Daily Links, Sept 19, 2011

Kitesurfers in Kenting. 

BLOGS:

• Centered on Taipei interviews Steven Crook, the travel writer.
• Just found this great photo blog called joshintaiwan. Here is a post on Jiufen Streets.
• Similarly, liefintaiwan with the 85 story building in K-town.
• Drew with a great post on tuning up for the Changhua 100 next week. Where else but Taiwan does a sidewalk vendor sell tubular tires?
• Joshua tries late night boxing in Taipei
• Ben does Tainan with pics
• AsiaEye with under the radar news round up.
• Chair of Taiwan studies launched at U of Ottawa
• The China Beat on a conference of Chinese and Taiwanese scholars.
• The swim from Yonaguni to Taiwan.
• Video: so, where is Taiwan? Someone asks the question in DC

MEDIA:

• FT Hatchet job: Next Media Animation's treatment of the Financial Times hatchet job on Tsai Ing-wen. AP's report on it. AEI's commentary by Michael Mazza
• F-16s: AP reports that Obama Administration to upgrade F-16s, no new ones to be sold. Aussie media report on hawks abusing Obama for capitulating to Beijing. Meanwhile Taiwan air force looks at issues with maintenance.
• Taiwan to buy $5 billion in US farm produce.
• Global food prices stuck at near-record levels.
• Speaker of the Legislature Wang writes to Foreign Policy to complain about its deprecation of Taiwan's legislature for fighting. It was wrong of Foreign Policy to pick on fighting when there are so many worse things.
• Apple Daily: Beijing despises Ma.
• Influence of "the occult" on Taiwan politics.
• David Brown on recent developments in China-Taiwan affairs. 
• Taiwanese people exercise the least of any people in the world, official says.
• Japanese health care system, which heavily influences our local health system. If only America's were this good.
• Taipei Times hosts commentary arguing Ma's trips do little good.
• Still no cross-strait investment pact.
• Elpida opens R&D center in Taichung.
• I know you are as shocked as I am to learn of fraud in Taiwan's sports lottery. Who could have imagined that would happen?
• Clash between Taoyuan County government and I-mei foods continues.
• Brahma Chellaney on the coming water rivalry between China and India.

RESOURCES:

• Bokelai books. They can deliver to the 7-11 near your house where you can pick up the books and pay right there at 7-11, or to your own house. Very convenient if you live in Taiwan. Lots of English titles.

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