tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post3715877173686957209..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Human Trafficking, Hypocrisy TraffickingMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-2352382376953100632007-06-20T11:16:00.000+08:002007-06-20T11:16:00.000+08:00I've heard quite a bit about this sort of stuff to...I've heard quite a bit about this sort of stuff too. My girlfriend experienced nothing short of an interrogation back in the day when planning a trip to the US, which she didn't end up taking. However, I hope she doesn't have any of these sort of problems when she comes home with me.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17810211372214301382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-63513630009377781642007-06-19T21:31:00.000+08:002007-06-19T21:31:00.000+08:00Rather than take it lying down, Taiwan should issu...Rather than take it lying down, Taiwan should issue its own human rights critique of the US (and other countries).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-65638059096188426922007-06-15T22:56:00.000+08:002007-06-15T22:56:00.000+08:00Good point. My sister in law was abused by immigra...Good point. My sister in law was abused by immigration when she came to the US for our wedding, a single woman traveling alone.<BR/><BR/>MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-92061284323913633072007-06-15T20:36:00.000+08:002007-06-15T20:36:00.000+08:00Michael,Sometime you ought to look into the US Cus...Michael,<BR/><BR/>Sometime you ought to look into the US Customs service's abusive treatment of single Taiwanese women traveling to the U.S., a problem which seems to be tangentially related to the alleged human trafficking insofar as Customs officers assume any unmarried Asian woman coming to the US must be a mail-order bride, sex slave, or what have you. This abuse is well known, I believe, to immigration attorneys in the US, and is certainly familiar to Taiwanese women travelers, who plan for it, but may not be familiar to overseas Americans in Taiwan, whose first acquaintance with the problem is likely to be a sobbing girlfriend in an airport. On a related note, and even more disappointing, the AIT interviewers of Taiwanese visa applicants etc have a reputation for bad Chinese language ability, intrusive questioning, and general ineptitude. It is almost as if the US were bent on making enemies even among those most disposed to being its friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-80639192525425354762007-06-15T00:45:00.000+08:002007-06-15T00:45:00.000+08:00If only we practiced what we preached. Unfortunate...<B>If only we practiced what we preached.</B> Unfortunately we rarely do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com