August 14, 2009
by Joe
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Alton Thompson has a post on Typhoon Morakot disaster relief information. I highly recommend anyone looking for information on how to help to check out this post. Typhoon Morakot has really hammered Taiwan and at least one entire village appears … Continue reading
May 26, 2008
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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 … Continue reading
December 22, 2007
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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 … Continue reading
November 29, 2007
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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 … Continue reading
October 17, 2007
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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 … Continue reading