Pol Pot is the main leader of Khmer Rouge which is communist ruling party of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. During 1970s about 2 million people, 1/5 of national population were dead in the different ways such as execution. The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is known as S-21, which was named by the Khmer Rouge, Security Prison 21. It is formerly Tuol Svay Prey High School. From 1975 to 1979, an estimated 15,000 people were imprisoned at S-21 most of whom were innocent and killed at last. These prisoners were under torture and extermination. These people were killed because Khmer Rouge wanted to eliminate the dissidents.
Are you losing weight now?
By Steven shi
Hong Kong – February 16- IJS-Global - in MTR, you can see lots of diet advertisements. In Hong Kong, keeping fit is popular among young girls. But we don’t know how people’s attitude towards it. So we interview some people to get a brief idea of their opinions.
Candy Wong is a Baptist university student. “There are too many advertisements in MTR but I think the influence is not good.” Wong said. When referring to the advertisements’ quality, Wong pointed that in Hong Kong diet advertisement should be more standard. “Maybe it is more reliable but I still won’t keep fit.”
Anita Wong is a company clerk. “If you have enough money, you can try those diet advertisements and keep fit.” Wong said, “Usually those young people like doing this, people like us don’t care too much.”
“If you need to lose weight, you can do it.” said by Lee Kin Yan, a CityU student. Lee thought that only when the fat will be unhealthful, she would keep diet. “There are too many advertisements in MTR. I hate to see them everywhere.”Lee said, “sometimes when I am eating too much,I will keep diet consciously because too full is uncomfortable.” Lee also told me that most time her friends are talking more about diet than doing. “I think they are just talking but rarely my friends will carry out.” Lee said.
Solicitting for Education?
Children outside of the Choeung Ek Genocidal Center. Photo by Stevenshi
By Stevenshi
Hong Kong – February 10- IJS-Global – “Sir, Sir, here, here for photos!” said by several children.
I saw four local children standing outside of the fence and asking me to take photos of them. These ragged children were standing in a line and smiled to you.
“One, two, three, smile.” said by a taller boy.
“Oh, they seem professional. There should be many other tourists taking photos.” I thought.
“Sir, one dollar.” The taller boy said.
What? I was shocked! I thought these children were kind enough and taking photos were friendly. I was wrong now. Actually these children seemed they begged for a living.
“Ask American for money. They will give you a lot. ” Another tourist said.
This happened in the Choeung Ek Genocidal Center in Cambodia.
In those children, there was one girl running after me. I wondered if there is no fence, she would always follow me. Although I had told the girl that I hadn’t had one dollar, she still stuck to solicit.
“Sir, I need money to go to school and buy pencil.” The girl said.
Is it the real condition for Cambodia children? Is it common?
I don’t know. In many interest places in Cambodia, there are lots of children who are begging following the tourists. All of them can say little English like “one dollar”, “Thank you” and so on. It is hard to tell them from students.
Him Sokunthea is a journalism student in Royal University of Phnom Penh. She told me some information about Cambodia university education.
“Not everyone in Cambodia can go to university. Only about 20%-25% students can get a university education opportunity.” Him said, “And if we pass the examination every year we need pay $80 administration fee.”
Him told me that to be a journalism student, there were lots of practice chances. “We have internship and also we can go to interview. Sometimes when U.S. embassy has press conference, we will go there.”
“But I don’t want to be a journalist. It is a tough job.” Said by Rithy Cheatana, another journalism student in RUPP.
“Law here is not good enough although journalist is independent enough. But it seems that people don’t like them and don’t treat them well.” Rithy said.
Now in Cambodia, education still faces big problems. One of them is lacking qualified teacher. In some rural areas, there are not enough teachers to support the school not to say the quality of teachers. Although in major cities like Phnom Penh, lots of students can go to universities to receive higher education, in other parts of Cambodia education conditions are still not satisfactory.
Trishaw Drivers: A Spring Festival without Reunion
By Steven shi
Wuxi - February 2 – IJS-Global -During Chinese New Year, when most people are eager to go home and have a family reunion, some people are still working and far away from home.
While others are visiting relatives and enjoying the feasts, they are still carrying passengers through streets and lanes. In some areas in mainland China, their vehicle is called “San Lun Che,” which means trishaw.
A trishaw driver in the Qianqiao town. Photo by Steven shi
Qianqiao, a town belonging to the city of Wuxi, is a traditional town like thousands of others Chinese small towns. In Qianqiao there are at least 100 trishaws, whose operators are all migrant workers. They provide a convenient way for the residents to go around, especially when the bus is not available and a taxi is too expensive.
Wang Hui, a 40-year-old from Anhui province, has been a trishaw driver for five years.
“When I arrived in Wuxi, I became a trishaw driver.” he said.
When referring to the Spring Festival, the Chinese traditional reunion period, Wang said he never goes back home during Chinese New Year.
“During Chinese New Year, there are too many people and it’s too crowded. Usually I go home at the harvest time when help is needed in my home town,” he said.
Also there is another reason why Wang is staying in Wuxi. His wife was working during the Lunar New Year’s Eve.
“So we don’t have time to go back.” Wang said.
Wuxi trishaw driver Wang Hui, 40, is one migrant worker unable to travel home for the Spring Holidays. Photo by Steven Shi.
