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中國人權活動人士李柏光、郭飛雄、王怡和余杰訪問美國，總統布殊邀請到白宮作客，但郭飛雄臨行前遭到王、余逼退，理由為郭不是基督徒，而且也不認同郭熱衷的中國維權運動。事後美方對此深表不滿﹔中國網民也對王、余提出批評。
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Global Sex Survey
上个月21号NPR的播客的主题是Global Sex Survey: Satisfied in the West。节目主持人采访了Prof. Edward O. Laumann。Prof. Laumann 是这次Sex Survey的项目负责人。
这次Global Sex Survey（全球性生活调查）调查了世界29国共27,500 四十至八十岁的中老年人。这个调查主要是考察全球中老年人对他们性生活满意度及人们不同的社会行为对他们性生活满意度的影响。这次调查有很多有趣的发现。
总的说来，在性生活满意度方面，
- 男性的满意度比女性的要高。
- 西方的要比东方的高。欧美人的满意度大于60％，中东人的约为50％，亚洲人的只有30％。
- 只有有大约49％男性和32％的女性认为性是极端或非常重要。
- 有多个性伴侣的满意度比只有一个性伴侣的要低。
- 大男子主义越严重的地方，人们（包括男性）的满意度越低。(Prof. Laumann cited, “When mom is not happy, nobody is happy.”)
- 性生活满意度越高的人对生活的总体满意度也比较高。也就是说性生活满意度与对生活的总体满意度是一致的。
看起来，这个调查中的很多结论是与人们的日常认知是一致的。
就各国情况说来，
- 奥地利的满意度最高，日本的最低。
- 以色列的女性对性最为看重，而台湾的女性在这方面却是相对最不看重的。
- 以色列的男性对性最为看重，而泰国的男性在这方面却是相对最不看重的。
中国清华大学的Dr. Tianfu Wang也是调查小组的成员之一。
Another side of China.
“You have handphone in China?!”
A few years back, when I first came to Singapore, many Singapornean considered the whole China a big farm. They did not believe that many Chinese people were using the same model of cell phone as they were using.
But recently, as the media are flooding with news about China’s economic boom, their impression of China has swung to another end.
When talking about China, they think of Shanghai; when talking about Shanghai, they think of the Bund, Pudong, and skyscrapers.
On the photographs of the local news paper, the financial center of Shanghai looks more “future” than that of Singapore.
“China is a very advanced country now, huh?”
All right, here are some photos, taken by Maohaier（毛孩儿）, show another side of China, which may help people better understand China.
“Mom, there’s still someone inside the car!”
Fetching dead fish from the contaminated river.
Car accidents occur often, but it is rare to see one of this magnitude in which the driver was only slightly injured.
The English description the above photos are from EastSouthWestNorth.
EastSouthWestNorth has a very good article introducing the Shenyang’s photojournalist Maohaier（毛孩儿）. You will find many more interesting Maohaier’s photos in that article.
Followings are two photos from Jason Lee, a REUTERS photojournalist.
A man walks past a portrait of the late chairman Mao Zedong, on sale at a flea market in Beijing May 16, 2006. Tuesday marks the anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution, but the date will pass quietly in China, not for lack of interest or sentiment, but because the party, obsessed with stability, has issued a blanket ban on the subject. REUTERS/Jason Lee
A migrant worker sleeps at the Beijing West Railway Station May 16, 2006. A Chinese think-tank has called for higher minimum wages to halt the emergence of a new urban underclass, official media reported on Tuesday. REUTERS/Jason Lee
And the following two photos are from CAPTURE CITY, a blog of another China’s photojournalist. These photos are taken in LiaoCheng（聊城）, a city in Shandong Province.
nanPhoto is another famous blog from a photojournalist. You can find many interesting photos in its photo gallery.
The followings are some stylish photos from Xpview
From these photos, you can see China, a country of change, in different angles.
Singapore – the most Podcast aware nation?
Search “Podcast” on Google Trends, and click the Regions tab you will get the following diagram,
Singapore tops the list.
That means, out of all the search on google, Singapore has higher percentage of Podcast search than the United States, a country where the Podcast was born.
Does that mean Singapornean are more aware of Podcast? It could be.
But there are some factors besides listenership may affect the list.
- Listeners use other search engines to look for Podcast. For example, users in the States may prefer iTunes or Yahoo than Google as the Podcast search platform.
- Users in other countries search so many other topics that dilute the Podcast search.
Google Trends is a very interesting tool to know the users’ behavior on internet.
Search “China”, you will find Singapore is just behind Hong Kong.
That means many Singapornean are interested in China, which is not a surprise as Chinese is Singapore’s majority.
But when I search “Asian babe”, Singapore is in the second place too!
“Asian babe” is a term used in porn graphics search. Does that mean Singapornean are hypocrites and sex maniac? It could be. 🙂
But when I search “Play boy”, South America countries occupy the top 10 list.
One possible explaination: different countries use different terms to search porn pictures.
新加坡大选－行动党赢得国会84席中的82席。
其它反对党中，工人党及新加坡民主联盟各保住了原来仅有的一席 。新加坡民主党没有赢得席位。人民行动党蝉联执政。
结果并不令人意外。不过有几点有意思的变化，
一，反对党得票的比例有了较大的提高。行动党的得票率由上一届的75.29％掉到这届的66.6％
二，李显龙总理所在的宏茂桥区只获得了66.13%，比行动党得平均得票率要略低。
三，上届得票最高的反对党新加坡民主党在这届选举中得票率大幅下降。
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注：PAP为行动党；WP为工人党；SDA为新加坡民主联盟；SDP为新加坡民主党