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minipost-Happy New Year, Chen Shui-Bian?
Written by: Allen | Filed under:-mini-posts, Analysis, General, Opinion, economy | Tags:chen shui bian, China, economy, Mainland, taiwan
97 Comments » newest 2010-03-15 01:30:11
97 Comments » newest 2010-03-15 01:30:11
As the Chinese New Year approaches, I think I should write some lighter posts. So here is something funny I stumbled across on WSJ’s China Realtime Report: Continue reading »
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China-US relations at all time low?
Written by: pug_ster | Filed under:-guest-posts | Tags:China, Google, relations, taiwan, US
140 Comments » newest 2010-03-01 17:23:15
140 Comments » newest 2010-03-01 17:23:15
About 5 months ago, Jon huntsman was interviewed by Wall Street Journal and seems positive to bring China-US relations to the ‘next level’ as mentioned in my piece here.
http://blog.foolsmountain.com/2009/09/03/jon-huntsman-challenges-in-china/
January was a bad month between China-US relations. First there was the google incident. Then the US announced the $6.4 billion in arms to Taiwan. Now China wants the beloved panda Tai-Shan back (I’m kidding about the Tai-Shan part.) Though the arms sales seems to be the straw that broke the camel’s back. If you go to Chinadaily’s website, there is no less than 10 articles and opinions about this spat.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/31/content_9403246.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/30/content_9403150.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/31/content_9403410.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/31/content_9403263.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/30/content_9402488.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/30/content_9403154.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/30/content_9403095.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/30/content_9402570.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2010-01/29/content_9400604.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2010-01/29/content_9398008.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2010-01/29/content_9400580.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2010-01/29/content_9395670.htm
It is strange that most European countries seems to be non-involved in this issue between the 2 countries, but I can safely say that Huntsman career as a diplomat in China is largely a waste.
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minipost-Public Opinion in Taiwan
Written by: Steve | Filed under:-mini-posts, General, Opinion, politics | Tags:China, government, politics, taiwan
43 Comments » newest 2010-01-23 15:15:37
43 Comments » newest 2010-01-23 15:15:37
I recently came across an opinion poll from the Global View Survey Research Center concerning present public opinion in Taiwan on a range of subjects. In the past, many of us have commented on the state of affairs in Taiwan, not only in terms of her relationship to China but also involving the political thought within the nation. Rather than draw any conclusions, I thought I’d make this same data available to our blog members and see what you think.
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minipost-Films are Powerful Connector Among Culturally Different People – AMBASSADOR OF TAIWAN
Written by: sanjeev | Filed under:-chinese-posts, -guest-posts, -mini-posts | Tags:aaft, asms, film festival, marwah studios, sandeep marwah, taiwan
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The Ambassador of Taiwan His Excellency Mr. Wenchyi Ong said that beside its unifying force a good film can easily strike a chord in the viewer. He was formally inaugurating the festival of films from Taiwan at Asian Academy of Film & Television. Family value, respect for the elderly, belief in democracy and diversity, working as a team and attaching importance to spiritual life are the dominant commonalities between the people of Taiwan and India he added. In his introductory remarks Prof. Sandeep Marwah said that watching films from Taiwan would indeed be a refreshing experience for the students. The Ambassador disclosed that he has invited the well known Taiwanese Director Ang Lee to make his next film in India and hoped that collaboration with Indian film producers will lead to making great films to tell the world remarkable stories of both India and Taiwan. The Ambassador of Taiwan accepted the life membership of International Film & Television Club on this occasion. Later he spoke to Noida people through Radio Noida 107.4 FM.
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minipost-【风华国乐】:阿里山的姑娘 (Girls of Ali Mountain)
Written by: dewang | Filed under:-mini-posts, General, culture, media, music, video | Tags:Folk Music, taiwan
1 Comment » newest 2009-10-24 07:29:26
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Ma’s ECFA – a win-win policy or selling out local business?
Written by: Raj | Filed under:General | Tags:ECFA, economy, taiwan
8 Comments » newest 2009-09-16 17:05:11
8 Comments » newest 2009-09-16 17:05:11
Given the recent post on the verdict in former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-Bian’s case, I thought another topic on Taiwan would be a good idea. The proposed China-Taiwan Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement is a key piece of legislation for Taiwan’s future and therefore worthy of discussion.