Actually there are hundreds and thousands of migrant workers in almost every field in Wuxi. Why did Wang choose to be a trishaw driver?
He replied, “As a trishaw driver, one thing is good; the flexible working hours. We can arrange the time as we want. That’s why we can go home during the harvest time. That is impossible if I work in factory.”
Usually a five minutes trip with the trishaw costs three to five yuan (about US$0.5 to 0.7) depending on the distance. The trishaw drivers need to hand in some money to the local government around 4,000 to 5,000 yuan (about US$585 to 730) a year.
Wang said that he makes over 10,000 yuan (about US$1,460) which is enough for his living.
Most of the trishaw drivers are male because it is a tough labor. But there are also several female trishaw drivers in Qianqiao. Lai Feng is one of these female drivers.
Lai Feng, a 40-year-old from Huaibei, Anhui province, has also been a trishaw driver for five years.
“I certainly want to go home during the Spring Festival. But it was too difficult to buy a ticket so I gave up. Almost every year I stay in Wuxi.” Lai said.
Lai’s husband is also a trishaw driver. Every year, Lai and her husband spend Spring Festival in Wuxi.
Wuxi trishaw driver Lai Feng, 40, is one migrant worker unable to travel home for the Spring Holidays. Photo by Steven Shi.
”Now the business continues to be slow. We earn less and less each year. Too many cars, buses and electric motor cars make the living room for us smaller,” Lai added.
But she admitted that being a trishaw driver there is no other choice.
“I am an illiterate. I don’t know what to do if I lose this job,” she said.
According to the latest report nearly 20 million migrant workers could lose their jobs this year. What will Wang and Lai’s future be like? No one knows.
Trishaw drivers are waiting for the passengers in Qianqiao town. Photo by Steven shi
outline for the oversea trip
Topic：Students in Cambodia
Introduction: in many scenic spots in Cambodia, you will find some children who are begging around you. Always they said I need money to go to school. But it is difficult to tell whether it is wrong or right. This article is much like a travelogue.
Second part: student in DMC in Royal University of Phnom Penh
Third part: poor study conditions in Cambodia? Or is it common in Cambodia?
Plagiarism
Defines plagiarism:
Plagiarism is taking someone else’s words or ideas and passing them off as your own. This definition is made by Tony T.N. Hung, Hong Kong Baptist University, in the book Avoiding Plagiarism.
Also we can find the similar definition in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English: plagiarism means an idea, phrase, or story that has been copied from another person’s work, without stating where it came from.
From the two definitions, we can easily analyze what is plagiarism. When we are trying to use other’s intellect creations and make them as yours, it is already a plagiarism. According to the Tony T.N. Huang’s explanation, sometimes it is a carelessness made by ourselves. No matter it is a careless or conscious, plagiarism is a big problem. Steal other’s idea, words or any typical creation is plagiarism. We can only use them when we have already given the attribution.
Even when we are paraphrasing someone’s paragraphs or sentences, it is still plagiarism if those sentences containing the distinctive idea not only the common knowledge.
Can I legally post any picture on my blog that I have downloaded from the Internet as long as I credit the source?
It depends on different situations.
If we use this photo for commercial reason, and we get profit from this photo, it is definitely illegal.
If we use the photo only for private, for example, personal study or commenting on sth, we can use it without the author’s permission and it is legal according to the Chinese law. But if the author has already said all reprint is not allowed, we cann’t use it any more.
So when we download pictures from the Internet, we can only use it on condition that we have credited the source and we have got the author’s permission if we use for commercial reason.
A convenient place, but not a good chioce
Hong Kong – January 16 – IJS-Global – The Harmony Student Cafetera in Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) brings lots of convenience for the student studying in the old campus but BU students think this canteen is not a good choice.
Harmony Student Cafetera belongs to the Hang Fa Lau cooperation and is the only university branch of Hang Fa Lau. The cafetera provides chinese and western food which the price range is 25 HKD for the Fried Noodle with Shreaded Pork with Chinese Soup or hot drink to 5.5 HKD for soft drink or toast set. But this price is availabe for student and staff only. Its opening hours is from 7:30 am to 8:00 pm from Monday to Saturday and 10:00 am to 3:00 pm on Sunday.
Student Lam Pui Ying is a year-2 student majoring in Chemistry. She often goes to this caferera, often 5 times per week. “The taste here is not good but the quality is ok and the price is acceptable. ”she said. Although the taste is not good, the reason Lam usually having lunch here is convenient for her. “I study in the Science Tower. It is very close to this canteen. But the new canteen in new campus is much better. Quality better and more choices.” Lam also suggested that the food was easy to become cooler if they didn’t adjust temperature.
“The quality is not good but the price is cheap. The caferera should keep a balance between price and taste.” Said by Wong Yiu Chung, a PHD student in Department of History. Wong often has breakfast and lunch in this student canteen. When we are interviewing him, he is just sitting with the notebook computer. “The space here is good for me to read books. I always come here because it is very concenient for me.” But he also points that this Harmony Student Cafetera is not the best one in the campus. “I am tired of the food here. It should cook new style because the choices are limited.” Wong said.
Hello, I am Steven
hi, everyone, I am Steven from mainland china and now studying MA in International Journalism in HKBU. Just coming back from Cambodia, I will post my travel experiences and photos of Cambodia here and wish u will like it.
WordPress is my 11th blog. Hope it will survive in future. 
