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Oiwan LamOL

Oiwan Lam

Regional Editor for Northeast AsiaGlobal Voices Online
Media activist, researcher and educator currently based in Hong Kong. Chinese writings appear on inmediahk.net. 
A child wears a face mask
COVID-19
Semi-quarantined: Living with the coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong
Three girls peer over the pew in church in China.
Religion
China’s new anti-Christmas campaign leaves citizens celebrating in secret
Twitter bird with Chinese flag colors in a cage.
Media
Crackdown in Beijing: ‘Using Twitter is more dangerous than street demonstrations’
chinese protesters
Health
Chinese women spend their holiday protesting botched cosmetic surgery in South Korea
People's Daily
Media
China’s state newspaper has over 5 million Facebook fans — even though Facebook is banned in China.
A red envelope is given out during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Liverpool, England, on February 22, 2015.
Lifestyle
LGBT couples turn a Lunar New Year tradition into a plea for acceptance
A protester throws an umbrella at riot police as fellow demonstrators blocked the main street to the central financial district outside government headquarters in Hong Kong on September 29, 2014.
Justice
Peaceful protests in Hong Kong become violent clashes with police
Pro-democracy activists clash with the police during a protest outside the hotel where China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Deputy General Secretary Li Fei is staying in Hong Kong on September 1, 2014.
Global Politics
Beijing rejects Hong Kongers’ demands for democracy
A local woman on a crutch shouts at Chinese paramilitary police as a crowd of angry locals confront security forces on a street in the city of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region in 2009.
Conflict
A Chinese city plans to ban Muslim clothing — to fight terrorism
A Hong Kong resident shows a Facebook page announcing the number of votes in the city's unofficial pro-democracy referendum. Many Hong Kongers believe Beijing is trying to undermine the vote with internet attacks.
Global Politics
When Facebook goes out in Hong Kong, residents suspect Beijing flipped the switch
Arts, Culture & Media
Chinese city tries to get Chinglish off its signs