Where Are the Tiananmen Leaders Now? (Part 2)
Some discovered Jesus, and others wealth and success on Wall Street. A handful is on Twitter where one of them tells of how he was entrapped by his wife, a Chinese undercover spy. Here are the 21 most wanted leaders of the Tiananmen uprising, 22 years later.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Where Are the Tiananmen Leaders Now? (Part 1)
Some discovered Jesus, and others wealth and success on Wall Street. A handful are on Twitter where one of them tells of how he was entrapped by his wife, a Chinese undercover spy. Here are the 21 most wanted leaders of the Tiananmen uprising, 22 years later.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
The Tiananmen Dissident: Blind and Deaf after 21 Years in Jail
Though he was not placed on China's most wanted list, the punishment meted out to Li Wangyang was heavier than for any of the student leaders.
The asia! team
Despite Election, No Progress in Myanmar
The government is even increasingly targeting unarmed civilians as part of its counter-insurgency tactic.
IRIN
The Dictator’s Survival Guide
Why do some dictators fall after popular uprisings, while others remain in power? A Burmese blogger explains.
KYAW ZWA MOE
Making Sense of EDSA, 25 Years Later
Freedom? Democracy? What exactly are we celebrating today?
DOY SANTOS
The Truth about the 1986 People Power Revolution
A Filipino blogger sets the record straight – meet the true martyrs and demons of the EDSA revolution.
ILDA
The Idiocy of the Anti-Sharia Crowd
In a seldom-heard perspective, a Saudi Arabia-based journalist speaks out against those who oppose Islamic law, and points out the little-known facts about the controversial punishment of death by stoning.
SABRIA JAWHAR
Rotting in the Courts
With 196 on trial for the Maguindanao massacre, will justice ever be delivered in the Philippines?
EL LOBO FILIPINO
Inspired by Aung San Suu Kyi
Marck Rimorin wonders if the Philippines should learn a thing or two from the Burmese’s fight for democracy.
MARCK RIMORIN
The Thai Who Was a True Friend of Burma
Thai activist and filmmaker Sam Kalayanee is remembered as a true supporter of Burma’s democracy movement.
AUNG ZAW
Going Cross-cultural in Tel Aviv
In Israel's most cosmopolitan beach city, I was served Japanese sashimi made by a Burmese, over lessons of democracy.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Death of an Icon, Birth of Another
Fifty days into the government of Benigno S. Aquino III, a question still unanswered: could Noynoy have become Philippines’ President if not for the memory of his mother?
MARCK RIMORIN
Me, Indian?
Is being “uncouth”, as manifested through various acts of distastefulness (spitting, liking Paulo Coelho, remarking about other people’s weight), synonymous with being Indian?
GREATBONG
India, Land of Retards and Hypocrites
The retards vote the hypocritical governments into power, and in turn the governments make sure the retards stay uninformed and retarded.
ATANU DEY