tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post1469852833457473435..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-8239459244442578752010-07-03T11:24:21.252+08:002010-07-03T11:24:21.252+08:00Whether ECFA turns out better or worse for Taiwan&...Whether ECFA turns out better or worse for Taiwan's economy, one thing is for sure: it increases Taiwan's economic dependence on China, which reduces the scope for Taiwan’s future political autonomy.<br /><br />Beijing will ensure that its friends in Taiwan, the bribed and coopted elites, are among the biggest economic beneficiaries. These are the people the CCP is trusting to do the dirty work in Taiwan: duping a puzzled or indifferent population into accepting annexation as something preferable to the alternatives of chaos, poverty or invasion. We see this already with the Quisling party's insistence that any sensible policy for diversifying Taiwan's trade links (the non-ECFA non-Beijing-approved approach to a viable autonomous economic future) equates to "marginalization"! ... isolation!! ... North-Korea-ization!!! <br /><br />ECFA is a quasi-treaty in the same way that a dog is a quasi-bear. Treaties are signed between sovereign nations -- not something that either the Nationalists or Communists can countenance in this context. ECFA is a local-to-central CEPA, nothing more or less. That the KMT is embarrassing us all again with its rhetorical flipflops is an indication of how little respect they have for the intelligence of the publicDonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-46841878963636227682010-07-03T00:03:28.517+08:002010-07-03T00:03:28.517+08:00I wonder who fed Dole these crap,
http://www.wash...I wonder who fed Dole these crap, <br />http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/30/ending-estrangement-cementing-ties/<br /><br />Hasn't US suffered enough for their stupid conduct during the Clinton Administration to grant China "most favorable nation"?<br /><br /><br />Now the American is enjoying a persistent 10% unemployment with 50,000 factories shut down, fighting two wars, and still appeasing to China and would urge Taiwan to take the same catostrophic path?<br /><br />A while back there was some discussion on the legalization of prostitution in DC, a blogger was spot on: Prostitution is already legal in DC, it's called the Congress!green sleeeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03952901787612003242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-88999695648708139912010-07-02T20:13:49.107+08:002010-07-02T20:13:49.107+08:00Ha! A quasi-treaty created by the quasi-government...Ha! A quasi-treaty created by the quasi-government of a quasi-republic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com