Monthly Archives: November 2015

Taiwan’s faulty residency law Nearly 200 “lu pei”, Chinese mainland wives of Taiwanese men, went before the Ministry of Education in Taipei to protest Taiwan’s faulty residency law on November 17, 2015.  They want the ministry of education to extend … Continue reading →

My land is in the sea! Coastal erosion is a serious problem on the eastern coast of Taiwan.  The coastline in Taitung county has receded 120 meters on average over the past 20 years.  From 1995 to 1997, the annual … Continue reading →

Xi just got slapped in his bullying face! Yeah! As Chinese Communist regime’s “president” Xi Jinping arrived on November 15, 2015, in Turkey’s Mediterranean resort Antalya for the G20 summit, it was revealed that Turkey canceled a deal with the China … Continue reading →

Disguised anachronistic criticism The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and All Men Are Brothers are two of China’s greatest classical works of literature. According to a Chinese mainland author, these two literary works portray the dark side of human nature.  … Continue reading →

Time for protectionism Indeed it is now time for protectionism. European nations have built fences to keep out the flood of illegal migrants. Britain is contemplating leaving the European Union. Japan will not take in any Syrian refugees. Trump wants … Continue reading →

Rantings of an insular witch The rantings of an insular witch are the rantings of Democratic Progressive Party’s presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen about being “disappointed” in the Ma-Xi meeting in Singapore on November 7, 2015. Tsai Ing-wen’s myopic and insular … Continue reading →

Is Xi Jinping really in control? The bullying statements by Xi Jinping’s spokesman at the news conference following the closed door meeting between Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou are in contrast to the rather frank and genuine response by Ma himself.  Even … Continue reading →

Meaningless survey or revealing survey? A so-called Cross Strait Policy Association survey conducted on November 4-5, 2015, of 1,369 adults shows that 43.9% support the Ma-Xi meeting, while 56.7% support “a meeting between the leaders of both sides of the … Continue reading →

The bully fears he lapel flag pin! Taiwanese telecast of president Ma Ying-jeou’s press conference on November 5, 2015, shows him wearing a lapel flag pin above his left chest. Chinese mainland’s CCTV telecast showed the same but the lapel … Continue reading →

How would the Ma-Xi meeting “harm Taiwan’s democracy”? Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party’s female presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen reacted to the meeting in Singapore on November 7, 2015, between “Mr. Ma Ying-jeou” and “Mr. Xi Jinping” by saying that the meeting … Continue reading →