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Reflections on Aging

Friday, November 01, 2024
William Lai’s Three Steps to Success

Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Some Needed Questions for the ‘naive’ Ma

Monday, July 22, 2024
Tsai Ing-wen: A Woman for Taiwan’s Time

Friday, July 12, 2024
The Kinmen and Matsu Question and Challenge

Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Will the Real KMT Please Stand Up?

Friday, June 21, 2024
Ma's out-of-touch Vision of China

Saturday, April 20, 2024
Taiwan, Rousseau, and the EU: the Games We Play

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
4 Basic Takeaways from Taiwan's Elections

Sunday, January 21, 2024
Supporting Taiwan's Hard-won Democracy

Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Are US Think Tanks Overreaching on Taiwan?

Friday, December 01, 2023
Taiwan and the New "Great Game"

Tuesday, September 26, 2023
The Surprising Greek Roots of Taiwan

Tuesday, August 15, 2023
What Happened in Hong Kong?

Monday, July 31, 2023
A Retrospective: Kent State vs.Tiananmen Square

Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Taiwan: the Elephant in the Room

Monday, June 19, 2023
Taiwan, China, and that Pesky San Francisco Peace Treaty

Monday, May 01, 2023
Occam's Razor Relevant to Taiwan

Thursday, April 27, 2023
The Cairo Declaration Unpacked and Debunked

Monday, March 06, 2023
Correcting Past Memes on Taiwan

Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Brest, Putin, and Russia's Ukrainian Rabbit Hole

Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Taiwan Voters Face Interesting Challenges

Thursday, November 24, 2022
James Soong's Taiwan Journey: Satisfaction or Frustration?

Sunday, November 20, 2022
Despotism's Historical Roots in Marxist/Leninist One-Party States

Tuesday, November 01, 2022
Taiwan: 4 Presidents, 4 Impressions

Monday, October 10, 2022
Deconstructing the Taiwan Question

Monday, September 19, 2022
Taiwan is its Own Motherland: Pelosi Part II

Friday, August 26, 2022
Pelosi Puts Taiwan Back on the Map: Reality Returns

Friday, August 05, 2022
Taiwan, the New Berlin and Center of the Cold War

Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Xi Jinping, 2027 and Taiwan

Friday, July 08, 2022
Time for Taiwan to Take Stock

Friday, June 24, 2022
Karl Marx and the CCP as China's State Religion

Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Taiwan and China's Silence on Ukraine

Monday, May 16, 2022
Russia, China and Taiwan: Autocracy vs. Democracy, 2022.

Friday, April 29, 2022
Peng Ming-min and the End of an Era

Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Taiwan: Bringing Names in Line with Reality

Sunday, April 10, 2022
Biden Debunks the "1992 consensus"

Saturday, March 19, 2022
Presidential New Year's Resolutions for Tsai Ing-wen

Thursday, March 03, 2022
Presidential New Year's Resolutions for Tsai Ing-wen

Saturday, February 12, 2022
The KMT Cannot Accept Democracy

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Why Taiwan and Lithuania Matter

Monday, December 27, 2021
Neither the CCP Nor China Have Any True Claim to Taiwan

Wednesday, December 08, 2021
Xi Jinping is facing many troubles

Saturday, December 04, 2021
The UN and Recognizing Taiwan's True Status

Monday, November 22, 2021
Taiwan, China and Sun Yet-sen's Democracy

Monday, November 01, 2021
Why Taiwan Must Prepare for War

Saturday, October 16, 2021
KMT's Legacy Holding Taiwan Back from the UN and More

Friday, October 08, 2021
Reviving Taiwan's National Democracy Hall

Thursday, September 30, 2021
Why is the CCP so obsessed with Control?

Friday, September 17, 2021
Taiwan's Many Shades of Independence

Tuesday, September 07, 2021
The KMT is destined to face history

Friday, August 27, 2021
The US Needs a "One Taiwan" Policy

Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Lithuania Helps Taiwan in Defying China

Thursday, August 05, 2021
Taiwan Is Its Own Motherland

Monday, July 19, 2021
China Has Made the CCP its Religion

Thursday, July 08, 2021
Time for Pushback Against the PRC

Monday, June 28, 2021
Taiwan's Kinmen and Matsu Challenge

Monday, June 07, 2021
Taiwan's Kinmen and Matsu Challenge

Friday, May 28, 2021
Taiwan's Challenge: a New Constitution

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Capabilities to Strike China Needed

Tuesday, May 04, 2021
Power and Succession - Taiwan, China, and Asia

Monday, April 19, 2021
Taiwan Needs Strong Statements on its China Problem

Sunday, April 04, 2021
The US, China and Taiwan: a Thucydides Trap?

Thursday, March 25, 2021
The US, China, and Taiwan: a New Great Game?

Monday, March 15, 2021
The KMT'Questionable Future: Where is it Going?

Monday, March 01, 2021
US Must Change the Discourse on Taiwan

Tuesday, February 23, 2021
How the COVID-19 Virus Exposed Taiwan, China, US

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Taiwan Studies, Paradigm Shifts, and the World

Tuesday, January 05, 2021
Mike Pompeo on Taiwan's Relation to China

Monday, November 23, 2020
Taiwan Needs Emersonian Scholars

Monday, November 09, 2020
How China Twists History to its Favor

Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Taiwan, Democracy, and the UN

Wednesday, October 07, 2020
Hard Questions for the KMT to Answer

Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Biden or Trump? For Taiwan, it Matters Little

Monday, September 07, 2020
Why Taiwan Must Have a New Flag

Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Why China will not take Taiwan

Tuesday, August 18, 2020
A Memorial to Lee Teng-hui

Monday, August 10, 2020
Carl Schmitt and Taiwan's Future Direction

Monday, July 20, 2020
Taiwan's Talented Friends and Advocates

Tuesday, July 14, 2020
East Timor, Taiwan, and the UN

Monday, July 06, 2020
Taiwan and WWII's Unfinished Business

Wednesday, June 24, 2020
George Orwell, Outlier Taiwan, and Mid-sized Nations

Wednesday, May 27, 2020
President Tsai Needs a Bold 2nd Inaugural Address

Monday, May 11, 2020
It's Time to Put Taiwan in the WHO/WHA

Thursday, April 23, 2020
Taiwan Leads in COVID-19 Response

Wednesday, April 08, 2020
Taiwan's Imagined Community and its Democracy

Monday, March 09, 2020
Ending the "1992 Consensus" Once and for All

Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Deja vu and the KMT after the 2020 Elections

Wednesday, February 05, 2020
Taiwan Must Move on from the KMT Past

Sunday, December 15, 2019
Xi's China Vision, a Clear Threat to Taiwan

Monday, December 09, 2019
Taiwan, China and the Human Race

Monday, November 18, 2019
Deconstructing the Fake 1992 Consensus

Thursday, October 17, 2019
The Drama and Amnesia of Taiwan Politics

Sunday, October 06, 2019
Hong Kong, Taiwan and 21st Century Zeitgeist

Sunday, September 01, 2019
Hong Kong: Promises, Lies and Airports

Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Populism, Democracy and Taiwan

Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Sorting the Wheat from Chaff in Taiwan's Elections

Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Taiwan's Place in an Expanding Vast Universe

Tuesday, July 02, 2019
The Continuing Challenge of Taiwan's Democracy

Saturday, May 25, 2019
The US, the UN and Taiwan

Monday, April 29, 2019
The US and the Unraveling of Taiwan's Conundrum

Friday, March 29, 2019
Taiwan Can Reject Zhonghua minzu

Sunday, March 10, 2019
Taiwan's Democracy is its Freedom

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Suvorov's Insights Suggest Taiwan be a Switzerland of the East

Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Taiwan's Past Narratives Need a Future Focus

Sunday, December 30, 2018
Two Takeaways from Taiwan's 2018 Elections

Monday, December 03, 2018
Taiwan's Name and the Olympics Referendum

Saturday, November 24, 2018
Taiwan, Khashoggi and Shifting Paradigms

Monday, November 05, 2018
Tsai Ing-wen and Changing US Perceptions

Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Taiwan's Furies in Pursuit of Justice

Friday, October 05, 2018
Deconstructing the Many Taiwan/China Memes

Thursday, September 20, 2018
Taiwan, Carl Schmitt and a Nation's Enemies

Wednesday, August 29, 2018
KMT Diaspora and Taiwan's Imagined Community

Friday, August 10, 2018
Taiwan Democracy, Third Parties and the Mammon Factor

Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Mayor Ko, the KMT and the Upcoming Elections

Sunday, July 08, 2018
Taiwan, North Korea and the Trump Show

Monday, June 25, 2018
Taiwan Examines Karl Marx and Communism

Monday, May 21, 2018
Taiwan, WHA and Changing World Paradigms

Wednesday, May 09, 2018
Taiwan, China and Xi's Ban on Orwell's Books

Monday, April 23, 2018
Trump and Taiwan's Search for World Space

Tuesday, April 03, 2018
Taiwan Envisions a New Role in a Global Paradigm

Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Taiwan, Norway, and the Olympic Spirit

Friday, March 16, 2018
The Century of Taiwan's Three Elder Statesmen

Monday, March 05, 2018
In Search of an Author: Taiwan's Great Epic

Monday, February 05, 2018
World Conflict, Peace and Taiwan

Saturday, January 20, 2018
The Issue: Let Taiwan Finally Be Taiwan

Thursday, December 28, 2017
Taiwan as the Gibraltar of Asia

Sunday, November 26, 2017
Takeaways fromChina's 19^thNational Congress

Friday, November 17, 2017
Democracies and Their Presidents:Taiwan and the US

Friday, November 10, 2017
Su Beng: Taiwan's Man for All Seasons

Thursday, November 09, 2017
Shifting to a 'Global Home' Outlook and Paradigm

Thursday, October 12, 2017
Taiwan's Role in the New Global Home Paradigm

Monday, October 02, 2017
Taiwan as the Switzerland of Asia!

