Taiwan: Buddhism Joining Politics?

I got the news concerning the World Buddhist Forum about 2 days ago.
Words are failing me…
I waited a while, to avoid to write something too… Arrgghh!
Several Taiwanese Buddhist monks are working now with the CCP, with China… mixing their practice with Chinese politics…
And now, according the master of Fo Guang Shan, there are no Taiwanese [...]

Taiwan and the ECFA: New Predictions

You know how much economic predictions from the president or the cabinet are valuable:

* 6% growth rate for the GDP

* Unemployment reduced to 3%

* 3,000 Chinese tourists per day, saving the Taiwanese economy

* The TAIEX (stock market index) above 10,000 and even reaching 20,000

* Consumer vouchers increasing the GDP by at least 0.6%

After several months, [...]

Taiwan: The Bottle Is Half Full or Half Empty?

There was an election yesterday in Da-An district (Taipei – TAIWAN) in the wake of former KMT legislator Diane Lee’s resignation in January over a dual-citizenship controversy (According facts mentioned in newspapers, she hold a dual citizenship – American/Taiwanese, which is illegal and she got taxpayers money during 14 years).
We could think that voters will [...]

Taiwan and the Tibet + Mongolia Question

After I finished my work (I mean today), I called it a day.
9pm something… It’s my right, especially I finished yesterday about midnight something – not having a diner yet )
So, time to read some news, get relax with a drink before my diner… You get the picture
Concerning the local news [...]

Taiwan and the GIO: Again and Worst

UPDATES (2) at the end of this post – March 24
(Original post March 23)
On today CNA website (Central News Agency in Taiwan) we could read:
The (Taiwan) Government Information Office (GIO) decided to suspend an official from his post in Toronto
[…]
The article concerns of course Kuo Kuan-ying (see my previous posts) but his name appears only [...]

Taiwan and the GIO’s Game

I posted almost 10 days ago about the civil servant (M. Kuo) working for the Taiwan Government Information Office in Toronto, who allegedly made racist remarks against Taiwan and Taiwanese.
Since the news came out, what was done by the Cabinet?
Not so much.
That remind me the case of a legislator who illegally enjoyed the tax payers [...]

Taiwan: Keep Talking…

(More fun at the end of the post…)
I posted last month HERE and HERE about (the future (?) economic agreement between China and Taiwan) CECA, FTA, COCA, CACAO… Arrrrggghhhh whatever the name the Region Administrator is choosing. Anyway, name is changing so often…
Even the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (same political color as the “Administrator”) [...]

The dog Ate the Homework

Important: my students have no right to read this post…
You are late for your last report?
Too busy with your Internet games?
Now, people cannot anymore say that their canine companion ate the document…
Come on! It’s the information technology age!
So what to do?
You feel depressed because you can’t provide the file on time.
Don’t worry, here is [...]

Naive… Are you sure?

A long time ago, a visitor from out of town came to a tour in Manhattan.
At the end of the tour they took him to the financial district.
When they arrived to Battery Park the guide showed him some nice yachts anchoring there, and said, "Here are the yachts of our bankers and stockbrokers."
"And where are [...]

Taiwan and the Freedom of Speech Principle

According the yesterday’s Taipei Times, insulting remarks about Taiwanese and Taiwan were published at several occasions in Canada (and elsewhere?).
Some examples:
[...]
…(Taiwanese are referred) as “rednecks” or Japanese pirates…
…“[China] should spend many years suppressing [people in Taiwan] instead of granting any political freedom [to them] once it has taken Taiwan by force,”…
…“the imposition of martial law [...]