Also, the awesome political scientist Ketty Chen has a new blog. Enjoy.
Further enjoy this well-intentioned piece in the Washington Post taking the Administration to task for its Taiwan-blindness.
I'm off biking in the mountains far away from the world this weekend. So your comments will not be posted until Monday. My apologies.
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Why the walls besides the front door, are missing their mosaic murals? Only blank cement?
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ReplyDeleteThis article should interest you. It details the "safe passage" agreement to the Taiwanese in the early 90's
http://raissarobles.com/2013/05/25/why-manila-stopped-giving-taiwanese-fishing-vessels-a-safety-corridor/
Well-intentioned, and generally I agree...can't help but notice that the article doesn't mention once what *Taiwan* might want, what might be best for the *Taiwanese* people, and how 23 million or so people in Taiwan may feel. (Also, it says "island", not "country", but I can sort-of overlook that).
ReplyDelete@Jenna: there's an online rumour that "Taiwan" is not actually a real person, and that "Taiwanese people" is not actually a real person either. Apparently they are something called "absurd collectivist generalizations" and reportedly have links to nationalism and racism.
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