Sunday, September 17, 2017
Taiwan Already Enjoys Independence

Tuesday, September 05, 2017
Tsai Ing-wen and Transformational Leadership

Tuesday, September 05, 2017
July 15's Significance for Taiwanese

Sunday, July 30, 2017
The Sacred and Profane in Taiwan

Sunday, July 30, 2017
Hong Kong and the Big Lie: Promises, Promises

Monday, July 10, 2017
The DPP and Tsai Need to Up Their Game

Thursday, June 15, 2017
Taiwan, Linear History and Planet Earth

Thursday, June 15, 2017
Capital, Piketty and Taiwanese Democracy

Thursday, May 18, 2017
Taiwan and the Korean Conundrum

Thursday, May 18, 2017
Taiwan Can Find Strength in Self-Reliance

Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Taiwan Needs Some KMT Straight Talk

Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Decoding Taiwan-China Rhetoric

Friday, April 07, 2017
The Unfolding Epic KMT Tragedy

Friday, April 07, 2017
China's Heroes are not Taiwan's

Friday, March 10, 2017
Taiwan's New Challenge, Nation Building

Friday, March 10, 2017
A Nation in Search of its Heroes

Sunday, February 05, 2017
Taiwan and Hong Kong Look Back

Sunday, February 05, 2017
Taiwanese Must Demonstrate Self-respect

Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Nation Must Shun Dollar Diplomacy

Wednesday, January 18, 2017
The US Can Learn a lot from Taiwan

Tuesday, December 20, 2016
A Timely Calling of China's Bluff

Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Taiwan Needs a New Consensus

Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Elections, History and Cyclical Views: Taiwan and China

Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Taiwan's New Role in the World

Thursday, October 20, 2016
Taiwan, the US and a Free Press

Thursday, October 20, 2016
A Required Northbound Policy to Japan

Sunday, September 25, 2016
Chiang Kai-shek's Ah-Q and the KMT's Image

Sunday, September 25, 2016
Taiwan's Presidents and the Will of the People

Saturday, September 10, 2016
Taiwan's Democracy and the Cult of Personality

Saturday, September 10, 2016
Taiwan and the Canards of China

Friday, August 05, 2016
Taiwan's Aboriginal Past & Identity

Friday, August 05, 2016
The Fears that led UK to leave EU

Thursday, June 30, 2016
The Root of the KMT's Identity Crisis

Thursday, June 30, 2016
Why the Sky Did not Fall at Tsai's Inauguration

Wednesday, June 15, 2016
China's Hegemonic Nine-dash Line Map

Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Electing Leaders and Accountability

Sunday, May 15, 2016
President Ma's Last Days in Power

Sunday, May 15, 2016
Taiwan's Unique Relations with the Holy See and Rome

Thursday, April 28, 2016
Understanding the Faces of China

Thursday, April 28, 2016
Taiwan like "Prometheus Unbound"

Friday, April 15, 2016
The KMT Continuing Challenges

Friday, April 15, 2016
Demystifying China: a Club Enron Writ Large?

Friday, March 18, 2016
Has Taiwan's Worm Fully Turned?

Friday, March 18, 2016
The Dysfunctional DNA of the KMT

Sunday, February 28, 2016
Standing on 'Dangwai' Shoulders

Friday, February 05, 2016
A Game of Cards Across the Strait

Friday, February 05, 2016
Dynasties Conflict with Democracies

Monday, January 18, 2016
Can the KMT Regroup if it Loses?

Monday, January 18, 2016
Democracy and Taiwan's Identity

Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Pinning down Chu's "One Taiwan"

Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Ma's Failure to Accept Democracy

Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Taiwan's Real 1992 Consensus

Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Taiwanese Owe Hung Gratitude

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Taiwan, Old Soldiers and James Soong's Last Hurrah?

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
The Battle for the Legislative Yuan and Taiwan's Soul

Thursday, October 15, 2015
Taiwan, Fascist China and the UN

Sunday, September 20, 2015
Future Books on the KMT's Coming Demise

Sunday, September 20, 2015
Whose War was it? The KMT Conundrum

Saturday, September 12, 2015
The Lien Family: Calculating, Loyal or?

Saturday, September 12, 2015
Deconstructing Hickey on Taiwan and US Policy

Thursday, August 20, 2015
What Really Happened in 1992?

Friday, July 03, 2015
Is the KMT not Relying on Rogue Hung's Votes?

Thursday, June 25, 2015
Merit and Vision, the Needs of Taiwan's Democracy

Thursday, June 25, 2015
KMT Diaspora Grieves for Fatherland

Monday, May 25, 2015
Peace in the Taiwan Strait and East and South China Seas?

Monday, May 25, 2015
The Dilemmas of the KMT Diaspora

Sunday, April 26, 2015
The Final Dangerous Moments of Ma Ying-jeou

Sunday, April 26, 2015
China's Multiple Dilemmas and Threatening Collapse

Wednesday, March 25, 2015
The Intriguing Home Stretch of Taiwan's 2016 Elections

Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Will a New Broom (Ko Wen-Je) Sweep Clean?

Monday, February 16, 2015
Clear Signs of Change in Taiwan's Political Landscape

Monday, February 16, 2015
Chinese Reform is Doomed to Fail

Friday, January 16, 2015
Time Running out for Ma Spin Team

Friday, January 16, 2015
Self Reliance, a Quality that Taiwan Must Develop

Sunday, December 14, 2014
2015 Will be Decision Time for the KMT

Sunday, December 14, 2014
Three Islands, Three Histories, Three Identities

Tuesday, November 18, 2014
China's New 'Bling Empire' in Democracy's Way

Tuesday, November 18, 2014
KMT Red Herrings: Who Should be Mayor?

Monday, October 20, 2014
What China Wills is Certainly not Democracy

Monday, October 20, 2014
A Taiwan Wake-up Call as Hau Pei-tsun Misses Again

Friday, October 03, 2014
A Modest Proposal for Hollow Men

Friday, October 03, 2014
Two Great Anomalies of Taiwan's Identity

Sunday, August 10, 2014
Taiwan Independence and the Name, Republic of China?

Sunday, August 10, 2014
More than Facts: Taiwan's Challenge of Finding National Identity

Friday, July 25, 2014
High Class Mainlanders or Low Class Thieves?

Friday, July 25, 2014
Taiwan's Own 'Game of Thrones'

Tuesday, July 08, 2014
Zhang Zhijun's Ironic Visit

Tuesday, July 08, 2014
The Soil of the Sunflowers, 4 decades, 4 books

Friday, June 20, 2014
The Leveling of the Political Playing Field in Taiwan

Friday, June 20, 2014
Surviving Ma Ying-jeou's Final Two Years

Sunday, May 25, 2014
Ma Ying-jeou's Continued Avoidance of Transparency

Sunday, May 25, 2014
Chicken vs. Pig Pundits on Trade and Taiwan's Future

Monday, April 28, 2014
Truman, Nixon, Sunflowers and Ma Ying-jeou

Monday, April 28, 2014
The Sunflowers Protest and Pigs in a Poke

Sunday, April 06, 2014
Shaking Off Taiwan's Stockholm Experience

Sunday, April 06, 2014
2-28, the ROC Constitution and Ma Ying-jeou's Disconnect

Tuesday, March 18, 2014
China's Two Distinct Centuries of Humiliation

Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Demystifying China: a Club Enron Writ Large?

Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The Ma Government on Taiwan: Zelig, Ah Q, or Worse?

Tuesday, February 25, 2014
China's Lost Soul and Fading Chance for Democracy

Thursday, February 06, 2014
Taiwan & China's Political/Religious Paradigms Interplay

Thursday, February 06, 2014
Taiwan and Mongolia: Who Could Be Taiwan's "Russia"?

Sunday, December 15, 2013
The ECFA Trap or Ma Ying-jeou's 'Pig in a Poke'

Sunday, December 15, 2013
Hong Kong 16 Years Later: One Country, One Dictator, and Not Even Close to Two Systems

Thursday, July 04, 2013
Taiwan as the World Turns: are the KMT Minister of Interior and the Police on the Same Page?

Tuesday, July 02, 2013
Paradigm Series: George Orwell's "Animal Farm" Gives an Example

Friday, June 28, 2013
Taiwan as the World Turns: Ma Ying-jeou Feels His "Anus" is More Important than the Nation's Economy?

Friday, June 28, 2013
Matters of Taiwan's Sovereignty and Discourse

Friday, June 21, 2013
Paradigm Series: Some Definitions of Paradigms

Monday, June 17, 2013
Paradigm Series: China's Need of Size vis-a-vis Identity

Thursday, June 13, 2013
Paradigm Series: Coming Posts with Taiwan in Search of a National Paradigm and More

Sunday, June 02, 2013
UK's "The Guardian" Editorial on the ROC Mocked by Reality

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
JIngmei Prison Exposes Taiwan's Double Standard of Justice on Lin Yi-shih Case

Thursday, May 16, 2013
Taiwan/Philippine Row Continues, Ma Again Caught by "One China" Stanc

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Taiwan and Philippines Fishing Problems and More

Monday, May 13, 2013
Judges in the Lin Yi-shih Case Try a Smoke and Mirrors Dodge

Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Taiwan's Challenge in Living Next to a Covetous Giant

Friday, May 03, 2013
Taiwan's Courts Again Fail the People With Their Double Standard

Thursday, May 02, 2013
China Will Have to Learn to Talk to Taiwan's DPP in the Future

Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The KMT Adminstration Again Deals with Chen Shui-bian Secretly

Monday, April 22, 2013
Hsu Hsin-liang, Just Who Supports This Guy??

Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Taiwan: Curious Questions, Why the Secrecy on Ma's Daughter's Marriage

Monday, April 15, 2013
Taiwan and Japan Sign Historic Fisheries Agreement

Thursday, April 11, 2013
China, a Greater Threat than North Korea? To the World as Well as Taiwan

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The Mapping of Taiwan as Reviewed in AmCham's Topics

Monday, April 08, 2013
Lee Teng-hui Speaks on Taiwan Identity and More!

Saturday, April 06, 2013
Taiwan's Ministry of Culture Demonstrates KMT Dinosaurs are Alive and Well in Taiwan

Thursday, April 04, 2013
Taiwan: The Gall of Some Politicians

Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Is Taiwan Finally Beginning to Smell the Coffee as Regards President Ma

Sunday, March 31, 2013
Taiwan at its Best! The Mystery Camera

Saturday, March 30, 2013
Taiwan as the World Turns, More Questionable Government Promises

Friday, March 29, 2013
Taiwan's Wang Chien-ming Signs a Contract to Return to the Yankees

Monday, March 25, 2013
Wu Li-pei Takes Taiwan's Dinosaur Prosecutors and Judges to Court

Sunday, March 24, 2013
China, If it isn't SARS, or Buried Trains, it is Dead Pigs

Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou to Attend Pope Francis's Inauguration

Sunday, March 17, 2013
Taiwan and Chinese Taipei???

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Taiwan and Referendums

Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Taiwan, Are you Feeling Like the World is Your Oyster?

Friday, March 08, 2013
Taiwan Prepares to March this Weekend and Many Issues are Involved

Friday, March 08, 2013
Taiwan, As the World Turns! Nuclear Power and more

Monday, March 04, 2013
Taiwan Commemorates 2-28 When the KMT Began to Seriously Enforce its One-Party State

Thursday, February 28, 2013
Taiwan's Lien Chan Goes to China Again Under a Cloud

Saturday, February 23, 2013
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
Taiwan as the World Turns: a Potpurri of Events

Friday, February 08, 2013
Will China Ever be a Democracy? Not in this Century!

Friday, February 08, 2013
Putin Turns and Supports the Russian Orthodox Church

Wednesday, February 06, 2013
Premier Sean Chen Barely Lasts One Year

Sunday, February 03, 2013
Taiwan's Ma Admits Pension Plan Problems

Thursday, January 31, 2013
Taiwan as the World Turns: Diaoyutais/Senkakus Madness

Thursday, January 24, 2013
New Thoughts for a New Age: Japan as Taiwan's Ally, and not a Threat

Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Jan 13 Protest Brings Out the Crowds But Even More Trouble Looms on the Horizon

Thursday, January 17, 2013
Taiwan as the World Turns: Big Protest on January 13

Friday, January 11, 2013
Ma Ying-jeou Against a Statue of Liberty in Taiwan?

Friday, January 04, 2013
Ma's Next Promise--He Will Keep the Labor Pension Fund Afloat. How?

Thursday, January 03, 2013
Ho-hum, Another Promise from Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou; This One at New Year's

Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Self-Destruct! Why Ma Ying-jeou's Administration Keeps Bumbling Along

Friday, December 14, 2012
The False Facade of Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou Continues to Crack

Thursday, December 13, 2012
Media Control and Other Increasing Taiwan Problems

Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Taiwan Examines the Harsh Reality of the One Party State

Thursday, November 29, 2012
Taiwan as the World Turns: Dalai Lama Strikes Out Again And More

Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Taiwan's Unresolved Pingpu Issue: Taiwanese or Han?

Saturday, November 24, 2012
Ma the Bumbler Continues to Avoid Looking in the Mirror

Tuesday, November 20, 2012
"Ma the Bumbler" Read about it in Nov. 17, Economist

Friday, November 16, 2012
Ma Ying-joke Still Afraid to Admit to the PRC that he is Taiwan's President

Friday, November 16, 2012
Kaohsiung, Lee Ang, Pier 2 Art Center, "Life of Pi" and Rhythm & Hues Studios

Friday, November 09, 2012
Taiwan's One-Party Past and Law Still Protects the Guilty

Thursday, November 08, 2012
Money Still Talks in Ma Ying-jeou's Taiwan/China Relations

Saturday, November 03, 2012
Facing Realities in Taiwan: What is the Nation's Best Interests

Friday, October 26, 2012
Taiwan, As the World Turns! the Sean Lien Shooting and More

Thursday, October 25, 2012
The Residue of Taiwan's One-party KMT State Continues to Haunt the Nation

Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Taiwan's Additional Challenges: What to do with Legislators Under Investigation

Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Taiwan's Judicial System Again Under the Gun Over Wrongful Execution

Saturday, October 13, 2012
Taiwan and the US Presidential Elections: Don't Hold Your Breath

Thursday, October 11, 2012
DPP's Frank Hsieh Visits China: Time to Break the Ice

Friday, October 05, 2012
Taiwan Gains Visa Waiver Status with USA, Something the PRC Does not Have!

Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Taiwan/China Questions Part III, Bo Xilai on Trial?

Saturday, September 29, 2012
Ma Ying-jeou's Cabinet Reshuffle: Ah-Q's Last Stand?

Thursday, September 27, 2012
Taiwan/China Questions, Part II

Monday, September 24, 2012
Taiwan/China Questions, Part I

Thursday, September 20, 2012
Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou Gets Caught Again with a Foot in Each of Two Boats

Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Taiwan vs. China, So Different in So Many Ways

Monday, September 17, 2012
The PRC Takes on Corvallis, Oregon and David Lin: Let 100 Murals Bloom

Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The Rules of the Game Have Changed: Taiwan's Next Big Protest is?

Friday, September 07, 2012
Hong Kong Protests Chinese "Brainwashing" in Textbooks

Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Taiwanese Take to the Streets Against the WantWant merger

Monday, September 03, 2012
Taiwan's Minister of Culture Leaves Questions as to What Country She is Minister of?

Thursday, August 30, 2012
Taiwan & Deng Nan-jung's Death: It was not that Long Ago!

Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Tsai Ing-wen Expresses What She Means by Thinking about Taiwan, Let's Join Her.

Monday, August 20, 2012
Ma Ying-jeou's KMT Government is Lost and Fishing for Help

Thursday, August 16, 2012
China Times Loses Editors because of its Bully Attitude

Sunday, August 12, 2012
China as the World Turns, What about Bo Xilai? And ...

Friday, August 10, 2012
London's Regent Street Exposes Charades Over Taiwan

Friday, August 03, 2012
Want Want China Times Turns into a Media Bully in Taiwan

Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Hsu Shu-ching Brings Home Taiwan's First Medal at Olympics

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Lin Yi-shih Exposes Taiwan's Unfinished and Unresolved Past

Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Taipei Zoo Touts Baby Koala Coming Out

Monday, July 23, 2012
US Homeland Security Recognizes Taiwan

Sunday, July 22, 2012
Another Ma Ying-jeou Failure Adds to His Legacy

Saturday, July 21, 2012
Lin Yi-Shih KMT Scandal Continues to Unravel

Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Matsu Rolls the Dice on More than Just Casinos

Saturday, July 14, 2012
Book Review on Taiwan's Politicized Society

Thursday, July 12, 2012
Matsu Casino Adds Spice and Controversy to Taiwan's Problems

Monday, July 09, 2012
Lin Yi-shih Brings More Shame to the Ma Administration in Taiwan

Thursday, July 05, 2012
US Complains about Mixed Signals from the Ma Administration on Arms Purchases

Thursday, June 28, 2012
Like 6-3-3 and Other Ma Promises That US Beef Issue Will Just Not Go Away.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Taiwan, Still No Consensus on the US Beef Issue

Wednesday, June 13, 2012
A Strange Justice in Taiwan's Chen Shui-bian Case

Wednesday, June 13, 2012
How Should Taiwanese Speak of Their Democracy?

Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Tuesday Showdown! Will Ma get the KMT to Approve US Beef?

Monday, June 11, 2012
Taiwan's GDP Continues to Sink, and Sink and Sink. Did Ma Say it Would be 6??

Friday, June 08, 2012
The US Beef Issue, a Ma Ying-jeou and KMT Problem

Thursday, June 07, 2012
The Question of Taiwan's Discourse and Who Should Control it?

Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Tianamen Square Anniversary: Just What Chinese Values Were Expressed?

Monday, June 04, 2012
Ma Ying-jeou and Taiwan: the Chickens Come Home to Roost

Thursday, May 31, 2012
Su Tseng-chang Winns DPP Chairperson election

Monday, May 28, 2012
Taiwan's DPP Choose the Precarious Position of Chairperson Today

Sunday, May 27, 2012
Ma Ying-jeou Sacrifices One Part of His Fairy Tale

Friday, May 25, 2012
WHO and WHA Still Cannot See the Chinese Emperor Has No Clothes

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
May 19 & 20, Days to Watch in Taipei for Ma's 2nd Presidential Inauguration

Friday, May 18, 2012
Ma's Dilemma in his Second Inaugural Address: What to Say?

Monday, May 14, 2012
Taiwan, the World Still Turns; Partial Resolution of the Sean Lien Shooting

Saturday, May 12, 2012
Taiwan, as the World Continues to Turn, a New AIT Director and More Ma Ying-jeou Problems

Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Taiwan as the World Turns; Problems, Problems, Problems

Monday, May 07, 2012
China, Foxconn, Apple, and the Tipping Point

Thursday, May 03, 2012
Academia Sinica Hosts the First World Congress of Taiwan Studies

Monday, April 30, 2012
Oh No, Not Another Convicted KMT Member Walking Free!

