It is Sunday, and I would hereby like to introduce a new feature to East Asia Blog: The Top-10 list. This list will reflect the past week's most noteworthy moments in East Asia.
As always, please post your comments and suggestions.
10 (十). Parts of South Korea hit
by forest fires
9 (九). Hong Kong's new chief Execute only to serve the
remaining two years
8 (八). Koizumi's meeting with Indian PM Singh
7 (七). EU and US to probe Chinese textile industry
6 (六). Korea's ruling Uri party suffered defeat in by-elections
5 (五). Japan issues China travel warning - the China-Japan row continues..
4 (西). 30-year anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War
3 (三). North Korea fires missile into the East Sea/Sea of Japan
2 (二). Train crash in Japan kills 100+
1 (一). Lien Chan's visit to Beijing
Thank you!!
3 comments:
The criteria of the top-10 list is built on my own gut-instinct and from what I deem the most noteworthy news items of the week. IT IS very subjective and most of all reflects the events that I personally was captivated by. But the purpose is also to reflect upon and conceptualize how we comprehend the news and the ways in which the media 'hypes' some stories, while other ones, and arguable more relevant to this blog, are forgotten.
Yoshi- Thanks vm for your comments. the top-10 list is supposed to be the top ten most memorable stories of the week - I think you mentioned the top ten of the month, if I am not mistaken.
I must, however, point out that they are a bit "japan" centric- with all of them, except for #9, having a relation to Japan. Where have the Philippines side of you gone? Hehe.
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