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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
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 As the sun bakes the pavements and the humidity soaks us like warm gravy, over 100,000 people will gather this afternoon to share a long walk through the heart of Hong Kong.
The 1 July march is an annual celebration of aspiration, where Hong Kongers of every variety turn out to demand the right to the same self-respect and self-determination that citizens of pretty much every other modern, civil society enjoys.  Be first to comment this article
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Tuesday, 10 March 2009 |
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Lux Interior died last month. The king of trash, guru of garage, the creature from the black leather lagoon and the most exhaulted potentate of love. In a personal and off-topic tribute, Netnewsasia raises a glass in honour of an underappreciated rock legend. Stay sick dude. Be first to comment this article |
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Monday, 26 January 2009 |
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Among the world's mass media mediums, NetNewsAsia has a global reputation as the prophet of the press. We know what's going to happen, because it's usually happened before.
This time last year, we rolled out our big crystal ball and forecast a bunch of events that we reckoned were sure bets for the year ahead: from Barack Obama's election, to the new iPhone. And were we proved right? Too bloody right we were! Comments (2) |
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Just a week after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao unveiled China's first Moon photo, a sleuthing spaceblogger has discovered Mr Wen may have been hiding something. "Chinese people's dream of flying to the moon for more than 1,000 years is beginning to materialise" said Wen at the time. And apparently all they needed to realise that dream was a copy of Photoshop.
Last year, a YouTuber uploaded the world's most entertaining keep-fit video, in which a George Costanza-lookalike with knickers on his head robbed a terrified Japanese woman. Three girls then jumped around a bit, demonstrating the vocabulary you'll need to protect yourself from a geeky gaijin armed with a nail file.
Bollywood has a new star on the rise: his name is Nirodh and he's a dancing condom. In his first song and dance spectacular, Nirodh and his latex friends skip and frolic through hills and fields to remind us all that they're made in different colours with fragrance. Take it away Nirodh.
Tired of those crappy little low-res YouTube screens?