Daily Links, Aug 1, 2011

Beautiful day out at Gaomei Wetlands today.

EVENTS: Dems Abroad hosting Obama 50th B-day party. Carnegie's Thurs, 7-9. Stop by and say hello! Details here.

BLOGS:

• Video of late July Bass fishing from Expat Angler. Should be pretty awesome; I've never seen a bass fishing. 
• Koxinga takes fort zeelandia.
• Awesome rides + pics: Todd does 136 and Baguashan. Taiwan in Cycles does Sanlinxi and 165 kms with 2000 meters of climbing. Orz Orz Orz.
• Laowiseass on US vs China views of medicating oneself.
• Asia Eye with underreported news from around Asia.
• Lief on trusty blue trucks.
• Sponge Bear addresses the CNN Go food affair with epic rant.
• Want a cheap carbon bike? They are out there.
• Using acupuncture for larger breasts. But can it get rid of man-tits?
• Changing economy may impact cross-strait relations
• The Foreigner on Lo and other sell outs. Good to see you out and blogging, man!
• Alive and kicking with a couple of lovely photos of one of my favorite areas, the Beimen Salt Farms.
• Ma's China policy a crumbling mass of contradictions.
• David on Formosa says good bye.
• Sea Fishing in Taiwan! from Pat Cowsill
• The Dignified Rant rants about selling F-16s.
• A blogpost about me and my blogging. Thanks!

MEDIA:

• Great piece on how the government likes aborigines when they dance and sing but not when they want land rights and jobs.
• Yet another fire at the Formosa Plastics Plant in Yunlin. More closures ordered.
• Asia Sentinel with a piece which says -- in case you had any doubts -- that the recent South China Sea agreement will do little to calm territorial disputes. Like China's annual fishing ban, there.
• How renaming Taipei's office in Hong Kong matters, politically.
• Taiwan seeks bigger role for its banks in China.
• Ma has calmed tensions, right? So why is the PRC military build up continuing? A review of the disparity and the recent MoD White Paper. Meanwhile Ma's commitment to the F-16s questioned.
• Pro-Beijing WantChinaTimes asks how, if you snuff out the news of a train crash, you can win Taiwanese hearts and minds.
• Taiwan most vulnerable to a downturn but there may be a silver lining in the labor market adjustment.
• Overall tourism growth has been just 5% in 2011
• ChinaRealtime at WSJ on the F-16s and Ma.
• One solution to Taiwan's vast regional disparities: move the capital.

SPECIAL: Another cheating scandal, this time in Pennsylvania. America, you wanted Asian education, you got it.
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