tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post7968643147724840880..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Week of Media Fails: FT nowMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-7625926861831593042009-11-21T19:11:58.729+08:002009-11-21T19:11:58.729+08:00Thanks, anon. I've heard similar things about ...Thanks, anon. I've heard similar things about Canada too.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-18433845281939169922009-11-21T10:11:41.155+08:002009-11-21T10:11:41.155+08:00On a related note, be sure to check out Ch. 4, Se...On a related note, be sure to check out <a href="http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2009/chapter4_section_2.pdf" rel="nofollow"> Ch. 4, Sec. 2</a> ("China's External Propaganda and Influence Operations") of the newly released 2009 annual report by the U.S. China Commission, particularly pages 298-300 and accompanying endnotes 205-218, which examines the self-censorship among U.S. academics resulting from China's carrot-and-stick tactics.janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-39623368262937708832009-11-21T07:22:11.775+08:002009-11-21T07:22:11.775+08:00Owens also worked closely with a Beijing front org...Owens also worked closely with a Beijing front organization in Hong Kong, the China-U.S. Exchange Foundation, to enlist a handful of prominent retired four star admiral and generals to engage in a dialogue with counterparts from the PLA. Leading the PLA group was Xiong Guangkai, former head of the PLA's intelligence, foreign policy, and propaganda apparatus. This was the so-called "Sanya Initiative." See http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/apr/04/retired-us-brass-to-defend-chinese-military/<br /><br />Besides Owens, the U.S. side for the Sanya Initiative included Gen. Ronald R. Fogelman (former Chief of Staff of the Air Force), Gen. Charles E. Wilhelm (retired US Marine Corps and former Southern Command commander) and Gen. John M. Keane (former Army Vice Chief of Staff). <br /><br />Last year at CSIS, this group of influential four stars called for abandoning the restrictions on military-to-military relations between China and the U.S. Owens was at the center of it, and played a role in getting it going.<br />See http://csis.org/event/briefing-sanya-initiative. <br /><br />But Owens' call for abandoning the Taiwan Relations Act transcends his business interests and those of his company, AEA Investors. The possibility of him playing an active role in a Chinese influence campaign directed at the United States deserves close Congressional scrutiny.<br /><br />As an aside, the Owens op-ed just so happens to coincide with a call from Senator John McCain to examine ethically questionable behavior of retired U.S. general and flag officers. A Senate investigation should should start with the esteemed (not) Admiral Bill Owens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-92152929807908940842009-11-18T22:36:51.824+08:002009-11-18T22:36:51.824+08:00If, by "Excellent work, AP!" you mean th...If, by "<i>Excellent work, AP!</i>" you mean they did a great job of "在大馬路上打人,卻在小巷內道歉" ("Beat someone on a big street, apologize in a back alley"), then I agree wholeheartedly.<br /><br />I hope you noticed that AP still has the big lie saying that "<i>Taiwan and China split amid civil war in 1949</i>" as the second sentence of their article. It states it as a fact -- despite the fact that Taiwan wasn't part of China in 1949 -- and that negates any of the goodness with which their update may imbue that particular article.<br /><br />AP also repeats the claim about "<i>a question submitted on the Internet from a person in Taiwan</i>" when it is rather dubious that a student in Shanghai would be so concerned on behalf of a Taiwanese businessperson. (Actually, the questioner claimed that the person was "<i><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/11/obama-china-townhall-text.html" title="Los Angeles Times - ''Text of Obama's town hall -- in China (Not a word on healthcare)''" rel="nofollow">on the mainland</a></i> [sic].")<br /><br />Apologizing is a good thing, but in consideration of all the harm AP has done (and continues to do) to Taiwan and to the truth, they've got a helluva long way to go before they reach "Excellent."<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-2161520795217074132009-11-18T21:27:49.468+08:002009-11-18T21:27:49.468+08:00Wow, so dirty. I hope US military men have more h...Wow, so dirty. I hope US military men have more honor than to surreptitiously lobby for a country that is potentially in conflict with the US. If they are so easily bought off, we are in a lot of trouble.<br /><br />The Chinese pulled a really ugly one in Shanghai at Obama's speech the other day. Supposedly a Taiwanese businessman in China wanted to ask Obama, "he is very worried about Obama selling weapons to Taiwan". Turns out, that question was supposedly left online by a "Taiwanese internet user" and read aloud to Obama. But the media coverage of that doesn't raise any of the skepticism of the identity of the asker. Can't believe China tried to play Obama like that. I really, really hope his advisors explain to him what happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-29425595709455404002009-11-18T21:27:03.807+08:002009-11-18T21:27:03.807+08:00The interesting thing is that recent polls have sh...The interesting thing is that recent polls have shown that over 70 percent of Americans view China as an economic threat and 51 percent view the Chinese as a military threat. It is a small group of special interests and academics that are so loudly trumpeting the "China is our friend" line. Sound familiar?Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552370490869601403noreply@blogger.com