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After going to check out the awesome cosplay event yesterday at Cheng Kung University in Tainan, I couldn’t resist going back for more today. The costumes, colors, and personalities make for such great photos. I originally planned on making a short video collage with some interviews, but after I started I realized that [...]

I was very lucky today. I was able to meet up with Lief and William today, as well as many other Taiwanese photographers at Lief’s restaurant Hud La Noom. I didn’t know it, but William was going to be interviewed and by a TTV reporter, a response to an article done on him [...]

update:
The presidential election between Frank Hsieh and Ma Ying Jiu is just about over Ma is currently leading by about 2 million votes (7.6 million to 5.4 million). Ma is way ahead in and appears to be a lock to become the next president of Taiwan. Let’s hope that his promises ring true.

Happy New Year to everybody. I got my first surprise of the year when a blue truck with loudspeakers parked in my neighborhood blaring an advertisement for an upcoming political rally whose main event was none other than presidential candidate Ma Ying Jiu and a local politician. Here is the slideshow link to [...]

Following politics in another language is a difficult task, so as non-Chinese speaking foreigners living in Taiwan, we we usually get fed slanted views, flat out opinions and/or regurgitated rhetoric to digest.
I do follow politics here as much as I can, however I have found a personal interest in a bizarre parliamentary [...]

Taiwan Republic of China National Anthem Video and Song ROC
Here is a video slide show played to the Taiwanese National Anthem. The English translation, Han Yu pin yin, and traditional Chinese characters of the Taiwanese national anthem are also displayed under the video.
Here is a video slide show with the music (no lyrics). [...]

I have been thinking about Taiwanese politics more and more the last several weeks. I haven’t come to many conclusions, although I am convinced Taiwan is an island with 23 million or so people on it. With all of the political bickering internally, and the added pressure of bombs pointed at us internationally, [...]

Here is a photo I took today. It was located on the back of a van in Tainan. It is an advertisement for Wang Ding Yi, who must be running for office or something down here. It’s obvious how he feels about China, and I wonder if that is his whole platform. [...]

From the poster:
A ruling party lawmaker threw a shoe at the speaker of Taiwan’s Legislature and assorted colleagues engaged in protracted pushing and shoving, as the final day of the winter legislative session dissolved into disarray.

From Wikipedia:
On October 24, 2006, Li sprayed tear gas and wielded a stun gun during a Legislative Yuan National Defense Committee meeting, forcing several members of parliament to flee. He was attempting to stop debate on purchasing submarines and patriot rockets for $16 billion dollars from the U.S.

If you have some time, check this out. It’s about 7 minutes long, and very interesting.

First seen on the Taiwan Matters website
From the poster on youtube:
Witness Taiwanese democracy in action as psychotic former legislator Lin Cheng-chieh administers a live beat down on pan-green commentator Chin Hung-wei!
Man, people can really be emotional about politics in Taiwan. The most impressive part of this video is that using an ancient, little [...]

This is from a new website, an all-star lineup of bloggers devoted to blogging on the issues of politics in Taiwan. Make sure to check out the site Taiwan Matters
Earlier in the week, the Taiwanese media reported on how Chinese delegates to the 2006 International Children’s Games in Bangkok scuffled with members of the [...]

You’ve probably seen or heard your share of stories about the Taiwanese legislature. Recently someone stuffed a bill in their mouth as a measure of preventing its passing. This is a clip (anyone know the who’s and what’s about it?) that shows a woman from the opposing party just going up to the [...]

The pic and article are from the Taipei Times
In an editorial entitled, “Why not call them slaves” found in the Taipei Times, the writer goes off a bit on how foreign workers in Taiwan are treated.

…the council seems to think that foreigners still have it too good, and are rewriting the rules to [...]