tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post8339103470591689721..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Local government heads kowtow in Beijing =UPDATED=Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-90025736132189044542016-09-23T13:47:54.846+08:002016-09-23T13:47:54.846+08:00I think it's high time all these stories about...I think it's high time all these stories about illegal Chinese investments in property over on the east coast were properly investigated by the central government. We do not want to have a situation where swathes of land and tourism infrastructure on the east coast is owned by Chinese, inefficient agriculture is subsidized by Chinese purchasing and Chinese tourism is the only tourism. A blue east coast is bad enough. Let's not have a red one, or the country will be split down the middle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-28682057535443884262016-09-22T12:39:44.217+08:002016-09-22T12:39:44.217+08:00Finally the tourist arrival numbers...
http://new...Finally the tourist arrival numbers...<br /><br />http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/1831565lesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-87872850572311703162016-09-21T21:12:06.358+08:002016-09-21T21:12:06.358+08:00Doesn't look like China is in any position to ...Doesn't look like China is in any position to offer anything substantial. Their economy is slowing down, they got a huge bubble that's about to blow, it is no wonder the 8 points are so nonspecific and meaningless. See this latest from Al Jazerra: https://youtu.be/nGHmk4UeK_w<br /><br />Now let's look at the 8 points reached, they are meaningless!<br /><br />#1 is to promote agricultural exhibition. So China is willing to help these counties and cities host a county fair? Are you kidding me? that's laughable!<br />#2 is to encourage businesses to purchase agricultural products. probably will ask businesses to go to the county fair mentioned in #1. <br />#3 is basically a tourism fair, much like #1. uh ok...<br />#4 stated nothing. proactively promoting? strengthening exchange and cooperation? Hey Mike, I am "proactively promoting" your blog by sharing links and "strengthening exchange and cooperation" by posting on your blog. ;-)<br />#5 says the same thing as #4, but instead of industries now it is cultural. <br />#6 says the same thing as #5, but says it about the youth. <br />#7 is the same nonspecific statement, but this time on Kinmen and Matsu. <br />#8 to me says nothing once again. <br /><br />TaiwanJunkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-37784407611517588602016-09-21T15:21:42.988+08:002016-09-21T15:21:42.988+08:00From EyeDoc's blog: "1949年,包括時任國民黨國防部參謀次長...From EyeDoc's blog: "1949年,包括時任國民黨國防部參謀次長吳石在內的1500多名中國大陸紅色特工遠赴台灣,之後這個群體犧牲過千...。在過去很長一段歲月裏,這些人中的大部分連名字都沒留下來。"In 1949, about 1,500 secret agents from Red China infiltrated Taiwan, including Wu-Shi who worked under the cover as a vice-chief of the planning staff of KMT DoD. Over 1,000 lost their lives without even leaving their names behind." <br /><br />http://danshuihistory.blogspot.tw/2015_04_01_archive.html<br /><br />It makes me wonder how many current KMTers in the .gov/.mil are really PLA agents. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-85029258200941995932016-09-21T09:11:01.783+08:002016-09-21T09:11:01.783+08:00Is this really KMT's best shot at pushing 92C ...Is this really KMT's best shot at pushing 92C and painting itself as Taiwan's only savior? Considering the appalling reputation Chinese tourists have here, how few Taiwanese derive any income from their presence and how annoying their presence is to those not earning anything from tourism, KMT does seem to be reaching a bit too far in linking tourism to Taiwan's economic survival.<br />It really isn't hard to debunk the underlying precepts here. Publish the real arrival numbers. Acquire data on spending from sources other than surveying the subjects. Acquire data on how many tour companies / hotels etc. are Chinese owned. Acquire data on hidden costs like damage to infrastructure and opportunity costs like the tourism from other countries that is driven away both by the presence of PRC visitors and the perception that Taiwan is set up for them at the expense of others. If the Tsai administration could complete these simple tasks, present this information sensibly and stay on message, this move could really be turned into a weapon with the potential to wipe out any remaining credibility KMT has.Lesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-5583869603814884912016-09-20T00:06:14.533+08:002016-09-20T00:06:14.533+08:00Regarding Francis-Xiavier Bonnet's indeed exce...Regarding Francis-Xiavier Bonnet's indeed excellent piece: I was quite stimulated to hear a new idea, that China's big grab in the South China Sea - the 9 dash line - was in part based on geostrategic considerations, the fear of a foreign nuclear missile sub lurking undetectably in some underwater formation in the South China Sea, threatening the entire region. <br /><br />JaydeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-80714329442280706082016-09-20T00:05:49.585+08:002016-09-20T00:05:49.585+08:00Regarding Francis-Xiavier Bonnet's indeed exce...Regarding Francis-Xiavier Bonnet's indeed excellent piece: I was quite stimulated to hear a new idea, that China's big grab in the South China Sea - the 9 dash line - was in part based on geostrategic considerations, the fear of a foreign nuclear missile sub lurking undetectably in some underwater formation in the South China Sea, threatening the entire region. <br /><br />JaydeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-45763526775224852612016-09-19T21:17:09.582+08:002016-09-19T21:17:09.582+08:00The 8 mayors' kowtow tour sheds light on sever...The 8 mayors' kowtow tour sheds light on several muddy status quarks. Taiwan-wise, those 8 figures are being touted by netizens as 藍八奴, (eight Blue slaves in word or ball-kissing slaves in Taiwanese voice). China-wise, I don't think it's any genius strategy either; more like a funding pitch from some politburo member. USA-wise, the extreme disgust Taiwanese have shown toward that kowtow trip should alarm the State Department's China-centered attitude.<br /><br />Nevertheless, I doubt any one of those quarks are an adaptive type. an angry taiwanesenoreply@blogger.com