Updates
China: Home Depot's failure
Written by Oiwan Lam
Dan from China Law Blog looks into the reasons behind the failure of Home Depot in China.
East Timor: Tebe Dai dance
Written by Mong Palatino
EngageMedia uploads a video featuring Tebe Dai, a traditional Timorese dance from the Kamanasa Village.
Bulgaria: Sofia's Sugar Factory Tragedy
Written by Veronica Khokhlova
Maya's Corner writes about Sofia's Sugar Factory, where two people died in 2009 when the neglected building collapsed, and the fate of other landmarks owned by “predator ‘investors'.”
China: Domestic national image film
Written by John Kennedy
If you found China Red irresistible, check out the kind of Chinese national image film that gets played to a domestic audience, via Joel Martinsen at Danwei.
Togo: The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission reports results
By Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Lynn Palermo · View original post [fr]
D.R. of Congo: Etienne Tshisekedi returns home
The opposition leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Etienne Tshisekedi, returns home: “Tshisekedi arrived in Kinshasa yesterday after three years in “medical exile.” There is some debate about how many people showed up to greet him at the airport and along the 20km of road between Ndjili airport and his home in Limete.”