tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post675009100995064448..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Statements on Chen VerdictMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-79759010078469414522009-09-14T16:25:48.660+08:002009-09-14T16:25:48.660+08:00_barry in UK (12:24 PM) wrote:
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Each reporter..._barry in UK (12:24 PM) wrote:<br />- - -<br /><i>Each reporter has his or her own angle. AFP is not a monolith. Get over your paranoid,</i> [sic]<i> guys!</i><br>- - -<br /><br />AFP is "not a monolith"? LOL! Interesting how this "non-monolith" in which "Each reporter has his or her own angle" appears in thousands of newspapers daily and <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/#hl=en&safe=off&q=AFP+Taiwan+China+split+%22civil+war%22+1949&fp=88e31e1ec4602341" title="Google search-''AFP Taiwan China split 'civil war' 1949''" rel="nofollow">repeats the same lies</a> about Taiwan (with very little variation) in most of their reports.<br /><br /><a href="http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/" title="Taiwan Matters!" rel="nofollow">Tim Maddog</a>Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-34936563573587272072009-09-14T14:33:09.564+08:002009-09-14T14:33:09.564+08:00AFP is not a monolith, but it is a brand that must...AFP is not a monolith, but it is a brand that must be responsible for the regularly poor quality of its reporting on Taiwan. Off-hand there are probably 5-7 Taiwan bloggers that could write much better informed stuff than them, and they all do it for free when they have time, and mostly without journalism experience. So the AFP has very serious quality issues...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-4798144882572753342009-09-14T12:24:12.804+08:002009-09-14T12:24:12.804+08:00By Peter Harmsen AFP. Peter H is a thoughtful AFP ...By Peter Harmsen AFP. Peter H is a thoughtful AFP reporter with longtime exp in Taiwan and China. He is not like the normal AFP reporters in Taiwan who are working for China. Each reporter has his or her own angle. AFP is not a monolith. Get over your paranoid, guys!<br /><br />_barry in UKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-40572703672509238382009-09-13T21:07:32.835+08:002009-09-13T21:07:32.835+08:00According to this AFP article, prosecutors are con...According to <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/taiwanpoliticscorruptionchen" rel="nofollow">this AFP article</a>, prosecutors are considering more charges against Chen. I suppose that will give them an excuse to keep him in jail during the appeal process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-38678733804797338762009-09-13T18:33:10.413+08:002009-09-13T18:33:10.413+08:00i think i will hit the nerv here. but noone cares ...i think i will hit the nerv here. but noone cares about. chinese are going to controll taiwan the next decades again and taiwanese will be foreced to be asimilated again in the future. because today there is no way as to became modern as to became better chinese than mainland chinese himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-4520345918040847252009-09-13T09:28:17.651+08:002009-09-13T09:28:17.651+08:00Thanks for the information Jonathon Benda. It loo...Thanks for the information Jonathon Benda. It looks like LTH saved my butt.readinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-8694619074920369012009-09-12T22:06:12.242+08:002009-09-12T22:06:12.242+08:00I think a problem may be rulings according to &quo...I think a problem may be rulings according to "the law" and a system of "law" that is unfair, unjust and applied unevenly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-77691083641154967572009-09-12T19:10:58.000+08:002009-09-12T19:10:58.000+08:00to readin:
Although martial law ended in 1987, th...to readin:<br /><br />Although martial law ended in 1987, the National Security Law that replaced it also banned advocacy of Taiwan independence until Lee Teng-hui repealed it in 1992. <br /><br />(See <a href="http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:zba54HlR--YJ:www.taiwanthinktank.org/ttt/attachment/article_619_attach2.doc+%22national+security+law%22+taiwan&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk" rel="nofollow">this site</a>, <a href="http://www.taiwandc.org/hst-1624.htm" rel="nofollow">this timeline</a>, and <a href="http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:Ooo02jWpt6EJ:www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc31-int.pdf+martial+law+tawan&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk" rel="nofollow">this issue of Taiwan Communique</a> for more details.Jonathan Bendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697405682873882601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-68404323699486507812009-09-12T16:00:56.709+08:002009-09-12T16:00:56.709+08:00Lee Hao-ping:
"The verdict is good. He comm...Lee Hao-ping:<br /><br /> "The verdict is good. He committed wrongdoings, so he should admit his mistakes, especially since he took so much money," said Taipei resident Lee Hao-ping. <br /><br />"This case will serve as a warning to current and future Taiwanese presidents - that they can't simply do what they want and should not collude with businesses."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-38372440841165198862009-09-12T15:59:28.500+08:002009-09-12T15:59:28.500+08:00YOu aint kidding? I predict civil warw by the end ...YOu aint kidding? I predict civil warw by the end of the next week......<br /><br />BBC says: "Across Taiwan, the reaction to a Taipei court's decision to sentence former president Chen Shui-bian to life in prison for corruption differed widely.<br /><br />But analysts say one thing is for sure - the heavy sentence will deepen long-existing hostilities between the soverign nation's ruling party Kuo-min-tang (KMT) and main opposition Demoscratic Proactive Partee (DPP).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-58259577597387603832009-09-12T15:50:29.542+08:002009-09-12T15:50:29.542+08:00MORE statements: let's show both sides, blogge...MORE statements: let's show both sides, blogger peoples:<br /><br />'The ruling is a milestone in Taiwan's judicial history,' the Apple Daily in Taipei said in an editorial. 'Let this be a warning to all political parties, politicians, government officials and businessmen. The Chen family deserves no sympathy for the heavy sentence. We should respect the court's decision,' it said.<br /><br />The United Daily News said the verdict shows that Taiwan is a 'true democratic country ruled by the law.' 'The judiciary have proved with this verdict that 'everyone is equal in the eyes of the law'... We not only can elect our president but we can also sentence a guilty president,' it said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-8351525092546549322009-09-12T11:34:20.792+08:002009-09-12T11:34:20.792+08:00Two thoughts: In spite of any cultural variances t...Two thoughts: In spite of any cultural variances to the Rule of Law, what happened to "beyond a shadow of a doubt" and the "let the punishment fit the crime"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1468843751704420812009-09-12T10:51:30.677+08:002009-09-12T10:51:30.677+08:00I visited a Columbus Leo, a Taiwanese Canadian cha...<b>I visited a Columbus Leo, a Taiwanese Canadian charged with the crime of advocating Taiwan independence, in this room in 1990.</b><br /><br />I was advocating recognition of Taiwan's independence in early 1993 in Taipei. I had no idea...<br /><br />Didn't marshal law end in 1987? Why was this guy being changed with a freedom of speech violation in 1990?readinnoreply@blogger.com