Some Daily Links for you to enjoy.... links have become much harder since Google terminated Reader.
- Mangrove Conservation in Taiwan
- Soulik agricultural losses in millions
- Cross strait services pact may not be screened by legislature until Sept
- Not only is Transparency International standing by their obviously flawed corruption report on Taiwan, but the Chinese think tank responsible for it is now distancing itself.
- Ma continues to push the Free Economic Zones, his 1960s solution to Taiwan's 21st century problems.
- Taiwan also said to be in FTA talks with India, Indonesia. Very good news, if true.
- Weird folk beliefs: You too can conceive a child, if you borrow and use a lucky sanitary pad from another women.
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So what am I missing? In one bullet point you criticize Free Economic Zones as 1960s solutions to 21st century problems. In the next bullet you say that opening FTA negotiations with India and Indonesia would be good news. What's the diff?
ReplyDeleteI have started using feedly as a google reader replacement. Works well for me for now.
ReplyDeleteReadin, I don't see a contradiction between FTAs and the FEZs.
ReplyDeleteI don't see a contradiction between them either. I see both as good for basically the same reason. That's why I'm confused that you're criticizing one and supporting the other.
ReplyDeleteMy bad. I expressed myself poorly. FEZs are clearly a policy of the 1960s, based on low cost labor for labor intensive industries. That's a 1960s policy. The FTAs are completely different, giving Taiwan increased access for its products.
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Perhaps it was my bad. Are FEZs internal to Taiwan? The article talking about them said they would do a lot to help Taiwan's trade and global integration, but looking at it again the article doesn't say why. My assumption was that FEZs were regional agreements for freer trade.
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