tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post3860940893205178260..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: =UPDATED= KMT seizes on Disgusting FT Propaganda Hack Job on Tsai's Washington TripMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-2961639321604563452011-09-17T22:48:26.732+08:002011-09-17T22:48:26.732+08:00I look forward to you supplying a link to her stat...<b>I look forward to you supplying a link to her statement that guarantees she will be continuing talks under the same conditions in the event she takes power.</b><br /><br />Thanks for stopping by, but if you refuse to think, there isn't anything I can do about it.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-13551538537527004182011-09-17T22:40:55.653+08:002011-09-17T22:40:55.653+08:00Michael, I'm glad I wasn't the only one wh...Michael, I'm glad I wasn't the only one who read that piece and saw the bullshit anonymity and alarm bells went off. What a lack of journalistic integrity by the Financial Times...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-91908869242799553642011-09-17T21:36:53.259+08:002011-09-17T21:36:53.259+08:00It isn't Tsai who will cause problems, but Bei...<b>It isn't Tsai who will cause problems, but Beijing. </b>\<br /><br />Really? Then I must have missed Tsai's committing herself and the DPP to continuing the negotiations and talks between Taiwan and China that the current administration started. If and only if she commits to continuing talks under the same conditions and Beijing backs out will it be Beijing causing the problem. If Tsai unilaterally changes things and tries to move away from the position that talks take place under, then the fault lies with her.<br /><br />I look forward to you supplying a link to her statement that guarantees she will be continuing talks under the same conditions in the event she takes power.Message not Messengernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-4645266269928878292011-09-17T21:19:01.093+08:002011-09-17T21:19:01.093+08:00Mike...
I am still trying to digesting the "...Mike...<br /><br />I am still trying to digesting the "SOB" comment...<br /><br />KMT fights dirty...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-7608116438933290922011-09-17T20:39:02.996+08:002011-09-17T20:39:02.996+08:00Also, the Taiwan diplomatic corps are also heavily...Also, the Taiwan diplomatic corps are also heavily blue. They undoubtedly have an interest in crafting the American view of what the DPP is about. <br /><br />Remember, during the Chen administration when Chen was pushing for more international space for Taiwan, many in the diplomatic corps made it as difficult as possible. The KMT even sent their own representatives to tell US officials information that was contradictory to Taiwanese national policy and contradictory to anything but KMT party ideology. <br /><br />This created a lot of confusion in Washington over what Taiwanese really wanted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-32420923802006570662011-09-17T20:31:26.642+08:002011-09-17T20:31:26.642+08:00i think tsai ying-wen needs a makeover just like h...i think tsai ying-wen needs a makeover just like hillary clinton got when bill clinton started running for president. image is very important. although im sure she's very smart, she just appears to be very mousy looking and meek which doesnt bode well if you're running for president that will have to stand up to china. right now she just appears to be nice and passive and a total pushover. you want a president who conveys power, strength and toughness especially if you're a woman. like hillary clinton!! so i say she get rid of the glass, wear some power suits, and hire some american professional speech therapist who can teach her to talk with a powerful and loud booming voice. like hillary clinton!!! hillary should give ying-wen some advice!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-83193990317858979532011-09-17T20:24:47.665+08:002011-09-17T20:24:47.665+08:00Beijing deploys an effective strategy of selective...Beijing deploys an effective strategy of selective "anger". <br /><br />My three-year-old is very good at that too. It is just with a three-year-old, it would be considered bad parenting to capitulate to a calculated tantrum as it only reinforces unacceptable behavior. In international diplomacy it is called real politic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-15153979023435215962011-09-17T19:44:28.469+08:002011-09-17T19:44:28.469+08:00Like it or not, cross-strait relations are at an h...<b>Like it or not, cross-strait relations are at an historic high point right now. The only thing that is likely to change that is a government that tries to pull back from the relatiuonship as Tsai has hinted at. That could draw the US into a potential conflict situation in East Asia which they can ill-afford nor desire. From being a region of relative peace and stability (with the exception of N. Korea), the East Asia region may once again become a flash point and potential location for war. You bet your ass the US are worried.</b><br /><br />It is sad that you have missed the obvious propagandistic nature of the FT piece.<br /><br />I am sure there are some in the Administration who, like you, buy into Beijing's propaganda program. <br /><br />It isn't Tsai who will cause problems, but Beijing. Understanding that is the first step in understanding the Taiwan issue. Until you take that step, you will remain in the ignorance that your comment suggests envelops your thinking.<br /><br />And yes, the FT piece was a disgusting hack job utterly bereft of journalistic integrity.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-3106714847453402922011-09-17T18:31:32.753+08:002011-09-17T18:31:32.753+08:00Isn't Tsai getting labeled as a troublemaker a...Isn't Tsai getting labeled as a troublemaker already a known thing amongst voters after 2 terms of Chen and a failed Xie bid? <br /><br />I did like the African perspective. It also reinforced my belief that if you are a black politician you can do anything and keep your reputation and most likely your position.Okaminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-67140026184137472882011-09-17T10:49:42.859+08:002011-09-17T10:49:42.859+08:00You cannot be serious. About the only hack job goi...You cannot be serious. About the only hack job going on here is your analysis of the FT article. Look at the key points the article makes and you'll actually see them all to be true.<br /><br />Of course the US is worried about what would happen re cross-strait situation under a Tsai administration. Stating that is stating the bleeding obvious. This is a legitimate concern not a "slimy bit of anti-DPP propaganda". <br /><br />Have Tsai's announced policies been a cause for relief and eased any fears of increased tensions between Taiwan and China? No, of course not. She has plans for a "Taiwan consensus" and so far, no one has any clue what that will involve. The final policy is a very big unknown and the US are right to be worried and right to state that Tsai hasn't eased concerns. The DPP should be looking at it more as a friendly and helpful suggestion rather than as a propaganda piece.<br /><br />Like it or not, cross-strait relations are at an historic high point right now. The only thing that is likely to change that is a government that tries to pull back from the relatiuonship as Tsai has hinted at. That could draw the US into a potential conflict situation in East Asia which they can ill-afford nor desire. From being a region of relative peace and stability (with the exception of N. Korea), the East Asia region may once again become a flash point and potential location for war. You bet your ass the US are worried.Message not Messengernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-89044289059818269782011-09-17T09:01:37.836+08:002011-09-17T09:01:37.836+08:00The difference between The White House and the Sta...The difference between The White House and the State Department is that after the White House the President's advisors usually leverage their experience go on to private enterprise and make millions. <br /><br />The regular State Dept. analysts and staff work the long haul beyond a single administration and thus have the outlook of long term strategy and government pensions. <br /><br />It could be that whoever may have let something slip out of the White House will be rewarded in a few years by a fat Chinese contract.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-9072914438081461742011-09-16T23:42:58.216+08:002011-09-16T23:42:58.216+08:00.
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I just hope Tsai completely ignores this typ....<br />.<br />.<br />I just hope Tsai completely ignores this type of ridiculous propaganda. The "Obama" approach of being nice with everyone in the hopes that the "real" extremists will like you (ie. KMT & CCP) does not work. Please don't go down that path.<br />.<br />.<br />.skiingkowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381159852660053893noreply@blogger.com