BLOG

1  

Taiwan, Rousseau, and the EU: the Games We Play

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

2  

4 Basic Takeaways from Taiwan’s Elections

Sunday, January 21, 2024

3  

Supporting Taiwan’s Hard-won Democracy

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

4  

Are US Think Tanks Overreaching on Taiwan?

Friday, December 1, 2023

5  

Taiwan and the New “Great Game”

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

6  

The Surprising Greek Roots of Taiwan

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

7  

What Happened in Hong Kong?

Monday, July 31, 2023

8  

A Retrospective: Kent State vs.Tiananmen Square

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

9  

Taiwan: the Elephant in the Room

Monday, June 19, 2023

10  

Taiwan, China, and that Pesky San Francisco Peace Treaty

Monday, May 1, 2023

11  

Occam’s Razor Relevant to Taiwan

Thursday, April 27, 2023

12  

The Cairo Declaration Unpacked and Debunked

Monday, March 6, 2023

13  

Correcting Past Memes on Taiwan

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

14  

Brest, Putin, and Russia’s Ukrainian Rabbit Hole

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

15  

Taiwan Voters Face Interesting Challenges

Thursday, November 24, 2022

16  

James Soong’s Taiwan Journey: Satisfaction or Frustration?

Tuesday, November 20, 2022

17  

Despotism’s Historical Roots in Marxist/Leninist One-Party States

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

18  

Taiwan: 4 Presidents, 4 Impressions

Monday, October 10, 2022

19  

Deconstructing the Taiwan Question

Monday, September 19, 2022

20  

Taiwan is its Own Motherland: Pelosi Part II

Friday, August 26, 2022

21  

Pelosi Puts Taiwan Back on the Map: Reality Returns

Friday, August 5, 2022

22  

Taiwan, the New Berlin and Center of the Cold War

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

23  

Xi Jinping, 2027 and Taiwan

Friday, July 08, 2022

24  

Time for Taiwan to Take Stock

Friday, Jun 24, 2022

25  

Karl Marx and the CCP as China’s State Religion

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

26  

Taiwan and China’s Silence on Ukraine

Monday, May 16, 2022

27  

Russia, China and Taiwan: Autocracy vs. Democracy, 2022.

Friday, April 29, 2022

28  

Peng Ming-min and the End of an Era

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

29  

Taiwan: Bringing Names in Line with Reality

Sunday, April 10, 2022

30  

Biden Debunks the ‘1992 consensus’

Saturday, March 19, 2022

31  

Taiwan: Irredentism and Self-determination

Thursday, March 3, 2022

32  

Presidential New Year’s Resolutions for Tsai Ing-wen

Saturday, February 12, 2022

33  

The KMT Cannot Accept Democracy

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

34  

Why Taiwan and Lithuania Matter

Monday December 27, 2021

35  

Neither the CCP Nor China Have Any True Claim to Taiwan

Wednesday December 8, 2021

36  

Xi Jinping Is Facing Many Troubles

Saturday December 4, 2021

37  

The UN and Recognizing Taiwan's True Status

Monday November 22, 2021

38  

Taiwan, China and Sun Yat-sen's Democracy

Monday November 1, 2021

39  

Why Taiwan Must Prepare for War

Saturday October 16, 2021

40  

KMT’s Legacy Holding Taiwan Back from the UN and More

Friday October 8, 2021

41  

Reviving Taiwan’s National Democracy Hall

Thursday September 30, 2021

42  

Why is the CCP so obsessed with Control?

Friday September 17, 2021

43  

Taiwan’s Many Shades of Independence

Tuesday September 7, 2021

44  

The KMT is destined to face history

Friday August 27, 2021

45  

The US Needs a “One Taiwan” Policy

Wednesday August 11, 2021

46  

Lithuania Helps Taiwan in Defying China

Thursday August 5, 2021

47  

Taiwan Is Its Own Motherland

Monday July 19, 2021

48  

China Has Made the CCP its Religion

Thursday July 8, 2021

49  

Time for Pushback Against the PRC

Monday June 28, 2021

50  

Asia’s Past Unmasks PRC Hegemony

Monday June 7, 2021

51  

Taiwan’s Kinmen and Matsu Challenge

Friday May 28, 2021

52  

Taiwan’s Challenge: a New Constitution

Wednesday May 19, 2021

53  

Capabilities to Strike China Needed

Tuesday May 4, 2021

54  

Power and Succession—Taiwan, China, and Asia

Monday April 19, 2021

55  

Taiwan Needs Strong Statements on its China Problem

Sunday April 4, 2021

56  

The US, China and Taiwan: a Thucydides Trap?

Thursday March 25, 2021

57  

The US, China, and Taiwan: a New Great Game?

Monday March 15, 2021

58  

The KMT’s Questionable Future: Where is it Going?

Monday March 1, 2021

59  

US Must Change the Discourse on Taiwan

Tuesday February 23, 2021

60  

How the COVID-19 Virus Exposed Taiwan, China, US

Tuesday January 19, 2021

61  

Taiwan Studies, Paradigm Shifts, and the World

Tuesday January 5, 2021

62  

Mike Pompeo on Taiwan’s Relation to China

Monday November 23, 2020

63  

Taiwan Needs Emersonian Scholars

Monday November 9, 2020

64  

How China Twists History to its Favor

Wednesday October 28, 2020

65  

Taiwan, Democracy, and the UN

Wednesday October 07, 2020

66  

Hard Questions for the KMT to Answer

Tuesday September 22, 2020

67  

Biden or Trump? For Taiwan, it Matters Little

Monday September 7, 2020

68  

Why Taiwan Must Have a New Flag

Tuesday August 25, 2020

69  

Why China will not take Taiwan

Tuesday August 18, 2020

70  

A Memorial to Lee Teng-hui

Monday August 10, 2020

71  

Carl Schmitt and Taiwan’s Future Direction

Monday July 20, 2020

72  

Taiwan’s Talented Friends and Advocates

Tuesday July 14, 2020

73  

East Timor, Taiwan, and the UN

Monday July 06, 2020

74  

Taiwan and WWII’s Unfinished Business

Wednesday June 24, 2020

75  

George Orwell, Outlier Taiwan, and Mid-sized Nations

Wednesday May 27, 2020

76  

President Tsai Needs a Bold 2nd Inaugural Address

Monday May 11, 2020

77  

It’s Time to Put Taiwan in the WHO/WHA

Thursday April 23, 2020

78  

Taiwan Leads in COVID-19 Response

Wednesday April 08, 2020

79  

Taiwan’s Imagined Community and its Democracy

Monday March 09, 2020

80  

Ending the “1992 Consensus” Once and for All

Wednesday February 19, 2020

81  

Déjà vu and the KMT after the 2020 Elections

Wednesday February 5, 2020

82  

Taiwan Must Move on from the KMT Past

Sunday December 15, 2019

83  

Xi's China Vision, a Clear Threat to Taiwan

Monday December 9, 2019

84  

Taiwan, China and the Human Race

Monday November 18, 2019

85  

Deconstructing the Fake 1992 Consensus

Thursday October 17, 2019

86  

The Drama and Amnesia of Taiwan Politics

Sunday October 6, 2019

87  

Hong Kong, Taiwan and 21st Century Zeitgeist

Sunday September 1, 2019

88  

Hong Kong: Promises, Lies and Airports

Wednesday August 21, 2019

89  

Populism, Democracy and Taiwan

Wednesday July 24, 2019

90  

Sorting the Wheat from Chaff in Taiwan's Elections

Tuesday July 16, 2019

91  

Taiwan's Place in an Expanding Vast Universe

Tuesday July 2, 2019

92  

The Continuing Challenge of Taiwan's Democracy

Saturday May 25, 2019

93  

The US, the UN and Taiwan

Monday April 29, 2019

94  

The US and the Unraveling of Taiwan's Conundrum

Friday March 29, 2019

95  

Taiwan Can Reject Zhonghua minzu

Sunday March 10, 2019

96  

Taiwan's Democracy is its Freedom

Tuesday February 26, 2019

97  

Suvorov's Insights Suggest Taiwan be a Switzerland of the East

Wednesday January 16, 2019

98  

Taiwan's Past Narratives Need a Future Focus

Sunday December 30, 2018

99  

Two Takeaways from Taiwan's 2018 Elections

Monday December 3, 2018

100  

Taiwan's Name and the Olympics Referendum

Saturday November 24, 2018

101  

Taiwan, Khashoggi and Shifting Paradigms

Monday November 5, 2018

102  

Tsai Ing-wen and Changing US Perceptions

Tuesday October 23, 2018

103  

Taiwan's Furies in Pursuit of Justice

Friday October 5, 2018

104  

Deconstructing the Many Taiwan/China Memes

Thursday September 20, 2018

105  

Taiwan, Carl Schmitt and a Nation's Enemies

Wednesday August 29, 2018

106  

KMT Diaspora and Taiwan's Imagined Community

Friday August 10, 2018

107  

Taiwan Democracy, Third Parties and the Mammon Factor

Wednesday July 25, 2018

108  

Mayor Ko, the KMT and the Upcoming Elections

Sunday July 8, 2018

109  

Taiwan, North Korea and the Trump Show

Monday June 25, 2018

110  

Taiwan Examines Karl Marx and Communism

Monday May 21, 2018

111  

Taiwan, WHA and Changing World Paradigms

Wednesday May 9, 2018

112  

Taiwan, China and Xi's Ban on Orwell's Books

Monday April 23, 2018

113  

Trump and Taiwan's Search for World Space

Tuesday April 3, 2018

114  

Taiwan Envisions a New Role in a Global Paradigm

Tuesday March 20, 2018

115  

Taiwan, Norway, and the Olympic Spirit

Friday March 16, 2018

116  

The Century of Taiwan's Three Elder Statesmen

Monday March 5, 2018

117  

In Search of an Author: Taiwan's Great Epic

Monday February 5, 2018

118  

World Conflict, Peace and Taiwan

Saturday January 20, 2018

119  

The Issue: Let Taiwan Finally Be Taiwan

Thursday December 28, 2017

120  

Taiwan as the Gibraltar of Asia

Sunday November 26, 2017

121  

Takeaways fromChina's 19th National Congress

Friday November 17, 2017

122  

Democracies and Their Presidents:Taiwan and the US

Friday November 10, 2017

123  

Su Beng: Taiwan's Man for All Seasons

Thursday November 9, 2017

124  

Shifting to a 'Global Home' Outlook and Paradigm

Thursday October 12, 2017

125  

Taiwan's Role in the New Global Home Paradigm

Monday October 2, 2017

126  

Taiwan as the Switzerland of Asia!

