The View from Taiwan

Most of you have been here long enough to remember when the plastic bag ban came down. Well, in India several states have done that as well....

The Asia Times has an excellent overview of the struggle over the fruit trade between Taiwan and China . Reviewing the list of 18 kinds of f...

How can I answer this? Dear Michael My name is ______ and I am 31 years old and live in _____, South Africa. Currently I am teaching Englis...

One thing I've been tracking in this blog from time to time is the ongoing struggle between the US and China over their influence with o...

Due to the high volume of spam I've been receiving in my comments (how do vermin like spammers live with themselves?) I've been forc...

Taiwan's investment in China has fallen, though it is hard to see the reason. A simple blip? But outgoing investment approvals fell 20% ...

Taiwan News has a great commentary on political responsibility in a democracy , on a theme that other media outlets have also commented on i...

I'm sun-sensitive, and if I am out and about for any period of time, always use sunblock. Yesterday the local Consumer's Foundation ...

The Christian Science Monitor writes: Portuguese sailors in the 15th century named Taiwain "Formosa," meaning "beautiful ...

AJ and Malv contemplate the carnage. Another weekend of Axis and Allies ended in victory for your trusty writer as a string of lucky die rol...

The Taipei Times reported today on a research that shows that Asians and Americans process visual data differently . After an interesting fi...

ESWN has once again tossed some bait my way with another translation "explaining" Taiwan affairs from The Journalist . It's ha...

H-Asia reports: H-ASIA August 22, 2005 Taiwan Studies Research Fellowship 2005 ********************* From: _classicalliberalism@GMAIL.COM_ ...

For those you who are total blog addicts, The Nonist offers a pamphlet on blogging depression . There is a growing epidemic in the cyberworl...

ESWN has a great article on how the media in China blackmail businessmen . From time to time similar tales have made their way into the pres...