Interesting news articles

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

We can use this thread to share interesting news articles about East Asia.

[Anonymous]

July 28, 2009 - Young women in Japan aspire to become bar hostesses.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/business/global/28hostess.html?_r=1&ref=global[Edit by="miranda k on Jul 29, 9:18:55 AM"][/Edit]

[Anonymous]

An overview of challenges to China's 'harmonious' society and the various factors that define Chinese as different from one another. As usual, linguistic tenacity reigns on high. Very interesting is the "Kosovo effect".

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203547904574279952210843672.html

[Anonymous]

In Japanese society, women aged over 25 are often considered as "unworkable and old." Many of college graduates are usually working in the office for a few years and move into a domestic job as a full-time housewife. It can not deny the fact that the image of a good woman is to obey her father, obey her husband and obey her oldest son. What the use of having women, in Japan, might be helpful if they can act like an entertainer such as the article describing how Japanese women want to work at the tea house as a hostess. It must be a struggle for them because some of them work there for money, as opposed to others who work there to declare their independence and self-sufficiency. The price of becoming like a western woman might not work for Japanese women. After all, they are educated in a Confucius society, shadowed by their mother's image, clouded by the traditional values, and worse of all, lived by the speedy commercial brave new world, a world that they have to learn how to adopt and adapt quickly and well. It is a long way to go for Japanese women. julie

[Anonymous]

This article raises questions about freedom on the Internet, such as "How would Beijing respond to a Chinese-language domain that translates into .democracy or .limitedgovernment, perhaps hosted by computers in Taipei or Vancouver?" The issue concerns a California-based company that offers domain names, and wants to expand Web addresses. The link between the concerns of a California-based non-profit organization and the politics of the Chinese government is one more piece of evidence of why we need to understand East Asia.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB40001424052970203609204574312194225241368.html[Edit by="jcontant on Jul 28, 5:57:10 PM"][/Edit]

[Anonymous]

July 29, 2009 - A suicide in China has trained a spotlight on Apple and pressure-filled factories.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple-iphone29-2009jul29,0,3301018.story

[Anonymous]

It would be interesting to know whether or not the unemployment rate for young women and young men is the same or different.

[Anonymous]

Jenny -
great article! I think I will use this in my computer class when we discuss internet security and the idea of the web as public space. Privacy today is only an illusion. Kids are monitored by their teachers and parents. Adults are monitored by their employers and governments. However, as much as governments may try to block access to information I doubt they will have much more success than my district keeping kids from hacking their way around the firewall.

Libby

[Anonymous]

A recap of recent attempts by China to control emissions from 'dirty' coal powered plants. Shows the conflict between desire to curb greenhouse emissions (compare with U.K.) and skyrocketing energy needs

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124896402068093839.html#printMode

[Anonymous]

Here is an interesting NPR segment on the children of Chinese immigrants, and how they manage with their parents' expectations and American schooling. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111388928[Edit by="jcontant on Jul 31, 4:43:34 PM"][/Edit]

[Anonymous]

I wasn't sure where to post this picture, but Clay's "stand on the newspaper" demonstration was pretty thought provoking, especially I think for our students. Perhaps this picture from China can be used in conjunction with that demonstration. I ran into a lot of Friday traffic on the way home, so I wasn't able to go to my school and look on my computer for the web address for the united streaming video that I have showing the platform workers in Japan that actually push the passengers from the platform on to the crowded trains, but when I find that, I'll pass that along to you, if you'd like. I also have 8 more views of this crowded beach in China. See me in class next week if you'd like a copy.
Have a great weekend.
Mark

[Anonymous]

July 21, 2009 - 2-D lovers are a subset of otaku culture, the obsessive fandom that has surrounded anime, manga and video games in Japan in the last decade.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/magazine/26FOB-2DLove-t.html

[Anonymous]

January 15, 2006 - "Hikikomori" is a problem in Japan which translates as "withdrawal" and refers to a person sequestered in his room for six months or longer with no social life beyond his home

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/magazine/15japanese.html?pagewanted=all

[Anonymous]

August 5, 2009 - Seoul's plan to make the South Korean capital more female friendly by repaving streets for high heels and painting parking spaces pink will probably not answer why women are drastically underrepresented in the workforce

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1914471,00.html?xid=rss-world

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