"The big newspapers in Hong Kong are kind of anti-government - cynical about the government," he said. "The two biggest Macau newspapers, the Macau Daily News and Jornal Va Kio, are owned by pro-China people and in sympathy with the government."
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Showing posts with label Macao. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Macao. Show all posts
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Comparing the Hong Kong and Macau media
Simon World picks up the discussion on the May day riots in Macao and how the media have covered that event. A nice summery in a quote from Ivan Choy Chi-keung of the Chinese University:
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Shooting at Macao labor rally
ESWN translates different accounts of the violent incidents at a labor rally yesterday in Macao. One police officer drew his handgun and shot into the air, according to one account with blank bullets, according to another with real.
Just wonder why armed police officers would walk around with blank bullets in their handgun anyway. From the pictures at ESWN it looked like the police did not expect violence and were only dressed lightly.
Just wonder why armed police officers would walk around with blank bullets in their handgun anyway. From the pictures at ESWN it looked like the police did not expect violence and were only dressed lightly.
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