Daily Links, May 10, 2011

Blogger was behaving strangely yesterday and today, but I've finally got some Monday links up a day late. Enjoy!

DON'T MISS:

• China's infiltration of the Taiwan media from Commonwealth Mag. Naturally it increased after ECFA. Commonwealth also has a good piece on the government buying news.

BLOGS:

• Far Eastern Sweet Potato points out that China is losing hearts and minds by its ham handed attempts to help the KMT.
• Michael C on our Hualien to Taitung ride this weekend.
• Target species for fishing in Taiwan: Amberjack
• David on Voices in the Clouds
• Sailing and Vacationing at Dapeng Bay.
• Negotiations on the death of a pug dog by mauling by another dog.
• Laorencha: Where are the mothers on mother's day?
• Oz on Taiwan, a nation of overworked employees.
• Taiwan's master plan for bike routes.
• ETRC with a few broad election predictions.
• Hanging in Yehliu.
• Cycling and health -- good advice.

MEDIA:

• June Dreyer's review of Scott Sommers' and Ann Heylen's new book on Taiwan and its history.
• No change in arms procurement status as MoD rebuts media reports.
• As always, China warns that Taiwan must choose correctly in the next election. Another WantChinaTimes piece analyzing the effect of the election on Taiwan-China ties.
• Spiegel interview with Ma Ying-jeou. Zzzzzzzzz.
• This is no time for kowtowing on Taiwan's defense.
• Chinese espionage targeting the US.
• Taiwan deploys supersonic antiship missile.
• Jamestown Brief on the China-Philippines incident in the South China Sea.
• Gordon Chang on Tsai Ing-wen in Forbes.
• Taiwan wants students from China to save its colleges but enrollment declines in China are forcing college closures.
• Ma insults aborigines again. Not that it matters, they will still vote for the KMT in droves.
• Brookings' Richard Bush on Taiwan and East Asian security.
• What is the US-China strategic and economic dialogue?
• The KMT aims for the rural vote.
• KMT government embarrassed by leaks about the WHO's definition of Taiwan as a province of China. WHO memo sparks outrage in Taiwan.
• Jens Kastner on what I always say, as Taiwan moves closer to China it moves farther from democracy.
• Internationally flagged ships may offer cross-strait cruises. An important step for the industry and for Taiwan's international position.
• NYT on Taiwanese cinema.
• India requests 10,000 mandarin teachers from Taiwan
• China and the geopolitics of the Mekong River Dams

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