Boy wonder

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China's Propaganda Ministry is seeking to use cartoons to instill values into children as part of a campaign to promote spiritual civilization. Sichuan Children's Publishing House has developed a character called Soccer Boy to wean Chinese children away from foreign cartoon characters. Soccer is popular in China and the comic book aims to focus on discipline needed in soccer to instill more responsibility into Chinese children. Initial sketches were seen as too Japanese by the Propaganda Department.

Comics, Social aspects, China, Cover Story, Children, Popular culture, Comic books, Comic books and children, Propaganda, Chinese, Chinese propaganda

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Radical chic

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Suchat Sawadsri aims to promote innovative literature and change Thai society through 'Chor Karaket,' a literary journal he re-launched in 1989. The former student radical who participated in the move to oust dictator Thanom Kittikachorn in Oct 1973 now concerns himself with literary activism. His journal, which tackles personal as well as social themes, has featured subjects as diverse as the sexual abuse of children, life in mental institutions and the social costs of development and tourism.

Thailand, Social policy, Suchat Sawadsri

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Eye opener: magazine editor tests the limits of press freedom

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P. Ramakrishnan, or 'Rama,' edits the controversial and outspoken English-language Malaysian magazine 'Aliran Monthly.' The journal, put out by the social reform group Aliran Kesedaran Negara, acts as a sort of public conscience in a country where the government often censors or closes down critical publications. A former teacher of the blind and union leader, Rama has not sought a high profile and is much less well known than his magazine.

Publishing industry, Political activity, Malaysia, Periodical publishing, Freedom of the press, Civil rights, Editors, Aliran Monthly (Periodical), Ramakrishnan, P.

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