tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post8671362205997432665..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: KMT-CCP United Front TacticsMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-60049362414072448842010-07-19T13:47:56.031+08:002010-07-19T13:47:56.031+08:00Readin, where you been hidin'?Readin, where you been hidin'?Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-24710680960313606202010-07-19T13:47:38.300+08:002010-07-19T13:47:38.300+08:00Thanks Jarrod!Thanks Jarrod!Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-16382655220335132462010-07-19T11:22:13.253+08:002010-07-19T11:22:13.253+08:00It's nice to know this blog is getting through...It's nice to know this blog is getting through to China. I wonder if any Chinese (other than government agents) are reading it.Readinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-63811839958524166962010-07-19T11:20:42.040+08:002010-07-19T11:20:42.040+08:00From what I've read about Obama's visits w...From what I've read about Obama's visits with foreign dictators from Cuba to Venezuela to China to wherever, not to mention his speeches such as those on Iran, Obama is not a friend to political prisoners in any corner of the globe. I'm not suprised so much that the Obama administration is hostile rather than friendly toward Chen, rather I'm surpised they're even bothering.<br /><br />About a week ago I thought I had finally found some good in the Obama administration, that it might be turning a corner on Taiwan. Sadly it seems that hope was misplaced.Readinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-5950203967020224962010-07-19T08:01:43.601+08:002010-07-19T08:01:43.601+08:00Michael, thanks for answering my e-mail the other ...Michael, thanks for answering my e-mail the other day. Following the link in your signature this is the first time I've seen your blog. (Good stuff!)<br /><br />As I'm in Shanghai at the moment, watching the way Taiwan is portrayed in the evening news is well... Sickening. Your blog is refreshing to say the least.<br /><br />Keep it coming.Jarradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15107167610872257827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-65088731284686658292010-07-18T17:10:29.427+08:002010-07-18T17:10:29.427+08:00They made something like $12 billion, and that'...They made something like $12 billion, and that's with our incredible system that gives them every break. Their real profit is even higher. $160 million is 1.3% of the profit. As a friend remarked, "I'm sure that will deter them, until monday."<br /><br />Meanwhile, if you or I had been caught with $15,000 in drug cash crossing the border, we'd have gone to jail and the cash would have been confiscated.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-76067379312186677712010-07-18T16:40:52.696+08:002010-07-18T16:40:52.696+08:00Readers should recall that blacklisting is one of ...Readers should recall that blacklisting is one of the tactics used by the Chinese Nationalist Party's (<a title="KMT = Kuomintang, or 'Killed Many Taiwanese'" rel="nofollow">KMT</a>) during their White Terror.<br /><br />In other words, this <b><i>is</i></b> "your father's" <a title="KMT = Kuomintang, or 'Killed Many Taiwanese'" rel="nofollow">Chinese KMT</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/" title="Taiwan Matters!" rel="nofollow">Tim Maddog</a>Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-4391260880294571002010-07-18T16:22:37.168+08:002010-07-18T16:22:37.168+08:00Laundering billions does not mean you made billion...Laundering billions does not mean you made billions. They probably made a small percent if that. Thus the fine is huge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com