Report: Flag removal "hurt Taiwanese feelings" says Ma. *wince!* sounding like Beijing. Ma also directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to look into it. That will be effective! Ma's governing philosophy appears to be: this too shall pass.
Huawei routers: hackers all but flat out announce they have back doors. Why on earth anyone would consider purchasing Huawei is beyond me.
Tokyo says defense has bigger role in Japan-China relations, military being beefed up. War in Asia looms like the glow of a distant forest fire on the horizon.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-31/taiwan-economy-unexpectedly-shrinks-as-europe-hurts-exports-1-.html. The economy is shrinking and food prices are going through the roof here in Taiwan. Watermelons are priced like jewelry; if you have to ask what the price is, you can't afford it. If this typhoon is as bad as it looks, food prices next week are going to be amazing. And note that ECFA has not "saved" the economy. With the mismanagement in Europe and the US likely to continue for years to come, don't expect us to pull out of this any time soon.
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You keep saying war is inevitable. Yet you continue to keep yourself and your family in Taiwan. If you really believed war were going to happen, why wouldn't you vacate a place that will clearly be on the front lines. Even if Taichung isn't directly attacked you'll still be at great risk from the disease, starvation and lack of basic services when dams, power, and embargos hit a tiny overpopulated island.
ReplyDeleteDo you really believe your rhetoric about war being inevitable? (specifically war in the Pacific between China and either Japan, the US or Taiwan - don't try to dodge by going philosophical about war somewhere someplace always being inevitable).
You keep saying war is inevitable. Yet you continue to keep yourself and your family in Taiwan. If you really believed war were going to happen, why wouldn't you vacate a place that will clearly be on the front lines. Even if Taichung isn't directly attacked you'll still be at great risk from the disease, starvation and lack of basic services when dams, power, and embargos hit a tiny overpopulated island.
ReplyDeleteIt's not going to happen before my kids are off the island, Readin. And it is not inevitable that war will involve attacks on Taiwan. It is far more likely to break out over the Himal, the Senkakus, or some damned thing in the South China Sea.
Michael