Friday, August 10, 2007

Daily Links, Aug 10, 2007


While you're resting today, enjoy these posts on the blogs:

  • Formosa Neijia has a post on Qigong and the body's electric currents, and on why martial artists should learn massage.

  • Pinyin News reports on bilingualism among immigrants in the US.

  • A-gu reports that legislative/presidential elections will be held separately, and on Ma's attempt to find a middle ground in the independence debate.

  • A new blog on Taiwan's UN membership drive, ROC the Boat, posts on ChthoniC's tour of the US.

  • bent explains why China won't attack.

  • Feiren has more info on bikes and the MRT.Hey, us hicks down here in Taichung want to know: what's an MRT?

  • MJ has beautiful pics of our beautiful typhoon skies.

  • Tea Masters on ancient tea kettle warmers, with great pics.

  • Speaking for many, Sean bemoans the death of the Yangtze river dolphins.

  • Trash in Taipei. Ugh.

  • J Michael Cole on foreign reporters and how they will impact the Beijing regime.


  • OLDIES: A reader pointed out this online tale from the 1970s of a US serviceman in Taipei.

    MEDIA: KQED has the PBS interview with ChthoniC:
    Pacific Time 2007-08-02 : Winning International Favor -- Through Heavy Metal?
    Listen (RealMedia stream)
    A week ago, Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations was turned down for the 15th consecutive time. But Taiwan is undaunted and plans to launch a fresh bid to join the UN in September. And now the island has an unlikely champion – a Taiwanese heavy metal band, ChthoniC. They're currently touring the US as part of Ozzfest.
    Slideshow: Chthonic at Ozzfest:Photos taken in Mountain View, CA, July 17, 2007, by Pacific Time's Larissa Zhou.
    ChthoniC's Website
    Meanwhile, in the print media, Wang You-theng, the tycoon who apparently looted his company and then fled to the US, has been released on bail, but with a monitoring bracelet. The Taipei Comic Book fair is on. Canada backs Taiwan into the WHO. Did you know that nightmares can kill you? Apparently it kills Thais with nightmarish frequency -- and Thai workers in Taiwan: "Nightmare Death Syndrome is recognized as a leading cause of death in young men in Thailand, the Philippines and Japan, but the largest number of such deaths occur in north-east Thailand."

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