Fall Classics

The signs of an approaching election are all around us. Like this, clearly the best bear, bear being a play on the candidate's last name.

A candidate looms from the darkness.

A candidate towers over Fengyuan.

Jason Hu watches over a religious procession.

A candidate's flag.

A new angle on a giant sign.

"Handing down authentic culture, creating a beautiful life." Note that he is pictured in a religious procession.

A two for one.

Signs near a picnic area under a major highway.

See no evil, hear no evil...

"The Senate and People of Rome...."

The signs weigh more than the building itself.

Ma Ying-jeou, off to the left there, appears on a number of signs in Taichung city.

"Who? Me?"

Su Chia-chuan appears on many signs with local candidates, as does his KMT opponent for Taichung mayor, Jason Hu.

Enter the Dragon.

Candidates smile over a local 7-11.

His and hers fist pump.

Su Chia-chuan's HQ in southern Taichung. He is playing basketball with his daughter.

His daughter again. I have actually test-ridden that very bike he is riding in the picture.

I've been lurkin' on the railroad.

A candidate reaches out to local drivers, saying "If I say it, I will do it."

This bicyclist says "You found me!"

At the tourist fishing port in Taichung; an excellent spot.

Campaign workers in Tanzi.

President Ma and lesser mortals on a sign in Taoyuan.

This candidate's sign suggests putting in a trolley car from Ta-ken Scenic Area up to Hsinshe. Sure.
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Daily Links:

• Typhoon Fanapi slashed Taiwan's output growth.
• The Formosa Plastics plant in Mailiao is a disaster for central and southern Taiwan.
• Taiwan sees Asia's biggest gay rally.
• Daniel Rosen advises that Taiwan should de-politicize its links with other nations. Next week: Rosen argues that Taiwanese should de-lumify their eyes and learn to see without light. Also, I love the way scholars toss out the term "regional integration" without ever identifying which nation all this regional integration will be centered on. D'oh.
• Another aspect of the Singapore Model for Taiwan that is seldom discussed.
  
• Wind power installation in US slows. Is there any positive category that the US is not falling behind in?
  

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