Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

Here are some of my colleagues in Hong Kong — Luke Tse, Yvonne Cheng and Ying Chan. I took this picture right before giving a lecture to undergraduates. The subject was New Media, and I posted this picture online to … Continue reading →

Craig Barrett, president and CEO at Intel Corp., is baffled by the stock market. He’s also bullish on Intel. Well, he would be. Barrett was in town to give a speech at the International Telecommunication Union’s Telecom Asia 2000 conference … Continue reading →

China’s Minister of Information Industry, Wu Jichuan, talked about his nation’s telecommunications policy in a keynote speech this morning at the International Telecommunications Union’s Telecom Asia 2000 conference and exhibition. He said many of the right things, but China’s regime … Continue reading →

This is Low Hong Yee, a researcher at the Institute of Materials Research & Engineering in Singapore. She’s emblematic of the nation’s rise to influence and, to a degree, its future. More in my Sunday column. Wall Street’s Financial Flunkies … Continue reading →

The right-wing Heritage Foundation recently declared Hong Kong to be the world’s freest economy. It based the rating on a variety of factors that you can judge for yourself by looking at the foundation’s “Index of Economic Freedom”. Clearly, the … Continue reading →

Lee Kuan Yew was this city-state’s first prime minister. He’s now the “Senior Minister” of Singapore. Whatever you think of his politics, which emphatically do not conform to some fundamental American political values including untrammeled free speech, his leadership has … Continue reading →

Singapore was described to me as resembling a golf course, ever-so-groomed and maintained. That’s true, but it’s also a work in transitition. I visited one of the city-state’s national research centers on Friday. It’s called Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL), … Continue reading →

Stock market going down, anyone? The elevators in Hong Kong can be highly informative. Gore is Over-Reaching on “Dimpled Chads” San Jose Mercury News: Ballots set to make dent in U.S. history. Democrats are arguing that local election officials should … Continue reading →

The view from Victoria Peak can be spectacular, especially when the pollution level is lower than normal. This was one such evening. Yahoo and the French Internet Censors The Western world might consider shedding some of its pretenses of political … Continue reading →

Washington Post: Bush Cousin Made Florida Vote Call For Fox News. Which is why media circles were buzzing yesterday with the question of why Fox had installed a Bush relative in such a sensitive post. Eric Mink (NY York Daily … Continue reading →