tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post6642059438216660428..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Replying to Jerome CohenMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-52517905521860768272009-08-08T01:57:39.684+08:002009-08-08T01:57:39.684+08:00I don't know if you mentioned it in your blog ...I don't know if you mentioned it in your blog when it came out, but this op-ed piece by Parris S. Change is very good too. <br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124051833620549467.html" rel="nofollow"> Beijing's Taiwan Gambit</a><br />I ran across it while searching for your letter.Readinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-81888076873882459972009-08-08T01:44:14.230+08:002009-08-08T01:44:14.230+08:00Very nice letter. Way to go!Very nice letter. Way to go!Readinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-62882221383989242442009-08-05T13:11:33.940+08:002009-08-05T13:11:33.940+08:00the answer on your answer<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204313604574329153985511102.html" rel="nofollow">the answer on your answer</a>Gerdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-66941672795277980252009-08-02T01:41:46.229+08:002009-08-02T01:41:46.229+08:00great job on getting the letter published! anythi...great job on getting the letter published! anything to bring to light their propaganda is much needed.dennisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-86824489497763127102009-08-01T18:57:58.956+08:002009-08-01T18:57:58.956+08:00Sorry, I don't think it is fair to publish the...Sorry, I don't think it is fair to publish the edits.<br /><br />MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-12262033908148430532009-08-01T18:57:37.689+08:002009-08-01T18:57:37.689+08:00Anon, it was published but I don't have a link...Anon, it was published but I don't have a link.<br /><br />MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-27994302330772087572009-08-01T12:23:31.654+08:002009-08-01T12:23:31.654+08:00Readin: The major pro-Taiwan news outlets the majo...Readin: The major pro-Taiwan news outlets the majority of the time say "Zhongguo". The "bensheng" and "waisheng" distinction remains useful though because now there are people that later came from China and it doesn't really make sense to group them together with the flood of people that came in 1949.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-67648646714220392782009-08-01T11:01:44.048+08:002009-08-01T11:01:44.048+08:00MT is back! The keeper of the light! All hail MT! ...MT is back! The keeper of the light! All hail MT! All hail MT! Oh MT can you see by the dawn's early light... <br /><br /><br />(MIB II ~!)<br /><br /><br />Great work Michael!NotSurenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-84295680547470775832009-08-01T10:53:32.894+08:002009-08-01T10:53:32.894+08:00Is this up yet? Do you have a link?Is this up yet? Do you have a link?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-72236722655605079892009-08-01T09:42:47.057+08:002009-08-01T09:42:47.057+08:00Readin
I don't think it matters so much what...Readin<br /><br /><br />I don't think it matters so much what they are called, but that Taiwanese imagine those guys from China to be "other".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-13977185426081859592009-08-01T09:33:59.741+08:002009-08-01T09:33:59.741+08:00Do you know Chinese or not. 大陸就是 Mainland 啦. Dul...Do you know Chinese or not. 大陸就是 Mainland 啦. Dula means Mainland.<br /><br />不會中文就電電啦Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-78466972084956874192009-08-01T08:30:39.427+08:002009-08-01T08:30:39.427+08:00Readin -- just because the Taiwanese reproduce tha...Readin -- just because the Taiwanese reproduce that bit of propaganda doesn't mean we have to.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-7104682492317221352009-07-31T23:28:55.463+08:002009-07-31T23:28:55.463+08:00I note, in passing, that Cohen/Chen write "th...<i>I note, in passing, that Cohen/Chen write "the Mainland" (in capitals, no less!) and not "China." It is interesting how that bit of pro-China propaganda has become a staple of everyday speech. I hope in the future that US-based writers will refer to China and not the Mainland. Unless you are standing on Hainan Island, China is not the mainland.</i><br /><br />When I lived in Taiwan (nearly 20 years ago) the common term I heard for China was "Jungguo dalu" or just "dalu". Has that changed? It will be a lot easier to persuade English speakers that they are incorrect when they say "mainland" if we can point out that in Taiwan they just say "China". The same applies to "mainlanders" or "daluren". Even worse, Taiwanese used to use "benshengren" (this province people) and "waishengren" (other province people) to dinstinguish between Taiwanese people and Chinese immigrants.Readinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-70118325465334689712009-07-31T23:01:01.519+08:002009-07-31T23:01:01.519+08:00Congrats on getting another letter published. Wou...Congrats on getting another letter published. Would you mind showing what the edits were? It'd be a valuable insight to see how big papers do their editing and keep things succinct and to the point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-88715191260699641342009-07-31T22:05:13.114+08:002009-07-31T22:05:13.114+08:00Score!Score!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com