tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post3296671396097043934..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Unknot thy knickers: there will be no independence referendum. Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-54280789276247243722018-03-15T12:27:13.806+08:002018-03-15T12:27:13.806+08:00What's absurd about Ko being pro-China when he...<b>What's absurd about Ko being pro-China when he has advocated for direct city-to-city links with Chinese cities, unnecessarily made the declaration that "both sides of the strait are the same family", and has confiscated pro-independence flags at the Universiade?</b><br /><br />He is strongly pro-independence and pro-Taiwan. He is also mayor of a city that is not. There is nothing wrong with advocating city-to-city links, nothing pro- or anti-China about it. It's good diplomacy. <br /><br />As for the "family" comment what term did he use? One that enabled him to talk to the PRC while distancing Taiwan.<br /><br />Confiscating pro-independence flags sucks but it is meaningless.<br /><br />In the meantime, he aligned himself with the DPP and accepted its support. he has always said he is green and was known to be green before he entered politics. Why he gets no points for a lifelong commitment to that, I have no idea.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-44065041769994938002018-03-15T04:58:40.323+08:002018-03-15T04:58:40.323+08:00What's absurd about Ko being pro-China when he...What's absurd about Ko being pro-China when he has advocated for direct city-to-city links with Chinese cities, unnecessarily made the declaration that "both sides of the strait are the same family", and has confiscated pro-independence flags at the Universiade?B.BarNavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07860632239759681393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-33691995882300653702018-03-07T20:11:57.227+08:002018-03-07T20:11:57.227+08:00Will Trump visit Taiwan in June? Acts allow him an...Will Trump visit Taiwan in June? Acts allow him and AIT’s new headquarters will open that month. Possibility is high.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-53599187120491165792018-03-06T13:40:12.042+08:002018-03-06T13:40:12.042+08:00Do we have to call it a "third force"? S...Do we have to call it a "third force"? Sounds too much like York Harding.<br /><br />Taiwan activists could organize a legal independence referendum. Step one: use the referendum law to amend the referendum law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-79021054937084323982018-03-05T20:33:51.343+08:002018-03-05T20:33:51.343+08:00Excellent analysis. Thanks!Excellent analysis. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com