Since the the immense tragedy caused by the earthquake last week, many Chinese citizens have urged the government to lower the national flag to half-mast and suspend Olympic torch relay celebrations. Now these voices are being heard. For the first

From AFP:The chairman of Taiwan's incoming ruling Kuomintang (KMT) is planning to visit China on an invitation from Chinese President Hu Jintao, the party said Saturday."Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung will give condolences on behalf of the KMT and Taiwan over the

From the Shanghaiist blog:It's early Monday morning and the China twitterati are abuzz with the news that all major Chinese web sites have been ordered to shutdown for the three days of national mourning which begins today. Here is an

Several confidential government documents were revealed in Hong Kong when an Immigration Department official improperly transferred them to his personal computer. One of the documents included info...

Well look who gets some nice attention over at PingMag! The latest piece on the site is an interview with Chin Music Press' Craig Mod and Bruce Rutledge.time savedtime saved

Yamaguchi ETJ (English Teachers in Japan). May 31 (Sat), 13:30-16:30 in Hofu, Yamaguchi Japan. Keiko Seiki.

CALL JALT (Computer-Assisted Language Learning SIG Japan Association for Language Teaching). May 31 (Sat), 9:00-17:00 in Nagoya, Aichi Japan. Featured Phil Hubbard. Call for papers due Feb 15, 2008.

eTLC (English Teacher and Learner Cooperative). May 25 (Sun), 15:30-17:30 in Niiza, Saitama Japan. Kenneth Biegel.

IIEL (Institute of International Education in London). May 25 (Sun), 13:30-16:30 in Fukuoka Japan. Teruyuki Zushi, the principal of the Institute of International Education in London.

Toyohashi JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching). May 25 (Sun), 11:30-14:00 in Toyohashi, Aichi Japan. None.

Kyoto ETJ (English Teachers in Japan). May 25 (Sun), 10:10-13:00 in Kyoto Japan. Cynthia Akazawa.

Iwate JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching). May 25 (Sun), 13:30-16:30 in Morioka, Iwate Japan. Lesley Ito.

Shizuoka JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching). May 25 (Sun), 13:30-16:00 in Shizuoka Japan. Machiko Fujiwara (Seigakuin University), Chizuko Aiba (Tokyo Denki University), and Brian Byrd (Seigakuin University).

Sendai JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching). May 25 (Sun), 14:00-17:00 in Sendai, Miyagi Japan. Mike Hood.

Hokkaido JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching). May 25 (Sun), 14:00-15:45 in Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan. Hitoshi Eguchi, Hokusei Gakuen University.

Mainland Chinese have a name for public facility buildings that are constructed at low cost and low quality-'Tofu Waste Projects', which, in the Western world would equate to calling them J...