tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post8396942515644538225..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Complaints from the Blue TeamMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-27595924405379306422010-02-12T17:46:36.957+08:002010-02-12T17:46:36.957+08:00Hsieh has a great following from all ages, mainly ...Hsieh has a great following from all ages, mainly due to his tech-savviness (Plurk). I would still hope to see Hsieh run again in 2012, as I believe he would have won in 2008 had it not been for the CSB woes that plagued the DPP party.<br /><br />On the news about Taiwan Beer entering China market... will it remain "Taiwan Beer" in China? Or become a, "Zhongguo Taipei Beer" or something ridiculous like that.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864496921909619980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-2699516900540955202010-02-10T16:03:23.025+08:002010-02-10T16:03:23.025+08:00Su Tseng-chang seems like a straight shooter with ...Su Tseng-chang seems like a straight shooter with high administrative competence (this is a very, very good contrast against Ma or any other likely KMT candidates), but his biggest problem, I think, is he doesn't really say anything visionary.<br /><br />Tsai Yingmen, damn she is thoughtful, and getting better at talking to the media too. I watched Obama's state of the union and a couple of press conferences on CSPAN after having been in Taiwan for a long time. Wow! What the heck?! Those two speak in eerily similar ways!!!<br /><br />If we can get the Obama brain to think about Taiwan seriously and if he's reelected and Tsai is elected president in Taiwan, it would be an amazing meeting for the two to talk together. 2013, an auspicious year for the Taiwan Straits?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-89943180152116307172010-02-10T10:19:52.341+08:002010-02-10T10:19:52.341+08:00The institutional and financial advantages the KMT...The institutional and financial advantages the KMT enjoy will wither away over time. Indeed if the DPP win the presidency in 2012 this will hasten the process. Taiwan's democracy is doing OK except for the China factor. The real worry is that the KMT in its weakness seeks to move increasingly closer to the CCP. As the CCP's influence in Taiwan becomes greater this is the greatest threat to Taiwan democracy. <br /><br />The DPP have several potential winning candidates for the 2012 election too. The only thing they have to do is make sure that the nomination process goes smoothly and the party is united behind a single candidate.applenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-67526512270517107392010-02-10T01:57:36.669+08:002010-02-10T01:57:36.669+08:00New North City is as stupid sounding as New Jersey...New North City is as stupid sounding as New Jersey and New York. And they ARE stupid sounding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-54940373010005597652010-02-10T00:10:27.932+08:002010-02-10T00:10:27.932+08:00I think this volunteer issue was well-illustrated ...I think this volunteer issue was well-illustrated during the presidential campaign. <br /><br />When I visited Frank Hsieh's DPP HQ. the place was rockin' with old and young volunteers alike, music was playing, tea was being poured, envelopes stuffed, sunlight was pouring in, laughter filled the air and the cash register was ringing away as people snapped up campaign regalia. <br /><br />THEN, I took a walk to the KMT HQ, with it armed guards and vast, dark and nearly-empty entry hall. No one was there but three subdued receptionists who looked at me as if I were a visiting ghost. I felt like Frodo entering Mordor.<br /><br />The problem, it seems, for the KMT, is one of organizational culture. They were never about the people, but the ideology. And that ideology looks like a vast and empty dark hall.Marcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-25916159642762069212010-02-09T22:57:18.580+08:002010-02-09T22:57:18.580+08:00Why Su Tseng-chang is DPP popular choice for the p...Why Su Tseng-chang is DPP popular choice for the presidential elections 2012 and his opinion polls rating are very high too?<br />I mean, this man as the DPP presidential nominee lost by 2 millions defeat 2 years ago.<br />If he was that popular, he, as the VP hopeful wouldn't have lost so heavily 2 years so is everything to be blamed on Frank Hsieh ( who still want to run for presidential election 2012 amazingly )<br />I don't know who else is there in DPP to run for the presidency but can Su win in 2012 when he lost in 2008 by 2 million votes to Ma who will be his challenger again when the time came.<br />Or is Mr President Ma so useless and unpopular that in 2 years time, Taiwanese are going to vote in Su as President instead whom they themselves rejected 4 years ago with a heavy defeat.NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269599801980558219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-58784533654239755322010-02-09T21:23:49.530+08:002010-02-09T21:23:49.530+08:00The China Times editorial should interest anyone w...The China Times editorial should interest anyone who has read David Shambaugh's China's Communist Party. Among the many studies that Shambaugh cites that examined the collapse of the USSR and other Leninist party states are erosion of organizational control, erosion of party authority, and erosion of mobilization capability. If it weren't for the potential of an invasion by China, I would be much more optimistic about Taiwan's future. The myth of the responsible, professional KMT that was so bandied about before Ma's inauguration is precisely that. A myth.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552370490869601403noreply@blogger.com