Archive for the ‘Taiwan’ Category

Obama congratulates Taiwan’s incoming leader

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Michael Turton posts on the letter Obama writes to Ma congratulating him on the inauguration. There is wording in this letter that has some interesting insight into this candidate's perspective on Taiwan's political situation. Many I've discussed this with see the wording as being positive for Taiwan's position, and it shows ...

Gluten-Free Bao Wan Recipe

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Bao wan are these killer little dumplings that I love to have whenver we go to Taiwan. I haven't had these since the celiac diagnosis, but Yingwen and one of our friends came up with this recipe and they are delicious. Here is the recipe. Ingredients: 1 cup rice flour 7 cups ...

Rice Has Sharp Words

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Where the word "sharp" means being a purely hypocritical tool: Rice Has Sharp Words for Taiwan, as Gates Does for China Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued an unusually sharp rebuke to Taiwan, pointedly calling its planned referendum on United Nations membership “provocative.” So a referendum on calling Taiwan what it is and ...

Chinese Pattern

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

I love reading Michael Turton's blog, and I admire both the volume and the quality of his posts on Taiwan and the jostling of this wonderful little place between the political whims of two giants, China and the USA. In response to the Kitty Hawk debacle, he posts something about a ...

Sweet & Sour

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Hu Jintao has issued a brilliant edition to what I call "Sweet & Sour" - the kind of rhetoric that comes out of the PRC that sounds sweet and flowery at first glance, but which is a sour and distasteful statement under the hood: "We would like to make a solemn ...