Nelson Report on Adm Owens
The Nelson Report, the Washington insider report, carries news of that awful piece by Admiral Bill Owens in the Financial Times I blogged on a few days ago. Onward....++++++++++++++++"PERSPECTIVE"...as noted in the Summary, a Financial Times OpEd last week by retired Amb. Bill Owens caused some heartburn throughout the China/Taiwan watching community, tim

Desperately Seeking Suzerainty: The "Not the Time" Talks
Michael: There are negotiations being made that are going to answer all of your questions and solve all of your problems. That's all I can tell you right now.On this lovely day here in Taichung, Taiwan Today gave the UDN report that, once again, the Ma Administration said there would be no peace talks with China "at this time":Now is

Humor: Taiwanese subvert Chinese pro-unification ad
ESWN, the popular translation-n-T&A blog out of Hong Kong, offered this find today. As he explains...First there was a mainland Chinese television ad for facial tissue. In this ad, the mainland children say, "Do you what is on the side of the ocean? It is our precious island Taiwan. So why won't the young friends of Taiwan come over and play with us? ... Let us use facial tissue to soak the ocean dry and then they can come over and play with us." Taiwan netizens say that the ad reeks of unification propaganda. So they made a spoof version. In this alternate ad, the chil

Miiltary, Congress & F-16s
Truth in advertising.FAPA says that another bill on F-16s has been introduced in the US Congress:One day after President Obama concluded his China trip and after the introduction of H.R.4102 in Congress of legislation highlighting the stalled U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, Texas Congressman Joe Barton (Republican) introduced H.Res. 927 to boost the expeditious delivery of F-16s to Taiwan yesterday afternoon. Congress int

Decoupling the National and the Local
The Taipei Times reported on a phenomenon which I've been discussing for weeks now: the absence of KMT Chairman and ROC President Ma Ying-jeou from the local election campaign, now heating up as we approach December.Th