A question I’ve increasingly asked myself is whether this is a win-win agreement for Taiwan as the KMT and other Pan-Blues would have it, or actually win-win for a handful of big companies and lose-lose for smaller, local businesses. AFP have an article on the ECFA and its potential impact on this part of Taiwanese industry. Continue reading »
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minipost-Chen Shui Bian Gets Life
Written by: Allen | Filed under:-mini-posts, Analysis, General, News, politics | Tags:chen shui bian, corruption, embezzlement, rule of law, taiwan
181 Comments » newest 2009-10-02 16:34:21
181 Comments » newest 2009-10-02 16:34:21
In the continuing saga that is Chen Shui Bian’s colorful life, a trial court in Taipei sentenced Chen to life in prison yesterday as the first phase of his dramatic corruption and embezzlement trial came to an end. Chen’s wife, Wu Shu-chen, received a life sentence on corruption charges. Their son and daughter-in-law, convicted of money laundering, received relatively lenient 2 1/2 – and one-year terms. Continue reading »
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minipost-Opinion:On Dalai Lama’s Upcoming Visit to Taiwan
Written by: Allen | Filed under:-mini-posts, Analysis, General, News, aside, culture, politics, religion | Tags:dalai lama, dpp, KMT, Morakot, taiwan, tibet
65 Comments » newest 2009-09-05 23:57:48
65 Comments » newest 2009-09-05 23:57:48
Dalai Lama is set to visit Taiwan next week. The Dalai Lama has been invited a group of local DPP officials representing several southern counties – where DPP support is especially strong.
The Dalai Lama has visited Taiwan twice, once in 1997 and 2001. However, soon after Ma took office on a platform promising to amend ties with the Mainland, a request for the Dalai Lama to visit was turned down by Ma, citing the timing as not proper. A Dalai Lama visit then could have derailed Ma’s plan for closer ties with the Mainland – and still has the potential to do so the same.
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minipost-Hu Jintao meets with delegation of Taiwanese minorities, pledges further disaster support
Written by: Allen | Filed under:-mini-posts, Environment, General, News, aside, culture, politics | Tags:Disaster Relief, taiwan, Taiwanese minorities, Typhoon Morakot
20 Comments » newest 2009-08-29 04:28:18
20 Comments » newest 2009-08-29 04:28:18
President Hu recently met with a delegation of ethnic minorities from Taiwan, and pledged further support from the mainland for whatever help Taiwan may need. Ethnic minorities in southern Taiwan, living often in remote villages, were the hardest hit group in Taiwan by the recent typhoon. Here is a translation of a story on the People’s Web by China News Wrap:
Hu meets delegation of ethnic minorities from Taiwan
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minipost-Can Ma Ying-jeou Weather the Storm?
Written by: Steve | Filed under:-mini-posts, Environment, News, media, natural disaster, politics | Tags:democracy, environment, government, media, politics, taiwan
50 Comments » newest 2009-09-07 16:53:18
50 Comments » newest 2009-09-07 16:53:18
From August 6-9, southern Taiwan was hit with the worst typhoon in 50 years. Per the Associated Press story:
“Morakot dumped more than 80 inches (two meters) of rain on the island last weekend and stranded thousands in villages in the mountainous south. A total of 15,400 villagers have been ferried to safety, and rescuers are working to save another 1,900 people. The storm destroyed the homes of 7,000 people and caused agricultural and property damage in excess of 50 billion New Taiwan dollars ($1.5 billion), Ma told the security conference.”
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Now that many non-Chinese have moved to China and many native Chinese live throughout the world, cross cultural dating has become far more common. For someone leaving mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong or Singapore and moving to a western country, what are some of the cultural pitfalls and traps you need to avoid and adjustments you need to make? For someone moving to any of those four areas, the same questions apply. Are the “rules” different for Chinese women dating outside their culture as compared to Chinese men doing the same?
My direct experience isn’t too pertinent since I met my wife in Phoenix and she had already been living in the States for nine years, but there were still many adjustments we (mostly I) had to make. She was the first Asian woman I had ever dated so I didn’t fall into the “yellow fever” category. However, when I was living in mainland China and Taiwan, I had a chance to observe, ask questions and learn more from others involved in cross cultural relationships.
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Chimerica: James Fallows & Niall Ferguson
Written by: Steve | Filed under:News, culture, media, politics, video | Tags:america, China, culture, democracy, economy, environment, financial crisis, freedom of speech, government, human rights, internet, media, nationalism, politics, reform, taiwan
144 Comments » newest 2009-07-24 23:08:45
144 Comments » newest 2009-07-24 23:08:45
This is the full session between Niall Ferguson and James Fallows at the recently held Aspen Ideas Festival. Allen had posted excepts and we promised you the complete discussion as soon as it became available. Niall Ferguson had coined the term “Chimerica” to describe the symbiotic relationship between the economies of China and the United States. He currently sees this relationship as being in jeopardy, while James Fallows feels the relationship is far stronger the most realize. This video is slightly over 75 minutes.
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minipost-Taiwan and the WHO
Written by: Allen | Filed under:-mini-posts, Analysis, General, News, politics | Tags:China, cross-straits relations, taiwan, who
139 Comments » newest 2009-05-17 17:10:26
139 Comments » newest 2009-05-17 17:10:26
The last time Taiwan tried to apply for observer status in the WHO, China slammed it down. When the SARS crisis arose and China offered Taiwan help, Taiwan denied and declined.
That was 2003, when President Chen of the DPP still governed Taiwan.
Fast forward now six years – how things have changed! Continue reading »
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minipost-Letter: Who owns the Chinese imperial treasures?
