Monthly Archives: May 2017

Dissatisfaction with performance of DPP government at 62.0% This is one of the statistical results of a Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation poll of 1,075 responses conducted on May 15-16, 2017.  Dissatisfaction with the performance of the Democratic Progressive Party’s government … Continue reading →

A Western explanation of the China-China question Before we proceed, we must first review the framework of the British Commonwealth. The Commonwealth of Nations, formerly known as the British Commonwealth, has members known as the Commonwealth realms, each with its … Continue reading →

Conflicting sentiments of the Taiwanese Here are two sets of poll numbers that show conflicting sentiments of the Taiwanese.  One set of statistical percentages concerns the attitudes of the Taiwanese towards relations between Taiwan and the Chinese Communist mainland.  The … Continue reading →

Electoral fiction in 2020 It is January 15, 2020, on the eve of the presidential election in our fictitious wonderland called “Taiwan”.  People are discontent and anxious.  They want political change but they also want social stability. There are two … Continue reading →

The Taiwanese are tribal primitives, democratically In the fictitious wonderland called “Taiwan” live two major primitive tribes.  One tribe is called the KMT and the other tribe is called the DPP. The KMT tribe has existed in this fictitious wonderland … Continue reading →

Clear preference for Kuomintang chairman emerges A poll by the Taiwan Public Opinion Association conducted on May 10-13, 2017, of 1,068 Kuomintang members shows that 31% support former vice president Wu Dun-yi, 14% support for incumbent chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu, 13% … Continue reading →

Other people’s business The May 14-15, 2017, Beijing “Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was a grand show of China’s role in the globalization of development, trade and commerce, linking China, Central Asia, and Europe, some say. Remarks by … Continue reading →

Taipei to hold aviation and space exhibit Taipei will hold its aviation and space exhibit on August 17-19, 2017, at the Taipei World Trade Center, with a special demonstration of an “unmanned flying carrier” developed in Taiwan. Sixteen international firms … Continue reading →

Interesting use of culinary euphemisms On May 17, 2017, a forum on cross Strait Relations was held.  Two opposing views were presented. Researcher Li Yi of the Chongyang Financial Research Institute of the Chinese People’s University (Beijing) reiterated his view … Continue reading →

Conjectural projection of Japanese and Taiwanese populations in 2065 This is a conjectural projection of two imaginary and fictional possibilities of the future composition of the Japanese and the Taiwan populations in 2065. Rapid aging of both the Japanese and … Continue reading →