HongKong
china mask - 13.12.2005 12:21
Joseph E. Stiglitz world-renowned economist, former chief economist of the World Bank and Nobel Prize winner, came to the University of Hong Kong to give a talk about media and WTO today. Famous for his criticism on monopoly-globalization, Stiglitz was not surprised when he was informed of the large demonstrations forming around Wan Chai in Hong Kong.
Demonstrations were born almost in tandem with the WTO. "People protested every place where there was a WTO meeting," Stiglitz said. "WTO is preferred by any other international organizations in this sense."
"The reason is simple. WTO has a democratic deficiency in decision making."
Welcome to Curbside @WTO, a website aimed at providing a unique frontline perspective on the WTO meetings being held in Hong Kong from Dec.13-18th.
Curbside combines blogs and feature stories contributed by journalism students from the University of Hong Kong, journalists from The Standard newspaper and ESWN's blogger, Roland Soong. Curbside's goal is not only to inform and entertain readers on the events surrounding the WTO, but also to explore the potential of online journalism.
 Website: http://curbside.jmsc.org/
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