tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post3064588398637396834..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Ma Raises Tensions: Just ask the State Dept!Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-61802206543744317712016-02-01T13:13:35.947+08:002016-02-01T13:13:35.947+08:00There's this not very bright deep-blue troll o...There's this not very bright deep-blue troll on Reddit, who claims that President Chen (the first lame-duck visitor to this island) visited Taiping in 2008 in order to "provoke China". Not one to take any of his spewing seriously, this prompted me thinking: Just what was Chen's real purpose in visiting Taiping, and how is it different from Ma's? My speculation was that Ma's still trying to curry favor with the Dashed Line powers, while at the same time throwing a monkey wrench into his successor's plans for friendlier relations with SE Asian nations. Could someone explain to me what's going on here?B.BarNavinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-82906518504277156572016-02-01T09:38:21.074+08:002016-02-01T09:38:21.074+08:00Wasn't this move basically designed to put a w...Wasn't this move basically designed to put a wrench into Tsai's "Southward Outreach" policy? God forbid that Taiwan should have allies outside of China.B.BarNavinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-80694311052067835782016-01-30T09:16:30.204+08:002016-01-30T09:16:30.204+08:00@Anonymous
" How can I call myself an America...@Anonymous<br />" How can I call myself an American who stands up to tyranny and supports the values of democracy and freedom?"<br /><br />The 2012 elections have convinced me that I can no longer make that claim for America. We may at times stand for democracy and freedom, but we are so unreliable as to be worse than useless. It has been claimed (inaccurately I believe) that General Patton said "I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me." We have become that mythical French division - so prone to betrayal of our allies that everyone involved is better off if we stay out of the way.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022381054458476229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-12303028841202618432016-01-29T17:42:01.864+08:002016-01-29T17:42:01.864+08:00anon@jan.29.11.32's "I cannot understand ...anon@jan.29.11.32's "I cannot understand why the United States of America does not truly support and protect Taiwan's democracy and freedoms it has achieved."<br /><br />During world WWII in the Pacific, there was one instance I know of, of an IJA officer collaborating with his captors and directing US bombers on their target. US Navy officers used him for the intelligence he facilitated. But did they respect him? <br /><br />Could not it be that the US executive branch remains aware of a long buried truth about Japanese Taiwan that eludes us, contemporaries of Chukka Taihoku (中華台北)? <br /><br />Just sayin'.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124940131620295208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-80021887851024965132016-01-29T13:16:46.048+08:002016-01-29T13:16:46.048+08:00According to Ma, the move was in protest to Philip...According to Ma, the move was in protest to Philippine's motion to demote the island to a rock on the international court three years ago, the decision of which will be made public this June. How is that an effective move I don't understand, unless he is planning to stay there until June, but, should he really be blamed for escalating tension with feeble useless symbolic move when it's a response to the tension raised by Philippines three years ago which is now about to snap on his face?<br /><br />http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1601/S00052/taiping-island-is-an-island-not-a-rock.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-19672924284200112642016-01-29T11:32:30.943+08:002016-01-29T11:32:30.943+08:00As we see once again, the lovely US State Dept is ...As we see once again, the lovely US State Dept is full of its double standards when dealing with Taiwan (The Republic of China ROC). As witnessed throughout my career with a US government organization (dealing directly with US-Taiwan/US-China policy), I can say the US State Dept is the biggest hypocrite when it comes to Taiwan. I cannot understand why the United States of America does not truly support and protect Taiwan's democracy and freedoms it has achieved. Each administration starting with Nixon has treated Taiwan with such disdain and apathy. This place supported and assisted the US throughout so many issues starting in 1950 (Korean War) all the way thru the Vietnam War, and after Nixon's visit to Beijing saw the writing on the wall, then the final blow coming with Carter in 1978 (December 15 on a Friday evening as Congress recessed for Christmas). How can I call myself an American who stands up to tyranny and supports the values of democracy and freedom? and then watch my country turn its back and a place that strives so hard to be the role model for Asian democracy; and additionally, literally -- watched (watches) Taiwan beg the US to be part of the world. But again, the US State Dept slaps down Taiwan and does not let Taiwan be part of the world. However, you see the US State Dept embrace and beg China (PRC) to be our friend -- yet China plays it so very well, and has the US State Dept dangling from its puppet strings. Just look at the nK missile and nuclear tests, John Kerry acting like a buffoon-clown begging China to have nK stops its testing. Hahaha -- you think China will help -- the answer is a big NO. Thus here we go again, watch China play Kerry and the US State Dept into making concessions regarding Taiwan. I really wonder what Kerry and Wang Yi (and other PRC officials) talked about regarding Taiwan and the secret deals they are making that do NOT benefit Taiwan. I am embarrassed to call myself an American at times, however, the only things that keeps me from going insane, is reading the US Constitution and the US Declaration of Independence and reflecting on the true values of why American became into its own. <br /><br />Now US State Dept, please do the right thing and stop acting and treating Taiwan with such double standards and hypocrisy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-70139072153995692402016-01-28T18:35:28.609+08:002016-01-28T18:35:28.609+08:00I hope Tsai's words and stance encourage more ...I hope Tsai's words and stance encourage more reporters to be so "normal" i.e. do what journalists should be doing and asking pointed questions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-88600964912354659852016-01-28T16:37:37.852+08:002016-01-28T16:37:37.852+08:00To Huang Guochang 黃國昌, former legal scholar and ne...To Huang Guochang 黃國昌, former legal scholar and newly elected legislator:<br /><br />1. 中華民國是流亡政府, 台灣不是ROC 的領土。<br />2. 太平島本為法國領土, 二次大戰後屬於美國的。<br /><br />請黃委員對主權相關的國際條約和法律, 從事相關研究。<br />可從 Richard W. Hartzell 何瑞元這篇文章開始。<br /><br />Questions of Sovereignty -- the Montevideo Convention and Territorial Cession<br />http://www.taiwanadvice.com/harintmcexc.htm<br /><br />Legislator Huang gave a very immature and foolish nationalist remark regarding the comment made by the US State Dept objecting Ma's visit to Taiping island.<br /><a href="http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/politics/20160128/785261/%E3%80%90%E6%9B%B4%E6%96%B0%E3%80%91%E7%BE%8E%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E6%BB%BF%E9%A6%AC%E7%B8%BD%E7%B5%B1%E7%99%BB%E5%A4%AA%E5%B9%B3%E5%B3%B6%E3%80%80%E9%BB%83%E5%9C%8B%E6%98%8C%EF%BC%9A%E4%B8%8D%E6%87%89%E8%AA%AA%E4%B8%89%E9%81%93%E5%9B%9B" rel="nofollow">see here</a>Shauminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03402384559721776739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1641859687656171412016-01-28T14:20:08.344+08:002016-01-28T14:20:08.344+08:00A few months ago, you or someone else commented th...A few months ago, you or someone else commented that the KMT might lose one of its "most important assets - namely, the perception that it is the more powerful party in Taiwan and always will be." With the DPP now a mile ahead in mayorships, legislative seats, and the presidency, it looks like that perception is now well and truly dashed. Another defeat in 2018 and 2020 could be the nail in the coffin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com