Written by: Jane | Filed under:-mini-posts, News, culture | Tags:China, Forbidden City, National Palace Museum, taiwan
144 Comments » newest 2009-02-24 05:36:20
144 Comments » newest 2009-02-24 05:36:20
When Chiang Kai-Shek retreated with the Nationalists to Taiwan, he brought with him over 600,000 pieces of artefacts removed from Chinese imperial palaces during wartime. These artefacts are now stored at the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Both China and Taiwan have claimed title to these Chinese imperial treasures.
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Members of Chen’s Immediate Family Plead Guilty To Money Laundering Charges
Written by: Charles Liu | Filed under:Analysis, Letters, News, politics | Tags:Chen Shuibian, democratic progressive party, Republic Of China, scandal, taiwan
7 Comments » newest 2009-01-25 23:30:12
7 Comments » newest 2009-01-25 23:30:12
The money laundering saga of self-proclaimed son-of-Taiwan Chen Shuibian continues.
On Wednesday, Chen Shuibian’s son Chen Chih-chung and daughter-in-law Huang Jui-ching both pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in exchange for leniency.
According to China Times, the main terms of the plead bargain includes: Continue reading »
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minipost-Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan Arrive in Taiwan!
Written by: Allen | Filed under:-mini-posts, Analysis, General, News, politics | Tags:cross-strait politics, panda diplomacy, taiwan
13 Comments » newest 2009-03-17 05:29:39
13 Comments » newest 2009-03-17 05:29:39
Yesterday, the pair of Giant Pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan finally arrived in Taiwan. More than just normal “diplomatic pandas,” Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan’s represents the culmination of much political wranglings between the Mainland and Taiwan that included formal rejections of the pandas in 2005 by ex-President Chen Shui Bian (now formally indicted for graver crimes, including embezzlement). Continue reading »
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minipost-Remember the adage: “never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence”?
Written by: DJ | Filed under:-mini-posts | Tags:Chen Shuibian, corruption, taiwan
9 Comments » newest 2008-12-13 06:35:40
9 Comments » newest 2008-12-13 06:35:40
In keeping with the theme of amusing news, let’s take a look at the translation provided in ESWN of a poem written by Chen Shuibian’s to his wife from prison, after he was detained for allegedly (with his entire family) laundering bribes and embezzled money worth well north of millions in US dollars. Its literary quality is perhaps best summarized by this response from a well known cultural writer: “What kind of shit is this! Please don’t waste my time. Go waste someone else’s time!” Since then, an interesting conjecture surfaced, that Chen could be trying to sneak hidden instructions out of his prison cell through this poem. Continue reading »
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minipost-(Letter) 一個中國各自表述 一樣導致台灣滅國
Written by: A-gu | Filed under:-chinese-posts, -guest-posts, -mini-posts | Tags:taiwan
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國，說文解字，邦也。從囗，從或。
囗，說文解字，回也。回，轉也。圍之古字也。
或，說文解字，亦邦也。從口從戈，以守一。一，地也。
故知，任何「國」，有人口、有軍隊、有土地、有固定之範圍。我國，即中華民國者，由於人口、軍隊、土地、範圍明顯地與對岸不一致，即並非同屬於一個中國。
一個中國，不管用「一中原則」抑或「一中各表」，並非事實，也有明顯的後果，一定導致統一(是因為有一個中國就有固定的範圍)，統一也一定不可能是我中華民國統一對岸，反而一定導致台灣滅國。
這一點，中共很清楚，不然不會堅持一中原則。國民黨，除非真的想要賣台之外，看起來好像沒那們清楚這一點。不管怎樣，台灣不得接受任何「一中」。
看簡體字，「一個中國」的危險更明顯：「囯」以及「国」都有固定的範圍，也只有一個國王(也只有一個國庫)。
Cross posted at That’s Impossible.
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Why are Taiwanese so violent???
Written by: Allen | Filed under:Analysis, News, culture, politics | Tags:democracy, democratic progress party, taiwan, violence
180 Comments » newest 2009-10-14 03:33:39
180 Comments » newest 2009-10-14 03:33:39
Recently, DPP protesters attacked a Chinese envoy visiting a Confucius temple in Southern Taiwan, causing not only great embarrassment for President Ma, but also the entire Taiwanese people.
Fist fights, shouting matches, physical threats … and now this. Are these signs of a vigorous democracy or an immature – perhaps violent society? Continue reading »
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minipost-Update: McCain injects Presidential Politics into U.S. – China row over Taiwan Weapons Sale
Written by: Allen | Filed under:-mini-posts, Analysis, News, politics | Tags:China, foreign policy, mccain, obama, presidential politics, taiwan
27 Comments » newest 2008-10-09 21:55:52
27 Comments » newest 2008-10-09 21:55:52
McCain seems to be getting a little desperate. He seems to be pulling all stops (including going negative and aggressive against Obama) and most recently also trying to inject some foreign politiking into his campaign. Continue reading »
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