tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post6145957733644977243..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: BREAKING: LY Occupation to end on Thurs at 6 pm =UPDATED=Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-46418026609718393632014-04-08T09:38:40.816+08:002014-04-08T09:38:40.816+08:00Occupy LY is never a sustainable strategy. The cur...Occupy LY is never a sustainable strategy. The current outcome is the best that we can get right now. <br /><br />For democracy to work, people need to be actively participate and pay attention to what government is doing. "Sunflower" movement is just a start. these students galvanize a lot people to join the process. <br /><br />The trade pack is nothing. We are in process of making democracy work in Taiwan. This will take times and effort. We should be happy that it is moving forward forward. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-11747158149012717722014-04-08T00:51:58.129+08:002014-04-08T00:51:58.129+08:00.
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From the TT:
"However, Ma and Jiang bo....<br />.<br />.<br />From the TT:<br /><br />"However, Ma and Jiang both reiterated that the legislature should continue its review of the service trade agreement while it deliberates the proposed legislation on establishing a monitoring mechanism for cross-strait negotiations.<br /><br />If an oversight bill has to be enacted before the cross-strait service trade agreement can be reviewed, “we can only expect to see the economy decline” from now until 2016 because it could take as long as two years to pass the bill, Jiang said."<br /><br />Looks like one of their demands has already been reinterpreted (compromised) by PandaMa and Jiang. Although, this was already stated before the students decided to leave the LY.<br /><br />I'm having a hard time believing that Wang's promise will have any affect on this trade pact. And doesn't the current monitoring proposal have the ridiculous clause that if a trade agreement is not reviewed within a few months, then the agreement is automatically passed?<br /><br />How is this acceptable?<br />.<br />.<br />. <br />STOP Manoreply@blogger.com