BLOGS:
- Hualien International Cycling Festival
- Well hung? Get VIP Card.
- The old Caoling Tunnel near Fulong. Makes a great outing from Taipei.
- ETRC points out leadership change in China may affect "stable" cross-strait relations.
- Going to the All-Stars vs Taiwan game.
- Hear in Taiwan on the Gay Pride Parade
- Steven C on my favorite local fish, the amazing mudskipper.
- A-gu shows how China never accepted One China, Two interpretations, and identifies the lies about Tsai Ing-wen.
- Jottings on Five Excellent Books about Qing China.
- Drew's awesome ride up Simaxian Shan
- Of men and myths, great post on history.
- U of Nottingham blog on election: All roads lead to Beijing
- Austronesian people are majority of Taiwanese.
- Wikileaks embarrasses James Soong. "Soong told Young that Ma Ying-jeou was considering withdrawing his party's candidate Hau Lung-bin to let Soong win the 2006 Taipei mayoral election in exchange for Soong's agreement not to run in the 2008 presidential election in 2008, according to the leaked document." Yeah right. Maybe in Soong's fantasies. Since Soong had no shot at either post, why should Ma make a deal with him?
- Reuters regurgitates Chinese propaganda: "The transfer of some weapons systems from the United States to Taiwan, the chief bar to better US-China ties...." Here on earth, the biggest obstacle to improved ties is China's desire to grab Taiwan, which US arms sales are an obstacle to. It's Chinese expansionism, not US arms sales, that is causing the problem. Blaming arms sales is Bejing's position. They have Xinhua, they don't need westerners reproducing their propaganda as well.
- Meanwhile the slow transfer of arms isn't helping. The locals blame the US and the US blames the locals.
- Heartwarming letter from a Chinese foreign student in Taiwan.
- How to do an east coast ride for beginners and visitors.
- Taiwan one of LP's top ten travel destinations.
- US Sweeps Taiwan in baseball series.
- Legislature clears the way for local gov'ts to set up red light districts, though they appear reluctant. The new law also provides punishment for purchasers of sexual services, for the first time.
- Haha. Ma basically steals Tsai's nuclear policy.
- Awesome Taiwanese fishing boat crew retakes boat from Somali pirates.
- In Taiwan, females outnumber males.
- Joe Lieberman calls for US-Taiwan FTA.
- China Airlines is biggest cargo gainer from Ma policies.
- Dean Cheng at Heritage says the US needs to get serious about Taiwan's airpower needs.
- Property prices in China in free fall, says Gordon Chang.
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Michael, the reason for the slow transfer of arms from the U.S. to Taiwan is down to one depressing fact: The ROC government has not paid for any of the weapons nor does it have any intention of doing so.
ReplyDeleteYep, that's what I am fearing.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty good news regarding the energy policy. One way to affect change is to get elected and implement it - another is to convince your opponents that your approach is right and have them implement it. (Or to convince them that this is what the voters desire, at least.)
ReplyDeleteTsai should celebrate that as a political victory.
If Tsai gets elected expect complete opposition from the KMT owned legislature.
ReplyDeleteTo say that the ROC government has not paid for any of the weapons cannot be true. I certainly wish you can stand out from under the anonymous skirt when saying that. I think if you talk with the arms manufacturer and you should know exactly what is involved with international arms purchases.
ReplyDeleteGeorge
The gradual phase out of older nuclear facilities were planned ever since the 4th one was planned. There is a natural procedure of phasing out old facilities, and only under special circumstances are they subject to extended use. This is standard Government practices, and really has nothing to do with what is said during the election promotions. Phase out of equipment is also standard practice is also common in any commercial entity and also applies to accounting practices.
ReplyDeleteAnyone whom has worked in larger companies for over 5 years should know about this. Pretty common sense.
George