tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post3904678774093830066..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: "more flexible policies governing international labor."Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-75723109839932011632010-03-25T15:58:03.260+08:002010-03-25T15:58:03.260+08:00OMG, you mean Chinese people might actually come t...OMG, you mean Chinese people might actually come to Taiwan to study or work, just like Taiwanese go to China or the USA - that has to be stopped...(Michael, I know you did not say that, but from some of the comments...)<br /><br />Well, personally, I rather liked the change of pace when there was a young person on the assembly line (Chinese bride) rather than the usual geriatric Taiwanese. (no clue if their work was better.)<br /><br />I doubt the KMT has opened any floodgates - the fact is people move around now. I also wonder if more Taiwanese are using a mainland accent from more interaction with Chinese- I know my wife can turn it on somehow when dealing with mainlanders...<br /><br />Then again, supposedly the British Labor party wanted to allow more immigration to get votes and there are accusations that the Democrats in the USA support immigration amnesty for this reason as well. Maybe the KMT is doing it, too. The DPP needs to get the southeast Asian maids to balance it all out. They already have the Canadians.Red Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699964464336470134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-36023641016105845762010-03-23T12:11:27.659+08:002010-03-23T12:11:27.659+08:00I once went to a restaurant in Lukang and the owne...I once went to a restaurant in Lukang and the owner joked that the guy bussing tables and I should stick together as we were both "Lao Wai". <br /><br />He was an illegal from China.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-14354479563306453172010-03-23T10:44:33.287+08:002010-03-23T10:44:33.287+08:00ANON said, "You should not get so excited ove...ANON said, "You should not get so excited over a badly translated and edited pile of slop that is 99.9 percent untrue."<br /><br />Purely observational and anecdotal - since I get around Taiwan a lot for business I have noticed a rather sharp increase in the number of people speaking in mainland accents (not tourists). <br /><br />I was chatting with a restaurant owner in Taitung a few months ago when a woman walked in. I thought she was a customer, but the laobanya ignored her and then whispered to me, "Mainland filth. We get them here all the time looking for work."<br /><br />As I said, purely anecdotal...<br /><br />But in my little neighborhood in Taipei County, we have noticed an increase of foreign-mainlanders who appear to have moved into the area.<br /><br />I have no evidence of this - but it wouldn't surprise me if the KMT has been quietly opening the floodgates from China to establish a quiet invasion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-25933758846443365012010-03-23T01:08:59.200+08:002010-03-23T01:08:59.200+08:00You should not get so excited over a badly transla...You should not get so excited over a badly translated and edited pile of slop that is 99.9 percent untrue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com