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 side sport in Taiwan, and that is parliamentary brawling. There have been several good ones over the years that really show how this new sport is developing. I found a video from a few years back that has a nice collage of several notable fights. If there is a pay per view special count me in. I would love to see Ma Ying Jiu and his rowdy red shirts take on Chen Shui Bian and his legion of doom.

Here is the fight: