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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. At least it [...]

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, [...]

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 podium and [...]