Taiwan, Justice and Civil Servants: How To Dispatch Employees

Sometimes, I am questioning the logic of some situations.
In today’s news (CNA), the ministry of Justice (Wang Ching-feng) complained about the fact the ministry doesn’t have enough employees to legally recover outstanding taxes by businesses and individuals.
Do you know how much?
More than 400 billion of Taiwan Dollars!
It means more than 12 billion of American dollars!
Can [...]

Taiwan Follows China About Kadeer – Good News in Penghu

Decision has been made: Rebiya Kadeer will not be welcome to Taiwan, the government refusing on Friday she visits Taiwan.
Even before she applied for a visa…
She visited so many countries in the world and none considered her as a terrorist.
But China yes.
And now, Taiwan too.

PHOTO: NADIA TSAO, TAIPEI TIMES
She even was a nominee for [...]

Taiwan: Double Standards Or No?

The trial of the former president, Chen, has been transferred to the higher court for the appeal.
The 3 judges designed yesterday had to decide about letting Chen in jail or freeing him.
They chose to keep him in jail.
I really do not understand. Some others, convicted at the first trial are still kept free.
It really looks [...]

Taiwan: News By Pictures

First, Taiwan’s fruits are the strongest:
 

PHOTO: CNA
Obviously, it’s the starting of autumn:

PHOTO: HUA MENG-CHING, TAIPEI TIMES
Workers prepare to clean a Taiwan High-Speed Railway Corp train in Taipei yesterday. Only the train will be on its way to be cleaned?

PHOTO: NICKY LOH, REUTERS
Sometimes, pictures are better than words…

 
Mots clés Technorati : Taiwan,News,fvarga

Taiwan: Are Some Legislators Exaggerating?

I do suppose that all of you are aware about the controversy surrounding the movie “The Ten Conditions of Love”, a documentary on Uighur independence activist Rebiya Kadeer.
It was supposed to be screened during a movie festival in Kaohsiung city (south of Taiwan) but finally the local administration decided to withdraw it from the festival [...]

Taiwan Investigates The Dalai Lama Visit

Last month the Dalai Lama came to visit and comfort the victims of the last typhoon, being invited by local officials in the south of Taiwan.
It was a pure religious and humanitarian visit, full of compassion.
No words about politics were pronounced by him or his entourage.
His visit and meetings were even downsized.
But still, China was [...]

Taiwan, China and Chinese-Language

In CNA today, an interesting news:
[…]
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) unveiled a plan Tuesday to promote the development of an electronic publishing industry and create an e-book market in Taiwan.
…
Under the plan, the government will funnel NT$2.13 billion over the next five years into creating large Chinese-language content
[…]
I was thinking: “Whoah! Interesting move!”
And then, [...]

Taiwan: And Now They Realized It’s Time To Change The Rules

Just after the sentence against the former Taiwanese president, the political party in charge realizes that the rules concerning the “special funds” should be changed.
…After 50 years…
A lot of people are under investigations now.
Is that the reason?
A former mayor of Taipei city had to deal with that and now his working position has changed.
Is that [...]

Taiwan: A Taiwanese 9-11? Update

With an update at the end.
Yesterday, CNA wrote:
[…]
Ex-president Chen Shui-bian and his wife Wu Shu-jen were both given life sentences and fined NT$200 million (US$6.13 million) and NT$300 million respectively after being found guilty by the Taipei District Court Friday on corruption, forgery and money-laundering charges.
[…]
More details about all the convicted people and their sentences [...]

A New Tool For Fun

I just discovered during my coffee break, a funny software: RIPT.
You can chose whatever you want, from the web or your hard disk and put it on a “pile” using your mouse.
Have a look:

The two texts in color are WordArt (using WORD), the text in black on white come from the website of the [...]