Sunday September 17, 2017

127  

Tsai Ing-wen and Transformational Leadership

Tuesday September 5, 2017

128  

Taiwan Already Enjoys Independence

Tuesday September 5, 2017

129  

The Sacred and Profane in Taiwan

Sunday July 30, 2017

130  

July 15's Significance for Taiwanese

Sunday July 30, 2017

131  

Hong Kong and the Big Lie: Promises, Promises

Monday July 10, 2017

132  

Taiwan, Linear History and Planet Earth

Thursday June 15, 2017

133  

The DPP and Tsai Need to Up Their Game

Thursday June 15, 2017

134  

Taiwan and the Korean Conundrum

Thursday May 18, 2017

135  

Capital, Piketty and Taiwanese Democracy

Thursday May 18, 2017

136  

Taiwan Needs Some KMT Straight Talk

Tuesday April 18, 2017

137  

Taiwan Can Find Strength in Self-Reliance

Tuesday April 18, 2017

138  

The Unfolding Epic KMT Tragedy

Friday April 7, 2017

139  

Decoding Taiwan-China Rhetoric

Friday April 7, 2017

140  

Taiwan's New Challenge, Nation Building

Friday March 10, 2017

141  

China's Heroes are not Taiwan's

Friday March 10, 2017

142  

Taiwan and Hong Kong Look Back

Sunday February 5, 2017

143  

A Nation in Search of its Heroes

Sunday February 5, 2017

144  

Nation Must Shun Dollar Diplomacy

Wednesday January 18, 2017

145  

Taiwanese Must Demonstrate Self-respect

Wednesday January 18, 2017

146  

A Timely Calling of China's Bluff

Tuesday December 20, 2016

147  

The US Can Learn a lot from Taiwan

Tuesday December 20, 2016

148  

Elections, History and Cyclical Views: Taiwan and China

Tuesday November 15, 2016

149  

Taiwan Needs a New Consensus

Tuesday November 15, 2016

150  

Taiwan, the US and a Free Press

Thursday October 20, 2016

151  

Taiwan's New Role in the World

Thursday October 20, 2016

152  

Chiang Kai-shek's Ah-Q and the KMT's Image

Sunday September 25, 2016

153  

A Required Northbound Policy to Japan

Sunday September 25, 2016

154  

Taiwan's Democracy and the Cult of Personality

Saturday September 10, 2016

155  

Taiwan's Presidents and the Will of the People

Saturday September 10, 2016

156  

Taiwan's Aboriginal Past & Identity

Friday August 5, 2016

157  

Taiwan and the Canards of China

Friday August 5, 2016

158  

The Root of the KMT's Identity Crisis

Thursday June 30, 2016

159  

The Fears that led UK to leave EU

Thursday June 30, 2016

160  

China's Hegemonic Nine-dash Line Map

Wednesday June 15, 2016

161  

Why the Sky Did not Fall at Tsai's Inauguration

Wednesday June 15, 2016

162  

President Ma's Last Days in Power

Sunday May 15, 2016

163  

Electing Leaders and Accountability

Sunday May 15, 2016

164  

Understanding the Faces of China

Thursday April 28, 2016

165  

Taiwan's Unique Relations with the Holy See and Rome

Thursday April 28, 2016

166  

The KMT Continuing Challenges

Friday April 15, 2016

167  

Taiwan like "Prometheus Unbound"

Friday April 15, 2016

168  

Has Taiwan's Worm Fully Turned?

Friday March 18, 2016

169  

Demystifying China: a Club Enron Writ Large?

Friday March 18, 2016

170  

The Dysfunctional DNA of the KMT

Sunday February 28, 2016

171  

A Game of Cards Across the Strait

Friday February 5, 2016

172  

Standing on 'Dangwai' Shoulders

Friday February 5, 2016

173  

Can the KMT Regroup if it Loses?

Monday January 18, 2016

174  

Dynasties Conflict with Democracies

Monday January 18, 2016

175  

Pinning down Chu's "One Taiwan"

Wednesday December 23, 2015

176  

Democracy and Taiwan's Identity

Wednesday December 23, 2015

177  

Taiwan's Real 1992 Consensus

Tuesday December 15, 2015

178  

Ma's Failure to Accept Democracy

Tuesday December 15, 2015

179  

Taiwan, Old Soldiers and James Soong's Last Hurrah?

Wednesday November 25, 2015

180  

Taiwanese Owe Hung Gratitude

Wednesday November 25, 2015

181  

The Battle for the Legislative Yuan and Taiwan's Soul

Thursday October 15, 2015

182  

Future Books on the KMT's Coming Demise

Sunday September 20, 2015

183  

Taiwan, Fascist China and the UN

Sunday September 20, 2015

184  

The Lien Family: Calculating, Loyal or?

Saturday September 12, 2015

185  

Whose War was it? The KMT Conundrum

Saturday September 12, 2015

186  

Deconstructing Hickey on Taiwan and US Policy

Thursday August 20, 2015

187  

What Really Happened in 1992?

Friday July 3, 2015

188  

Merit and Vision, the Needs of Taiwan's Democracy

Thursday June 25, 2015

189  

Is the KMT not Relying on Rogue Hung's Votes?

Thursday June 25, 2015

190  

Peace in the Taiwan Strait and East and South China Seas?

Monday May 25, 2015

191  

KMT Diaspora Grieves for Fatherland

Monday May 25, 2015

192  

The Final Dangerous Moments of Ma Ying-jeou

Sunday April 26, 2015

193  

The Dilemmas of the KMT Diaspora

Sunday April 26, 2015

194  

The Intriguing Home Stretch of Taiwan's 2016 Elections

Wednesday March 25, 2015

195  

China's Multiple Dilemmas and Threatening Collapse

Wednesday March 25, 2015

196  

Clear Signs of Change in Taiwan's Political Landscape

Monday February 16, 2015

197  

Will a New Broom (Ko Wen-Je) Sweep Clean?

Monday February 16, 2015

198  

Time Running out for Ma Spin Team

Friday January 16, 2015

199  

Chinese Reform is Doomed to Fail

Friday January 16, 2015

200  

2015 Will be Decision Time for the KMT

Sunday December 14, 2014

201  

Self Reliance, a Quality that Taiwan Must Develop

Sunday December 14, 2014

202  

China's New 'Bling Empire' in Democracy's Way

Wednesday November 18, 2014

203  

Three Islands, Three Histories, Three Identities

Wednesday November 18, 2014

204  

What China Wills is Certainly not Democracy

Monday October 20, 2014

205  

KMT Red Herrings: Who Should be Mayor?

Monday October 20, 2014

206  

A Modest Proposal for Hollow Men

Friday October 3, 2014

207  

A Taiwan Wake-up Call as Hau Pei-tsun Misses Again

Friday October 3, 2014

208  

Taiwan Independence and the Name, Republic of China?

Sunday August 10, 2014

209  

Two Great Anomalies of Taiwan's Identity

Sunday August 10, 2014

210  

High Class Mainlanders or Low Class Thieves?

Friday July 25, 2014

211  

More than Facts: Taiwan's Challenge of Finding National Identity

Friday July 25, 2014

212  

Zhang Zhijun's Ironic Visit

Tuesday July 8, 2014

213  

Taiwan's Own 'Game of Thrones'

Tuesday July 8, 2014

214  

The Leveling of the Political Playing Field in Taiwan

Friday June 20, 2014

215  

The Soil of the Sunflowers, 4 decades, 4 books

Friday June 20, 2014

216  

Ma Ying-jeou's Continued Avoidance of Transparency

Sunday May 25, 2014

217  

Surviving Ma Ying-jeou's Final Two Years

Sunday May 25, 2014

218  

Truman, Nixon, Sunflowers and Ma Ying-jeou

Monday April 28, 2014

219  

Chicken vs. Pig Pundits on Trade and Taiwan's Future

Monday April 28, 2014

220  

Shaking Off Taiwan's Stockholm Experience

Sunday April 6, 2014

221  

The Sunflowers Protest and Pigs in a Poke

Sunday April 6, 2014

222  

China's Two Distinct Centuries of Humiliation

Tuesday March 18, 2014

223  

2-28, the ROC Constitution and Ma Ying-jeou's Disconnect

Tuesday March 18, 2014

224  

The Ma Government on Taiwan: Zelig, Ah Q, or Worse?

Tuesday February 25, 2014

225  

Demystifying China: a Club Enron Writ Large?

Tuesday February 25, 2014

226  

Taiwan & China's Political/Religious Paradigms Interplay

Thursday February 6, 2014

227  

China's Lost Soul and Fading Chance for Democracy

Thursday February 6, 2014

228  

The ECFA Trap or Ma Ying-jeou's 'Pig in a Poke'

Sunday December 15, 2013

229  

Taiwan and Mongolia: Who Could Be Taiwan's "Russia"?

Sunday December 15, 2013

230  

Hong Kong 16 Years Later: One Country, One Dictator, and Not Even Close to Two Systems

Thursday July 04, 2013

231  

Taiwan as the World Turns: are the KMT Minister of Interior and the Police on the Same Page?

Tuesday July 02, 2013

232  

Taiwan as the World Turns: Ma Ying-jeou Feels His "Anus" is More Important than the Nation's Economy?

Friday June 28, 2013

233  

Paradigm Series: George Orwell's "Animal Farm" Gives an Example

Friday June 28, 2013

234  

Matters of Taiwan's Sovereignty and Discourse

Friday June 21, 2013

235  

Paradigm Series: Some Definitions of Paradigms

Monday June 17, 2013

236  

Paradigm Series: China's Need of Size vis-a-vis Identity

Thursday June 13, 2013

237  

Paradigm Series: Coming Posts with Taiwan in Search of a National Paradigm and More

Sunday June 02, 2013

238  

UK's "The Guardian" Editorial on the ROC Mocked by Reality

Tuesday May 21, 2013

239  

JIngmei Prison Exposes Taiwan's Double Standard of Justice on Lin Yi-shih Case

Thursday May 16, 2013

240  

Taiwan/Philippine Row Continues, Ma Again Caught by "One China" Stance

Wednesday May 15, 2013

241  

Taiwan and Philippines Fishing Problems and More

Monday May 13, 2013

242  

Judges in the Lin Yi-shih Case Try a Smoke and Mirrors Dodge

Wednesday May 08, 2013

243  

Taiwan's Challenge in Living Next to a Covetous Giant

Friday May 03, 2013

244  

Taiwan's Courts Again Fail the People With Their Double Standard

Thursday May 02, 2013

245  

China Will Have to Learn to Talk to Taiwan's DPP in the Future

Wednesday April 24, 2013

246  

The KMT Adminstration Again Deals with Chen Shui-bian Secretly

Monday April 22, 2013

247  

Hsu Hsin-liang, Just Who Supports This Guy??

