tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post4870515718273873817..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: WSJ blog says Taiwan Bowing out of Senkaku Island "dispute"Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-23310406668572759122010-10-15T23:42:35.114+08:002010-10-15T23:42:35.114+08:00I have little confidence in the content of any med...I have little confidence in the content of any media owned by Rupert MurdochMarcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-19118425373270999142010-10-15T15:56:07.771+08:002010-10-15T15:56:07.771+08:00Michael, I could be very wrong. But the tone and c...Michael, I could be very wrong. But the tone and content of Dr. S's comments (Anonymous 7:33PM) makes me think that they may have been written, in fact, by our very own Johnny Neihu, using yet another nom de plume. If that's the case, his charges against you of sexism would be very tongue-in-cheek, indeed...Eric Picketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16412101699705512914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-30819068245665194362010-10-15T06:32:42.770+08:002010-10-15T06:32:42.770+08:00While the KMT does want to maintain good relations...<b>While the KMT does want to maintain good relations with Beijing, the fact that the KMT's position on the disuted islands parallels the PRC position is more coincidence than coordination.</b><br /><br />That is nonsense. There would be no claim from Taipei if the KMT did not think of itself as Chinese.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-91400799189015246552010-10-15T04:42:48.824+08:002010-10-15T04:42:48.824+08:00"Peter Martin . . . do a quite good job of ex..."Peter Martin . . . do a quite good job of explaining that closer relations doesn't necessarily mean more friendliness."<br /><br /><br />If you think that some of the KMT elite take a dim view of folks in southern Taiwan, etc., that is nothing compared to the utter contempt they have towards mainland Chinese. You won’t see this in any news article or press release but ask any KMT supporter privately whether he wants his daughter to marry a mainlander. The KMT seeks good relations with the PRC to keep itself in power in Taiwan, not to reunify with the mainland. The KMT believes that if they cooperate with the PRC, the PRC will offer commercial opportunities to Taiwan and decrease military tensions with Taiwan that the KMT can take credit for while at the same time painting the DPP as petty tribalists.SoCalExpatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1874991739424709162010-10-15T00:02:25.526+08:002010-10-15T00:02:25.526+08:00The KMT takes a hardline position regarding Japan ...The KMT takes a hardline position regarding Japan because that is what a large portion of the KMT's key constituency (Taiwan's military, for example ) wants to see. While the KMT does want to maintain good relations with Beijing, the fact that the KMT's position on the disuted islands parallels the PRC position is more coincidence than coordination.<br /><br />The Taiwanese are divided on their view of Japan. Some view Japan as a protector (likely "green" voters), others see Japan as a competitor (likely "blue" voters). The government viewed as standing up to Japan may not sit well with all Taiwanese, but it does plays well to a large segment of Taiwanese.SoCalExpatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-91853440503659132682010-10-14T21:18:49.947+08:002010-10-14T21:18:49.947+08:00Um. You're spot on about Mozur, but I'm cu...Um. You're spot on about Mozur, but I'm curious about my alleged sexism. Where did that come in?Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-35214785666589616232010-10-14T19:33:44.512+08:002010-10-14T19:33:44.512+08:00Dear Mr Mozur, who wrote that WSJ piece and is a f...Dear Mr Mozur, who wrote that WSJ piece and is a fresh college graduate who just arrived in Taipei from Hong Kong and knows little about this island nation:<br /><br />Although you are a newbie reporter in Taiwan for the WSJ, having done earlier work in Hong Kong and having just graduated from university, you be a young grasshopper and musta learn some of the ways in Asia. As Professor Turton above said, you’ve gravely misread the Taiwanese response. The ROC government’s response was unprecedented in a couple of ways (1) it escalated its normal quota of five Coast Guard vessels to 12 in confronting Japanese patrol boats in the Senkakus (2) it declared that it is in solidarity with Beijing in opposition to Tokyo — that is not a downgrading but an escalation. Both the China Post, the pro-KMT English paper, and Premier Wu in Taipei described Taiwan’s response as “unprecedented.”<br />So even though the big boss at WSJ is married to his much younger Chinese lover, still, it's time to reconsider where you went with that article. Way off base. <br /><br />@STOP Ma, Paul Mozur is a newbie WSJ reporter, just learning the ropes, we'll learn him yet, but he is hardly Big Media. He's just a freshman journo climbing the big ladder of his career. Good writer, but he needs to learn history better and understand Taiwan better. He will. Give him time. He's just a kid. Like 25 or something.<br /><br />@webmaster Grand Teutons, your sexism is shining through again, and until you learn to treat women on this blog, even scantily clad waitresses serving Margaritas up the kazoo until you lose your power cf concentration to the nth degree, your otherwise very good blog suffers. Great men do not treat women like tramps. Well, some do. But it's wrong and it has no place on a blog trying to set the world straight about Taiwan. You do it one more time, and you''ll be a monkey's uncle.<br /><br />-- Dr S., Yilan CountyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-22138938484044835752010-10-14T17:44:52.327+08:002010-10-14T17:44:52.327+08:00Peter's great, he's in Taipei, and I was p...Peter's great, he's in Taipei, and I was planning to highlight those posts tomorrow. We met at Yuma last night and had margaritas with Jeff Miller. I tried to be insightful, but after the "special" margaritas made by the lovely waitress named Joy who took a shine to me, well, we were feeling pretty good......Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-38562922045395105072010-10-14T17:30:34.169+08:002010-10-14T17:30:34.169+08:00Michael, your blogging is consistently filled with...Michael, your blogging is consistently filled with great analysis and insights. I really appreciate your efforts. <br /><br />Peter Martin, who is based in Taipei, recently had a couple of posts on Taiwan-China relations published on the blog of an Australian think tank. The use of the word "mainland" aside, they do a quite good job of explaining that closer relations doesn't necessarily mean more friendliness. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2010/10/13/Taiwan-PRC-relations.aspx" rel="nofollow">Taiwan-PRC relations: Closer, in theory</a><br /><a href="http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2010/10/14/Taiwan-PRC-Familiarity-meet-contempt.aspx" rel="nofollow">Taiwan-PRC relations: Familiarity, meet contempt</a><br /><br />Also Richard Bush has a new book out on China-Japan relations. The launch is at Brookings on 10/18. It might contain some interesting insights into Taiwan's current position.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13061413827755873948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-62392644049851979342010-10-14T15:07:54.404+08:002010-10-14T15:07:54.404+08:00.
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We have difficulty in understanding why Ma i....<br />.<br />.<br /><b><i>We have difficulty in understanding why Ma is so eager to "set aside the sovereignty dispute" with a PRC regime that threatens Taiwan's existence but is unwilling to "set aside" a dispute over the Tiaoyutai islets with a friendly northern neighbor.</i></b><br /><br />Great response!!!<br /><br />And, of course, you again put big media to shame Michael.<br />.<br />.<br />.skiingkowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381159852660053893noreply@blogger.com