Jiangmen parents sue over encephalitis vaccine

The parents of a 12-year-old boy from Guangdong who has been in a coma for six months after getting vaccinated for Japanese encephalitis vaccine at a local health center say they are being prevented by the authorities from travelling to Hong Kong seek medical help.

The family, surnamed Yu, live in Jiangmen city, where several other children have reportedly suffered health problems after being vaccinated. The parents have formed a group and filed official complaints with local governments and even in Beijing, but to no avail. They are also in the process of filing civil lawsuits for compensation.

Mandarin: Listener comment on the Hong Kong media

MANDARIN: LISTENER HOTLINE – Hong Kong Media (08/09/07)
Reporter: Wei Lian
Length: 5:10

Wei Lian: Hi, this is Listener Hotline. I’m Wei Lian.

Male Voice: Hi, Mr. Wei Lian.

Wei Lian: Please tell me where you are calling from.

Male Voice: Jiangxi.

Wei Lian: Hi, listener from Jiangxi. Please go ahead.

Male Voice: I have a question for you. Recently, I read some articles on Chen Liangyu’s case in Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po and Ta Kung Pao. I’ve found that the Hong Kong media is very different from what it used to be.

Confessions of a karaoke addict: Three music videos for Hong Kong’s anniversary

“Because you are there” (in Chinese “You were always there”, and while it’s Hong Kong that was alluded to in the lyrics, one can’t help but read it as a paean to the Motherland.) It’s hard to describe this official theme tune for the 10th anniversary of the handover. My first thought was: “Ah, Hong Kong’s got its own Malaysia song!”

Mayday! Mayday! Thoughts on history, colonialism and activism

Plastichk writes about the last day of the Star Ferry pier in Hong Kong (in Chinese). Below, Chow Yun Fat (with whom I feel a great affinity, having lived on Lamma Island for many years) signs a petition to save it. For me, there is a definite connection to May 1