tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post3828042060192661178..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Please Washington, an FTA for TaiwanMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-34145404202779794852010-05-24T17:55:19.894+08:002010-05-24T17:55:19.894+08:00The Edmonton Journal piece is so poorly written, i...The Edmonton Journal piece is so poorly written, it's no wonder that the writer gets everything wrong.<br /><br />Harry Sterling needs to take a course in remedial writing. He should also read more.maomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13032492741317904503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-39272395391886593182010-05-23T14:22:19.132+08:002010-05-23T14:22:19.132+08:00Haha good point sorry. I'll edit.Haha good point sorry. I'll edit.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-28152473811587639372010-05-23T13:12:29.604+08:002010-05-23T13:12:29.604+08:00Michael,
What the hell does "might be deeply...Michael,<br /><br />What the hell does "might be deeply offensive to China" mean?<br /><br />Does China have "feelings"?<br /><br />This doesn't make any sense. It may make it harder for Taiwan to be annexed by China if Taiwan signs an FTA with the US, but China is not offended. It only tells the US it's offended because the US thinks China is some unreasonable, emotion-driven child, and China takes full advantage of that--I'm China and I'M OFFENDED so no explanation needed, no give and take needed, no connection with material benefits or reality needed... after all I'm EXOTIC and ANCIENT and why would you understand me?<br /><br />Geez Michael, from your blog? Seriously?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-75042490784578245192010-05-23T10:52:27.590+08:002010-05-23T10:52:27.590+08:00The South Korean FTA has not been approved by eith...The South Korean FTA has not been approved by either Congress or the People's Assembly in S Korea. That might be a possible route to a Taiwan FTA, whose symbolic importance I feel is high.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-47436194659777360522010-05-23T10:01:38.638+08:002010-05-23T10:01:38.638+08:00An FTA for Taiwan? Correct me if I'm wrong, bu...An FTA for Taiwan? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Democrats who control the presidency and legislature demagogued the Colombian FTA and still have the Panama FTA and the South Korean FTA that they haven't/won't touched due to union pressure.Okaminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-60082327363578245202010-05-23T04:54:29.867+08:002010-05-23T04:54:29.867+08:00Not surprising that the piece is in the Edmonton j...Not surprising that the piece is in the Edmonton journal. Edmonton is a lake of lefties in a see of red-blooded conservatives (Alberta has almost always been ultra-conservative, and supported the Reform Party before it became the Alliance Party, followed by its eventual metamorphosis into the Conservative Party of Canada). That piece is ssssooo liberal, it would make a Montrealer or a Portlander blush.<br />And, as you say, so wrong. I say it, too. Totally wrong.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907060405795620941noreply@blogger.com