Wednesday April 17, 2013

248  

Taiwan: Curious Questions, Why the Secrecy on Ma's Daughter's Marriage

Monday April 15, 2013

249  

Taiwan and Japan Sign Historic Fisheries Agreement

Thursday April 11, 2013

250  

China, a Greater Threat than North Korea? To the World as Well as Taiwan

Wednesday April 10, 2013

251  

The Mapping of Taiwan as Reviewed in AmCham's Topics

Monday April 08, 2013

252  

Lee Teng-hui Speaks on Taiwan Identity and More!

Saturday April 06, 2013

253  

Taiwan's Ministry of Culture Demonstrates KMT Dinosaurs are Alive and Well in Taiwan

Thursday April 04, 2013

254  

Taiwan: The Gall of Some Politicians

Wednesday April 03, 2013

255  

Is Taiwan Finally Beginning to Smell the Coffee as Regards President Ma

Sunday March 31, 2013

256  

Taiwan at its Best! The Mystery Camera

Saturday March 30, 2013

257  

Taiwan as the World Turns, More Questionable Government Promises

Friday March 29, 2013

258  

Taiwan's Wang Chien-ming Signs a Contract to Return to the Yankees

Monday March 25, 2013

259  

Wu Li-pei Takes Taiwan's Dinosaur Prosecutors and Judges to Court

Sunday March 24, 2013

260  

China, If it isn't SARS, or Buried Trains, it is Dead Pigs

Wednesday March 20, 2013

261  

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou to Attend Pope Francis's Inauguration

Sunday March 17, 2013

262  

Taiwan and Chinese Taipei???

Thursday March 14, 2013

263  

Taiwan and Referendums

Wednesday March 13, 2013

264  

Taiwan Prepares to March this Weekend and Many Issues are Involved

Friday March 08, 2013

265  

Taiwan, Are you Feeling Like the World is Your Oyster?

Friday March 08, 2013

266  

Taiwan, As the World Turns! Nuclear Power and more

Monday March 04, 2013

267  

Taiwan Commemorates 2-28 When the KMT Began to Seriously Enforce its One-Party State

Thursday February 28, 2013

268  

Finally! the Control Yuan Has OK's the report on the "flaws" in the Care of Former President Chen Shui-bian

Saturday February 23, 2013

269  

Taiwan's Lien Chan Goes to China Again Under a Cloud

Saturday February 23, 2013

270  

Will China Ever be a Democracy? Not in this Century!

Friday February 08, 2013

271  

Taiwan as the World Turns: a Potpurri of Events

Friday February 08, 2013

272  

Putin Turns and Supports the Russian Orthodox Church

Wednesday February 06, 2013

273  

Premier Sean Chen Barely Lasts One Year

Sunday February 03, 2013

274  

Taiwan's Ma Admits Pension Plan Problems

Thursday January 31, 2013

275  

Taiwan as the World Turns: Diaoyutais/Senkakus Madness

Thursday January 24, 2013

276  

New Thoughts for a New Age: Japan as Taiwan's Ally, and not a Threat

Tuesday January 22, 2013

277  

Jan 13 Protest Brings Out the Crowds But Even More Trouble Looms on the Horizon

Thursday January 17, 2013

278  

Taiwan as the World Turns: Big Protest on January 13

Friday January 11, 2013

279  

Ma Ying-jeou Against a Statue of Liberty in Taiwan?

Friday January 04, 2013

280  

Ma's Next Promise--He Will Keep the Labor Pension Fund Afloat. How?

Thursday January 03, 2013

281  

Ho-hum, Another Promise from Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou; This One at New Year's

Wednesday January 02, 2013

282  

Self-Destruct! Why Ma Ying-jeou's Administration Keeps Bumbling Along

Friday December 14, 2012

283  

The False Facade of Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou Continues to Crack

Thursday December 13, 2012

284  

Media Control and Other Increasing Taiwan Problems

Wednesday December 05, 2012

285  

Taiwan Examines the Harsh Reality of the One Party State

Thursday November 29, 2012

286  

Taiwan as the World Turns: Dalai Lama Strikes Out Again And More

Tuesday November 27, 2012

287  

Taiwan's Unresolved Pingpu Issue: Taiwanese or Han?

Saturday November 24, 2012

288  

Ma the Bumbler Continues to Avoid Looking in the Mirror

Tuesday November 20, 2012

289  

Ma Ying-joke Still Afraid to Admit to the PRC that he is Taiwan's President

Friday November 16, 2012

290  

"Ma the Bumbler" Read about it in Nov. 17, Economist

Friday November 16, 2012

291  

Kaohsiung, Lee Ang, Pier 2 Art Center, "Life of Pi" and Rhythm & Hues Studios

Friday November 09, 2012

292  

Taiwan's One-Party Past and Law Still Protects the Guilty

Thursday November 08, 2012

293  

Money Still Talks in Ma Ying-jeou's Taiwan/China Relations

Saturday November 03, 2012

294  

Facing Realities in Taiwan: What is the Nation's Best Interests

Friday October 26, 2012

295  

Taiwan, As the World Turns! the Sean Lien Shooting and More

Thursday October 25, 2012

296  

The Residue of Taiwan's One-party KMT State Continues to Haunt the Nation

Wednesday October 24, 2012

297  

Taiwan's Additional Challenges: What to do with Legislators Under Investigation

Tuesday October 16, 2012

298  

Taiwan's Judicial System Again Under the Gun Over Wrongful Execution

Saturday October 13, 2012

299  

Taiwan and the US Presidential Elections: Don't Hold Your Breath

Thursday October 11, 2012

300  

DPP's Frank Hsieh Visits China: Time to Break the Ice

Friday October 05, 2012

301  

Taiwan Gains Visa Waiver Status with USA, Something the PRC Does not Have!

Wednesday October 03, 2012

302  

Taiwan/China Questions, Part I

Thursday September 20, 2012

303  

Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou Gets Caught Again with a Foot in Each of Two Boats

Tuesday September 18, 2012

304  

Taiwan vs. China, So Different in So Many Ways

Monday September 17, 2012

305  

The PRC Takes on Corvallis, Oregon and David Lin: Let 100 Murals Bloom

Wednesday September 12, 2012

306  

The Rules of the Game Have Changed: Taiwan's Next Big Protest is?

Friday September 07, 2012

307  

Hong Kong Protests Chinese "Brainwashing" in Textbooks

Wednesday September 05, 2012

308  

Taiwanese Take to the Streets Against the WantWant merger

Monday September 03, 2012

309  

Taiwan's Minister of Culture Leaves Questions as to What Country She is Minister of?

Thursday August 30, 2012

310  

Taiwan & Deng Nan-jung's Death: It was not that Long Ago!

Wednesday August 22, 2012

311  

Tsai Ing-wen Expresses What She Means by Thinking about Taiwan, Let's Join Her.

Monday August 20, 2012

312  

Ma Ying-jeou's KMT Government is Lost and Fishing for Help

Thursday August 16, 2012

313  

China as the World Turns, What about Bo Xilai? And ...

Sunday August 12, 2012

314  

China as the World Turns, What about Bo Xilai? And ...

Friday August 10, 2012

315  

London's Regent Street Exposes Charades Over Taiwan

Friday August 03, 2012

316  

Want Want China Times Turns into a Media Bully in Taiwan

Wednesday August 01, 2012

317  

Hsu Shu-ching Brings Home Taiwan's First Medal at Olympics

Tuesday July 31, 2012

318  

Lin Yi-shih Exposes Taiwan's Unfinished and Unresolved Past

Tuesday July 24, 2012

319  

Taipei Zoo Touts Baby Koala Coming Out

Monday July 23, 2012

320  

US Homeland Security Recognizes Taiwan

Sunday July 22, 2012

321  

Another Ma Ying-jeou Failure Adds to His Legacy

Saturday July 21, 2012

322  

Lin Yi-Shih KMT Scandal Continues to Unravel

Wednesday July 18, 2012

323  

Matsu Rolls the Dice on More than Just Casinos

Saturday July 14, 2012

324  

Book Review on Taiwan's Politicized Society

Thursday July 12, 2012

325  

Matsu Casino Adds Spice and Controversy to Taiwan's Problems

Monday July 09, 2012

326  

Lin Yi-shih Brings More Shame to the Ma Administration in Taiwan

Thursday July 05, 2012

327  

US Complains about Mixed Signals from the Ma Administration on Arms Purchases

Thursday June 28, 2012

328  

Like 6-3-3 and Other Ma Promises That US Beef Issue Will Just Not Go Away.

Wednesday June 27, 2012

329  

A Strange Justice in Taiwan's Chen Shui-bian Case

Wednesday June 13, 2012

330  

Taiwan, Still No Consensus on the US Beef Issue

Wednesday June 13, 2012

331  

How Should Taiwanese Speak of Their Democracy?

Tuesday June 12, 2012

332  

Tuesday Showdown! Will Ma get the KMT to Approve US Beef?

Monday June 11, 2012

333  

Taiwan's GDP Continues to Sink, and Sink and Sink. Did Ma Say it Would be 6??

Friday June 08, 2012

334  

The US Beef Issue, a Ma Ying-jeou and KMT Problem

Thursday June 07, 2012

335  

The Question of Taiwan's Discourse and Who Should Control it?

Tuesday June 05, 2012

336  

Tianamen Square Anniversary: Just What Chinese Values Were Expressed?

Monday June 04, 2012

337  

Ma Ying-jeou and Taiwan: the Chickens Come Home to Roost

Thursday May 31, 2012

338  

Su Tseng-chang Winns DPP Chairperson election

Monday May 28, 2012

339  

Taiwan's DPP Choose the Precarious Position of Chairperson Today

Sunday May 27, 2012

340  

Ma Ying-jeou Sacrifices One Part of His Fairy Tale

Friday May 25, 2012

341  

WHO and WHA Still Cannot See the Chinese Emperor Has No Clothes

Wednesday May 23, 2012

342  

May 19 & 20, Days to Watch in Taipei for Ma's 2nd Presidential Inauguration

Friday May 18, 2012

343  

Ma's Dilemma in his Second Inaugural Address: What to Say?

Monday May 14, 2012

344  

Taiwan, the World Still Turns; Partial Resolution of the Sean Lien Shooting

Saturday May 12, 2012

345  

Taiwan, as the World Continues to Turn, a New AIT Director and More Ma Ying-jeou Problems

Wednesday May 09, 2012

346  

Taiwan as the World Turns; Problems, Problems, Problems

Monday May 07, 2012

347  

China, Foxconn, Apple, and the Tipping Point

Thursday May 03, 2012

348  

Academia Sinica Hosts the First World Congress of Taiwan Studies

Monday April 30, 2012

349  

Oh No, Not Another Convicted KMT Member Walking Free!

