tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post4693945221079814525..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Greater US-Taiwan Engagement neededMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-56111707682653227072010-07-16T04:30:07.098+08:002010-07-16T04:30:07.098+08:00http://www.cfr.org/publication/22644/growing_econo...http://www.cfr.org/publication/22644/growing_economic_ties_in_the_strait.html#<br /><br />they invited comments, I sent one but didn't know if it's posted yet.green sleeeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03952901787612003242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-52211081512785739102010-07-16T03:17:45.207+08:002010-07-16T03:17:45.207+08:00http://justrecently.wordpress.com/
jsut FYI on Sc...http://justrecently.wordpress.com/<br /><br />jsut FYI on Schrivergreen sleeeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03952901787612003242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-79626307809783874752010-07-15T23:15:32.123+08:002010-07-15T23:15:32.123+08:00It's funny to observe that by trashing its pri...It's funny to observe that by trashing its prior agreements and by invariably breaking any arrangement it cannot be forced to keep, Beijing has reduced its policy options to conquest or no; the same complaint that some historians vent at Churchhill and Roosevelt when they adopted unconditional surrender as the basis for terminating WWII. Beijing would have had a lot more policy flexibility if it had a good track record with treaties....Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-37296273612018580762010-07-15T22:03:47.032+08:002010-07-15T22:03:47.032+08:00This week a headline read; (U.S.)"Treasury Sa...This week a headline read; (U.S.)"Treasury Says China Not Manipulating Currency".<br /><br />I mean, say again? <br /><br />I find this very difficult to swallow.<br /><br />This small but significant use of language by Secretary Geithner is disturbing. <br /><br />A freeze or even suspension of arm sales to Taiwan would not surprise me. <br /><br />If an administration can do a complete about face on an issue that has been on the front diplomatic burner and on the lips of average Americans for so many years, what are they capable of flipping on ... under pressure? <br /><br />I believe that the Taiwan/DPP should be forging a stronger relationship with Japan and seeking their support. A strong Asia depends on Japan and it's time for Japan to take their rightful position. <br /><br />Japan must make it's voice be heard and take an aggressive position. Taiwan needs this ally and Asia needs some checks and balances.Sagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-22372729188311485492010-07-15T21:45:11.397+08:002010-07-15T21:45:11.397+08:00I've been rogering lot of Taiwanese girls and ...I've been rogering lot of Taiwanese girls and I'm from the US. Does this count?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-65466432406901911042010-07-15T16:44:56.009+08:002010-07-15T16:44:56.009+08:00That Asia Times opinion piece is nuts. Incidental...That Asia Times opinion piece is nuts. Incidentally, that "Institute of Foreign Studies" the author belongs to seems to have some kind of mandate to push this "China's legitimate rights" argument: their "executive dean" just published a screed in the English-language "Global Times" on the US-South Korea alliance: http://opinion.globaltimes.cn/commentary/2010-07/551234.html. He even pulls out a Cuban missile crisis comparison (with PRC in the role of the US, the US in the role of the USSR, and South Korea/Japan/etc as Cuba).<br /><br />I guess it's a PRC version of the Heritage Foundation....<br /><br />Unfortunately, the ugly points in the record of US foreign policy make it all too easy for these people to argue that "the US hegemony just represents its interests, so why not let China have its turn". This produces odd convergences of different parties, like when the PRC (in the article I just mentioned) claims, just like Korean commentators MT linked to a few days ago, that there's no proof that North Korea sank that South Korean ship. Another case is whether or not Taiwan should buy arms from the US -- China doesn't think so, obviously, but there also seem to be some Taiwanese who are against it too, because they want to be independent of the US hegemony, or don't want to support the US military-industrial complex, like the South Korean writer MT linked to today. Sentiment against US bases in East Asia is the same dynamic.<br /><br />Well, the future of East Asia will be interesting.Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-22162210340232039502010-07-15T14:48:04.293+08:002010-07-15T14:48:04.293+08:00nice to meet you...
salom from bandung Indonesian ...nice to meet you...<br />salom from bandung Indonesian <br />aw aw aw ^_^"Beben Kobenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754225607191914278noreply@blogger.com