there was a flurry in the China-news blogosphere (about a week ago). As Rebecca MacKinnon summarizes:

“The Taiwanese-run iPod subcontractor Foxconn sued two Chinese journalists for libel after they reported about abusive conditions at Foxconn’s iPod factory in Shenzhen… Foxconn got Shenzhen court to freeze all the personal assets of a journalist and editor from…

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interlocals.net : local perspectives on a global scale

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Interlocals.net “is a platform for facilitating cross-border dialogue on critical issues
related to culture, gender, environment, social justice, peace,
global/local politics, media movement, social movement and
transformation.”

What makes it special is that it does so by providing the local perspective on each issue or news item. “For example, when Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi visited the
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L33tspeak coming to theaters near you

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Danwei reports that the Chinese dubbed version of Garfield 2 has gained popularity by using “netspeak.”

In the movie, Garfield has a twin: “One cat speaks more formally, while the other is dubbed using elements of netspeak (like 顶 and 东东) and lines reminiscent of popular quotes from movies and commercials. The result is a completely inculturated Garfield.”

So…

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Lecher Catcher Alliance

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抓色狼联盟 (The Lecher Catcher Alliance) is essentially a collection of BBS’s for people to report on and bitch about the perverts that they’ve randomly run into / regularly see. BBS sections include a perverts photo gallery (none yet!) and plans for action.

Via PostShow.