Sunday April 29, 2012

350  

Ma Ying-jeou's Minister of Justice Again Drops the Ball

Saturday April 28, 2012

351  

The "Global Times," Lien Chan and Taiwan's Growing Identity

Friday April 20, 2012

352  

Is Chen Shui-bian Being Made a Surrogate Scapegoat for Taiwan? Part III of III

Friday April 13, 2012

353  

Is Chen Shui-bian Being Made a Surrogate Scapegoat for Taiwan? Part II of III

Wednesday April 11, 2012

354  

Is Chen Shui-bian Being Made a Surrogate Scapegoat for Taiwan? Part I of III

Monday April 09, 2012

355  

How Ma Ying-jeou's World Differs from Most Taiwanese

Wednesday April 04, 2012

356  

What World Do These People Live in: Logic Please, Part I

Friday March 30, 2012

357  

Will Taiwan Waste Another Four Years as a Rudderless Ship Under Ma Ying-jeou

Tuesday March 27, 2012

358  

Ma's KMT Government Again Tries to Pass the Buck

Wednesday March 21, 2012

359  

Deconstructing Taiwan and China Terminology and Nomenclature, Deconstruction Part II

Friday March 09, 2012

360  

Taiwan's Double Standard of Justice Remains from the KMT One-party State days

Tuesday March 06, 2012

361  

Ma Ying-jeou, the Phony Pony President of Taiwan, Caves Again!

Friday March 02, 2012

362  

Taiwan's Past Still Not Reconciled or Honestly Dealt with by Some KMT

Saturday February 25, 2012

363  

Deconstructing the Middle Kingdom on Taiwan's Border: Part I

Monday February 20, 2012

364  

How Far Does the Apple Fall from the Tree? Ask Confucius

Friday February 17, 2012

365  

Taiwan, a Small Victory in the 'Anti-Corruption' Campaign

Thursday February 16, 2012

366  

Taiwan in the News, Why is Ma Ying-jeou Reluctant?

Monday February 13, 2012

367  

Another Credibility Question for the KMT post Elections

Saturday February 11, 2012

368  

Taiwan, Let the Waffling by Ma Begin

Friday February 03, 2012

369  

Taiwan: No Honeymoon For Ma Ying-jeou this time

Tuesday January 31, 2012

370  

The Ma Mandate That Never Was, Taiwan's Holding Pattern

Friday January 20, 2012

371  

Taiwan: Some Post 2012 Election Observations

Tuesday January 17, 2012

372  

Taiwan Elections: Chiu Yi Bites the Dust But His Braying Is Not Gone

Tuesday January 17, 2012

373  

Taiwan Elections End, Ma Wins but the DPP is Back in the Game

Sunday January 15, 2012

374  

Taiwan Goes to the Polls; Who Will Rule for the Next Four Years

Friday January 13, 2012

375  

Taiwan, Sifting Through the Past and Present for the Truth

Saturday January 07, 2012

376  

Taiwan's Elections Draw Near

Tuesday January 03, 2012

377  

"The Mapping of Taiwan, Desired Economies, Coveted Geographies" Completes Taiwan Tetralogy

Thursday December 29, 2011

378  

Why Taiwan Cannot Afford to Waste Another Four Years on Ma

Monday December 26, 2011

379  

The United States Once Again Meddles in Taiwan's Democratic Elections

Sunday December 25, 2011

380  

Taiwan's Yani Tseng Is Named Female Athlete of the Year

Thursday December 22, 2011

381  

Taiwan's 2012 Legislative Yuan Will be Totally Different

Tuesday December 20, 2011

382  

Lies, Lies and More Lies? Part III, the KMT's Standard Excuse Comes Out

Friday December 16, 2011

383  

Lies, Lies and More Lies, Part II, How Much is Ma Ying-jeou Responsible for?

Friday December 16, 2011

384  

Lies, Lies and More Lies?--Part I, Is the KMT Resorting to Old Tricks?

Thursday December 15, 2011

385  

As the WorldTurns: Taiwan, China and the World of Control Freaks

Monday December 12, 2011

386  

Taiwan's Elections as the World Turns, Promises, Promises

Friday December 02, 2011

387  

Taiwan's Yani Tseng Finishes a Great Year

Friday December 02, 2011

388  

Why Does Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou Not Want to End China's Civil War?

Tuesday November 15, 2011

389  

No Progress in Anti-Corruption Under Ma Ying-jeou. Diane Lee's Case Contributes?

Friday November 11, 2011

390  

Taiwan as the World Turns: the Three Pigs and the KMT Dominated Control Yuan, Pettiness at its Best.

Friday November 04, 2011

391  

Taiwan: A Harsh Look at Four Years of Smoke and Stagnation Under Ma Ying-jeou

Wednesday November 02, 2011

392  

Ma Ying-jeou's FIT Program not Open to All Chinese Subjects (Dalai Lama and Ai Weiwei Take Notice)

Saturday October 29, 2011

393  

"Dump Ma to Save Taiwan," Why These Words Are Gaining Momentum I

Friday October 28, 2011

394  

Yani Tseng, a Woman Unafraid to say She is Taiwanese

Sunday October 23, 2011

395  

Issues People Face with Accountability for Elected Leaders: a Sidebar from Warren Buffet

Friday October 21, 2011

396  

Taiwan, Once Again the Nation Depends on its Citizens and not its President

Wednesday October 19, 2011

397  

Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou, When Apologies Are Not Enough

Saturday October 15, 2011

398  

Taiwan, the Travails of President Ma Ying-jeou and His 400 policies??

Thursday October 13, 2011

399  

The Political Mandate That Never Was, Taiwan

Sunday October 09, 2011

400  

Taiwan's Indigenes Plan a Symbolic "Mgaya" Headhunt on the ROC

Thursday October 06, 2011

401  

Foil to Ma: The Unexpected Role of Taiwan's James Soong

Sunday October 02, 2011

402  

China's "Confucius Peace Prize," the Prize You Are Not Quite Sure You Want to Win.

Friday September 30, 2011

403  

Western Misreading of Diaspora and Taiwanese Identity in the Taiwan Strait

Sunday September 25, 2011

404  

Taiwan is the First Taiwanese Democracy Not the First Chinese Dem ocracy

Thursday September 22, 2011

405  

King Pu-tsung Says KMT Does Not Use Slogans???

Wednesday September 21, 2011

406  

Ma Ying-joke Insults the USA,. Is He Getting Gun Shy on Using English?

Sunday September 18, 2011

407  

China Writes ROC History, Would the ROC Write PRC History?

Saturday September 17, 2011

408  

Taiwan, as the World Turns, September 2011, Shih Ming-teh Cries the Blues

Friday September 16, 2011

409  

It Costs to Run for President in Taiwan

Thursday September 15, 2011

410  

Taiwan's Ma Ying-joke Lets His Campaign Manger Speak for Him

Wednesday September 14, 2011

411  

So Who Needs a Reality Check on Clarity, Taiwan and China?

Friday August 26, 2011

412  

Taiwan's Dignity Takes a Worse Hit as its Persian Cat President Brags On

Thursday August 25, 2011

413  

Taiwan's Dignity Takes Another Hit, as Ma Brags About His Flexible Diplomacy I

Thursday August 25, 2011

414  

Taiwan as the World Turns: the Diane Lee Travesty of Justice Continues

Wednesday August 24, 2011

415  

The Role of Taiwan's Indigenes in Resolving Identity and More

Monday August 22, 2011

416  

Ma Ying-joke's Flexible Diplomacy Fails Taiwan Again

Thursday August 18, 2011

417  

More than Staying in the Game: Can Soong Think Beyond Himself?

Tuesday August 16, 2011

418  

Ma Ying-joke Government Passes the Buck Again

Sunday August 14, 2011

419  

Revisiting the Past and Assessing Ma the Incompetent

Thursday August 11, 2011

420  

Leaving Taiwan, Economics, the Dutch VOC and the Rest of the Story

Sunday August 07, 2011

421  

KMT Leaders Display Lack of Sense of What Democracy is About

Saturday August 06, 2011

422  

Ma Ying-jeou's Political Manipulations Draw Another Open Letter

Wednesday August 03, 2011

423  

Taiwan's "Seediq Bale" gets nod for 68th Venice International Film Festival

Sunday July 31, 2011

424  

Taiwan's MOFA, in Need of Reform: Is Life on the Beach that Boring?

Friday July 29, 2011

425  

Ma's Young Troops, Another "Taiwan Up" Experience

Thursday July 28, 2011

426  

Taiwan's Diane Lee, Is She Guilty Not Only of Fraud, But Also Perjury?

Friday July 15, 2011

427  

As the World Turns: Taiwan Politics and China

Thursday July 14, 2011

428  

Election Time Taiwan; Ma Ying-joke's Dilemma

Friday July 08, 2011

429  

The Next Step: Taiwan Needs New Leadership for 2012

Friday July 01, 2011

430  

Ma Ying-jeou's "Do Nothing" Promises Deceive Taiwan

Saturday June 25, 2011

431  

The 1992 Consensus, a Fabricated Continuation of China's Civil War

Wednesday June 22, 2011

432  

Taiwan's Judicial Reform, the First Step

Sunday June 19, 2011

433  

Ma's Chinese Tourists, Just What Are They Here For?

Saturday June 18, 2011

434  

Anomalies of China? They Keep Mounting.

Friday June 17, 2011

435  

Taiwan's Tao Prepare to Hail Part of Taiwan's Past

Tuesday June 14, 2011

436  

Taiwan's Past Corruption under the KMT was Big Time Corruption

Saturday June 11, 2011

437  

More Questions on Just How is Ma Ying-jeou's China Policy Working?

Thursday June 09, 2011

438  

Tales of the Bandits Taiwan-style, the KMT and PFP

Tuesday June 07, 2011

439  

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Verges on Being a "Useful Idiot"

Saturday June 04, 2011

440  

Chiayi Man Runs Marathons in Slippers: a Taiwan Miracle in Itself

Thursday June 02, 2011

441  

VP Vincent Siew Bows Out, Saving Face for Himself, the KMT and Ma

Wednesday June 01, 2011

442  

What Made Nan Fang Shuo Change? Ma's Lack of Core Values?

Monday May 30, 2011

443  

Chiu Yi, Some Pre-election Grandstanding or Will He Carry Through

Saturday May 28, 2011

444  

Another Product of the US Naval War College or What?

Monday May 23, 2011

445  

KMT Corruption Still Evident; How Deep are the Police Involved in it?

Sunday May 22, 2011

446  

Taiwan as the World Turns: Mid-may Mania

Thursday May 19, 2011

447  

How Long Must Taiwan Reap What Others Sow?

