tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post8195322310772105024..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Freedom House Calls for Inquiry into ClashesMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-12932130658245732242008-11-24T12:33:00.000+08:002008-11-24T12:33:00.000+08:00Dear Michael,I don't know if you heard about this ...Dear Michael,<BR/><BR/>I don't know if you heard about this news - Yahoo! Taiwan shut down a popular blog, Mango Daily. I wrote an article about this case and wish you can support Taiwanse bloggers to get attention from international community and human rights group.<BR/><BR/>Tipping888<BR/>------------------------<BR/>Yahoo! Taiwan shut down a popular personal blog - Mango Daily (http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/antired-newspaper) on Nov.21, 2008. Mango Daily is a popular and awarded blog that voices for Taiwanese democracy.<BR/><BR/>Mango Daily's recent article about a protest rally against China envoy's visit to Taiwan infuriated a riot control policeman and that officer asked Yahoo! to shut down Mango Daily. Yahoo! removed a Mango Daily's article and finally shut down that blog on 3:00pm, Nov.21, 2008. Again, Yahoo! played its role as an agent of totalitarian.<BR/><BR/>Yahoo! was notorious for its cooperation with totalitarian. In 2004, Yahoo! provided users' IP information to Chinese government and that led to Chinese journalist Shi Tao's 10 years of sentence in Chinese prison. (Shi Tao was a journalist, but not Jack Bauer. 24's(Fox TV) Jack Bauer was in Chinese prison only for 20 months)<BR/><BR/>It seems that Yahoo! did not learn any lesson from Shi Tao's case. Furthermore, Chinese government might get its dirty hands in Taiwanese democracy with the assistance of Yahoo! (Hong Kong) Holdings Ltd. Yahoo! (Hong Kong) Holdings' shamful behavior directly led to the conviction of a good journalist.<BR/><BR/>From recent Mango Daily's case, Taiwanese people who own blogs and email accounts at Yahoo! should be very careful with Yahoo's human rights record.tipping888https://www.blogger.com/profile/07123859318934856012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-9687898943947641292008-11-22T08:32:00.000+08:002008-11-22T08:32:00.000+08:00Also some guy called General James Jones for natio...Also some guy called General James Jones for national security advisor?<BR/><BR/>From The Times:<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/5lnaxw<BR/><BR/><I>A retired Marine general and former Nato commander is emerging as a leading contender to become Barack Obama’s national security adviser, the most important foreign policy post in the White House.<BR/><BR/>James Jones, a decorated Vietnam veteran and former Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, is admired by Republicans and Democrats - he is a close friend of John McCain – and would bring particular expertise on Iraq and Afghanistan, two of Mr Obama’s overseas priorities when he takes office on January 20.<BR/><BR/>No final decision has been made on the post, but the serious consideration being given to General Jones reflects the President-elect’s determination to put together a bipartisan team of strong characters and former rivals. General Jones is also close to Hillary Clinton, and yet enjoys such cross-party appeal that in 2006 he was twice asked by Condoleezza Rice, President Bush’s Secretary of State, to be her deputy. He declined.</I>Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10034317459759343093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-51413806403544187352008-11-22T07:42:00.000+08:002008-11-22T07:42:00.000+08:00Good work, gentlemen.So, Clinton for Secretary of ...Good work, gentlemen.<BR/><BR/>So, Clinton for Secretary of State. I didn't quite get a full response on this - is there anything that can be taken as a postive for Taiwan? <BR/><BR/>I know Bill was reasonably supportive of arms sales - perhaps he might prod his wife to be more flexible than State was under Rice. Certainly during the nomination campaigns Clinton reportedly got more money from defence firms than Obama or McCain - that wouldn't have happened if they thought she was hostile to arms sales to a big customer like Taiwan.Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10034317459759343093noreply@blogger.com