Monthly Archives: October 2015

China’s “ultimate nightmare”? No, China has a multitude of “ultimate nightmares”! Japan armed with nuclear weapons is not China’s “ultimate nightmare”! An accidential nuclear explosion resulting from clumsiness on the part of the North Koreans is an “ultimate nightmare” for … Continue reading →

Eric Chu is more disliked than ousted little hot pepper Hung Hsiu-chu. A survey conducted on October 26 and 27, 2015, of 1,004 Taiwan residents shows that Eric Chu is disliked by 57% of those surveyed and liked by 24%.  … Continue reading →

A “4-5-6” assessment of Taiwan’s economy Taiwan’s former minister of finance gave a “4-5-6” assessment of Taiwan’s economy.  He says Taiwan faces four problems, five variables, and six industrial transformations. Taiwan’s four problems:  (1) Taiwan lacks sufficient domestic investment because … Continue reading →

The problem with Taiwan Taiwan is struggling to maintain its global competitiveness, its exports are sliding, its birth rate is too low. Taiwan indeed has problems, says a Taiwanese commentator. When Lee Deng-hui became president, Taiwan indeed democratized.  When Chiang … Continue reading →

Electoral unpredictability The Eric Chu effect On October 25, 2015, Kuomintang (KMT) supporters in Hsinchu, Taiwan, said that since Eric Chu began his campaign as KMT’s presidential candidate, a winning sentiment has returned.  Even the chairman of the New Power … Continue reading →

China Airlines begins Kaohsiung-Kumamoto and Kaohsiung-Fukuoka flights China Airlines inaugurated its scheduled flight from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to Kumamoto, Japan, on October 25, 2015, with 158 inaugural flight passengers, and on October 26, 2015, China Airlines will begin its Kaohsiung to Fukuoka … Continue reading →

Potential business opportunities on Taiwan Taiwan’s Executive Yuan launched its “second national energy science and technologies plan” on October 22, 2015, to provide “safe, efficient, clean” energy.  The plan is a six-prong “axes” approach:  (1) energy conservation; (2) substitute energy … Continue reading →

Bad luck charm The Chinese Communist regime is the bad luck charm. Taiwan’s business and industry bosses are blasting the Ma Ying-jeou government for its wrong policies that have led to Taiwan’s economic decline.  Its series of tax reforms have … Continue reading →

Tsai Ing-wen’s proposal for Taiwan’s new immigrants Democratic Progressive Party’s presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen met with representatives of Taiwan’s new immigrant mothers on October 21, 2015, and proposed a set of new policies to help new immigrant mothers on Taiwan.  … Continue reading →

Does turning on the light in a dark room change the “status quo”? How can the building of lighthouses in a vast ocean not change the status quo? How can Xinjiang have “ethnic harmony” and “social stability” with a vast … Continue reading →