Taiwan: I Told You

In a previous post (HERE, at the end of) I mentioned about the fact that it is not healthy for a president to be the chairman of a political party.
I DO believe that the President is the President of all the population. Not just a part of the population.
I DO believe it’s not good if [...]

Taiwan: Sausage Never Attracted Bees

I posted just 3 days ago about Education and courses taught in English in Taiwan (HERE) and the risk for Taiwan to lose its competitiveness (if any).
According a survey by the Taiwan News (published yesterday HERE), less than 10% of Universities update monthly their English websites.
And they want to attract foreign students?
If for them, the [...]

You Don’t Know About Tax? Or You Complain About Rich People Benefiting From Tax Cut? So… Read

I was having lunch with one of my favorite friends last week – a very liberal college professor – and the conversation turned to the government’s recent round of tax cuts.
"I’m opposed to those tax cuts," the Professor declared, "because they benefit the rich.
The rich get much more money back than ordinary taxpayers like you [...]

Taiwan: About Education and Other Topics

Since few weeks, people are talking about attracting more foreign students in Taiwan and developing more classes taught in English.
Frankly speaking, there are not so many full programs taught in English in Taiwan, so attracting students from Europe and Americas is a real challenge (I am not referring to students learning Mandarin).
Beside, it seems according [...]

I Am Grading

Sorry for this week. No time to blog.
It’s the midterm exam week and I am grading now. So blogging will make me feel guilty

Today, 2 exams… About 100 students to grade.
Tomorrow, 2 more exams but only about 50 students.
And then, need to upload the grades.
And then… need to upload the proposed answers.
Econometrics is [...]

Taiwan: Populism or Nationalism?

Lawmakers are now running after what it’s called “foreign fat cats”: foreign people with a high salary (for Taiwanese standards).
The target is now the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp (THSRC).
A legislator asked (see HERE) “asked to the company’s spokesperson what the company would do with two foreign managers whose yearly salary exceeded NT$10 million (US$309,600) [...]

Who Can Believe That Taiwan’s Eldorado Is China?

Since one year, it’s clear for the observers that Taiwan (the administration in charge)  is putting all its eggs in the Chinese basket.
At the beginning, it was quite discreet but now, it’s totally obvious.
Even state-owned companies are joining the move.
The state-owned Taiwan Tobacco & Liquor Corp (TTL) ignored the World Games in Kaohsiung and gave [...]

Taiwan: English Teaching Is Not The Key Point

Since one week, a lot of Media are talking about how to make Taiwanese education system more “international” as for example HERE or THERE.
And it seems that the President (?) Ma is mostly talking about English classes and inviting (attracting) foreign students even though he several times mentioned about Chinese students only… (I don’t think [...]

Where A Lawyer Should Stay?

A lawyer awoke in a hospital bed after a complicated operation, and found that the curtains were drawn around him.
"Why are the curtains closed?" he asked. "Is it night?"
A nurse replied, "No, it is just that there is a fire across the street, and we didn’t want you waking up and thinking that the operation [...]

A Dead Chinese Spy Will Make Me RICH!

I was not in so good mood recently and put my blogging aside, except for my financial blog.
But today, I have reasons to feel better.
Have a look on this email I received this morning:
Good Morning,
I am Mrs. Vivian Ong, a staff of a security and safe deposit company in Singapore. I am in charge [...]