tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post2608708377461932004..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: 2010 Election: Early HarvestMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-51069965493988454652010-05-03T07:31:46.658+08:002010-05-03T07:31:46.658+08:00Anon 9:16
The KMT elite are in cahoots with organ...Anon 9:16<br /><br />The KMT elite are in cahoots with organized crime as they are also KMT colleagues in the LY. Look who the ECFA cheerleader is in Taiwan-- Yen Ching-biao.<br /><br />Organized crime is often used to fund legal enterprise. <br /><br />Several projects broke ground over the past month that will benefit from ECFA and are aimed at an influx of Chinese into Taiwan. <br /><br />Deal is done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-61418053996241814402010-05-02T18:46:08.193+08:002010-05-02T18:46:08.193+08:00Anonymous 9:16 implies gangsters are already benef...Anonymous 9:16 implies gangsters are already benefiting from pre-ECFA "projects" with government nods; however, I don't see how organized crime benefits from any formal and tacit ECFA arrangements under these circumstances, since they are apparently outside the law, hence outside the control of the government. <br /><br />Rather, aren't gangsters benefiting from "blind-eye" corrupt politicians and access to Chinese who now can enter the country more easily because of so-called tourism and easy air connections across the Straits?<br /><br />If I read Anon's 'inside' info correctly, then Ma Ying-Jeou is directly implicated in organized crime activity. Can the man who says he wants to clean up government instead be a puppet of gang bosses?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-43588948663298958272010-05-02T12:41:02.669+08:002010-05-02T12:41:02.669+08:00The metro? Last I heard, they weren't going to...The metro? Last I heard, they weren't going to build a metro in Taichung. Wasn't the plan <a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/01/19/2003463871" rel="nofollow">turned down</a>?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-46085615408233384072010-05-02T09:49:40.971+08:002010-05-02T09:49:40.971+08:00Frank Hsieh makes sense. In the event that Jason H...Frank Hsieh makes sense. In the event that Jason Hu loses, the local networks know that they'll have an equally corrupt mayor to deal with. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-33636289579936058752010-05-02T09:39:53.765+08:002010-05-02T09:39:53.765+08:00Fun set of pictures.Fun set of pictures.Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-39487800165924512132010-05-02T09:25:51.280+08:002010-05-02T09:25:51.280+08:00Not to forget the construction labor. Lots of ille...Not to forget the construction labor. Lots of illegal Chinese in construction. Much of Taichung's new city hall is being built by illegal Chinese. You can see them walking the street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-18837916422018413032010-05-02T09:19:19.803+08:002010-05-02T09:19:19.803+08:00Yes, the people flooding is an old Chinese tactic,...Yes, the people flooding is an old Chinese tactic, and if you look you see it everywhere. Next comes the amnesty. "We should make them residents on the path to citizenship! They are our brothers."Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-45002875317058430092010-05-02T09:16:09.660+08:002010-05-02T09:16:09.660+08:00The ECFA dealing is done despite the song and danc...The ECFA dealing is done despite the song and dance about "negotiations". This month some local beneficiaries of ECFA in organized crime have already commenced several large projects ECFA was designed to promote, signaling they have received an affirmative on ECFA. It appears organized crime and their legal offshoots are the prime backers of ECFA and the prime beneficiaries, as well as the politicians who receive a share of the harvest. (I am sorry I can not elaborate on this). <br /><br />Much of the plan seems to involve flooding the country's low skilled markets with cheaper Chinese labor. These markets include entertainment, hotels, restaurants and tourism--organized crime dominated industries. <br /><br />These jobs are primarily occupied by young people who often held the factory jobs in the prior generations. <br /><br />The KMT elites seem to think all young people live lives of privilege and Chinese labor is needed to fill these positions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com