tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post7844001465654952671..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Saturday Short Shorts: The Doom is Upon UsMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-85646997499139697672014-11-30T20:44:39.686+08:002014-11-30T20:44:39.686+08:00Haha, love that crying picture of KMT members.
Haha, love that crying picture of KMT members.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-71435042564776903942014-11-30T10:24:08.445+08:002014-11-30T10:24:08.445+08:00A question about the Reuters report:
It says
S...A question about the Reuters report: <br /><br />It says <br /><i>Since the KMT won the presidential election in 2008, cross-Strait ties have been warmer than ever. More than 20 trade deals, including the establishment of the first direct flights between Taiwan and the mainland, have been inked. No trade agreements were signed under the previous DPP-led administration.</i><br /><br />Is this literally true?<br />Mr. Turton has many times commented that contrary to popular news reports, the DPP did have many exchanges and much trade progress with China during Chen's administration. Were none of them "inked"? What's the story?<br /><br />Forgive me for asking instead of googling but this is the kind of information that can be difficult to dig up in English language media and I don't read Chinese well enough to do the research.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022381054458476229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-9049283622934543172014-11-30T10:19:30.289+08:002014-11-30T10:19:30.289+08:00Regarding the Reuters special report, it is ironic...Regarding the Reuters special report, it is ironic that a report that details so much of the United Front's shady tactics adopts so much of the United Front's language. As just one example, throughout the long article Taiwan is referred to as an "island" and even an "entity" but never as a "nation", "country" or even "state".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022381054458476229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-66755882698372255352014-11-30T09:23:58.427+08:002014-11-30T09:23:58.427+08:00Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the result...Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the results. I'm curious what this means for Eric Chu - if he's running for president, losing would've saved him some awkwardness when he has to leave his post just a few months into it, though being the last man standing after this election is also good news for him.<br /><br />They certainly won't be running Sean Lien in 2016...Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079284428870214896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-67771949531720877052014-11-30T06:35:36.300+08:002014-11-30T06:35:36.300+08:00Froze Garlic is quoted:
<< If Wu loses in T...Froze Garlic is quoted: <br /><< If Wu loses in Taoyuan, I might start to buy into the ideas that Taiwanese voters want a wholesale rejection of the comprador class or that significant slices of the electorate were transformed by the Sunflower movement.>><br /><br />Michael added:<br /><< Exactly. The real signal of change is places that no one is paying attention to: Taoyuan, Hsinchu, etc.>><br /><br /><br />Nah...Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Chiayi and Changhua,......even New Taipei was dangling from Mama's skirt......what say you, Michael?<br /><br />Me: WOW!!! I need days to chew on and digest the meal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-39770161792760822872014-11-30T06:21:01.505+08:002014-11-30T06:21:01.505+08:00Regarding Chen Hui-jie, the 16-year-old campaign m...Regarding Chen Hui-jie, the 16-year-old campaign manager, her boss, Ye Chun-hsing (no party affinity), got 4831 votes and did not get in.<br /><br />For a first try for both the candidate and the campaign manager and without party affinity, the result is not too shabby.<br /><br />She deserves applause.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-2412220472798259402014-11-29T19:53:40.667+08:002014-11-29T19:53:40.667+08:00"But you know if the PRC cuts off exchanges w..."But you know if the PRC cuts off exchanges when Ko is elected.... the western media will be out there blaming the pro-Taiwan side. Except for WSJ."<br /><br />The Voice Of America posted a report couple of days earlier, titled:<br /><br />"柯文哲否認九二共識“<br /><br />In which VOA copies KMT's talking point in its entirety, saying that Ko "denied" the 92 consensus. <br /><br />I wrote a comment saying that all media in Taiwan, even blue ones, reported that "Ko says that he doesn't know what 92 consensus is" more or less faithfully, but only VOA dares enough to distort his words to "denial."<br /><br />My comment was not posted, but the title is now changed to the current one:<br /><br />柯文哲在記者會問:"九二共識是什麼?" <br />http://www.voacantonese.com/content/ke-denys-1992-consensus/2535229.html<br /><br />The content, however, remains a complete KMT propaganda. Taiwan Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018124148446093746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-58645998299775896652014-11-29T18:11:03.362+08:002014-11-29T18:11:03.362+08:00Hopefully you got some champagne handy?Hopefully you got some champagne handy?Seamushttp://www.bunnyhugs.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-58343506536909915542014-11-29T17:48:49.772+08:002014-11-29T17:48:49.772+08:00Looks like Ko has this in the bag, his lead keeps ...Looks like Ko has this in the bag, his lead keeps increasing according to Taiwan Formosa news.Rajnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-15362635983131529792014-11-29T17:44:00.004+08:002014-11-29T17:44:00.004+08:00Well, only some votes counted, but as of the last ...Well, only some votes counted, but as of the last time I checked (about 10 minutes ago), the KMT was losing Xinbei and Taoyuan too. <br /><br />But both are extremely close and that could be an artifact of which precincts are reporting. Miaoli, Nantou, Hsinchu and Matsu are leaning blue. <br /><br />That said...Great jeebus. If the KMT were to lose Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan and Xinbei and not win DPP strongholds, which it's not going to, I think Ma Ying-jiu might actually explode. Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-36190451785079687552014-11-29T17:34:49.491+08:002014-11-29T17:34:49.491+08:00I live just a few blocks from Taipei 101 and have ...I live just a few blocks from Taipei 101 and have to put up with that nonsense almost daily. Needless to say, I avoid that tiny corner of "China" whenever possible. I'm sure loads of other locals and tourists do, too. Sometimes I wish something could be done to stop their ugly display, but then I realize nothing reveals the true intentions of Taiwan's supposed "blood brothers" as letting these rabid kooks loose from their asylum and letting them say what they really think. Meep Meep. <br /><br />Election results at 5:45 PM are looking good for the good guys. Let's hope this night will give Ma and all his Chinese cronies something to really cry about, instead of their usual crocodile tears.Eric Picketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16412101699705512914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-84603933213833781882014-11-29T16:04:36.997+08:002014-11-29T16:04:36.997+08:00"Voting has become a sacred ritual of reprodu...<i>"Voting has become a sacred ritual of reproduction..."</i><br /><br />Ballot boxes in the bedroom? Whatever floats your boat...Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.com