tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post7556409156795801883..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Til Taxes Do Us PartMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-29472659500619772902010-01-08T14:24:10.193+08:002010-01-08T14:24:10.193+08:00While I would agree, finding Chinese business part...While I would agree, finding Chinese business partners can be difficult, so can doing business with Taiwanese.<br /><br />Its not as if Taiwanese firms in China are shining white knights of corporate governance and integrity.<br /><br />I have met many a Chinese factory that was screwed by Taiwanese companies.<br /><br />Plus China is changing fast - I would say southern China has embraced many Taiwanese business practices, quality control skills, and R&D. (In fact, they sometimes do better than Taiwanese firms in these areas.)<br /><br />I think Taiwanese and their supporters sometimes think a little too much of themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-57296206597657428582010-01-06T23:15:41.962+08:002010-01-06T23:15:41.962+08:00Really like your "like a painting you can rid...Really like your "like a painting you can ride through" photo.<br /><br />Your dollar amounts are NT? If so, that is a really good deal!<br /><br />"Protecting both the beach, and concrete firms' bottom lines, from erosion."<br /><br />Do they help with erosion? I thought they were obstacles to prevent an amphibious assault by China?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-58123189728422336292010-01-01T21:46:59.585+08:002010-01-01T21:46:59.585+08:00Yes, yes, yes.Yes, yes, yes.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-27871052754199842612010-01-01T19:51:00.587+08:002010-01-01T19:51:00.587+08:00The idea of integrating two different cultural, ec...The idea of integrating two different cultural, economic and political systems that have never operated in concert (no, the Qing administration of coastal Taiwan was a glaring particularity in the imperial system) is pure folly. The advantages Taiwan can leverage as an independent and autonomous state far outweigh the advantages of yielding to Chinese nationalists sentimentality for their imagined motherland. Chinese Taiwan would simply become a minor economic region that must bend to the whim of Chinese centrality and thus could easily be made to be insignificant in favor of a more advantageous region.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com