Time for my Coffee Break

In Oddee some funny pictures:

Big Chinese Brother

Following Shenzen, now everywhere these “guardians” will monitor Internet users in China, with a pop up every 20 or 30 minutes…
I your neighbours are surfing at the wrong places, you could even click on the cartoon and you will be redirected to the official security home page.
So convenient…

United Nations

See today on Taipei Times, a pic by AFP.
Nice design, nice slogan “Peace for ever”…
Hope so…
Is it the same pic people could see abroad about Taiwan and UN?
I saw one about this campaign: a fish…
Take care, the big cat is very close…

Come on! You are better than that…

According today news (Taipei Times page 2):
“…More than 30,000 commuters traveling by train showed up late for work yesterday as the electronic signaling system near the Chidu (七堵) Train Deployment Station in Keelung failed during the morning rush hour.
The failure became apparent at 5:20am, and the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) management was informed at [...]

What is the status of Taiwan?

I read something interesting in today Taipei Times (page 8), a letter from John Hsieh about the legal situation of Taiwan.
“When the Republic of China (ROC) was founded in 1912, Taiwan was an overseas colony of Japan.
Article 4 of the ROC Constitution outlines specific procedures for the incorporation of new territory, but have these [...]

Olympic Games and… the rest

For the first time in the history of the Summer Olympic Games, the medals will be made of another material besides the traditional gold, silver and bronze. They will be jade…These medals will surely be the best contribution from the Beijing 2008 organization to the Olympic Games’ history.
The rest…
China made its people dreaming about the [...]

Good Time in the Northern Coast of Taiwan

Last Sunday, Queen D and me went to the northern part of the Taiwanese coast, after Wanli city.
Wind made the temperature more acceptable.
I’ve never been there. I was stunned by the beauty of the place, the shape and color of the stones and it was regrettable I did not bring swimming suit to enjoy the [...]

Doing Business in China: You said it is safe?

Fooling around Taiwanese news, I found here something about problems some Taiwanese businessmen could encounter in China. According the paper, and as for end of July 2007, 1,199 (why not 1,200?) have been locked behind bars in the past decade.
Of course, it does not include people who were subject of “other treatments”.
China is not the [...]

Justice? You said Justice?

Sometimes, reacting on the day to day news does not allow you to stand back, with “cold brain”.
Few days ago, big news about the presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九): he was acquitted on corruption charges.
Green said “it’s a scandal”. Blue said it is “justice”.
Funny…
Just some facts and comments:

He was indicted on February 13 2007 (after [...]

Blogging again after 1.5 years of silence

During a while, an eternity for me, I had to struggle about some personal matters. I planned to blog about it but finally, I decided to put it aside, look forward and forget that there is no Justice here… especially if you are not local.
It took almost 3 years day to day to be able [...]