BLOGS:
- Cycling to Smangus: a tough ride!
- Chinasmack: Metrosexual soldiers used to lure underage girls into prostitution.
- How married Taiwan females support patriarchy.
- Drew on our coffee ride around Taichung yesterday. His new bike is awesome.
- Taiwan's Lying Girls
- Calling all wimminz for advice on what to bring when you move to Asia and are female.
- Craig on the anti-nuke protest.
- Taiwan loses a true patriot in Winston Li.
- Hanjie on Sun Moon Lake. Nice images.
- Red A: which of these currencies is manipulated?
- Under-the-radar news from AsiaEye
- David on possible veep candidates.
- Letters from Taiwan on the Taiwan Affairs Office of China hacking on Tsai Ing-wen
- Taiwan can't make up its mind on overwork.
- Taipei City MRT mispronunciations. I've been hating on the bullshit English on the trains and metro here for years -- just say it in Chinese with the proper tones, so we know what it sounds like!
- Taiwan to build prototype fast attack catamarans
- ADDED: and related to above, don't miss the always-excellent James Holmes in The Diplomat on Taiwan's shifting naval strategy.
- Protesters demand reform of labor conditions in Taiwan
- The overall value of new construction falls 60%, apparently due to luxury tax
- WTF resolves the infamous case of the extra sensors in the socks.
- Fraudster with doomsday blog starts panic in Taiwan.
- A short review of the history of Buddhism in Taiwan
- China pressuring Taiwan to improve safety after five Chinese tourists died in a train accident.
- SCMP on cycling in the hills above Taipei.
- Manthorpe with a balanced piece on the upcoming election in light of the DPP's selection of Tsai.
- HTC and Microsoft.
- Kuokuang success shows growth of Taiwan's environmental movement.
- The story of Tsai Ing-wen, three parter video.
SPECIAL:
- NASA's Earth Day Image Gallery. Stunning.
- Dans has a good collection of images from the Fulon Sand Sculpture Festival.
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How could you leave out the Rob Schneider honeymoon in Taiwan item?
ReplyDeletethanks! I'm getting some good suggestions and hoping to get more - because what I think a woman should bring to Asia isn't necessarily what another woman would consider necessary.
ReplyDelete@D, he's after my time.
ReplyDelete@Jenna, always a pleasure.
Here's an issue I would like to see discussed by people who know the issues--
ReplyDeleteTaiwan came up in a conversation recently, and the person mentioned that they'd seen an interview on TV with a French academic economist who is teaching and doing research on a year-long fellowship at a big university in China. A journalist asked the economist about media reports of bad working condidtions and low wages, etc. in Chinese factories. The economist said something to the effect of:
"Actually, the conditions in the Chinese-run factories are not nearly as bad as people think. The really bad working conditions are in the factories in China that are run by Taiwanese companies— they force workers to live in dormitories, force them to work long hours in dangerous conditions, etc., etc..."
Is that true?
I suppose Chinese workers have the same rights to organize (and protest, strike, negotiate with management, be compensated for injuries, etc.) at foreign-run companies that they enjoy at any Chinese factory. Or, wait—maybe they don't have any of those rights anywhere at ANY factory.
My first assumption is that it is probably simply a case of "western academic flattered to be given resume-building fellowship in prestigious Chinese university becoming biased and influenced in the process" syndrome?
Or is it a case of media bias, as in "hmmm.. seems like all of the worst cases I hear about on Chinese TV regarding bad factory working conditions involve foreign companies... you don't often hear that about Chinese companies..."
Or is it a case of authorities being selective as to which companies they target for tax audits and labor board inspections? Maybe the Chinese companies have more guanxi down at city hall, and so their factories are never get inspected.
Rob Schneider is half-Asian by the way...his mother is [guess what country]?
ReplyDeletetrevor uk cornall piping in
and. that "marriage" won't last more than a few months....he married her for one thing. breasts. did you see those knockers....and she likes his money. Won't last past December.....
Trevor Marriage Counsellor UK
Re ROC Prostitution ring recruits men newly discharged from the ROC military above, this MO is a copy from Tokyo Japan yakuza thing... what Japan does, Taiwan follows..
ReplyDelete''a prostitution ring that used love and money to lure MONEY HUNGRY GUCCI BAG LOVING LV FANS underage girls
into the business of ENJOY KOSAI prostitution. The primary ROC FEMALE culprit Li Shufen and
HER ex-husband solicited young men recently discharged from
the military, trained them to approach young MONEY HUNGRY girls under the TRIED AND TRUE TOKYO JAPAN MODUS OPERANDI of being ''talent scouts''
or members of the media, and once they have been EASILY ensnared SICNE THEY LOVE MONEY SO MUCH,
then forcing the young girls into prostitution. HARDLY FORCING THEM. THE GIRLS LIKE THIS ENJOU KOSAI.
-- Trev Cornwall UK, watching
The shift of Taiwan's naval strategy looks good. Taiwan and its surrounding environment does look more suitable for flotilla operations. Also, Taiwan's industry seems to be better suited in developing these type of war ships. Even more beneficial is the fact that you don't need a lot of man-power on this type of ship if good automation systems are implemented. Interestingly, the US navy is also developing this type of ships (LCS) for quite some time now.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I hope they don't do this just because it is cheaper and trendy but because they did enough study and computer simulation etc to determine that this is the best way, so they can implement the strategy and tactics properly and ensure the survivability and effectiveness of these systems.