Thursday May 12, 2011

448  

Ma Ying-jeou, the Puppet of Beijing

Tuesday May 10, 2011

449  

Ma Continues the KMT Belittling of Taiwan's Aborigines

Monday May 09, 2011

450  

Taichung, Jason 'Good-Time'Charlie' Hu Dodges One Impeachment Bullet So Far

Thursday May 05, 2011

451  

Taiwan, the Ma Government Wants the Media to Serve it

Tuesday May 03, 2011

452  

Taiwan as the World Turns: KMT Legislator John Chiang Wants a Return to Cronyism

Sunday May 01, 2011

453  

Is the Ma Government Blowing Smoke to Cover its Tracks? Part III

Tuesday April 26, 2011

454  

Is the Ma Government Blowing Smoke to Cover its Tracks? Part II

Monday April 25, 2011

455  

Is the Ma Government Blowing Smoke to Cover its Tracks? What is it Hiding? Part 1

Tuesday April 19, 2011

456  

Taiwan: Lies, Lies, Who is Telling the Lies? China News Agency? Joe Hung?

Sunday April 17, 2011

457  

Taiwan, Isn't It Time to Rid Yourself of the KMT Carpetbaggers and Their One-Party State Jackals Once and For All?

Friday April 15, 2011

458  

The Ma Government Continues to Try to Return Taiwan to the One-party State Days of the KMT

Wednesday April 13, 2011

459  

Scholars Once Again Question the Ma Government on its Anti-Democratic Abuse of Power

Monday April 11, 2011

460  

Taiwan's "China Post", Newspaper, is it Turning Red?

Saturday April 09, 2011

461  

Ma Wants to be Seen as Predident, but He Really Does Not Want to be Responsible for Anything.

Friday April 08, 2011

462  

Hsu Hsin-liang, a Man for All Junkets

Saturday April 02, 2011

463  

Taiwan, Ah the Justice of it All

Thursday March 31, 2011

464  

Three Cheers for Canada: as the World Turns

Saturday March 26, 2011

465  

What Arrogant Darkness Still Remains in the Hearts of Many KMT?

Tuesday March 22, 2011

466  

China Expects the World to Pay for Its Draconian Measu

Wednesday March 16, 2011

467  

Taichung as the World Turns: Who will Take the Blame for H

Tuesday March 15, 2011

468  

Ma Ying-jeou's Leadership by Platitudes, Confucius and the MOE

Tuesday March 08, 2011

469  

Are the Chickens Coming Home to Roost in Jason Hu's Taichung?

Monday March 07, 2011

470  

Jason Hu, Taichung, Add Road Rage to Common Crimes

Monday February 28, 2011

471  

Taiwan, the Mainland Affairs Council and the Flag: More Am I Missing Something?

Saturday February 26, 2011

472  

Taiwan: Jason Hu and the Am I Missing Something Department

Thursday February 24, 2011

473  

Another Slap in the Face for Taiwan under Ma Ying-joke

Sunday February 13, 2011

474  

Taiwanese Karma or China's Discarding Those It No Longer Needs?

Wednesday February 09, 2011

475  

Ho Hum, Another Insult to Taiwan, Thanks to Ma Ying-joke

Friday February 04, 2011

476  

Creole, Syncretic or Hybrid? Taiwan, Understanding an Identity in Process, Part II

Tuesday January 25, 2011

477  

Taiwan, Understanding an Identity in Process, Part I

Monday January 24, 2011

478  

Taiwan as the World Turns: the KMT and Gangsters, a Past that Won't Go Away

Saturday January 22, 2011

479  

Breaking News, KMT Secretary General King Pu-tsung Resigns

Tuesday January 18, 2011

480  

It is Time to Rid Taiwan or the Many Vestiges of the KMT's One Party State

Monday January 17, 2011

481  

KMT Government Still Out of Step with Policies: What Does it Tell Us?

Sunday January 16, 2011

482  

KMT 18 Per Cent Party Bonus: Time to Face Up

Thursday January 13, 2011

483  

Taiwan: Men without Jobs and Other Stories

Friday January 07, 2011

484  

Taiwan and the 2011 Centennial: 100 years of What?

Tuesday January 04, 2011

485  

Lee Teng-hui Celebrates his 90th Birthday: Who Wasn't There?

Monday January 03, 2011

486  

Golden Bough Theatre Performs Enjoyable "Sayonara My Love"

Sunday January 02, 2011

487  

Sean Lien's Shooting: How Many KMT Are in Bed with Gangsters?

Saturday January 01, 2011

488  

Lee Teng-hui: One More Reason Why Ma is Called Ma Ying-joke

Monday December 27, 2010

489  

Taiwan and the USA: from love to "no position," the vagary of vagaries

Monday December 27, 2010

490  

Taiwan as the World Turns, Ma Ying-jeou Shuns Responsibility to Nation

Thursday December 23, 2010

491  

Ma Ying-jeou Throws Chou Hsi-Wei a Bone.

Sunday December 19, 2010

492  

The USA, China, and North Korea, Tales of the Weird

Friday December 17, 2010

493  

The US State Department, its Dupes, and the Chinese Gorilla

Sunday December 12, 2010

494  

The "Duh" Awakening of the US State Department on China and Taiwan

Saturday December 11, 2010

495  

Why Taiwanese Continue to Call Ma Ying-jeou the Phony Pony

Saturday December 11, 2010

496  

The KMT Blames the DPP for the KMT's Gangster Connections and Corruption: Go Figure???

Thursday December 09, 2010

497  

AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt: Short Memories and Surprises Few People Talk About

Sunday December 05, 2010

498  

Taiwan and the Murder that Almost Never Really Happened.

Saturday December 04, 2010

499  

US Navy War College Professor Joins List of China Apologists, Why?

Thursday December 02, 2010

500  

Taiwan Post Election Comments

Monday November 29, 2010

501  

Gangland-style Hit at KMT Election Rally Raises Questions

Saturday November 27, 2010

502  

Getting Rid of the Hypocritical KMT Carpetbaggers Once and for All!

Thursday November 25, 2010

503  

Ma's Pro-China Policy Turning Into Shambles: But He Says It is Working; Will Voters Believe Him?

Tuesday November 23, 2010

504  

Some Hard Questions About Jason Hu and the KMT Past: Taiwan Wake Up I

Monday November 22, 2010

505  

The KMT Tries a New Way to Buy Votes and Hsu Hsin-Liang Still Looks for a Parade

Sunday November 21, 2010

506  

Ang Lee Chooses Taiwan as Location for Upcoming Film, "Life of Pi"

Sunday November 21, 2010

507  

Ma the Mouse and the International Press Conference that Wasn't International.

Friday November 19, 2010

508  

The Hypocritical KMT Are Starting to Grasp at Straws, But Then It is Election Time.

Friday November 19, 2010

509  

China Gives Taiwan Another Slap in the Face: Ma Ying-jeou Waits to See What Way the Wind is Blowing.

Thursday November 18, 2010

510  

Exploring All of One's Roots: Taiwan and its Lapita Heritage

Sunday November 14, 2010

511  

TV Talk Show Host Cheng Hung-yi Tells it Like it Is in Taiwan

Wednesday November 10, 2010

512  

India Should Have a Permanent Seat on the UN Security Council

Tuesday November 09, 2010

513  

Taiwan as the World Continues to Turn: Taichung Mayor Jason Hu Delights in Being King of Sleaze?

Wednesday November 03, 2010

514  

Taiwan as the World Turns: Ma Gives Hau a Left-Handed Compliment

Wednesday November 03, 2010

515  

China Slaps Taiwan in the Face: Ma Ying-jeou says Relations are at Their Best

Saturday October 31, 2010

516  

Another KMT Carpetbagger Symbol Bites the Dust in Taipei

Saturday October 30, 2010

517  

Taiwan, as the World Turns; of Course, the Secretary Did It--Again

Saturday October 28, 2010

518  

Taiwan as the World Turns: Taichung Mayor Jason Hu Turns to Mah-jong

Saturday October 25, 2010

519  

Bandits and Thieves and Why Ma Ying-jeou Never Passed the Bar Exam?

Saturday October 11, 2010

520  

Taiwan Students to the PRC, "Not in Our House"

Saturday October 09, 2010

521  

Monkey Chasers Wanted: Must be 45 or Older

Saturday October 09, 2010

522  

David Wu, US Congressman from Oregon Sucks up to China

Saturday October 02, 2010

523  

Smoke, Mirrors, a Scam? Are Taiwanese Orphans or Masters of Their House?

Sunday September 26, 2010

524  

Panda Dig Breaking News: Wen Jiabao Pledges to Remove Missiles

Saturday September 25, 2010

525  

Wasting Away Money in Non-sequiturville: Hau Lung-bin and the Carpetbaggers

Friday September 19, 2010

526  

The Spanish Galleon "Andalucia" Arrives with Typhoon

Friday September 18, 2010

527  

It's Worry Time in Taiwan!!

Friday September 17, 2010

528  

Taiwan, as the World Turns; the Soaps Continue as the Carpetbaggers Defend Their Privilege

Friday September 17, 2010

529  

Taiwan as the World Turns: the Media Love Good Soap Opera

Friday September 03, 2010

530  

Taiwan as the World Turns: Ma-speak is the Order of the Day

Tuesday August 26, 2010

531  

KMY Legislators Dodge Responsibility: Taiwan as the World Turns

Tuesday August 24, 2010

532  

To Be Whole, Taiwan Must Shed Itself of its KMT Carpetbagger Legacy: Part I

Tuesday August 19, 2010

533  

As the World Turns, Taiwan, Yang Chiu-hsing Backtracks on His Word

Tuesday August 10, 2010

534  

The Film "Formosa Betrayed" Though Different from "Cape No. 7" is Important for Taiwan Youth

Thursday August 05, 2010

535  

Still Not Free of KMT Bias, Taiwan Prepares for the Film, "Formosa Betrayed"

Saturday July 31, 2010

536  

Taiwan's Hybrid Nature: its Strength and its Hope

Friday July 23, 2010

537  

Taiwan Voters Peek Behind the KMT Curtain of Corruption in Taichung

Monday July 12, 2010

538  

Taipei Elections, a Matter of Quality

Friday July 09, 2010

539  

Part II, Deconstructing Taiwan's Past in Search of its Identity

Saturday June 26, 2010

540  

Deconstructing Taiwan's Past in Search of Its Identity Part I

Thursday June 24, 2010

541  

Taiwan Hosts Film "Formosa Betrayed" and Historical Musical, "Days of Bananas"

Sunday June 13, 2010

542  

ECFA! It's More than Trade; It's a Matter of Ma's Credibility and Competency

Friday June 11, 2010

543  

The KMT, Taichung, Crime and Corruption: Do They Still Go Hand in Hand?

Wednesday June 02, 2010

544  

Kuo Kuan-ying, Remember that High-Class KMT Mainlander?

Saturday May 29, 2010

545  

An Open Letter by Academics and Professionals to the Speaker of the Legislative Yuan

Sunday May 23, 2010

546  

Thinning the Herd Beijing Style: So Why Does Ma Keep Pushing Taiwan Towards Unification?

