tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post3903916055368700110..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Shocked-I-Tell-You EventsMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-66076502694238189032009-11-14T22:10:31.251+08:002009-11-14T22:10:31.251+08:00Why does John Naisbitt remind me of Ezra Vogel?Why does John Naisbitt remind me of Ezra Vogel?Kaminogehttp://kaminoge.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-54465846233255777882009-11-06T13:41:46.719+08:002009-11-06T13:41:46.719+08:00So the premier's been consorting with a convic...So the premier's been consorting with a convicted two-time-murderer (ok, just a youthful indiscretion, twice) gang-leading gun-dealing extortionist. And there we were thinking the good old days aren't what they used to be. Well, people don't think so any more. WELCOME BACK KMT!! We missed youDonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-51111612326065281472009-11-06T12:09:26.311+08:002009-11-06T12:09:26.311+08:00Thanks for the link to the article on Taiwanese he...Thanks for the link to the article on Taiwanese health care. I live in NYC and I still missed the damn thing in the Times.<br /><br />Keep up the good work!1234567890https://www.blogger.com/profile/11349608920966806069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-53861338694208575232009-11-06T11:45:31.073+08:002009-11-06T11:45:31.073+08:00US (our) health care system sucked! If you think ...US (our) health care system sucked! If you think it is not, you are a fool.Artynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-25292875051304134502009-11-06T09:09:21.336+08:002009-11-06T09:09:21.336+08:00I think the Hollywood film set in Taiwan in the 19...I think the Hollywood film set in Taiwan in the 1960s would be Steve McQueen's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sand_Pebbles_(film)The" rel="nofollow"><i>The Sand Pebbles</i></a> It's really about China in the 1920s but was filmed in Taiwan.Michael Faheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057491107522344042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-67870533178688420202009-11-06T04:24:17.520+08:002009-11-06T04:24:17.520+08:00wow, quite a lively bashing of the US health care ...wow, quite a lively bashing of the US health care system going on in that NY Times articles on Taiwan's health care system.Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027760124467699924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-38676337640231185202009-11-06T03:37:03.014+08:002009-11-06T03:37:03.014+08:00Folks might be interested in an article in today&#...Folks might be interested in an article in today's WSJ (Nov 5) on the coffee drinking history and culture in Taiwan.<br /><br />The article is surprisingly accurate. There is no lines like "Taiwan separated from China in 1949....".<br /><br />Au contraire, the account of the coffee drinking aspect in Taiwan's history before WWII touched on two important Coffee shops in Taiwan's history:<br /><br /><b>Cafe Bolero</b>: a place where the 1920's intelletuals basked in the liberal air of the Japanese Taishō Era (大正時代) and debated about theories and actions of all kinds of ideologies. Ravel's Bolero was very popular in Taiwna/Japan then. The social/political activists frequented Cafe Bolero as if it were their action centre.<br /><br />The liberal Taishō Era saw the start of modern Taiwanese nation(alist) movement in the midst of all sorts of activists from anarchists ("Taiwan Black Youth Association"), communists (Taiwan Chapter of Japanese Communist Party), socialists (the Left Wing of Taiwanese Cultural Association) to conservatists (Taiwanese Parliament Movement). The air of excitement and self-liberation of the 1920's was as much visible in Taiwan then as in Europe.<br /><br /><br /><b>Coffee House Tianma</b>: This is where the 228 series of events got started.<br /><br />Link (may become chargeable article after 24 hours):<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125731326056327485.html<br /><br />--------<br />WSJ also published a brief overview of a few coffee houses titled - "Asia's Best Coffee - Taiwan"<br /><br />Link:<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125739871992930337.htmlSYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-42990432140889295762009-11-06T01:51:38.582+08:002009-11-06T01:51:38.582+08:00Missing / borked link to the Wu Dunyi story...Missing / borked link to the Wu Dunyi story...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08682148923201795830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-60691920198632297502009-11-06T00:42:54.703+08:002009-11-06T00:42:54.703+08:00"Quote of the week: I had my students do pro/...<b>"Quote of the week: I had my students do pro/con essays on the topic of living together, and one male dolefully informed me that one of the disadvantages of cohabiting is that "you must be honest" with your partner."</b><br /><br />Michael, you can happily inform your student that it's not true, and that there are still ways around that, especially if you or your partner has excuse or reason to not come home at night. Since most students go home quite often in TW, this is all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-55890496884126887562009-11-05T23:11:37.907+08:002009-11-05T23:11:37.907+08:00Wu Den-yi was one of the few KMT politicians to pe...Wu Den-yi was one of the few KMT politicians to personally attend the funeral of Bai Lang's son, who was shot and killed in a Taipei KTV several years ago. Bai Lang, aka White Wolf, is a notorious Bamboo Union gangster who is still in Cambodia, I think. Hell, he could just as easily be in Taiwan. It's not like the cops target gangsters with KMT affiliations.maomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13032492741317904503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-74631068482259354872009-11-05T22:39:08.837+08:002009-11-05T22:39:08.837+08:00"Tourism" is Taiwanese political code fo..."Tourism" is Taiwanese political code for misappropriating taxpayers money for vacations for politicians and powerful members of organized crime. <br /><br />Remember the Taitung county councilor Kuang Li Zhen, who was on a "fact finding mission" in Europe for the tourism industry, when a typhoon hit? At the same time, Taichung's mayor, Jason Hu was doing the same thing in Guam. Largesse, largesse, largesse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com