Category Archives: Glutter’s Hong Kong

Hong Kong I go to bed thinking about them. I wake up thinking about them. I feel like I am 13 having my first crush. -Mick is like the mistress and Keith the wife to the music. (This may or may not make any sense. Just that Mick is out there, waving his fingers, goingContinue reading “Satisfied: More Thoughts on Rolling Stones in Concert”

Hong Kong If you are breathing, and you live in Hong Kong, you won’t but be able to hear a insistent whine of how badly promoted and ran a series of concerts called “Harbor Fest” is. I can’t disagree lots of money went to waste, and that it’s not the most finely run event IContinue reading “In Defense of Harbour Fest: Truly Scary Festival Experiences and You Forgot the MUSIC”

Glutter’s Hong Kong Just under 10% of Journalists Detained World Wide is in the People Republic of China. 11 out of 129 When it comes to the Cyber Dissidents the numbers are even more disturbing. 38 out of 48 That’s 80%. Here is the list of all Cyber Dissidents currently in jail. 17.03.2003 – VietnamContinue reading “80% of All Jailed Cyber Dissidents Are Detained in China”

I ripped this off another site. I thought it was quite fitting considering the two posts in the last week (one below, and one on Street Racing) had to do with over gambling. Andrea’s given me a few links, about time I returned one. LIVING IN CHINA: A China Blogs Digest: http://www.livinginchina.com

Hong Kong Hung out with the lady at the “si dor” while trying to decide between buying cokes, cigs, ice cream or Mar Jei (sweet cakey thing) and she went on about the “state of Hong Kong” as we flipped through the paper. -Three Suicides yesterday, all by jumping out of buildings. The youngest, onlyContinue reading “Suicide, Car Crashes, Attempted Murder.”

News Item. If Article 23 is signed. The state has the right to do the same to me and others in this city. CHINA Call for release of Du Daobin, arrested on 28 October Detainee helped launch campaign on 4 October for the release of Liu Di Reporters Without Borders today urged Chinese Prime MinisterContinue reading “The Internet under surveillance in China”

Hong Kong The pollution is truly awful today. Can only see faint outline of the Kowloon waterfront from the Island. There is a haze if you look across the road. My eyes start watering when I am out. My friend’s sinuses are disco dancing. Makes us want to quit smoking or something. At least IContinue reading “Water that is Now Land. The Hong Kong I Grew Up In.”

(and PLEASE Stop Your Whining) Hong Kong Where did all you band supporters, metal heads, dnb freaks, music geeks come from? Where have you all been hiding? (You’re probably feeling the same about me). This last week has been an “outing” as such. I keep seeing you everywhere! Who are you? And you’re so notContinue reading “Concerts, Festivals, Clubs: HK Just Got Cool Again.”

Before the typepad URL existed. Glutter had another home on Salon. I finally decided to shut that site down, and move it permanently over here. This is the overview of everything that happenned at the other place. If you’re interested the links are articles I wrote related to the subject. For the whole index ofContinue reading “This is Glutter: The Overview.”

China Detains Internet Essayist for Subversion Fri Oct 31, 2:20 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have detained a civil servant, whose essays are banned by Beijing on the Internet, on charges of subversion, sources said on Friday, part of an intensified government crackdown on online dissent. Plainclothes state security agents took Du Daobin,Continue reading “China Detains Internet Essayist for Subversion”