Worldfocus contributing blogger Hsin-Yin Lee writes from Taiwan about how the Chinese state-controlled news media limited information about President Obama's visit to China. She argues it exemplifies the problem for Chinese news consumers - even when information gets reported, it lacks much-needed context.
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November 16, 2009
Authorities filter Obama’s message in China
November 11, 2009
Taiwanese baseball fans outraged by game-fixing charges
Hsin-Yin Lee writes how a game-fixing scandal has rocked Taiwanese professional baseball. Unlike Phillies fans who vow for a comeback next season, fans in Taiwan wonder if there is a future for the island's beloved sport. Evidence says Taiwan's league is all mobbed up.
October 28, 2009
Taiwanese Internet gamers addicted to ‘Happy Farm’
"Happy Farm," a six-month-old Facebook application, has spawned millions of cyber farmers across Taiwan. Hsin-Yin Lee, a former associate producer at Worldfocus, writes about the current Taiwanese obsession with growing crops and using livestock.
October 19, 2009
Rewriting history in East Asia
Hsin-Yin Lee blogs about whether China, South Korea, and Japan are ready to collaborate on a common history book. The history of imperial Japan has caused tension in the region for decades.
October 7, 2009
Japan’s new leader axes plans for manga museum
To save some money for the Japanese people, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is canceling his predecessor's plans for a museum dedicated to manga and animation. But as Hsin-Yin Lee writes, comics are becoming an important -- and profitable -- part of Japanese life.
October 1, 2009
Patriotic Chinese film stirs passions on nation’s anniversary
Hsin-Yin Lee, an international news editor at a Chinese newspaper, describes a recent film that has Chinese patriots buzzing. The movie features 176 stars and at least 90 settings.
May 7, 2009
China releases student death toll in Sichuan earthquake
Officials in China have released the names of 5,335 children who died in the devastating earthquake in Sichuan Province last year, many of them in classrooms that crumbled in the quake. Parents and activists disputed the findings.
March 25, 2009
China blocks YouTube and calls violent Tibet video a fake
China blocked the video-sharing network YouTube and the government denounced footage from a Tibetan exile group appearing to show security forces beating Tibetans in Lhasa last year.
February 23, 2009
Clinton ends Asia tour stressing economic ties in China
Cheng Li of the Brookings Institution discusses U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's talks with China and whether American-Chinese relations are at a turning point.












