Special: Hat tip to the great Hong Kong blog Simon World for pointing me to this piece at the Jamestown Foundation on US-China military ties.Fili notes that China is peeved Israel showed support for the Beautiful Isle in the upcoming UN bid. Go Israel! Taiwan pilots for Chinese planes? A batty old lady drives Mark insane. Wulingren finds connections between the ABC/Disney propaganda piece and things seen here on the Beautiful Isle. I like minds that make connections between the non-obvious... Poagao writes on his experience of the anti-Chen campaign. Naruwan Formosa is back and posting. We missed you, Bruce. Hai Tien blogs on Chinese attempts to annex Korean history, and our rejected baseball team.
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More like an old lady scares the crap out of me while I'm trying to walk quietly in a pitch black room.
ReplyDeleteWhile I agree on the greatness of Israel's overtures in attempting to give Taiwan legitimacy, a bid from a country whose recent actions against other "virtual countries" like Lebanon and Palestine, both of which are just barely managing to hold on, let alone managing to keep land which doesnt' even have much of a chance of staying in their grasp amid daily oppression, torture, and kidnappings by the Israelis, holds little legitamcy. No a bid by other would be countries, like la République de Québec, that would be something. Quebec has more power. And considering the sad state of Canadian politics, these days (like Israel, Germany, and Italy) Canada has a minority government under the leadership of Stephen Harper, which nobody wants. Quebec has a leader, Jean Charest, who is despicable in his actions and attitudes,undemocratic, and who nobody wants either. People in Quebec (myself, on and off, and now more on than off, if it is flexible in giving Quebecers of Canadian origin dual citizenship). All would be and endangered nations (the latter of which Taiwan is) combine forces. If Israel gets its act together like it did under Rabin, then by all means.
ReplyDeleteDon't get all gushy about Israel, Michael, please.
Those Jews just wanted to check out the betel nut girls and eat Taiwan snacks because they know they don't need to tip. Typical sheisters. Nothing diplomatic.
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