HK umbrella movement one year on
One year on from the pro-democracy protests that brought Hong Kong to a standstill, organisers admit that China’s Communist leadership shows no sign of budging on reform, but a spark could reignite the movement.
one fellow's political coverage, music ramblings and general hijinks across decades under a range of guises at several locations often in a state of awe.
One year on from the pro-democracy protests that brought Hong Kong to a standstill, organisers admit that China’s Communist leadership shows no sign of budging on reform, but a spark could reignite the movement.
A series of raids across the United States has led to the arrest of at least three people said to have direct links to the failed Times Square bomber.
BRISBANE–I’ve finally cleaned all the silverware, dusted off the Dusty Springfield, and squared away the Squarepusher to organise my 50th. Beats and eats in my ample backyard and sprawling balcony on Saturday May 28 from 3pm.
Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping’s China by John Garnaut
By John Fitzgerald Inside Story April 18, 2016 China needs no help in silencing its critics at home and abroad. So how did Australia come to be part of the problem, asks John Fitzgerald.
Earth Hour has seen the lights go out again in many of the world’s largest cities, each with its own local focus on energy concerns.
Large Western media organisations could do nothing but shake their heads this week as reports came out of China that $US7 billion dollars was to flow into state media. While newspapers, television, radio, and even internet properties in the Western world were being gutted by their parent organisations, China spoke of expanding its reach in … Continue reading “Huge cash injection for China state media”
[draft] More than enough commentators have pointed out the success of community cross-referencing in today’s new town square, Facebook. There is little more to add to the argument that Facebook, Google Ad Sense, Wikipedia and the whole citizen contributor-driven nature of web 2-point-something is where it’s at. A given.
Next to Indonesia where in May this year, a drilling accident in the south of the island of Surabaya caused a massive rupture in the earth, unleashing a still-uncontained flow of hot, toxic mud.
For one-hundred years, animation and its techniques have evolved to the point where there are dozens of ways to make a picture move.