tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post978673370580682326..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: General Arrested for SpyingMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-55211971885722349252011-02-15T22:47:35.353+08:002011-02-15T22:47:35.353+08:00@blobOfNeurons
That temple screams northern Chine...@blobOfNeurons<br /><br />That temple screams northern Chinese (Palace) style (especially the lack of a swallowtail ridgeline and highly decorative roof). You do see many such structures around Taiwan now in part because of the KMT influence but largely because they are so much cheaper to build. None of them however would be more than a few decades old. As for China, remaining southern style temples (and Song was a southern empire) are limited: in part because of the Cultural Revolutions destructions but more because Song influence remained only on the periphery of the Ming and Qing Empire. Taiwanese settlers adapted an already little used style to local conditions and developed a unique set of decorative arts (that I mentioned above) to go with it. It's fair to say that there is an indigenous temple style to Taiwan, and it is not represented by the cartoon on that logo.Robert Scott Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17790139614002283723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-47752250674134679582011-02-15T22:12:23.151+08:002011-02-15T22:12:23.151+08:00@Robert Scott Kelly
I wasn't aware of that, t...@Robert Scott Kelly<br /><br />I wasn't aware of that, thanks for enlightening me. (I had assumed that there would be similarities, otherwise Anon might just well have said "That's Beijing not Taiwan!") Therefore, that temple is clearly not a Beijing temple.<br /><br />Nevertheless, I'm pretty sure Anon meant China as a whole. As you pointed out, lots of Taiwanese temples are based on Song Dynasty architecture which means there are bound to be similar temples throughout various parts of China.blobOfNeuronsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-16903016366705567382011-02-15T04:48:07.579+08:002011-02-15T04:48:07.579+08:00I think we can all agree on the new logo looks but...I think we can all agree on the new logo looks butt ugly. I imagine something more stylish and flowing is prefered.Dixteelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689510846926854542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-15956563961745169222011-02-13T14:46:00.811+08:002011-02-13T14:46:00.811+08:00@blobofNeurons. You wrote:
"@Anon
>it co...@blobofNeurons. You wrote: <br /><br />"@Anon<br />>it could also be a generic BEIJING representation of BEIJING halls<br /><br />Yes because they share similarities in real life which only become stronger in cartoon form. Your point?"<br /><br />Traditional Taiwan temple design shares little with what you find in Beijing (other than being raised post and beam structures with sloping roofs). The former structures trace their style back to the Song Dynasty: a key feature is elegance and sophistication as exemplified by sweeping swallowtail eaves. The latter is based on Qing principles that emphasize size and an impression of might. Roof ridges are flat, and the overall structures are squat. Decorative features are minimal, again in direct contrast with traditional Taiwanese temples which are elaborately decorated with wood and stone carving, figures in jiannian, and chochin pottery. In caricature these differences should be more noticable, not less. <br /><br />@anon: <br /><br />"a butterfly, WTF?"<br /><br />Why not a butterfly? Taiwan has long been known as the "Kingdom of the Butterfly" with over 400 species and one of the world's great migrations and mass overwinterings taking place each year.Robert Scott Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17790139614002283723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-58419093682031418212011-02-13T02:31:27.091+08:002011-02-13T02:31:27.091+08:00@Anon
>it could also be a generic BEIJING repre...@Anon<br />>it could also be a generic BEIJING representation of BEIJING halls<br /><br />Yes because they share similarities in real life which only become stronger in cartoon form. Your point?<br /><br />>two CARTOON STEEOTYPES SWITH BOWL HAIRCUTS <br /><br />They're generic (and they should be). But there's nothing insulting about them if that's what you mean. Overreacting much? <br /><br />>and an Aboriginal motif. WHERE? <br /><br />If I'm not mistaken, right above the people eating.blobOfNeuronsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-67170039534159087172011-02-12T21:55:51.920+08:002011-02-12T21:55:51.920+08:00and … It packs in a bunch of FAKE symbols of Taiwa...and … It packs in a bunch of FAKE symbols of Taiwan — Taipei 101 features prominently while the building at the top might be the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall although it could also be a generic BEIJING representation of BEIJING halls . There are also fireworks WTF, lanterns, a teapot, a bird, flower blossoms, a butterfly, WTF? two CARTOON STEEOTYPES SWITH BOWL HAIRCUTS people eating and an Aboriginal motif. WHERE? it is disgusting the entire thing..<br /><br />The only obvious thing that is perhaps missing is an image of Taiwan’s mountains. ALSO YUP!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-56552593020956055172011-02-12T21:54:57.624+08:002011-02-12T21:54:57.624+08:00The new HEART Taiwan logo is the most awful logo e...The new HEART Taiwan logo is the most awful logo ever designed it looks like a kindergarten art designer did it. shame on Taiwan for paying money to a UK art firm to mock Tawian. this would NEVER happen in Japan or China. YUCK. the slogan is nice, yes, but the iamges are grade C sophmoric. no wonder Taiwan sucks with tourism. nice country ncie people yes but sucky tourism crap and this one takes the cake. coutn me out re Winkreative UK stereotyupe cartoon cahtacters looks like China not TaiwanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-76795192337841104442011-02-12T16:52:40.263+08:002011-02-12T16:52:40.263+08:00Actually what worries me more than anything is Tai...Actually what worries me more than anything is Taisugar freezing prices [snark]because we all know how well that works out.[/snark]<br /><br />I'd suggest everyone stock up on 1-2 year's worth of cooking oil and any other staples effected by the price freeze now while there is some left rather than later when companies stop producing any after their subsidized lot is used sort of like they did in China recently. Let the profiteering begin!Okaminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-90345546472073775172011-02-12T16:22:27.263+08:002011-02-12T16:22:27.263+08:00Taiwan was occupied by the KMT in 1945, not 1949.
...Taiwan was occupied by the KMT in 1945, not 1949.<br /><br />The "split" happened in 1949 because the KMT surrendered control of China, but not Taiwan, to the communists.Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-83946959338301137252011-02-12T15:55:02.806+08:002011-02-12T15:55:02.806+08:00Sort of geographically more its pancreas. Politic...Sort of geographically more its pancreas. Politically more its spleen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-22909882935582239782011-02-12T15:03:02.074+08:002011-02-12T15:03:02.074+08:00Michael, you might also be interested to know of s...Michael, you might also be interested to know of some details in a similar case in Australia. The former Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon came into the spotlight last year for his close personal and business relationship with Chinese businesswomen Helen Liu. Fitzgibbon subsequently lost his job over another controversy related to his brother having business dealings with the Department of Defence. <br /><br />A recent court case revealed allegations that Fitzgibbon had received a payment of $150,000 from Liu and was having an affair with Liu's sister. The court case is actually related to the media reporting on the case. As far as I know Fitzgibbon has not been charged with passing on any classified information to Liu.<br /><br />Link: <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/rare-truth-in-fairfax-documents/story-e6frg996-1226003971936" rel="nofollow">'Rare truth' in Fairfax documents</a>.David on Formosahttp://blog.taiwan-guide.orgnoreply@blogger.com