Taiwan: Vice-President and the Economy

According the today Taipei Times (HERE), the Vice-President Vincent Siew said:
“Taiwan’s economy is fundamentally sound despite the global economic crisis, although declining confidence is a problem…”
“Taiwan’s economy consists [of] the sound foundation of the manufacturing and service industries”
Whoah!
It’s not what I remember he used to say during his campaign…
And I don’t remember it was the [...]

Chinese National Day and Scandals

Since a while, we have scandals involving food or products form China: pet food (with melamine… already), milk powder, toys, furniture (few days ago in France), shoes (same, just few days ago in Italy) and so on…
I don’t need to mention other scandals such as local politician involved in dozen (hundred?) dead because corruption (see [...]

Financial Crisis & Money: Some Questions

Next Tuesday in Hong Kong, the 2008 Sotheby’s autumn auction will be held.
Here is one item (Photo CNA):

A 34.7 carat diamond ring worth an estimated about 7 million USD.
I don’t know…
In one hand, the world financial system is in its biggest trouble since 1929, and in another hand, we still have people able to [...]

Super Typhoon Jangmi

The eye of the storm is now (10am local time) out of Taiwan. It left the island on its north side.
But the typhoon still covers roughly 80% of the country.
We still have strong rain and wind and most of the cities declared today as a typhoon day (no work).
Wind speed reached 225kmh… So you can [...]

China: Will Airbus Follow the Milk Story?

Airbus SAS, starting its first aircraft assembly today outside Europe, said it may buy up to $1 billion of components from China by 2020, as the world’s most populous nation may need 3,000 planes in the next 20 years.
“We’re already in a steep first year to increase our sourcing” chief executive officer Tom Enders said [...]

Taiwan: Super Typhoon Jangmi

Super Typhoon Jangmi (“rose” in Korean) is the biggest, strongest typhoon hitting Taiwan this year.
He arrived close to the eastern coast at a category 4 power (maximum is 5).
It should make a landing around this afternoon or evening.
Yesterday, torrential rain flooded some area in northern part of Taiwan with 1,000 mm of rain.
                   
With packing [...]

China: Xinhua News Agency

China’s leading Xinhua news agency reported the successful flight of the Shenzhou VII hours before the nation’s third-ever manned space mission had even lifted off!!!
Can you believe that?
Here an example describing in a vivid, blow-by-blow account how the tracking ship was receiving signals from the spacecraft.:
“Changjiang No. 1 has acquired the target,” a [...]

What Do You Prefer? Cat or Dog?

 
– Cats are smarter than dogs. You can’t get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.
- Cats don’t hunt seals. They would if they knew what they were and where to find them. But they don’t, so that’s all right.
- Cats instinctively know the exact moment their owners will wake up. [...]

China: Two dead, 1,253 ill from toxic milk

Every day, it’s the same story…
China doesn’t care about its population.
See about the milk powder story… One more… Many sources to explain what is happening…
You could have an easy source HERE.
What can we expect from this kind of country?
I feel so sad for the people living there…
Just read (Italique – in blue, it’s my own [...]

Sinlaku: The Typhoon in Taiwan

Typhoon Sinlaku, which brought torrential rains to Taiwan from Friday, left four dead, seven missing and 17 injured, the Central Emergency Operation Center said. One man drowned and five were missing after Taichung County’s Houfeng Bridge collapsed on Sunday.
About 15,950 families were without electricity and agricultural damage was estimated at NT$330 million (US$10 million). Ilan [...]