Sunday, April 29, 2012
Ma Ying-jeou's Minister of Justice Again Drops the Ball

Saturday, April 28, 2012
The "Global Times," Lien Chan and Taiwan's Growing Identity

Friday, April 20, 2012
Is Chen Shui-bian Being Made a Surrogate Scapegoat for Taiwan? Part III of III

Friday, April 13, 2012
Is Chen Shui-bian Being Made a Surrogate Scapegoat for Taiwan? Part II of III

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Is Chen Shui-bian Being Made a Surrogate Scapegoat for Taiwan? Part I of III

Monday, April 09, 2012
How Ma Ying-jeou's World Differs from Most Taiwanese

Wednesday, April 04, 2012
What World Do These People Live in: Logic Please, Part I

Friday, March 30, 2012
Will Taiwan Waste Another Four Years as a Rudderless Ship Under Ma Ying-jeou

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Ma's KMT Government Again Tries to Pass the Buck

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Deconstructing Taiwan and China Terminology and Nomenclature

Friday, March 09, 2012
Taiwan's Double Standard of Justice Remains from the KMT One-party State days

Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Ma Ying-jeou, the Phony Pony President of Taiwan, Caves Again!

Friday, March 02, 2012
Taiwan's Past Still Not Reconciled or Honestly Dealt with by Some KMT

Saturday, February 25, 2012
Deconstructing the Middle Kingdom on Taiwan's Border: Part I

Monday, February 20, 2012
How Far Does the Apple Fall from the Tree? Ask Confucius

Friday, February 17, 2012
Taiwan, a Small Victory in the 'Anti-Corruption' Campaign

Thursday, February 16, 2012
Taiwan in the News, Why is Ma Ying-jeou Reluctant?

Monday, February 13, 2012
Another Credibility Question for the KMT post Elections

Saturday, February 11, 2012
Taiwan, Let the Waffling by Ma Begin

Friday, February 03, 2012
Taiwan: No Honeymoon For Ma Ying-jeou this time

Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The Ma Mandate That Never Was, Taiwan's Holding Pattern

Friday, January 20, 2012
Taiwan Elections: Chiu Yi Bites the Dust But His Braying Is Not Gone

Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Taiwan: Some Post 2012 Election Observations

Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Taiwan Elections End, Ma Wins but the DPP is Back in the Game

Sunday, January 15, 2012
Taiwan Goes to the Polls; Who Will Rule for the Next Four Years

Friday, January 13, 2012
Taiwan, Sifting Through the Past and Present for the Truth

Saturday, January 07, 2012
Taiwan's Elections Draw Near

Tuesday, January 03, 2012
"The Mapping of Taiwan, Desired Economies, Coveted Geographies" Completes Taiwan Tetralogy

Thursday, December 29, 2011
Why Taiwan Cannot Afford to Waste Another Four Years on Ma

Monday, December 26, 2011
The United States Once Again Meddles in Taiwan's Democratic Elections

Sunday, December 25, 2011
Taiwan's Yani Tseng Is Named Female Athlete of the Year

Thursday, December 22, 2011
Taiwan's 2012 Legislative Yuan Will be Totally Different

Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Lies, Lies and More Lies, Part II, How Much is Ma Ying-jeou Responsible for?

Friday, December 16, 2011
Lies, Lies and More Lies? Part III, the KMT's Standard Excuse Comes Out

Friday, December 16, 2011
Lies, Lies and More Lies?--Part I, Is the KMT Resorting to Old Tricks?

Thursday, December 15, 2011
As the WorldTurns: Taiwan, China and the World of Control Freaks

Monday, December 12, 2011
Taiwan's Yani Tseng Finishes a Great Year

Friday, December 02, 2011
Taiwan's Elections as the World Turns, Promises, Promises

Friday, December 02, 2011
Why Does Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou Not Want to End China's Civil War?

Tuesday, November 15, 2011
No Progress in Anti-Corruption Under Ma Ying-jeou. Diane Lee's Case Contributes?

Friday, November 11, 2011
Taiwan as the World Turns: the Three Pigs and the KMT Dominated Control Yuan, Pettiness at its Best.

Friday, November 04, 2011
Taiwan: A Harsh Look at Four Years of Smoke and Stagnation Under Ma Ying-jeou

Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Ma Ying-jeou's FIT Program not Open to All Chinese Subjects (Dalai Lama and Ai Weiwei Take Notice)

Saturday, October 29, 2011
"Dump Ma to Save Taiwan," Why These Words Are Gaining Momentum I

Friday, October 28, 2011
Yani Tseng, a Woman Unafraid to say She is Taiwanese

Sunday, October 23, 2011
Issues People Face with Accountability for Elected Leaders: a Sidebar from Warren Buffet

Friday, October 21, 2011
Taiwan, Once Again the Nation Depends on its Citizens and not its President

Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou, When Apologies Are Not Enough

Saturday, October 15, 2011
Taiwan, the Travails of President Ma Ying-jeou and His 400 policies??

Thursday, October 13, 2011
The Political Mandate That Never Was, Taiwan

Sunday, October 09, 2011
Taiwan's Indigenes Plan a Symbolic "Mgaya" Headhunt on the ROC

Thursday, October 06, 2011
Foil to Ma: The Unexpected Role of Taiwan's James Soong

Sunday, October 02, 2011
China's "Confucius Peace Prize," the Prize You Are Not Quite Sure You Want to Win.

Friday, September 30, 2011
Western Misreading of Diaspora and Taiwanese Identity in the Taiwan Strait

Sunday, September 25, 2011
Taiwan is the First Taiwanese Democracy Not the First Chinese Dem ocracy

Thursday, September 22, 2011
King Pu-tsung Says KMT Does Not Use Slogans???

Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Ma Ying-joke Insults the USA,. Is He Getting Gun Shy on Using English?

Sunday, September 18, 2011
China Writes ROC History, Would the ROC Write PRC History?

Saturday, September 17, 2011
Taiwan, as the World Turns, September 2011, Shih Ming-teh Cries the Blues

Friday, September 16, 2011
It Costs to Run for President in Taiwan

Thursday, September 15, 2011
Taiwan's Ma Ying-joke Lets His Campaign Manger Speak for Him

Wednesday, September 14, 2011
So Who Needs a Reality Check on Clarity, Taiwan and China?

Friday, August 26, 2011
Taiwan's Dignity Takes Another Hit, as Ma Brags About His Flexible Diplomacy I

Thursday, August 25, 2011
Taiwan's Dignity Takes a Worse Hit as its Persian Cat President Brags On

Thursday, August 25, 2011
Taiwan as the World Turns: the Diane Lee Travesty of Justice Continues

Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The Role of Taiwan's Indigenes in Resolving Identity and More

Monday, August 22, 2011
Ma Ying-joke's Flexible Diplomacy Fails Taiwan Again

Thursday, August 18, 2011
More than Staying in the Game: Can Soong Think Beyond Himself?

Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Ma Ying-joke Government Passes the Buck Again

Sunday, August 14, 2011
Revisiting the Past and Assessing Ma the Incompetent

Thursday, August 11, 2011
Leaving Taiwan, Economics, the Dutch VOC and the Rest of the Story

Sunday, August 07, 2011
KMT Leaders Display Lack of Sense of What Democracy is About

Saturday, August 06, 2011
Ma Ying-jeou's Political Manipulations Draw Another Open Letter

Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Taiwan's "Seediq Bale" gets nod for 68th Venice International Film Festival

Sunday, July 31, 2011
Taiwan's MOFA, in Need of Reform: Is Life on the Beach that Boring?

Friday, July 29, 2011
Ma's Young Troops, Another "Taiwan Up" Experience

Thursday, July 28, 2011
Taiwan's Diane Lee, Is She Guilty Not Only of Fraud, But Also Perjury?

Friday, July 15, 2011
As the World Turns: Taiwan Politics and China

Thursday, July 14, 2011
Election Time Taiwan; Ma Ying-joke's Dilemma

Friday, July 08, 2011
The Next Step: Taiwan Needs New Leadership for 2012

Friday, July 01, 2011
Ma Ying-jeou's "Do Nothing" Promises Deceive Taiwan

Saturday, June 25, 2011
The 1992 Consensus, a Fabricated Continuation of China's Civil War

Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Taiwan's Judicial Reform, the First Step

Sunday, June 19, 2011
Ma's Chinese Tourists, Just What Are They Here For?

Saturday, June 18, 2011
Anomalies of China? They Keep Mounting.

Friday, June 17, 2011
Taiwan's Tao Prepare to Hail Part of Taiwan's Past

Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Taiwan's Past Corruption under the KMT was Big Time Corruption

Saturday, June 11, 2011
More Questions on Just How is Ma Ying-jeou's China Policy Working?

Thursday, June 09, 2011
Tales of the Bandits Taiwan-style, the KMT and PFP

Tuesday, June 07, 2011
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Verges on Being a "Useful Idiot"

Saturday, June 04, 2011
Chiayi Man Runs Marathons in Slippers: a Taiwan Miracle in Itself

Thursday, June 02, 2011
VP Vincent Siew Bows Out, Saving Face for Himself, the KMT and Ma

Wednesday, June 01, 2011
What Made Nan Fang Shuo Change? Ma's Lack of Core Values?

Monday, May 30, 2011
Chiu Yi, Some Pre-election Grandstanding or Will He Carry Through

Saturday, May 28, 2011
Another Product of the US Naval War College or What?

Monday, May 23, 2011
KMT Corruption Still Evident; How Deep are the Police Involved in it?

Sunday, May 22, 2011
Taiwan as the World Turns: Mid-may Mania

Thursday, May 19, 2011
How Long Must Taiwan Reap What Others Sow?

