Archive for the ‘Taiwan’ Category
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Yesterday morning we saw the Premier of Taiwan and potential 2008 candidate Su Tseng-chang (≤) at the gorgeous new Tsoying HSR train station. He was walking around with an entourage of reporters and cameramen handing out hong bao. Yingwen ran up and got an envelope and got to exchange greetings ...
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
There are three traditional chinese instruments that I find fascinating: Erhu, Pipa, and Guzheng.
The Erhu (二胡) is a two stringed bowed instrument that is played like a viola da gamba, resting the instrument on a leg and bowing with a loosely-haired bow that is situated between the two strings ...
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Friday, February 16th, 2007
It is around 7 AM and daylight is just breaking out over the Taoyuan airport in Taiwan on Chinese New Year's Eve after a long flight from SFO, and I'm sitting waiting for a connecting flight to Kaohsiung and I've been studying advanced SQL techniques. I turn on my iPod ...
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Saturday, September 9th, 2006
Last night we were up late watching the live satellite feed of the massive demonstrations just now getting underway in Taipei to attempt to depose Taiwan's current president of ineffectiveness: Chen Shui-Bian.
The issues at hand are numerous real and alleged scandals that have touched far too close to Chen, coupled ...
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Saturday, May 27th, 2006
After reading the sfgate.com article "Feinstein rips Taiwan while urging Chinas to cooperate / Senator uses Committee of 100 meeting to promote more business between foes," I wrote a letter to Senator Feinstein that was critical of her support for small democratic nations such as Taiwan that face oppression and ...
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