Author Archives: Yan Sham-Shackleton

Sacrifice Hong Kong for China’s World Cup Aspirations?

Glutter’s Hong Kong Tonight is the Hong Kong vs China 2006 World Cup Qualifying match. It’s huge because China needs at least three more goals over whatever Kuwait gets with Malaysia to qualify for inclusion. If Kuwait wins only one goal, then China needs three over Hong Kong, if they score the minimum of three,Continue reading “Sacrifice Hong Kong for China’s World Cup Aspirations?”

Suicide of Acclaimed Author, Iris Chang.

Iris Chang wrote bestselling ‘Rape of Nanking," "Chinese in America" and "Thread of the Silkworm" Thursday, November 11, 2004 Posted: 1435 GMT (2235 HKT) LOS GATOS, California (AP) — Iris Chang, a best-selling author who chronicled the Japanese occupation of China and the history of Chinese immigrants in the United States, was found dead inContinue reading “Suicide of Acclaimed Author, Iris Chang.”

Home Girl: DJ/Producer Janette Slack

Da Music Issue Director Doug Pray of "Hype" and "Scratch," was commissioned by Doctor Martin Shoes to make a series of short films about people who "embodied an independent attitude." One of the candidates was a young woman named Janette Slack, DJ, Producer. She is one of the 50,000 DJs currently trying to make itContinue reading “Home Girl: DJ/Producer Janette Slack”

Tsui Hark’s New Film to Premier at Cannes

Glutter’s Hong Kong BEIJING, Nov. 11 (Xinhuanet) — Hong Kong Director Tsui Hark‘s new martial-arts epic "Seven Sword" has been invited to hold its world premier at next years Cannes Film Festival. The film which is an adaptation from novel with the same name written by Chinese author Liang Yusheng, explores how swords are made,Continue reading “Tsui Hark’s New Film to Premier at Cannes”

Saturday Night Fever Isn’t Really a Dance Movie…

Glutter Plugs and Doodles I watched Saturday Night Fever for the first time. It was not what I expected at all. Family fighting, making your mom cry, date/gang rape, drug use, suicide, priests quitting the church. I thought it was a dance movie. Something like Ballroom Dancing or Dirty Dancing,   it wasn’t. It was so hardContinue reading “Saturday Night Fever Isn’t Really a Dance Movie…”

Arafat is Dead. The Non Stable Transfer of Power in Palestine and China

Awaiting A democratic Hong Kong There is no clear line of succession to the Palestinian leadership following Mr Arafat’s death. But Palestinian leaders have agreed a plan to prevent a power struggle and chaos in the volatile Gaza Strip. BBC: Veteran leader Yasser Arafat dies The words, "No clear line of succession," is the mainstayContinue reading “Arafat is Dead. The Non Stable Transfer of Power in Palestine and China”

Waking Up to Gun Fire of Fallujah

For two days in a row now, I wake up to the sound of gunfire. Brutt Brutt Brutt.. Not outside my window because it’s outside someone else’s window in Fallujah, Iraq.  (BBC Reporters Log) I wake up to it because my alarm is set to BBC World Service on the dot of the hour. WhichContinue reading “Waking Up to Gun Fire of Fallujah”

The First Fight of Democratic Dreaming

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong. Le Nouvel Observateur is by all accounts a “serious” magazine. It’s probably the most respected press mention Glutter or I ever had. They called me “Le Battante,” “The Fighter.” I thought about the title, how odd that of the 10.2 million blogs in this world, they picked me to beContinue reading “The First Fight of Democratic Dreaming”