Monthly Archives: December 2016

Confidence in Taiwan’s national defense capability Yahoo Taiwan surveyed 8,186 responses on December 26-29, 2016, about the people’s confidence in Taiwan’s national defense capability in case of a military attack by Chinese Communist forces.  The measurement of confidence was scored … Continue reading →

Despicable liberal crassness President-elect Donald Trump is said to be focusing on peace through strength. Questions:  What’s wrong with focusing on “peace through strength”? Why is “peace through strength” a confrontational approach to diplomacy? What has multifaceted soft power in foreign … Continue reading →

Taiwan’s worker shortage According to the general accounting office, at the end of August, 2016, there is a rather severe worker shortage in the industrial and the services sectors of a total of 207,000 people.  The manufacturing sector has a … Continue reading →

Fortune or misfortune in 2017? Yeah!  This is a tongue-in-cheek conversation between two tellers of misfortune, Art and Sage, in a café. Art:  Hi, so what misfortunes do you see for 2017? Sage:  Privet.  Da, Putin and Trump shake hands.  … Continue reading →

Agnotology and nonchalance of the Taiwanese Agnotology is defined as the study of deliberate propagation of ignorance, the willful acts to spread confusion and deceit, the intentional spreading of ignorance and obfuscation of knowledge and the deliberate creation of doubt.  … Continue reading →

Oust Taiwanese representative to Germany now! I urge the German government to immediately kick out the new Taiwanese representative to Germany for his comment on the incident of Taiwanese high school students who dressed up as Nazis and hoisted the … Continue reading →

Inexcusable In the afternoon on December 23, 2016, some students dressed up as Nazi officers and hoisted red banners displaying the swastika against a red background to “celebrate” the Guangfu High School’s anniversary.  The school is in Hsinchu city, on Taiwan. … Continue reading →

Dumb reporter meets wise banker On December 22, 2016, governor Peng Huai-nan of Taiwan’s Central Bank said at the banks’ fourth quarter meeting that the “globalization model” created winners and losers, and Taiwan has benefited from globalization.  Taiwan’s “degree of … Continue reading →

Taiwanese CEOs are overwhelmingly not happy with Tsai Ing-wen Taiwan’s Commonwealth magazine published its survey of 2,000 Taiwanese CEOs of their outlook for 2017 and their business strategy for the coming year. Among the Taiwanese CEOs surveyed, 58.1% are not … Continue reading →

Eva Aerospace wins contract to convert 20 Boeing passenger aircraft to cargo jets It was announced on December 13, 2016, that Eva Aerospace has won a contract from Boeing to convert 20 767-300 passenger aircraft to air cargo jets.  Work … Continue reading →