Thursday, May 12, 2011
Ma Ying-jeou, the Puppet of Beijing

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Ma Continues the KMT Belittling of Taiwan's Aborigines

Monday, May 09, 2011
Taichung, Jason 'Good-Time'Charlie' Hu Dodges One Impeachment Bullet So Far

Thursday, May 05, 2011
Taiwan, the Ma Government Wants the Media to Serve it

Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Taiwan as the World Turns: KMT Legislator John Chiang Wants a Return to Cronyism

Sunday, May 01, 2011
Is the Ma Government Blowing Smoke to Cover its Tracks? Part III

Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Is the Ma Government Blowing Smoke to Cover its Tracks? Part II

Monday, April 25, 2011
Is the Ma Government Blowing Smoke to Cover its Tracks? What is it Hiding? Part 1

Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Taiwan: Lies, Lies, Who is Telling the Lies? China News Agency? Joe Hung?

Sunday, April 17, 2011
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
The Ma Government Continues to Try to Return Taiwan to the One-party State Days of the KMT

Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Scholars Once Again Question the Ma Government on its Anti-Democratic Abuse of Power

Monday, April 11, 2011
Taiwan's "China Post", Newspaper, is it Turning Red?

Saturday, April 09, 2011
Ma Wants to be Seen as Predident, but He Really Does Not Want to be Responsible for Anything.

Friday, April 08, 2011
Hsu Hsin-liang, a Man for All Junkets

Saturday, April 02, 2011
Taiwan, Ah the Justice of it All

Thursday, March 31, 2011
Three Cheers for Canada: as the World Turns

Saturday, March 26, 2011
What Arrogant Darkness Still Remains in the Hearts of Many KMT?

Tuesday, March 22, 2011
China Expects the World to Pay for Its Draconian Measures

Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Ma Ying-jeou's Leadership by Platitudes, Confucius and the MOE

Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Taichung as the World Turns: Who will Take the Blame for Hu?

Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Are the Chickens Coming Home to Roost in Jason Hu's Taichung?

Monday, March 07, 2011
Jason Hu, Taichung, Add Road Rage to Common Crimes

Monday, February 28, 2011
Taiwan, the Mainland Affairs Council and the Flag: More Am I Missing Something?

Saturday, February 26, 2011
Taiwan: Jason Hu and the Am I Missing Something Department

Thursday, February 24, 2011
Another Slap in the Face for Taiwan under Ma Ying-joke

Sunday, February 13, 2011
Taiwanese Karma or China's Discarding Those It No Longer Needs?

Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Ho Hum, Another Insult to Taiwan, Thanks to Ma Ying-joke

Friday, February 04, 2011
Creole, Syncretic or Hybrid? Taiwan, Understanding an Identity in Process, Part II

Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Taiwan, Understanding an Identity in Process, Part I

Monday, January 24, 2011
Taiwan as the World Turns: the KMT and Gangsters, a Past that Won't Go Away

Saturday, January 22, 2011
Breaking News, KMT Secretary General King Pu-tsung Resigns

Tuesday, January 18, 2011
It is Time to Rid Taiwan or the Many Vestiges of the KMT's One Party State

Monday, January 17, 2011
KMT Government Still Out of Step with Policies: What Does it Tell Us?

Sunday, January 16, 2011
KMT 18 Per Cent Party Bonus: Time to Face Up

Thursday, January 13, 2011
Taiwan: Men without Jobs and Other Stories

Friday, January 07, 2011
Taiwan and the 2011 Centennial: 100 years of What?

Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Lee Teng-hui Celebrates his 90th Birthday: Who Wasn't There?

Monday, January 03, 2011
Golden Bough Theatre Performs Enjoyable "Sayonara My Love"

Sunday, January 02, 2011
Sean Lien's Shooting: How Many KMT Are in Bed with Gangsters?

Saturday, January 01, 2011
Lee Teng-hui: One More Reason Why Ma is Called Ma Ying-joke

Monday, December 27, 2010
Taiwan and the USA: from love to "no position," the vagary of vagaries

Monday, December 27, 2010
Taiwan as the World Turns, Ma Ying-jeou Shuns Responsibility to Nation

Thursday, December 23, 2010
Ma Ying-jeou Throws Chou Hsi-Wei a Bone.

Sunday, December 19, 2010
The USA, China, and North Korea, Tales of the Weird

Friday, December 17, 2010
The US State Department, its Dupes, and the Chinese Gorilla

Sunday, December 12, 2010
The "Duh" Awakening of the US State Department on China and Taiwan

Saturday, December 11, 2010
Why Taiwanese Continue to Call Ma Ying-jeou the Phony Pony

Saturday, December 11, 2010
The KMT Blames the DPP for the KMT's Gangster Connections and Corruption: Go Figure???

Thursday, December 09, 2010
AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt: Short Memories and Surprises Few People Talk About

Sunday, December 05, 2010
Taiwan and the Murder that Almost Never Really Happened.

Saturday, December 04, 2010
US Navy War College Professor Joins List of China Apologists, Why?

Thursday, December 02, 2010
Taiwan Post Election Comments

Monday, November 29, 2010
Gangland-style Hit at KMT Election Rally Raises Questions

Saturday, November 27, 2010
Getting Rid of the Hypocritical KMT Carpetbaggers Once and for All!

Thursday, November 25, 2010
Ma's Pro-China Policy Turning Into Shambles: But He Says It is Working; Will Voters Believe Him?

Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Some Hard Questions About Jason Hu and the KMT Past: Taiwan Wake Up I

Monday, November 22, 2010
The KMT Tries a New Way to Buy Votes and Hsu Hsin-Liang Still Looks for a Parade

Sunday, November 21, 2010
Ang Lee Chooses Taiwan as Location for Upcoming Film, "Life of Pi"

Sunday, November 21, 2010
Ma the Mouse and the International Press Conference that Wasn't International.

Friday, November 19, 2010
The Hypocritical KMT Are Starting to Grasp at Straws, But Then It is Election Time.

Friday, November 19, 2010
China Gives Taiwan Another Slap in the Face: Ma Ying-jeou Waits to See What Way the Wind is Blowing.

Thursday, November 18, 2010
Exploring All of One's Roots: Taiwan and its Lapita Heritage

Sunday, November 14, 2010
TV Talk Show Host Cheng Hung-yi Tells it Like it Is in Taiwan

Wednesday, November 10, 2010
India Should Have a Permanent Seat on the UN Security Council

Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Taiwan as the World Continues to Turn: Taichung Mayor Jason Hu Delights in Being King of Sleaze?

Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Taiwan as the World Turns: Ma Gives Hau a Left-Handed Compliment

Wednesday, November 03, 2010
China Slaps Taiwan in the Face: Ma Ying-jeou says Relations are at Their Best

Sunday, October 31, 2010
Another KMT Carpetbagger Symbol Bites the Dust in Taipei

Saturday, October 30, 2010
Taiwan, as the World Turns; of Course, the Secretary Did It--Again

Thursday, October 28, 2010
Taiwan as the World Turns: Taichung Mayor Jason Hu Turns to Mah-jong

Monday, October 25, 2010
Bandits and Thieves and Why Ma Ying-jeou Never Passed the Bar Exam?

Monday, October 11, 2010
Taiwan Students to the PRC, "Not in Our House"

Saturday, October 09, 2010
Monkey Chasers Wanted: Must be 45 or Older

Saturday, October 09, 2010
David Wu, US Congressman from Oregon Sucks up to China

Saturday, October 02, 2010
Smoke, Mirrors, a Scam? Are Taiwanese Orphans or Masters of Their House?

Sunday, September 26, 2010
Panda Dig Breaking News: Wen Jiabao Pledges to Remove Missiles

Saturday, September 25, 2010
Wasting Away Money in Non-sequiturville: Hau Lung-bin and the Carpetbaggers

Sunday, September 19, 2010
The Spanish Galleon "Andalucia" Arrives with Typhoon

Saturday, September 18, 2010
Taiwan, as the World Turns; the Soaps Continue as the Carpetbaggers Defend Their Privilege

Friday, September 17, 2010
It's Worry Time in Taiwan!!

Friday, September 17, 2010
Taiwan as the World Turns: the Media Love Good Soap Opera

Friday, September 03, 2010
Taiwan as the World Turns: Ma-speak is the Order of the Day

Thursday, August 26, 2010
KMY Legislators Dodge Responsibility: Taiwan as the World Turns

Tuesday, August 24, 2010
To Be Whole, Taiwan Must Shed Itself of its KMT Carpetbagger Legacy: Part I

Thursday, August 19, 2010
As the World Turns, Taiwan, Yang Chiu-hsing Backtracks on His Word

Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The Film "Formosa Betrayed" Though Different from "Cape No. 7" is Important for Taiwan Youth

Thursday, August 05, 2010
Still Not Free of KMT Bias, Taiwan Prepares for the Film, "Formosa Betrayed"

Saturday, July 31, 2010
Taiwan's Hybrid Nature: its Strength and its Hope

Friday, July 23, 2010
Taiwan Voters Peek Behind the KMT Curtain of Corruption in Taichung

Monday, July 12, 2010
Taipei Elections, a Matter of Quality

Friday, July 09, 2010
Part II, Deconstructing Taiwan's Past in Search of its Identity

Saturday, June 26, 2010
Deconstructing Taiwan's Past in Search of Its Identity Part I

Thursday, June 24, 2010
Taiwan Hosts Film "Formosa Betrayed" and Historical Musical, "Days of Bananas"

Sunday, June 13, 2010
ECFA! It's More than Trade; It's a Matter of Ma's Credibility and Competency

Friday, June 11, 2010
Tired of the Double Standard of Justice Under the KMT? Wait There is More.

Tuesday, June 08, 2010
The KMT, Taichung, Crime and Corruption: Do They Still Go Hand in Hand?

Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Kuo Kuan-ying, Remember that High-Class KMT Mainlander?

Saturday, May 29, 2010
An Open Letter by Academics and Professionals to the Speaker of the Legislative Yuan

Sunday, May 23, 2010
Thinning the Herd Beijing Style: So Why Does Ma Keep Pushing Taiwan Towards Unification?

Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Taiwan, Will the ECFA Early Harvest be the Early Shaft?

Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Taiwan's Double Standard, Money, Money, Who's Got the Money? Part II: Those Friggin Frigates

Sunday, May 09, 2010
Taiwan's Double Standard: Money, Money, Who's Got the Money Part I?

Friday, May 07, 2010
Do You Know Where Ma Ying-jeou Stands on the Boundaries of Taiwan?

Tuesday, May 04, 2010
A Visit with Former President Chen Shui-bian Raises Questions on Taiwan's Double Standard of Justice

Friday, April 30, 2010
Taiwan, a Tale of Two Presidents

Tuesday, April 27, 2010
In Search of Taiwan Minzu: the First Step, Seeing What it is Not

Saturday, April 24, 2010
The Great ECFA Debate: Excuses Before It Begins

Saturday, April 24, 2010
Taiwan as the World Turns: the Credibility of Ma Continues to Erode

Tuesday, April 20, 2010
ECFA, Another Insult from the People that Gave Taiwan 6-3-3

Friday, April 16, 2010
Taipei Police Need to Realize They are not the Beijing Police

Friday, April 09, 2010
ROC Splendid 100, Who is Paying for This Reinterpretation of Splendid?

Thursday, April 01, 2010
The ECFA ads, Who is Paying for Them? Taiwan's Taxpayers? the KMT or China?

Sunday, March 28, 2010
Taiwan and China, Geographically Close but Miles Apart Otherwise

Friday, March 26, 2010
The 1996 Consensus, an Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come!

Saturday, March 20, 2010
"Formosa Betrayed" Movie Review by Roger Ebert Lays it Bare

Friday, March 19, 2010
Taiwan's Poltical Soap Opera Update: The Diane Lee Effect and Justice Served?

Sunday, March 14, 2010
Cambodia Part III, Angkor Wat and Other Scenes

Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Cambodia Part II, Ta Prohm, Mystery, Intrigue and Wonder

Sunday, March 07, 2010
Cambodia Part I, Tonle Sap, the Great Lake and People

Friday, March 05, 2010
February 28, 2-28, Taiwan Remains a Day of Mixed Emotions

Sunday, February 28, 2010
Angkor Wat and Mysteries of Cambodia

Thursday, February 25, 2010
Taiwan, As the World Turns in February, Chou Hsi-wei Breaks down in Tears

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou Continues to Invite Voters to Live in his Fantasy World

Friday, February 19, 2010
Taiwan's Double Standard and the "Dogs of Bias"

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
The Continued Hypocrisy of Ma Ying-jeou's Government I

Monday, February 08, 2010
Taiwan Struggles with Its Identity and the GIO is No Help

Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Forcing Taiwan's KMT to Face the Reality of Loss

Saturday, January 30, 2010
Taiwan's Great ECFA Debate that Never Was and Probably Never Will Be

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Taiwan, As the World Turns, Life Under Ma the Incompetent: the Great Panda Fiasco

Sunday, January 24, 2010
The KMT's Sordid Past Relives Itself under Ma Ying-jeou

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Friedman Leaves Me Cold, Flat, and Disgusted

Friday, January 15, 2010
Taiwan, January 2010: As the World Turns

Saturday, January 09, 2010
Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou Rules by Fiat, Why then is No One Listening?

Thursday, January 07, 2010
Taiwan Up, Now There is an Embarassing Expression

Monday, January 04, 2010
Where's the Beef? It's Smell the Coffee Time in the USA

Friday, January 01, 2010
Taiwan's Prosecutors Continue to Abuse Their Power

Friday, December 25, 2009
The Peaceful Need for Japan and Taiwan to Support Each Other

Thursday, December 17, 2009
Taiwan, As the World Turns in December: Ma Turns to his Spin-doctor King Pu-tsung

Monday, December 14, 2009
A Cause for Concern, Does Ma Ying-jeou Know What Time It Is?

Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Another Side of Taiwan, the Scots and St. Andrew's Ball

Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Taiwan Under Ma Ying-jeou, More Smoke and Mirrors as the Cross-strait Sell Out Continues

Monday, November 30, 2009
Kissinger, the International Republican Institute (IRI), Freedom and Democracy and Other Conundrums

Thursday, November 26, 2009
Taiwan, Where's the Beef Protest Photos

Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Taiwan: Where's the Beef? It's not with the USA but with Ma. Who Else?

Saturday, November 21, 2009
The UN Snubs Taiwan Again: Who is the Joke of Ma Ying-joke On?

Friday, November 20, 2009
Ma's Poor Performance Draws Yet a 5th Letter of Protest from International Scholars.

Thursday, November 12, 2009
USC's Annenberg School for Communication Brings Soft Power to Taiwan: Part II

Sunday, November 08, 2009
USC's Annenberg School for Communication Brings Soft Power to Taiwan: Part I

Friday, November 06, 2009
November, Week One: As the World Turns in Taiwan

Thursday, November 05, 2009
Nagano Link Back Up

Thursday, November 05, 2009
The KMT's Diane Lee Finally Admits, She Lied.

Friday, October 30, 2009
Who is Worse, the Thief or the Fence?

Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Taiwan's Dream Community Parade, Fun for All

Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Ma Ying-jeou Recycles His Old Promises but Taiwan is None the Richer

Monday, October 19, 2009
Nagano, Relax and Enjoy the Scenery,

Thursday, October 15, 2009
Is Ma the Incompetent Becoming Ma the Fawning Dog?

Monday, October 12, 2009
What's This? The Republic of China on Taiwan Has No National Day Celebrations?

Friday, October 09, 2009
The PRC's Seven Axioms of Peaceful Rising

Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Taiwan's Aborigines Suffer More Than Morakot

Friday, October 02, 2009
Taiwan, What's Your Satisfaction Level?

Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Taiwan Voters Prove They are not Sheep

Monday, September 28, 2009
Taiwan Artists Protest Ma Ying-jeou's Government Asleep at the Wheel

Monday, September 21, 2009
The KMT's Diane Lee Back in Court: I Ripped You Off, but I Am Not Corrupt.

Friday, September 18, 2009
Two Keatings, Two Different Opinions

Thursday, September 17, 2009
The Real Source of Taiwan's Campaign Corruption

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The Continuing Death of Justice in Taiwan: Deconstructing and Exposing the Hypocrisy of Ma Ying-jeou?

Sunday, September 13, 2009
US Congress Has Screening of "Formosa Betrayed" Film

Saturday, September 12, 2009
Jerome Cohen, Ma's Law School Mentor, Again Speaks Out on the Ma Government Violation of Human Rights

Saturday, September 12, 2009
Neo-Formosa Magazine Launch and Chen Shui-bian's Defense

Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Denied a Fair Trial and Imprisoned by "Judge Shopping" and Other Abuses Chen Presents His Case Outside the Court

Wednesday, September 09, 2009
September, as the World Turns in Taiwan: the Anti-Climax of Wu Shu-jen

Monday, September 07, 2009
September, As the World Turns in Taiwan: Yeh Ching-chuan 2009

Saturday, September 05, 2009
September, as the World Turns in Taiwan: a New and Final Name for Ma Ying-jeou?

Saturday, September 05, 2009
Ma Ying-jeou, the Dalai Lama and Taiwan Part III, the Parting Shot

Friday, September 04, 2009
Mark Chen, Tainan Municipality New Primary, The Voters will Decide!

Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Ma Ying-jeou, the Dalai Lama, and Taiwan Part II, When is the Timing Right?

Sunday, August 30, 2009
Ma Ying-jeou, the Dalai Lama and Taiwan Part I: Whose Side is Ma on?

Saturday, August 29, 2009
Ma Ying-jeou, the Sycophant Syndrome, and the KMT's New Dilemma

Saturday, August 22, 2009
Taiwan Enters Ghost Month in Post-Morakot Pain

Thursday, August 20, 2009
Typhoon Morakot, a Painful Reminder of Ma Ying-jeou and the Peter Principle

Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Ma Ying-jeou, When Images Are Not Enough!

Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Ma Ying-jeou's Government Continues to Try to Flip-Flop its Way Out of Blame

Monday, August 17, 2009
Typhoon Morakot and the Many Names of Ma Ying-jeou

Thursday, August 13, 2009
Me, Freddy Lim, Chiang Kai-shek, Art and Taiwan's Identity

Saturday, August 08, 2009
Back in Taiwan, Let the Writing Begin

Thursday, August 06, 2009
The KMT's Calculated Deflection: the Unjust and Unconstitutional Trial of Chen Shui-bian

Saturday, July 25, 2009
Maritime Taiwan, a New Book with a Different Perspective on Taiwan

Tuesday, July 21, 2009
As the World Turns in Taiwan III: Reallity Check for the Rest of the World

Monday, July 20, 2009
As the World Turns in Taiwan II: More Games than One In Kaohsiung

Friday, July 17, 2009
As the World Turns in Taiwan I: Junket Time

Wednesday, July 15, 2009
When It Comes to National Identity, Taiwanese Can Be Their Own Worst Enemy

Sunday, July 12, 2009
Why the Name of Democracy Memorial Hall Should Not Be Changed Back to Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Part II

Friday, July 10, 2009
Why the Name of Democracy Memorial Hall Should Not Be Changed Back to Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

Thursday, July 09, 2009
Is Ma Ying-jeou Becoming the kiss of Death?

Sunday, July 05, 2009
Will Barack Obama Stand Up the Same Way for Taiwan?

