Monthly Archives: December 2017

The biggest liar of them all? According to an internet poll of 4,866 responses conducted by Taiwan’s United Daily News, Tsai Ing-wen received 2,349 “votes” as the “queen of lies”.  Taichung mayor Lin Chia-lung came in second with 686 “votes” … Continue reading →

A seemingly insignificant 法 會 “Fa Hui” The Peikang Chaotien Temple in Yunlin County, Taiwan, is holding a 7-day 法 會 “Fa Hui” (prayer session) to seek the blessing of Matzu 媽 祖 for national prosperity and stability.  The name … Continue reading →

What is the Tsai government doing wrong? A Taiwanese commentator asked:  What has the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) done wrong? He says that dissatisfaction towards Tsai Ing-wen, according to the December 25, 2017, survey by the Beautiful Island Electronic News, … Continue reading →

Taiwan universities cannot find students There are 198 departments of 19 Taiwanese universities that cannot find enough students for the 2018 academic year. No students registered for the doctoral classes in Humanities, Sociology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Immunology at … Continue reading →

“You guanxi” 有 關 係 and “Mei guanxi” 没 關 係 “有” is “to have” in Chinese, and “没” in “没 有” is “have not, do not have”. A young and pretty former Taipei city employee described the current political … Continue reading →

Taiwan’s Gestapo At 6:00 a.m. on the morning of December 19, 2017, court officials accompanied by police and investigators banged on the door of the residence of a young man named Wang Bing-chung, a member of the New Party that … Continue reading →

幹 話 “Gan hua”! This is a Mandarin term first used by the Taiwanese media in September of 2017 to refer to “lies”, and “幹 話 王” means “the king of lies”, a “big liar” or the “biggest liar”. Since … Continue reading →

Conning monkeys “To con monkeys” or “conning monkeys” is an expression appearing in this headline:  “The government of the Democratic Progressive Party treats the people like conning monkeys”. It is a story from the Warring States period (B.C. 403 – … Continue reading →

Peculiarity in numerology for 2018 Chinese New Year 2018 falls on February 16, 2018, the Year of the Dog. The numbers show a peculiarity that is seldom seen.  The numbers are: 2 (February), 1,6,2,0,1,8.  If we look for the numbers … Continue reading →

Taiwan and Indonesia sign education MOU On December 11, 2017, at the Taipei Grand Hotel, 587 MOUs on cooperation in education between 35 Taiwanese universities and 24 Indonesian universities were signed. Chairman of the Muhammadiyah PP Diktilitbang Lincoln Arsyad led … Continue reading →