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July 30th, 2005

News from Chinese Blogosphere

Frank Dai · 04:03 · East Asia

After Tencent required its QQ Group users to register their real name, poll shows that near half of people would abandon the use of this popular IM software. Also 65% of them are against the policy of so-called "real name registration" if implemented by government widely. Another interesting story ... 11 comments · read »

July 29th, 2005

Mexican President, Vicente Fox Interviewed by Blogger?

David Sasaki · 17:53 · Americas

Last night I came across a post on Bloggings by Boz which linked to a post in Spanish by Goleech mentioning that Mexican president, Vicente Fox, in what must have been a first, was interviewed by a blogger. I read through the interview, and though it seemed more than sufficiently believable, ... 7 comments · read »

BBC statement on Afghan blogger threats

Rebecca MacKinnon · 12:10 · Eastern & Central Europe

The Committee to Protect Bloggers recently received the following statement from the BBC in response to complaints by Afghan Blogger Sohrab Kabuli that somebody has been using a BBC computer to threaten him. The statement was sent by Mike Gardner, Head of Media Relations at BBC World Service: The BBC ... 26 comments · read »

Inside the Japanese Blogosphere - The Anti-Korea Wave

Nevin Thompson · 07:21 · China , Japan

The ever-useful "Ninki Blog Ranking" lists the most-viewed Japanese blogs in a number of different categories. There are blogs for mothers who wish to help their children study more effectively, blogs devoted to tracking the movements of celebrities, and blogs that discuss the best way to diet. And, like ... 106 comments · read »

July 28th, 2005

Latin America Responds to TeleSur's Launch

David Sasaki · 23:42 · Americas

This past Sunday a small group of 25 journalists in Caracas, Venezuela began pilot-broadcasting a new Pan-American satellite news network called TeleSur which, by September, hopes to be reaching audiences all throughout the Americas with at least nine regional bureaus including Colombia, Argentina, Cuba, Brazil, Washington D.C, La Paz and ... 9 comments · read »