Thursday, July 02, 2009
How Many Protests Must Be Made Against the KMT Abuse of Justice in Taiwan?

Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Ma-Ying-jeou'sw Flexible Diplomacy, ECFA and Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Saturday, June 27, 2009
Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society Active in June

Saturday, June 20, 2009
Peng Ming-min's New Book, Does Taiwan Need to Escape from Ma?

Friday, June 19, 2009
Ma Ying-jeou's Mentor Remains Depressed Over What He Sees in Taiwan

Sunday, June 14, 2009
Wu Poh-hsiung: Tears, Just Desserts, Or the Simple Inevitable Slap in the Face?

Thursday, June 11, 2009
Tianamen Square Twenty Years Later: the Memory Lives for Those Who Care

Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Taiwan, Asia's Supposed Voldemort, That-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named

Thursday, May 28, 2009
Ma Ying-jeou Completes his First Year as Justice and Human Rights Continue to Erode in Taiwan

Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Ma Ying-jeou's Police State? A Follow Up on the 5/17 Protest "Accident"

Sunday, May 24, 2009
Taiwan and the WHA, a Gift Horse to be Examined?

Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Emboldened Police Car Runs Down Two Anti-Ma Ying-jeou Protesters in Taipei

Monday, May 18, 2009
Taiwan: Problems in Paradise under Ma Ying-jeou

Saturday, May 16, 2009
Jason Yuan, Another KMT Case of Deceit and So-So Loyalty to Taiwan?

Thursday, May 14, 2009
Taiwan's Injustice, How Can I Protest? Let Me Count the Ways, but First Sign Up

Thursday, May 14, 2009
Taiwan Stands up to be Counted: Protest in Taipei on May 17

Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Injustice Continues in Chen Shui-bian's Trial

Monday, May 11, 2009
A New Book: Nancy Bernkopf Tucker's "Strait Talk" on Taiwan's Unresolved Status

Friday, May 08, 2009
A New Perspective on Taiwan's Identity: Doris T. Chang's "Women's Movements in Twentieth Century Taiwan"

Friday, May 08, 2009
Taiwan's Tung Blossoms: Take Time out to Appreciate the Flowers

Thursday, May 07, 2009
Justice, Human Rights, Free Press Continue to Erode Under Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou

Wednesday, May 06, 2009
An Unusual Cemetery Houses Many of Taiwan's Forgotten Dead

Sunday, May 03, 2009
Dumb and Dumber, the Naming of Chinese Taipei and its Acceptance

Friday, May 01, 2009
Taiwan, You Gotta Love This Place!

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Jerome A. Cohen, Ma Ying-jeou's Mentor, Again Highlights the Erosion of Justice in Taiwan

Sunday, April 26, 2009
Jackie Chan and the Utter Failure of Confucianism

Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The Blood of Taiwan's Patriots: Dang Nylon--One of Many

Friday, April 17, 2009
A Kafkaesque System of Justice: The Plight of the Poor in China

Monday, April 13, 2009
Kinmen and Matsu, Where Do They Belong? To Taiwan or China?

Friday, April 10, 2009
Corruption Taiwan Style: It Depends on Who You Know?

Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Taiwan Needs Resistance Art: Where are the Taiwanese Artists Who Can Meet That Need?

Friday, April 03, 2009
Leeches Part IV, Taiwan's Uncle Toms Perpetuate the KMT Superiority Complex

Monday, March 30, 2009
Ma Ying-jeou, EFCA, MBPP and Taiwan, Wake Up Taiwan!

Saturday, March 28, 2009
The GIO and the KMT, a Joint History of Murder, Intrigue, and Cover Up? Wake Up Taiwan.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009
When Will Taiwan Awaken? The KMT Leech Has Always Been at Your Throat? Part II, the Past

Saturday, March 21, 2009
When Will Taiwan Awaken? The KMT Leech Has Always Been at Your Throat, Part III, Miaoli, a Glimmer of Hope?

Saturday, March 21, 2009
When Will Taiwan Awaken? Diane Lee, Kuo Kuan-ying, the KMT Leech Has Always Been at your Throat!

Friday, March 13, 2009
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
Taiwan Was Never Part of China's Civil Wars: Part II

Saturday, March 07, 2009
2-28, 1980 The Lin Family Murders; the Surviving Daughter's Account

Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Taiwan Was Never Part of China's Civil Wars: Part I

Sunday, March 01, 2009
2-28, The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Sins of Their Fathers

Friday, February 27, 2009
The Unbearable Lightness of Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou's Words

Thursday, February 26, 2009
Can Chen Shui-bian Get a Fair Trial? Taiwan's Prosecutors Leave More Smoking Guns.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Taiwan as the World Turns, Questions of a Cheated Past

Saturday, February 21, 2009
Taiwan: As theWorld Turns Greased With Corruption

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Can Ma Ying-jeou Make the Crumbs of His Mole-hills Look Like Mountains?

Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Diane Lee Continues to Blow Smoke in Taiwan

Friday, February 06, 2009
Taiwan, Samoa, US Passports for All? Who knows?

Thursday, February 05, 2009
Taiwan's Sovereignty and Statehood Still "Undecided" ??

Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Why Chen Shui-bian Will Not Get a Fair Trial in Taiwan.

Monday, February 02, 2009
The KMT's Diane Lee Takes Her Illegal US$ 3Million Dollars and Runs

Saturday, January 31, 2009
Scholars Issue Yet Another Letter on the Erosion of Justice in Taiwan

Friday, January 30, 2009
No Virginia, the 21st Century Will Not be China's Century!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
A Happy Lunar Year of the Ox to All, and Now Back to Work

Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Diane Lee, Taiwan Updates, the Shame Continues

Monday, January 19, 2009
Barack Obama is President, Let Us Celebrate!

Monday, January 19, 2009
Ma Ying-jeou's Impotency Bodes Ill for Taiwan

Sunday, January 18, 2009
Taiwan's Freedom Fighter, Linda Arrigo Turns the Big 6-0!

Saturday, January 17, 2009
Freedom House Ranks Taiwan High and China Low, but There is More

Thursday, January 15, 2009
Zhang Ziyi, Taiwan, and the Perverse Shaming of China

Saturday, January 10, 2009
Diane Lee Resigns and Puts KMT Justice on Trial.

Friday, January 09, 2009
Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou, the Cracks Have Become Fissures, Part II, Ma 's Impotency

Tuesday, January 06, 2009
The KMT's ex-legislator Diane Lee: the Smell of Rotten Fish Becomes Stronger in Taiwan

Wednesday, December 31, 2008
The KMT's Diane Lee, the Ways of the Weasel Part II

Sunday, December 28, 2008
The KMT's Diane Lee, Legislative Abuse, and the Ways of the Weasel

Saturday, December 27, 2008
David Wu, Taiwanese American US Congressman Criticizes Ma Government

Wednesday, December 24, 2008
US Congress Expresses Concern over Abuses Under Ma Ying-jeou

Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Taiwan's Chen Shui-bian, Guilty or Not-Guilty?

Saturday, December 20, 2008
The List of Protests Against Ma Just Grows and Grows; Is There Anyone That Has Not Spoken Up

Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou, the Cracks Have Become Fissures, Part I

Monday, December 15, 2008
And Still Another Two Human Rights Organizations Join the Protest Against Ma Ying-jeou's Rule

Friday, December 12, 2008
Amnesty International Adds its Voice to Protests Against the Erosion of Justice under Ma Ying-jeou's KMT Government

Saturday, December 06, 2008
The Taiwan Bar Associations and Judicial Reform Foundation Weigh in on the Abuses of the Ministry of Justice

Monday, December 01, 2008
Scholars Find Taiwan's Minster of Justice's Response Inadequate

Saturday, November 29, 2008
Taiwan's Minister of Justice Responds to the Scholars' Joint Statement

Thursday, November 27, 2008
And Yet Another World Agency Protests Abuses of Rights under Ma Ying-jeou

Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Freedom House Adds Yet Another Voice Against the Abuses of Ma Ying-jeou's KMT Government

Saturday, November 22, 2008
Annette Lu, Taiwan's Former Vice President Adds Her Voice to Protests Against the KMT Dominated Judiciary

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The USA Heritage Foundation Further Lays Bare the KMT's Current Abuse of Justice

Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Scholars Around the Globe Criticize Abuses Under Ma Ying-jeou and the KMT

Saturday, November 15, 2008
The Prebyterian Church of Taiwan Adds its Voice to Questioning the Government of Ma ying-jeou

Friday, November 14, 2008
Canadian Human Rights Association Puts Ma Ying-jeou's Government on Watch List

Thursday, November 13, 2008
Taiwan's Wild Strawberry Student Protest Challenges the Inequities of the Nation's Laws

Thursday, November 13, 2008
Taiwan's President, The Little Man that is There!

Friday, November 07, 2008
The KMT's and Ma's Surreal Dream of Yesteryear

Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Special News from Taiwan Sovereignty Watch

Wednesday, November 05, 2008
The US Elections, Is McCain the Republican Throwaway Candidate?

Sunday, November 02, 2008
1895, A New Film Coming out on Taiwan's Early Republic

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand: Part II, the Manila to Acapulco Trade Route

Sunday, October 26, 2008
What Does Ma Ying-jeou Mean That There Will Be No War?

Saturday, October 25, 2008
China's Zhang Mingqing Lectures Taiwan on Human Rights

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Ma Ying-jeou and the Peter Principle

Monday, October 20, 2008
Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand: Part I, Taiiwan

Friday, October 17, 2008
Penghu, Casinos and the Future of Taiwan?

Friday, October 17, 2008
Pandas in the Mist: Naming and More Problems for Taiwan?