Tuesday May 18, 2010

547  

Taiwan, Will the ECFA Early Harvest be the Early Shaft?

Wednesday May 12, 2010

548  

Taiwan's Double Standard, Money, Money, Who's Got the Money? Part II: Those Friggin Frigates

Sunday May 09, 2010

549  

Taiwan's Double Standard: Money, Money, Who's Got the Money Part I?

Friday May 07, 2010

550  

Do You Know Where Ma Ying-jeou Stands on the Boundaries of Taiwan?

Tuesday May 04, 2010

551  

A Visit with Former President Chen Shui-bian Raises Questions on Taiwan's Double Standard of Justice

Friday April 30, 2010

552  

Taiwan, a Tale of Two Presidents

Tuesday April 27, 2010

553  

The Great ECFA Debate: Excuses Before It Begins

Saturday April 24, 2010

554  

In Search of Taiwan Minzu: the First Step, Seeing What it is Not

Saturday April 24, 2010

555  

Taiwan as the World Turns: the Credibility of Ma Continues to Erode

Tuesday April 20, 2010

556  

ECFA, Another Insult from the People that Gave Taiwan 6-3-3

Friday April 16, 2010

557  

Taipei Police Need to Realize They are not the Beijing Police

Friday April 09, 2010

558  

ROC Splendid 100, Who is Paying for This Reinterpretation of Splendid?

Thursday April 01, 2010

559  

The ECFA ads, Who is Paying for Them? Taiwan's Taxpayers? the KMT or China?

Sunday March 28, 2010

560  

Taiwan and China, Geographically Close but Miles Apart Otherwise

Friday March 26, 2010

561  

The 1996 Consensus, an Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come!

Saturday March 20, 2010

562  

"Formosa Betrayed" Movie Review by Roger Ebert Lays it Bare

Friday March 19, 2010

563  

Taiwan's Poltical Soap Opera Update: The Diane Lee Effect and Justice Served?

Sunday March 14, 2010

564  

Cambodia Part III, Angkor Wat and Other Scenes

Tuesday March 09, 2010

565  

Cambodia Part II, Ta Prohm, Mystery, Intrigue and Wonder

Sunday March 07, 2010

566  

Cambodia Part I, Tonle Sap, the Great Lake and People

Friday March 05, 2010

567  

February 28, 2-28, Taiwan Remains a Day of Mixed Emotions

Sunday February 28, 2010

568  

Angkor Wat and Mysteries of Cambodia

Thursday February 25, 2010

569  

Taiwan, As the World Turns in February, Chou Hsi-wei Breaks down in Tears

Tuesday February 23, 2010

570  

Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou Continues to Invite Voters to Live in his Fantasy World

Friday February 19, 2010

571  

Taiwan's Double Standard and the "Dogs of Bias"

Wednesday February 10, 2010

572  

The Continued Hypocrisy of Ma Ying-jeou's Government I

Monday February 08, 2010

573  

Taiwan Struggles with Its Identity and the GIO is No Help

Tuesday February 02, 2010

574  

Forcing Taiwan's KMT to Face the Reality of Loss

Saturday January 30, 2010

575  

Taiwan's Great ECFA Debate that Never Was and Probably Never Will Be

Tuesday January 26, 2010

576  

Taiwan, As the World Turns, Life Under Ma the Incompetent: the Great Panda Fiasco

Sunday January 24, 2010

577  

The KMT's Sordid Past Relives Itself under Ma Ying-jeou

Wednesday January 20, 2010

578  

Friedman Leaves Me Cold, Flat, and Disgusted

Friday January 15, 2010

579  

Taiwan, January 2010: As the World Turns

Saturday January 09, 2010

580  

Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou Rules by Fiat, Why then is No One Listening?

Thursday January 07, 2010

581  

Taiwan Up, Now There is an Embarassing Expression

Monday January 04, 2010

582  

Where's the Beef? It's Smell the Coffee Time in the USA

Friday January 01, 2010

583  

Taiwan's Prosecutors Continue to Abuse Their Power

Friday December 25, 2009

584  

The Peaceful Need for Japan and Taiwan to Support Each Other

Thursday December 17, 2009

585  

Taiwan, As the World Turns in December: Ma Turns to his Spin-doctor King Pu-tsung

Monday December 14, 2009

586  

A Cause for Concern, Does Ma Ying-jeou Know What Time It Is?

Wednesday December 09, 2009

587  

Another Side of Taiwan, the Scots and St. Andrew's Ball

Wednesday December 02, 2009

588  

Taiwan Under Ma Ying-jeou, More Smoke and Mirrors as the Cross-strait Sell Out Continues

Monday November 30, 2009

589  

Kissinger, the International Republican Institute (IRI), Freedom and Democracy and Other Conundrums

Thursday November 26, 2009

590  

Taiwan, Where's the Beef Protest Photos

Wednesday November 25, 2009

591  

Taiwan: Where's the Beef? It's not with the USA but with Ma. Who Else?

Saturday November 21, 2009

592  

The UN Snubs Taiwan Again: Who is the Joke of Ma Ying-joke On?

Friday November 20, 2009

593  

Ma's Poor Performance Draws Yet a 5th Letter of Protest from International Scholars.

Thursday November 12, 2009

594  

USC's Annenberg School for Communication Brings Soft Power to Taiwan: Part II

Sunday November 08, 2009

595  

USC's Annenberg School for Communication Brings Soft Power to Taiwan: Part I

Friday November 06, 2009

596  

Nagano Link Back Up

Thursday November 05, 2009

597  

November, Week One: As the World Turns in Taiwan

Thursday November 05, 2009

598  

The KMT's Diane Lee Finally Admits, She Lied.

Friday October 30, 2009

599  

Who is Worse, the Thief or the Fence?

Tuesday October 27, 2009

600  

Taiwan's Dream Community Parade, Fun for All

Tuesday October 20, 2009

601  

Ma Ying-jeou Recycles His Old Promises but Taiwan is None the Richer

Monday October 19, 2009

602  

Nagano, Relax and Enjoy the Scenery,

Thursday October 15, 2009

603  

Is Ma the Incompetent Becoming Ma the Fawning Dog?

Monday October 12, 2009

604  

What's This? The Republic of China on Taiwan Has No National Day Celebrations?

Friday October 09, 2009

605  

The PRC's Seven Axioms of Peaceful Rising

Wednesday October 07, 2009

606  

Taiwan's Aborigines Suffer More Than Morakot

Friday October 02, 2009

607  

Taiwan, What's Your Satisfaction Level?

Tuesday September 29, 2009

608  

Taiwan Voters Prove They are not Sheep

Monday September 28, 2009

609  

Taiwan Artists Protest Ma Ying-jeou's Government Asleep at the Wheel

Monday September 21, 2009

610  

The KMT's Diane Lee Back in Court: I Ripped You Off, but I Am Not Corrupt.

Friday September 18, 2009

611  

Two Keatings, Two Different Opinions

Thursday September 17, 2009

612  

The Real Source of Taiwan's Campaign Corruption

Tuesday September 15, 2009

613  

The Continuing Death of Justice in Taiwan: Deconstructing and Exposing the Hypocrisy of Ma Ying-jeou?

Sunday September 13, 2009

614  

Jerome Cohen, Ma's Law School Mentor, Again Speaks Out on the Ma Government Violation of Human Rights

Saturday September 12, 2009

615  

US Congress Has Screening of "Formosa Betrayed" Film

Saturday September 12, 2009

616  

Denied a Fair Trial and Imprisoned by "Judge Shopping" and Other Abuses Chen Presents His Case Outside the Court

Wednesday September 09, 2009

617  

Neo-Formosa Magazine Launch and Chen Shui-bian's Defense

Wednesday September 09, 2009

618  

September, as the World Turns in Taiwan: the Anti-Climax of Wu Shu-jen

Monday September 07, 2009

619  

September, as the World Turns in Taiwan: a New and Final Name for Ma Ying-jeou?

Saturday September 05, 2009

620  

September, As the World Turns in Taiwan: Yeh Ching-chuan 2009

Saturday September 05, 2009

621  

Ma Ying-jeou, the Dalai Lama and Taiwan Part III, the Parting Shot

Friday September 04, 2009

622  

Mark Chen, Tainan Municipality New Primary, The Voters will Decide!

Wednesday September 02, 2009

623  

Ma Ying-jeou, the Dalai Lama, and Taiwan Part II, When is the Timing Right?

Sunday August 30, 2009

624  

Ma Ying-jeou, the Dalai Lama and Taiwan Part I: Whose Side is Ma on?

Saturday August 29, 2009

625  

Ma Ying-jeou, the Sycophant Syndrome, and the KMT's New Dilemma

Saturday August 22, 2009

626  

Taiwan Enters Ghost Month in Post-Morakot Pain

Thursday August 20, 2009

627  

Ma Ying-jeou, When Images Are Not Enough!

Tuesday August 18, 2009

628  

Typhoon Morakot, a Painful Reminder of Ma Ying-jeou and the Peter Principle

Tuesday August 18, 2009

629  

Ma Ying-jeou's Government Continues to Try to Flip-Flop its Way Out of Blame

Monday August 17, 2009

630  

Typhoon Morakot and the Many Names of Ma Ying-jeou

Thursday August 13, 2009

631  

Me, Freddy Lim, Chiang Kai-shek, Art and Taiwan's Identity

Saturday August 08, 2009

632  

Back in Taiwan, Let the Writing Begin

Thursday August 06, 2009

633  

The KMT's Calculated Deflection: the Unjust and Unconstitutional Trial of Chen Shui-bian

Saturday July 25, 2009

634  

Maritime Taiwan, a New Book with a Different Perspective on Taiwan

Tuesday July 21, 2009

635  

As the World Turns in Taiwan III: Reallity Check for the Rest of the World

Monday July 20, 2009

636  

As the World Turns in Taiwan II: More Games than One In Kaohsiung

Friday July 17, 2009

637  

As the World Turns in Taiwan I: Junket Time

Wednesday July 15, 2009

638  

When It Comes to National Identity, Taiwanese Can Be Their Own Worst Enemy

Sunday July 12, 2009

639  

Why the Name of Democracy Memorial Hall Should Not Be Changed Back to Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Part II

Friday July 10, 2009

640  

Why the Name of Democracy Memorial Hall Should Not Be Changed Back to Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

Thursday July 09, 2009

641  

Will Barack Obama Stand Up the Same Way for Taiwan?

Thursday July 02, 2009

642  

How Many Protests Must Be Made Against the KMT Abuse of Justice in Taiwan?

Saturday June 27, 2009

643  

Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society Active in June

Saturday June 20, 2009

644  

Peng Ming-min's New Book, Does Taiwan Need to Escape from Ma?

