Daily Links, October 12, 2009

Found these signs the other day. Deep water? Hardly. No littering? The stream bed and banks are made of ugly concrete shapes. No water sports in typhoon? Puh-lease. Meanwhile, what's drifting on the blogs today?

• Save the Taiwan Humpback Dolphins says stop the Erlin Science Park, even as the EPA refuse to let environmental activists attend meetings because they are disruptive.
• Taiwanese: more online friends than offline.
• Barking Deer on trails re-opening on Yushan.
• Sponge Bear goes out to a ball game here.
• Ben Goren admonishes Apple Daily for bus crash pics showing dead bodies. Apple Daily: if it bleeds, it leads.
• Danshui history blog goes to the Danshui history museum.
• Hanjie discovers Changhua. With pics.
• Longtime activist Su Beng gets prison time.
• Stocks and Politics looks at Ma's Double Ten speech.
  

MEDIA: Wretch is now largest social networking site in Taiwan. KMT expels seven members who ran as independent candidates. Don't worry, local factions have plenty of uncles, brothers, and wives to take their place. The Water Resources Agency continues to blame the 500 people of Hsaiolin for being buried in a landslide. The DPP says it has no plans to invite the leader of the Falun Gong to Taiwan, which is good, since the NSC won't let him in. Taipei Times says local factions will hurt Ma's clean image. Not a chance. Did you know that the government reimburses legislators for the number of votes they get at NT$30 a vote? Ground broken for Taichung metro. Somebody finally discovers that pay in Taiwan universities is awful: Taiwan is lowest among Asian dragons. Boat Burning in Taiwan (Taiwan Today, Online WSJ).

SPECIAL: NHK documentary on Japan's colonial rule in Taiwan sparks controversy led by local Paiwan people.

EVENTS:

• Save the Changhua Coast (Wild at Heart), Oct 25. 1000 people needed.
• Craig offers photography workshops and portrait deals.
• One more month to see Pixar exhibit on animation in Taipei, says a hungry girl

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