PACOM Week in Review Ending 23 August 2009

Hot Topics AA: Seven Steps to Take in Dealing with North Korea 08/21/09 AU: Australia Lists Somali Militia Al-Shabaab as Terrorist Group 08/21/09 CN: Out of Africa and into China, emigres struggle 08/20/09 ID: Downer praises Indonesia’s anti-terrorism drive 08/20/09 ID: Indonesia: Terrorism feared, Jama’ah Tabligh members expelled 08/22/09 ID: Indonesia’s Ex-Terrorists Should Be Closely …

PACOM Week in Review Ending 16 August 2009

Hot Topics AU: Australian troops kill Afghan officer 08/12/09 AU: Commentary: Australian editors anti-China rant violates press ethics 08/14/09 AU: Investors cheer Chinese takeover of Felix 08/14/09 BD: Bangladesh mourns founding leader amid security 08/15/09 BD: Bangladesh moves to bring home coup fugitives 08/12/09 CN: Can China save the world economy? 08/14/09 CN: China: Filtering …

PACOM Week in Review Ending 9 August 2009

Hot Topics AU: Outlawing al-Shabaab not the answer 08/06/09 BD: BANGLADESHS AMBIVALENT RELATIONS WITH THE PRC 08/04/09 BT: Bharti says to expand cable network to Bhutan 08/04/09 CN: China Investigates Top Nuclear Official 08/06/09 CN: China to surpass US in manufacturing by 2015 on road to Empire 08/04/09 CN: Chinese teen dies at Internet addiction rehab camp 08/06/09 CN: …

Journal: Cheery Waves Flags Citizen Journalism Study

Source: The Australian, August 3, 2009 A global study into 60 citizen journalism projects in 33 countries found citizen journalism flourished under governments which could be characterized as “soft authoritarianism” regimes such as in Malaysia and South Korea. Professor Michael Bromley from the University of Queensland School of Journalism and Communication told The Australian that …