Saturday, October 11, 2008
Niagara Falls, Still Spectacular and Well Worth the Visit

Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Taiwan History Book Reaches its 4th Edition

Sunday, October 05, 2008
Away from the Hustle and Busltle of Life is the Joy of Grandchildren

Friday, October 03, 2008
Musings on the US Presidential Elections II: McCain, Distance, Palin and More Bush

Sunday, September 28, 2008
News from China, Is There a Pattern There?

Saturday, September 27, 2008
Musings on the US Presidential Elections I, Bush, Republicans and the Economy

Friday, September 26, 2008
Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou, Clueless but Comforted?

Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Cairo Rhetoric, Undecided Stealing, Taiwan and the UN

Saturday, September 20, 2008
St. Andrew's Ball, Scottish Dancing Anyone?

Sunday, September 14, 2008
Taiwan, China Matters: a MOFA Smokescreen?

Saturday, September 13, 2008
Taiwan Commemorates Far Eastern Prisoners of War (FEPOW) Day

Friday, September 12, 2008
Is Ma Ying-jeou Becoming a Parrot of the PRC?

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Taiwan's Economy Continues Sinking but Ma Ying-jeou Wants to Bring Back Chiang Kai-shek

Monday, September 08, 2008
Taiwan, the Gravy Train Rolls On

Saturday, September 06, 2008
Taiwan's Political Gravy Train in Search of a Wild Lily

Thursday, September 04, 2008
Why There are Protests Against Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou

Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Taiwan's Little Boy Ma Remains Lost in Lah-lah Land

Monday, September 01, 2008
McCain Picks Palin: His Safest Bet Given the Circumstances

Friday, August 29, 2008
Art Taipei 2008: Money and Freedom, a Different Perspective

Thursday, August 28, 2008
To Taiwan's Foreign Media: Check out the Aughst 30 Protest Against Ma Ying-jeou

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Ma's New Brainchild; Give China's 1.3 billion Multiple Entry Visas

Monday, August 25, 2008
"Nineteen Eighty-Four" Revisited

Friday, August 22, 2008
China/Taiwan, Russia/Georgia:an Inconvenient Case of Cause and Effect?

Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Spreading the Blame: the KMT Finds a New Excuse on Arms Delays

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Katyn, Poland's Bitter Past Recalls Taiwan's Tragedy

Monday, August 11, 2008
Taiwan, the UN, What's in a Name?

Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Taitung and the KMT's Kuang Li-chen: She Did it All for Love

Tuesday, August 05, 2008
President Bush Makes it Clear?

Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Ma Ying-joke's Alternate Universe

Monday, August 04, 2008
The Buck Stops Elsewhere: Ma Ying-joke, Taiwan's Inveterate Poseur

Sunday, August 03, 2008
The US State Deparmtent and the KMT Fail Again

Friday, August 01, 2008
The New Kissinger Institute: Score One for the China Lobby

Thursday, July 31, 2008
Taiwan's Black Hole and the Cultural Imperialism of Zhonghua Minzu

Sunday, July 13, 2008
Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan's One Trick Pony

Friday, July 11, 2008
The Difference Between Two Countries: More of Ma's Tourists Take Flight

Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Flimflam and Fluff: Taiwan Voters and Their Syndromes

Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen, a Woman to Watch

Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Taiwan: We'll Take Tibet's Torch over China's Any Day!

Monday, July 07, 2008
Taiwan's Human Rights Struggles, 1960--1980, a New Book

Sunday, July 06, 2008
A New Book on the Spanish Experience in Taiwan Coming Soon

Saturday, July 05, 2008
Taiwan and the USA on Arms Sales with No One to Blame

Friday, July 04, 2008
Ma Ying-jeou Continues to Talk out of Both Sides of His Mouth

Thursday, July 03, 2008
Book Review by Richard Kagan Ph.D. of "Taiwan, the Search for Identity"

Friday, June 27, 2008
The KMT Revives Memories of its Blacklist

Thursday, June 26, 2008
Are Ma and the KMT Betraying Taiwan?

Saturday, June 21, 2008
The Diaoyutais Incident: Ma Ying-jeou Fails the Action Test Once More

Friday, June 13, 2008
Tiananmen, China, and What They Call Progress

Sunday, June 08, 2008
Ma Ying-jeou, the Excuses Keep Coming

Sunday, June 08, 2008
The KMT's Questionable Sunshine Loyalty: When Will Taiwan Wake Up?

Sunday, June 08, 2008
1992--The Consensus That Never Was

Sunday, May 25, 2008
Ma Ying-jeou Begs China Not to Put Him on the Spot

Saturday, May 24, 2008
Taiwan Post Election Awards III

Saturday, May 24, 2008
Taiwan Post Election Awards II

Friday, May 23, 2008
Taiwan Post Election Awards I

Friday, May 23, 2008
Ma Ying-jeou, the Drama of it All

Monday, May 19, 2008
Can Ma Ying-jeou Hide the Cracks in the Facade?

Sunday, May 18, 2008
Inauguration Games

Sunday, May 18, 2008
China, Tibet, Feng-shui and More?

Saturday, May 17, 2008
China Says Let Bygones be Bygones, Of Course They Always Do

Thursday, May 08, 2008
Going to the Olympics? Leave the Kids at Home

Tuesday, May 06, 2008
A Borrowed Voice, Taiwan Human Rights through International Networks 1960--1980

Sunday, May 04, 2008
China Welcomes Loser Lien Chan, Their Kind of Man

Saturday, May 03, 2008
Taiwan Vignette III, Vincent Siew and the High Cost of Humiliation

Sunday, April 27, 2008
Taiwan Vignettes II, the Rising High Cost of Housing in Taipei and Taiwan

Saturday, April 26, 2008
Taiwan, China, and the Olympics; This Is Not About Politics. Thank God!

Monday, April 21, 2008
Taiwan Vignette I: The High Cost of Pandas for the Alleged Depressed Economy

Thursday, April 17, 2008
Taiwan Gets Support from Down Under

Thursday, April 17, 2008
Troubles in Tibet? It's All the Dalai Lama's Fault, Just Read the "China Daily"

Monday, April 07, 2008
Bolton Nailed It; Taiwan Needs to be Independent

Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Ma Ying-jeou Wins Taiwan Presidency: Let the Flip-flops Begin

Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Taiwan's UN Referenda Fail to Reach Their Abnormally High Bar

Sunday, March 23, 2008
Election Day in Taiwan, It's Showtime!

Friday, March 21, 2008
How Does the US State Department Earn its Keep?

Friday, March 21, 2008
How the Horse Got His Frozen Smile, a Strange African Folk Tale

Thursday, March 20, 2008
Tibet Burns and the World Still Kowtows to China the Cause of it All

Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Look Out Beijing, Here Comes Taiwan!

Friday, March 14, 2008
Taiwan's KMT Has Too Much Power, and Yet It Still Wants More

Thursday, March 13, 2008
Even Taiwan's Pan-Blue Press Admit Ma Ying-jeou is Naive

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Taiwan Sex Workers Experience the Ma Ying-jeou Shuffle

Sunday, March 09, 2008
Tough Love in China: Tang Wei Blacklisted for "Beautifying Collaboration"

Saturday, March 08, 2008
Examining Taiwan's Pan-Blue Media Rag Spin

Friday, March 07, 2008
Taiwan Alert, More Pollution from China Coming

Saturday, March 01, 2008
Ma Ying-jeou's Shallow, Simplistic Economics: Promise the Moon

Friday, February 29, 2008
The USA and Britain Continue to Feed the China Propaganda Mill

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Democratic Taiwan Supports Tibet: Take Note World

Monday, February 25, 2008
China, the Frustrated Potentate, Continues to Try to Isolate Taiwan

Saturday, February 23, 2008
Why Ma Ying-jeou Should Not Be President

Monday, February 11, 2008
Ma Ying-jeou, a Weasel Under Pressure?

Friday, February 08, 2008
Taiwan, East Germany, and "The Lives of Others"

Thursday, February 07, 2008
China's Snow Storms Expose its Controlling Cabal's Exploitation of the Masses

Monday, February 04, 2008
The Fat Lady Sings for Boston in Arizona

Sunday, February 03, 2008
Taiwan Searching for Identity in the Bamboozle of 2008

Saturday, February 02, 2008
Taiwan's Identity: the Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Katyn, a Polish Film, Resonates in Taiwan

Monday, January 28, 2008
Taiwans 2008 Legislative Elections, Ma Ying-jeou, a Weak Man Becomes Weaker

Saturday, January 26, 2008
Taiwan's 2008 Legislative Yuan Elections: Lesson 2, Examining the McGovern Factor

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Taiwan's 2008 Legislative Yuan Elections: Lesson One, in Search of an Adequate System

Monday, January 14, 2008
Taiwan's 2008 Legislative Yuan Elections Update

Saturday, January 12, 2008
Taiwan 2008 Legislative Elections: On the Spot

Friday, January 11, 2008
Taiwan's 2008 Legislative Yuan Elections

Friday, January 11, 2008
Taiwan Desperately Needs a Green Legislative Yuan: Problem Two, Sabotage of the Country

Saturday, January 05, 2008
Ma Ying-joke, Would You Want This Man as Your Leader?

Thursday, January 03, 2008
Why Taiwan Needs a Green Legislative Yuan: Problem One Justice

Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Myth #3, Chiang Kai-shek Created the Taiwan Miracle for the Sake of Taiwan

Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Is AIT as Dumb as the KMT Thinks That They Are?

Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Debunking the Myths of Chiang Kai-shek: Myth # 2, Chiang Kai-shek Rebuilt Taiwan

Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Debunking the Myths of Chiang Kai-shek: Myth # 1, Chiang Kai-shek Saved Taiwan

Tuesday, January 01, 2008