Monthly Archives: January 2017

Taiwan’s media bias In the United States, liberal media bias of the anti-Bush and pro-Obama genre is nothing new.  So is Taiwan’s anti-Kuomintang and pro-Democratic Progressive Party media rhetoric. Rarely, but surprisingly, has there been a “news report” that is … Continue reading →

Tsai Ing-wen’s government is wicked, vicious and vile! This is according to the Taiwan Action Alliance to Monitor Pension Reform which has launched a hunger strike in front of the Legislative Yuan on January 16, 2017. The alliance’s spokesman says … Continue reading →

Blind men riding a blind horse A Taiwanese business columnist says that Taiwan’s business managers and government policy makers are blind men riding a blind horse. President Tsai Ing-wen’s new government and its policy makers think that implementing a new … Continue reading →

Poll shows general disillusion of Taiwanese Taiwan’s China Times poll of 818 responses conducted on January 12, 2017, shows that the Taiwanese people are generally disillusioned with politics since President Tsai Ing-wen and her new Democratic Progressive Party’s government came … Continue reading →

China’s “048” aircraft carrier building plan The “048 project” was formulated in August, 2004, to build aircraft carriers in three stages.  The first stage calls for building two medium sized aircraft carriers in ten years.  The second stage calls for building two … Continue reading →

Abbott’s clock The full title here is Abbot’s clock and Cruz’s letter. Apparently Texas governor Greg Abbott gave a gift to Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen while she stayed in transit in Houston.  It was a clock bearing the Texas state seal.  … Continue reading →

“The problem is politics! Stupid!” This is the title of a lengthy commentary written by You Yin-lung, chairman of the Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation, a pro-Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) organization of the “Green camp”.  [Its opinion polls are usually slanted … Continue reading →

Failed diplomatic emphasis This is the sixth fictional conversation between our two tellers of misfortune, Art and Sage. Art:  It has been said that there are three options in dealing with North Korea:  diplomacy, sanctions and war. Sage:  Diplomacy including … Continue reading →

KMT comeback Taiwan’s Trend Public Opinion poll of 1,071 responses conducted on December 27-29, 2016, shows that dissatisfaction with President Tsai Ing-wen is at 55.3% and satisfaction with her is at 36.9%. There are 31% who think governance of the … Continue reading →

Story of the mother hens This is a fourth fictional conversation between our two tellers of misfortune, Art and Sage. Art:  Happy Year of the Rooster! Sage:  Privet.  And same to you! Art:  Here is my first chicken story in … Continue reading →