Daily Links, April 23, 2012

Some links for you to wallow in....

BLOGS:

• New bike models on display at Cycling Satin Cesena
• Individual combat training from Bala Daily
• The Hengchun Incident of 1894 from Patrick Cowsill
• US Navy helps rescue Taiwan fishermen from J Michael
• Links to Taiwan's first human rights report from the Taiwan Law Blog
• Taipei Transports of the 1960s from the USTDC 
• Not funny chauvinist joke defended by CiTV from Ben
• Drew says Taipei is urged to follow Kaohsiung's lead on bicycles.
• The Jinshi of Lugang from The Bradt Travel Guide
• A trip for birding in Taiwan
• BAE challenges Lockheed for the F-16 upgrade deal

MEDIA:

• Russian puts a hand in the South China Sea, with Gazprom exploring two blocks in Vietnamese waters. Another article on same, with detailed map of Vietnamese offshore blocks vs Chinese claim.
• China reinforces with another ship in the standoff with Philippines
• Another excellent piece from James Holmes on how the US should handle China
• Tiny group of students protests against US beef imports even as health minister denies setting allowable level
• Gov't declines to comment on reports of frigate purchase
• WantChinaTimes reports on Bruce Jacobs' admonition that Taiwan should focus on decolonization, pointedly drops KMT government from list of colonizers.
• There's no global warming and anyway it isn't caused by humans. That's why predictions from 3 decades ago can't be right.

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