tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post100155239546463244..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Status Quo ClubMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-10036876026131980062007-02-15T07:06:00.000+08:002007-02-15T07:06:00.000+08:00hmm.Its stupid for taiwanese to change the status ...hmm.<BR/>Its stupid for taiwanese to change the status quo.<BR/>Mainland china by no means is a democratic country. Any dangerous sigh of splitting china will be retaliated by chinese government, military action worst case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-66104826449932506622007-02-14T13:35:00.000+08:002007-02-14T13:35:00.000+08:00The fact that the US State Dept endorsed the Lien ...The fact that the US State Dept endorsed the Lien Chan/CCP summit flies in the face of what some militant pan-blues have screamed at me that the US is hell-bent on turning Taiwan into the the next State.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-75946202791622502082007-02-14T12:59:00.000+08:002007-02-14T12:59:00.000+08:00The US state department is at the beck and call of...The US state department is at the beck and call of the right wing bible thumping nut jobs concerning Africa and the Islamic world and at the beck and call of the US Fortune 500 regarding China.nanheyangrouchuanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985944335705075290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-27570412041440779422007-02-14T06:15:00.000+08:002007-02-14T06:15:00.000+08:00I'm pretty sure Ma didn't say that actually. He sa...I'm pretty sure Ma didn't say that actually. He said he would cancel printing of postage stamps that say Taiwan, but he knows that another round of corporate name changes would be so bad for business people would never accept it.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and did you know that many of the Shinto shrines in Taiwan were actually not removed until Japan severed relations with ROC and recognized the PRC? I had always assumed the KMT mopped them up when they took over the island until I read that.Roy Bermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02404504492160833658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-62049115483154544042007-02-14T04:58:00.000+08:002007-02-14T04:58:00.000+08:00Prince Roy:If you left it up to the marketplace, m...Prince Roy:<BR/><BR/>If you left it up to the marketplace, my guess is a lot of these companies would change their names just because of how damn confusing it is internationally for people unfamiliar with the difference between P. Republic of China / Republic of China. But absurd why?<BR/><BR/>The protests against the name changes show that there was meaning in changing the name and there was meaning in the previous names. You may think that there's nothing really Chinese in something called Zhonghua Post Office or Chinese Petroleum Company and it's meaningless, but that's not what most Taiwanese think.<BR/><BR/>Are names powerful?<BR/><BR/>Can I call you shitmonkey? I don't mean anything by it, I mean I barely know anything about you. But can I?<BR/><BR/>Politically, it will be much more difficult for the KMT to switch back the names if they win the presidency in 2008, which is becoming somewhat less likely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-25170180018155249632007-02-14T01:11:00.000+08:002007-02-14T01:11:00.000+08:00I have no idea ...why government always tired to c...I have no idea ...why government always tired to come out somethings before the election.<BR/><BR/>the name of Taiwan and ROC were funny facts actually happened and to be well know.<BR/><BR/>Both of the facts were not confirmed to the world. and so do each Taiwaner. What should we believe? Which country were we in? Taiwan, is just a name where we live. <BR/><BR/>Where we belong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-31560947425768186132007-02-13T22:04:00.000+08:002007-02-13T22:04:00.000+08:00Good, I'm glad Ma said that. How popular is that c...Good, I'm glad Ma said that. How popular is that comment going to be with the local electorate? Especially after a year has gone by, the name is still Taiwan, and the sky hasn't fallen in?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Ma has bigger problems for the nonce.<BR/><BR/>MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-90499245062916240772007-02-13T21:51:00.000+08:002007-02-13T21:51:00.000+08:00I find that these kinds of rectification campaigns...I find that these kinds of rectification campaigns border on absurdist theater. It is squabbles like these where Taiwanese show just how much they have in common with their Mainland cousins.<BR/><BR/>Ma has already come out and said that if the KMT wins, they will switch all the names <I>back</I> to what they were. It'll be just like the pinyin/tongyong pinyin romanization fiasco.<BR/><BR/>This is one strong argument for privatization.Prince Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450025030425929910noreply@blogger.com