has been revealed by Thomas Crampton on his blog. Anyone know anything about these guys?......

Having written about a couple of his campaign events in the past, it should be clear by now that we are unabashed supporters of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois who is running for president of the United States. It's not that we didn't try to find Shanghai-based groups supporting other candidates; it just appears there aren't any. Now that Obama has sewn up the Democratic party's nomination and can focus on the general......

Frank Hsieh (left) of the DPP and Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang It's just four days to Taiwan's presidential elections, and the latest turn of events in Tibet have loomed large in the rhetoric on both camps. Here are a few things that Frank Hsieh 謝長廷 (DPP), currently lagging in opinion polls and the underdog in the race (mainly because of the corruption charges against his predecessor), has said:"As we look at Tibet, we......

A quick reminder to all the Americans out there: Vote. Democrats who have registered for the 2008 Global Presidential Primary, go here to vote before next Tuesday. If you didn't register for the Global Primary, unfortunately it's too late to vote online1. But you can go to votefromabroad.org to request your absentee ballot for the November General Election. 1 You still may be able to vote in your state's primary the old fashioned way, if......

As mentioned before, US expatriates are, for the first time, able to vote in a global primary, meaning that they get their own set of delegates during the primaries, which decide each party's respective presidential candidate. This particular event, held on Tuesday at the ecologically sound and coolly designed URBN hotel, was well attended. Computers were set up to help people register, liquor and hors d'ouevres helped people mingle, and Barack Obama's victory speech from......

Sufei hits the streets of Beijing and asks people what they think of the US presidential candidates, and who she should support. Apparently, most of them only recognise Hilary and either do not know/support Obama. One man says he looks too "aggressive" to be the president. Hmm.........

Shanghaiist is happy to learn that we finally have a chance to break free from the shackles of political impotence and actually make somewhat of a difference in the increasingly heated U.S. presidential campaign. Democrats Abroad, the overseas branch of the U.S. Democratic Party, is holding its first global presidential primary from February 5th through the 12th. For the first time, expatriates who are American citizens have a chance to vote in the Democratic primary......