Friday June 19, 2009

645  

Ma Ying-jeou's Mentor Remains Depressed Over What He Sees in Taiwan

Sunday June 14, 2009

646  

Wu Poh-hsiung: Tears, Just Desserts, Or the Simple Inevitable Slap in the Face?

Tuesday June 11, 2009

647  

Tianamen Square Twenty Years Later: the Memory Lives for Those Who Care

Tuesday June 02, 2009

648  

Taiwan, Asia's Supposed Voldemort, That-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named

Thursday May 28, 2009

649  

Ma Ying-jeou Completes his First Year as Justice and Human Rights Continue to Erode in Taiwan

Tuesday May 26, 2009

650  

Ma Ying-jeou's Police State? A Follow Up on the 5/17 Protest "Accident"

Sunday May 24, 2009

651  

Taiwan and the WHA, a Gift Horse to be Examined?

Tuesday May 19, 2009

652  

Emboldened Police Car Runs Down Two Anti-Ma Ying-jeou Protesters in Taipei

Monday May 18, 2009

653  

Taiwan: Problems in Paradise under Ma Ying-jeou

Saturday May 16, 2009

654  

Taiwan's Injustice, How Can I Protest? Let Me Count the Ways, but First Sign Up

Thursday May 14, 2009

655  

Jason Yuan, Another KMT Case of Deceit and So-So Loyalty to Taiwan?

Thursday May 14, 2009

656  

Taiwan Stands up to be Counted: Protest in Taipei on May 17

Wednesday May 13, 2009

657  

Injustice Continues in Chen Shui-bian's Trial

Monday May 11, 2009

658  

A New Perspective on Taiwan's Identity: Doris T. Chang's "Women's Movements in Twentieth Century Taiwan"

Friday May 08, 2009

659  

A New Book: Nancy Bernkopf Tucker's "Strait Talk" on Taiwan's Unresolved Status

Friday May 08, 2009

660  

Taiwan's Tung Blossoms: Take Time out to Appreciate the Flowers

Thursday May 07, 2009

661  

Justice, Human Rights, Free Press Continue to Erode Under Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou

Wednesday May 06, 2009

662  

An Unusual Cemetery Houses Many of Taiwan's Forgotten Dead

Sunday May 03, 2009

663  

Dumb and Dumber, the Naming of Chinese Taipei and its Acceptance

Friday May 01, 2009

664  

Taiwan, You Gotta Love This Place!

Tuesday April 28, 2009

665  

Jerome A. Cohen, Ma Ying-jeou's Mentor, Again Highlights the Erosion of Justice in Taiwan

Sunday April 26, 2009

666  

Jackie Chan and the Utter Failure of Confucianism

Tuesday April 21, 2009

667  

The Blood of Taiwan's Patriots: Dang Nylon--One of Many

Friday April 17, 2009

668  

A Kafkaesque System of Justice: The Plight of the Poor in China

Monday April 13, 2009

669  

Kinmen and Matsu, Where Do They Belong? To Taiwan or China?

Friday April 10, 2009

670  

Corruption Taiwan Style: It Depends on Who You Know?

Wednesday April 08, 2009

671  

Taiwan Needs Resistance Art: Where are the Taiwanese Artists Who Can Meet That Need?

Friday April 03, 2009

672  

Leeches Part IV, Taiwan's Uncle Toms Perpetuate the KMT Superiority Complex

Monday March 30, 2009

673  

Ma Ying-jeou, EFCA, MBPP and Taiwan, Wake Up Taiwan!

Saturday March 28, 2009

674  

The GIO and the KMT, a Joint History of Murder, Intrigue, and Cover Up? Wake Up Taiwan.

Wednesday March 25, 2009

675  

When Will Taiwan Awaken? The KMT Leech Has Always Been at Your Throat, Part III, Miaoli, a Glimmer of Hope?

Saturday March 21, 2009

676  

When Will Taiwan Awaken? The KMT Leech Has Always Been at Your Throat? Part II, the Past

Saturday March 21, 2009

677  

When Will Taiwan Awaken? Diane Lee, Kuo Kuan-ying, the KMT Leech Has Always Been at your Throat!

Friday March 13, 2009

678  

The Erosion of Human Rights in Taiwan Continues: The KMT Seeks the Right to Go on Fishing Expeditions Against its Enemies.

Wednesday March 11, 2009

679  

Taiwan Was Never Part of China's Civil Wars: Part II

Saturday March 07, 2009

680  

2-28, 1980 The Lin Family Murders; the Surviving Daughter's Account

Tuesday March 03, 2009

681  

Taiwan Was Never Part of China's Civil Wars: Part I

Sunday March 01, 2009

682  

2-28, The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Sins of Their Fathers

Friday February 27, 2009

683  

The Unbearable Lightness of Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou's Words

Thursday February 26, 2009

684  

Can Chen Shui-bian Get a Fair Trial? Taiwan's Prosecutors Leave More Smoking Guns.

Tuesday February 24, 2009

685  

Taiwan as the World Turns, Questions of a Cheated Past

Saturday February 21, 2009

686  

Taiwan: As theWorld Turns Greased With Corruption

Tuesday February 17, 2009

687  

Can Ma Ying-jeou Make the Crumbs of His Mole-hills Look Like Mountains?

Wednesday February 11 , 2009

688  

Diane Lee Continues to Blow Smoke in Taiwan

Friday February 06, 2009

689  

Taiwan, Samoa, US Passports for All? Who knows?

Thursday February 05, 2009

690  

Taiwan's Sovereignty and Statehood Still "Undecided" ??

Wednesday February 04, 2009

691  

Why Chen Shui-bian Will Not Get a Fair Trial in Taiwan.

Monday February 02, 2009

692  

The KMT's Diane Lee Takes Her Illegal US$ 3Million Dollars and Runs

Saturday January 31, 2009

693  

Scholars Issue Yet Another Letter on the Erosion of Justice in Taiwan

Friday January 30 , 2009

694  

No Virginia, the 21st Century Will Not be China's Century!

Wednesday January 28, 2009

695  

A Happy Lunar Year of the Ox to All, and Now Back to Work

Tuesday January 27, 2009

696  

Barack Obama is President, Let Us Celebrate!

Monday January 19, 2009

697  

Diane Lee, Taiwan Updates, the Shame Continues

Monday January 19, 2009

698  

Ma Ying-jeou's Impotency Bodes Ill for Taiwan

Sunday January 18, 2009

699  

Taiwan's Freedom Fighter, Linda Arrigo Turns the Big 6-0!

Saturday January 17, 2009

700  

Freedom House Ranks Taiwan High and China Low, but There is More

Thursday January 15, 2009

701  

Zhang Ziyi, Taiwan, and the Perverse Shaming of China

Saturday January 10, 2009

702  

Diane Lee Resigns and Puts KMT Justice on Trial.

Friday January 09 , 2009

703  

Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou, the Cracks Have Become Fissures, Part II, Ma 's Impotency

Tuesday January 06, 2009

704  

The KMT's ex-legislator Diane Lee: the Smell of Rotten Fish Becomes Stronger in Taiwan

Wednesday December 31, 2008

705  

The KMT's Diane Lee, the Ways of the Weasel Part II

Sunday December 28, 2008

706  

The KMT's Diane Lee, Legislative Abuse, and the Ways of the Weasel

Saturday December 27, 2008

707  

David Wu, Taiwanese American US Congressman Criticizes Ma Government

Wednesday December 24, 2008

708  

US Congress Expresses Concern over Abuses Under Ma Ying-jeou

Tuesday December 23, 2008

709  

Taiwan's Chen Shui-bian, Guilty or Not-Guilty?

Monday December 20, 2008

710  

The List of Protests Against Ma Just Grows and Grows; Is There Anyone That Has Not Spoken Up

Monday December 17, 2008

711  

Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou, the Cracks Have Become Fissures, Part I

Monday December 15, 2008

712  

And Still Another Two Human Rights Organizations Join the Protest Against Ma Ying-jeou's Rule

Friday December 12, 2008

713  

Amnesty International Adds its Voice to Protests Against the Erosion of Justice under Ma Ying-jeou's KMT Government

Saturday December 06, 2008

714  

The Taiwan Bar Associations and Judicial Reform Foundation Weigh in on the Abuses of the Ministry of Justice

Monday December 01, 2008

715  

Scholars Find Taiwan's Minster of Justice's Response Inadequate

Saturday November 29, 2008

716  

Taiwan's Minister of Justice Responds to the Scholars' Joint Statement

Thursday November 27, 2008

717  

And Yet Another World Agency Protests Abuses of Rights under Ma Ying-jeou

Tuesday November 25, 2008

718  

Freedom House Adds Yet Another Voice Against the Abuses of Ma Ying-jeou's KMT Government

Saturday November 22, 2008

719  

Annette Lu, Taiwan's Former Vice President Adds Her Voice to Protests Against the KMT Dominated Judiciary

Wednesday November 19, 2008

720  

The USA Heritage Foundation Further Lays Bare the KMT's Current Abuse of Justice

Tuesday November 18, 2008

721  

Scholars Around the Globe Criticize Abuses Under Ma Ying-jeou and the KMT

Saturday November 15, 2008

722  

The Prebyterian Church of Taiwan Adds its Voice to Questioning the Government of Ma ying-jeou

Friday November 14, 2008

723  

Canadian Human Rights Association Puts Ma Ying-jeou's Government on Watch List

Thursday November 13, 2008

724  

Taiwan's Wild Strawberry Student Protest Challenges the Inequities of the Nation's Laws

Thursday November 13, 2008

725  

Taiwan's President, The Little Man that is There!

Friday November 07, 2008

726  

The KMT's and Ma's Surreal Dream of Yesteryear

Wednesday November 05, 2008

727  

Special News from Taiwan Sovereignty Watch

Wednesday November 05, 2008

728  

The US Elections, Is McCain the Republican Throwaway Candidate?

Sunday November 02, 2008

729  

1895, A New Film Coming out on Taiwan's Early Republic

Wednesday October 29, 2008

730  

Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand: Part II, the Manila to Acapulco Trade Route

Sunday October 26, 2008

731  

What Does Ma Ying-jeou Mean That There Will Be No War?

Saturday October 25, 2008

732  

China's Zhang Mingqing Lectures Taiwan on Human Rights

Wednesday October 22, 2008

733  

Ma Ying-jeou and the Peter Principle

Monday October 20, 2008

734  

Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand: Part I, Taiiwan

Friday October 17, 2008

735  

Penghu, Casinos and the Future of Taiwan?

Friday October 17, 2008

736  

Pandas in the Mist: Naming and More Problems for Taiwan?

