tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post6303508346921608901..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Cohen/Chen on Ma Ying-jeou's Chairmanship win in WSJMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-18857298313220361052009-08-02T13:28:07.510+08:002009-08-02T13:28:07.510+08:00Yeah, but look at the FONT of the China Times logo...Yeah, but look at the FONT of the China Times logo. It just screams CLASS... and blood (to me).Robert R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12956389352825464115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-13558935614090332922009-08-01T23:14:14.358+08:002009-08-01T23:14:14.358+08:00lol @ Joel Linton.
The China Post is terrible th...lol @ Joel Linton. <br /><br />The China Post is terrible that's true. It's not even worth wrapping fish in, but the Taipei Times and Taiwan News are almost as bad. Admittedly, it's probably not humanly possible to be as bad as the CP, but the TT and TN do a good job trying.Craig Ferguson (@cfimages)http://www.craigfergusonimages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-91555137778950564882009-07-31T08:27:47.926+08:002009-07-31T08:27:47.926+08:00In his WSJ article, Jerome Cohen writes:
"La...In his WSJ article, Jerome Cohen writes:<br /><br />"Last year Taiwan’s <i><b>able</b></i> President Ma Ying-jeou"<br /><br />How on earth did Cohen get this "able" impression, when every single large-scale construction under Ma's administration -- including all those he supervised when he was Taipei Mayor -- ended up disastrous, and the security of his President Office is leaking like a sieve ?<br /><br />Some should do a calculation on how much Taxpayers' money he wasted.Taiwan Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018124148446093746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-32803626563298741612009-07-30T15:57:46.512+08:002009-07-30T15:57:46.512+08:00I find that a lot of these foreigners pick up the ...I find that a lot of these foreigners pick up the KMT talking points line from reading the China Post. Even its name spells "elite" and "power" and "big stuff" and so many foreigners are taken in and will pick up a China Post instead of a Taipei Times. I just am at a loss to see how people can be so easily influenced -- it is as if they insist on living in a dream world and in that world where Taiwan is a broken off part of a beautiful, grand, ancient Chinese glazed porcelain piece, the only English paper in Taiwan that will echo the view that the so desperately want to believe in is the China Post.Joel Lintonhttp://www.taiwanchurch.org/taibunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-9098793198616647802009-07-29T18:46:37.319+08:002009-07-29T18:46:37.319+08:00Rob, many thanks.Rob, many thanks.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-24629254432911686872009-07-29T18:46:25.712+08:002009-07-29T18:46:25.712+08:00Not to mention that the logic is all wrong. Even i...Not to mention that the logic is all wrong. Even if the poll is correct, it doesn't follow that 68% want the DPP to join any particular negotiation.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-20680471156449739922009-07-29T10:23:28.947+08:002009-07-29T10:23:28.947+08:00If the DPP continues its ostrich-like stance towar...<i>If the DPP continues its ostrich-like stance toward these historic talks, it risks losing much of its existing popular support.</i><br /><br />This misreads Taiwanese politics badly. The DPP's existing popular support does not want the DPP to participate in the talks or otherwise soften its stance on Taiwanese sovreignty.Michael Faheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057491107522344042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-17650192870250942472009-07-28T21:25:00.949+08:002009-07-28T21:25:00.949+08:00Hey Michael,
I wanted to throw out there that I&#...Hey Michael,<br /><br />I wanted to throw out there that I've recently started reading your blog on a daily basis, and it just plain rocks. Thanks so much, your commentary and links are insightful and delightful and I appreciate what you're doing. Woot woot,<br /><br />RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com