Saturday October 11, 2008

737  

Niagara Falls, Still Spectacular and Well Worth the Visit

Tuesday October 07, 2008

738  

Taiwan History Book Reaches its 4th Edition

Sunday October 05, 2008

739  

Away from the Hustle and Busltle of Life is the Joy of Grandchildren

Friday October 03, 2008

740  

Musings on the US Presidential Elections II: McCain, Distance, Palin and More Bush

Sunday September 28, 2008

741  

News from China, Is There a Pattern There?

Saturday September 27, 2008

742  

Musings on the US Presidential Elections I, Bush, Republicans and the Economy

Friday September 26, 2008

743  

Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou, Clueless but Comforted?

Wednesday September 24, 2008

744  

Cairo Rhetoric, Undecided Stealing, Taiwan and the UN

Saturday September 20, 2008

745  

St. Andrew's Ball, Scottish Dancing Anyone?

Sunday September 14, 2008

746  

Taiwan, China Matters: a MOFA Smokescreen?

Saturday September 13, 2008

747  

Taiwan Commemorates Far Eastern Prisoners of War (FEPOW) Day

Friday September 12, 2008

748  

Is Ma Ying-jeou Becoming a Parrot of the PRC?

Wednesday September 10, 2008

749  

Taiwan's Economy Continues Sinking but Ma Ying-jeou Wants to Bring Back Chiang Kai-shek

Monday September 08, 2008

750  

Taiwan, the Gravy Train Rolls On

Saturday September 06, 2008

751  

Taiwan's Political Gravy Train in Search of a Wild Lily

Thursday September 04, 2008

752  

Why There are Protests Against Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou

Wednesday September 03, 2008

753  

Taiwan's Little Boy Ma Remains Lost in Lah-lah Land

Monday September 01, 2008

754  

McCain Picks Palin: His Safest Bet Given the Circumstances

Friday August 29, 2008

755  

Art Taipei 2008: Money and Freedom, a Different Perspective

Thursday August 28, 2008

756  

To Taiwan's Foreign Media: Check out the Aughst 30 Protest Against Ma Ying-jeou

Tuesday August 26, 2008

757  

Ma's New Brainchild; Give China's 1.3 billion Multiple Entry Visas

Monday August 25, 2008

758  

"Nineteen Eighty-Four" Revisited

Friday August 22, 2008

759  

China/Taiwan, Russia/Georgia:an Inconvenient Case of Cause and Effect?

Wednesday August 20, 2008

760  

Spreading the Blame: the KMT Finds a New Excuse on Arms Delays

Tuesday August 12, 2008

761  

Katyn, Poland's Bitter Past Recalls Taiwan's Tragedy

Monday August 11, 2008

762  

Taiwan, the UN, What's in a Name?

Wednesday August 06, 2008

763  

Taitung and the KMT's Kuang Li-chen: She Did it All for Love

Tuesday August 05, 2008

764  

President Bush Makes it Clear?

Tuesday August 05, 2008

765  

Ma Ying-joke's Alternate Universe

Monday August 04, 2008

766  

The Buck Stops Elsewhere: Ma Ying-joke, Taiwan's Inveterate Poseur

Sunday August 03, 2008

767  

The US State Deparmtent and the KMT Fail Again

Friday August 01, 2008

768  

The New Kissinger Institute: Score One for the China Lobby

Thursday July 31, 2008

769  

Taiwan's Black Hole and the Cultural Imperialism of Zhonghua Minzu

Sunday July 13, 2008

770  

Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan's One Trick Pony

Friday July 11, 2008

771  

The Difference Between Two Countries: More of Ma's Tourists Take Flight

Wednesday July 09, 2008

772  

Flimflam and Fluff: Taiwan Voters and Their Syndromes

Tuesday July 08, 2008

773  

Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen, a Woman to Watch

Tuesday July 08, 2008

774  

Taiwan: We'll Take Tibet's Torch over China's Any Day!

Monday July 07, 2008

775  

Taiwan's Human Rights Struggles, 1960--1980, a New Book

Sunday July 06, 2008

776  

A New Book on the Spanish Experience in Taiwan Coming Soon

Saturday July 05, 2008

777  

Taiwan and the USA on Arms Sales with No One to Blame

Friday July 04, 2008

778  

Ma Ying-jeou Continues to Talk out of Both Sides of His Mouth

Thursday July 03, 2008

779  

Book Review by Richard Kagan Ph.D. of "Taiwan, the Search for Identity"

Friday June 27, 2008

780  

The KMT Revives Memories of its Blacklist

Thursday June 26, 2008

781  

Are Ma and the KMT Betraying Taiwan?

Saturday June 21, 2008

782  

The Diaoyutais Incident: Ma Ying-jeou Fails the Action Test Once More

Friday June 13, 2008

783  

Tiananmen, China, and What They Call Progress

Sunday June 08, 2008

784  

The KMT's Questionable Sunshine Loyalty: When Will Taiwan Wake Up?

Sunday June 08, 2008

785  

Ma Ying-jeou, the Excuses Keep Coming

Sunday June 08, 2008

786  

1992--The Consensus That Never Was

Sunday May 25, 2008

787  

Ma Ying-jeou Begs China Not to Put Him on the Spot

Saturday May 24, 2008

788  

Taiwan Post Election Awards III

Saturday May 24, 2008

789  

Taiwan Post Election Awards II

Friday May 23, 2008

790  

Taiwan Post Election Awards I

Friday May 23, 2008

791  

Ma Ying-jeou, the Drama of it All

Monday May 19, 2008

792  

Can Ma Ying-jeou Hide the Cracks in the Facade?

Sunday May 18, 2008

793  

Inauguration Games

Sunday May 18, 2008

794  

China, Tibet, Feng-shui and More?

Saturday May 17, 2008

795  

China Says Let Bygones be Bygones, Of Course They Always Do

Thursday May 08, 2008

796  

Going to the Olympics? Leave the Kids at Home

Tuesday May 06, 2008

797  

A Borrowed Voice, Taiwan Human Rights through International Networks 1960--1980

Sunday May 04, 2008

798  

China Welcomes Loser Lien Chan, Their Kind of Man

Saturday May 03, 2008

799  

Taiwan Vignette III, Vincent Siew and the High Cost of Humiliation

Sunday April 27, 2008

800  

Taiwan Vignettes II, the Rising High Cost of Housing in Taipei and Taiwan

Saturday April 26, 2008

801  

Taiwan, China, and the Olympics; This Is Not About Politics. Thank God!

Monday April 21, 2008

802  

Taiwan Vignette I: The High Cost of Pandas for the Alleged Depressed Economy

Thursday April 17, 2008

803  

Taiwan Gets Support from Down Under

Thursday April 17, 2008

804  

Troubles in Tibet? It's All the Dalai Lama's Fault, Just Read the "China Daily"

Monday April 07, 2008

805  

Bolton Nailed It; Taiwan Needs to be Independent

Tuesday April 01, 2008

806  

Ma Ying-jeou Wins Taiwan Presidency: Let the Flip-flops Begin

Wednesday March 26, 2008

807  

Taiwan's UN Referenda Fail to Reach Their Abnormally High Bar

Sunday March 23, 2008

808  

Election Day in Taiwan, It's Showtime!

Friday March 21, 2008

809  

How Does the US State Department Earn its Keep?

Friday March 21, 2008

810  

How the Horse Got His Frozen Smile, a Strange African Folk Tale

Thursday March 20, 2008

811  

Tibet Burns and the World Still Kowtows to China the Cause of it All

Tuesday March 18, 2008

812  

Look Out Beijing, Here Comes Taiwan!

Friday March 14, 2008

813  

Taiwan's KMT Has Too Much Power, and Yet It Still Wants More

Thursday March 13, 2008

814  

Even Taiwan's Pan-Blue Press Admit Ma Ying-jeou is Naive

Tuesday March 11, 2008

815  

Taiwan Sex Workers Experience the Ma Ying-jeou Shuffle

Sunday March 09, 2008

816  

Tough Love in China: Tang Wei Blacklisted for "Beautifying Collaboration"

Saturday March 08, 2008

817  

Examining Taiwan's Pan-Blue Media Rag Spin

Friday March 07, 2008

818  

Taiwan Alert, More Pollution from China Coming

Saturday March 01, 2008

819  

Ma Ying-jeou's Shallow, Simplistic Economics: Promise the Moon

Friday February 29, 2008

820  

The USA and Britain Continue to Feed the China Propaganda Mill

Wednesday February 27, 2008

821  

Democratic Taiwan Supports Tibet: Take Note World

Monday February 25, 2008

822  

China, the Frustrated Potentate, Continues to Try to Isolate Taiwan

Saturday February 23, 2008

823  

Why Ma Ying-jeou Should Not Be President

Monday February 11, 2008

824  

Ma Ying-jeou, a Weasel Under Pressure?

Friday February 08, 2008

825  

Taiwan, East Germany, and "The Lives of Others"

Thursday February 07, 2008

826  

China's Snow Storms Expose its Controlling Cabal's Exploitation of the Masses

Monday February 04, 2008

827  

The Fat Lady Sings for Boston in Arizona

Sunday February 03, 2008

828  

Taiwan Searching for Identity in the Bamboozle of 2008

Saturday February 02, 2008

829  

Taiwan's Identity: the Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts

Wednesday January 30, 2008

830  

Katyn, a Polish Film, Resonates in Taiwan

Monday January 28, 2008

831  

Taiwans 2008 Legislative Elections, Ma Ying-jeou, a Weak Man Becomes Weaker

Saturday January 26, 2008

832  

Taiwan's 2008 Legislative Yuan Elections: Lesson 2, Examining the McGovern Factor

Tuesday January 15, 2008

833  

Taiwan's 2008 Legislative Yuan Elections: Lesson One, in Search of an Adequate System

Monday January 14, 2008

834  

Taiwan's 2008 Legislative Yuan Elections Update

Saturday January 12, 2008

835  

Taiwan 2008 Legislative Elections: On the Spot

Friday January 11, 2008

836  

Taiwan's 2008 Legislative Yuan Elections

Friday January 11, 2008

837  

Taiwan Desperately Needs a Green Legislative Yuan: Problem Two, Sabotage of the Country

Saturday January 05, 2008

838  

Ma Ying-joke, Would You Want This Man as Your Leader?

Thursday January 03, 2008

839  

Why Taiwan Needs a Green Legislative Yuan: Problem One Justice

Wednesday January 02, 2008

840  

Is AIT as Dumb as the KMT Thinks That They Are?

Wednesday January 02, 2008

841  

Myth #3, Chiang Kai-shek Created the Taiwan Miracle for the Sake of Taiwan

Wednesday January 02, 2008

842  

Debunking the Myths of Chiang Kai-shek: Myth # 2, Chiang Kai-shek Rebuilt Taiwan

Tuesday January 01, 2008

843  

Debunking the Myths of Chiang Kai-shek: Myth # 1, Chiang Kai-shek Saved Taiwan

Tuesday January 01, 2008