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Abortion	Daniel Bauer, Abortion, Taiwan Bauer, who has a column in the China Post, does not live in reality on this issue.	Gov't wants people to have more kids 8/06
Agriculture	Editorial Argues that the US is killing Taiwan's agriculture Not exactly true...
Assassination Attempt on Chen	Assassination Monster Refuses to Die 3/06	Pan-Blue Krazy Konspiracy Krackpots Defeated Again Blues Really Believe Chen Had Himself Shot 9/05	Bullets and Elections in Taiwan 5/07
Bird Flu	Bird Flu Simulation Makes Headlines in Taiwan It doesn't help to scare the populace
Budget	Budget Blockage Silver Lining 3/07	Hsieh welcomed, condemned 5/07
Calendar Reform	DPP floats proposal to adopt Western Calendar 2/06
Chen Shui-bian	Chen Visit to the US 1/07	Chen, Ma, identity, and 2008 1/07	Does Chen Ratchet Up Tensions when in Domestic trouble? 6/06
Chen Shui-bian,  Recall and Related Scandals, 2006-7	First Lady Sues Accusers 4/06	Chao Chien-ming Scandal at ESWN 5/06	Financial Regulator hit by Scandal 5/06	Taiwan Review: Chen-Ma China Policies 8/06
	Ma in long-term slide? 6/06	Ma and the Recall Postmortem 6/06	Chiu Yi: Mr. Clean 6/06	The Carnival of Idiots 6/06
	Chen's Speech on the Recall 6/06	Ma Threatens Government Officials 6/06	Paralyze the Government, Attack Chen 6/06	More on Chen Recall 6/06
	Recall Provokes Constitutional Crisis 6/06	Assassinate Ma? 6/06	Ma: Man in Motion, and dissolving the legislature 6/06	WaPo on the Recall (not too bad) 6/06
	Taiwan's Clueless First Family 7/06	The No-Evidence Brigade 7/06	The Emptiness of the Drop-Chen Petition 7/06	The Sinkhole that is Taiwan Politics 7/06
	Michael Anti on Why Chen won't go: another bad local media piece 8/06	US meets with Blues 8/06	Why the KMT hates the Presidency 8/06	The Maid Affair 8/06
	VOA Bad Article on Chen 10/06	Guardian on Chen Recall: Mad Chen to Strike 11/06	NYTimes Can't Get Anything Right 11/06	Recall Fails: PFP to Go after Prmier 11/06
	Slush Funds and the Law 11/06	The Politics of Persons 11/06	Nobel Lee's Letter 11/06	Should Chen Step Down: Issues 11/06
	WaPo, BBC, more bad articles on Situation 11/06	World Media Round of Indictment Reports 11/06	Does Chen Ratchet Up Tensions when in Domestic trouble? 6/07
Constitutional Issues	Reform Office and the Constitution What's the story?	Horribly Slanted WaPo presentation of Chen Interview 3/06	Recall Provokes Constitutional Crisis 6/06
Corruption in Taiwan	Local Corruption in Taiwan A primer	Judicial Corruption in Taiwan An explanation	More on Judicial Corruption in Taiwan An explanation	Corruption in Taiwan's Military It's the norm, folks.
	Politicians and Weddings in Taiwan Why do politicians attend such weddings 1/06	Kaohsiung City Council Corruption Redux 2/06	The Cheng Chung-mo set up 4/06	Taitung Follies II 4/06
	Beaches and Development in Taiwan 5/06	Financial Regulator hit by Scandal 5/06	Taiwan's Clueless First Family 7/06	Corruption protests, Sept-Oct 2006 (see Shih Ming-te below)
	More corruption involving in-laws and politics 8/06	Why does everyone want to be a politician? 9/06	Corruption Campaign claims first victims...on its own side 9/06	Gravel in Taiwan 11/06
	Should Chen Step Down: Issues 11/06	Slush Funds and the Law 11/06	The Rebar Scandal 1/07	Special Allowances get new system 1/07
	Vote Buying: A Primer 12/06	Teahouse Follies 12/06	Ma-Lien-Wang Threesome 2/07	For Ma Indictments see Ma Ying-jeou below
	KMT and PFP Pick Vote Buyer for Keelung Mayor Election 3/07	Confluence of Interest 3/07	Special Funds and the DPP 4/07	Defense Procurement and Corruption: the China Link 4/07
	Farmers Associations and Rural Politics 5/07 Farm and Fisheries Association bill to be reconsidered? 5/07 Farmers Association Bill  not reconsidered 5/07 Farm ssociations effort fails 6/07	DPP Heavyweights avoid questioning in special funds cases 6/07	Insider Trading and Financial Markets in Taiwan 7/07	Interlocals on Chen Yu-hao, alleged embezzler, in China 7/07
Credit Card Crisis	The Credit Card Crisis 3/06
Debt	Taiwan headed for debt trouble We're wallowing in a slough of debt, folks.	Taiwan: Broke 4/06	Budget Blockage Silver Lining 3/07
DPP	DPP Forum Shows Party Problems 5/06	DPP Presidential Debate 3/07	DPP Legislators in NTU Terrorist Attack Fraud 4/07	Special Funds and the DPP 4/07
DPP Chairmanship Election 2006	Yu Declares Candidacy 12/05	DPP Party Insider Comments 12/05
Education Policy	Brazen S African w/Fake Degree A brazen South African totally bamboozles the local court system.	Education Policy Under the DPP The DPP wanders in a daze? 9/05	Government Says Students can have their own hairstyles Students learn a little freedom	Misrepresenting King Car No paper mentions that they are missionaries
	TOEIC scores too low Local businesses complain	Confucius Out Nobody elects the old windbag 9/05	King Car, Education, Religion 10/5	Foreign English Teacher Primary School program a failure 1/06
	Textbook changes establish Taiwan identity 1/07	High School Students Bomb Exams 2/07	NTU President is a quack 2/07	DPP Legislators in NTU Terrorist Attack Fraud 4/07
	Rectifying the Textbooks 7/07
Environmental Policy	Taiwan Leads World in Pollution? Not really	Plastic Bag Ban It's in India too.	2006 Environmental Performance Report 3/06	Beaches and Development in Taiwan 5/06
	OTEC and Water Industry in Taiwan 8/06	Gravel Gravel in Taiwan 11/06 Will Work for Gravel 4/07	East Coast Oil Slick 1/07	Developing the East Coast 12/06
	Destroying the East Coast 3/07	New Blog on Hushan Dam Project 4/07	Wind vs. Nukes 4/07	Whale Shark dies in Georgia 6/07
Frank Hsieh	Good backgrounder on Frank Hsieh 5/07	Economist: Good and Bad on Hsieh 5/07	Laughable Poll Numbers 5/07	Hsieh welcomed, condemned 5/07
	Copper: China Prefers Hsieh 6/07	Frank Hsieh's Journey to the West 7/07	Why Hsieh will win 7/07	Hsieh & the UN 7/07
	Is Hsieh a Moderate? 7/07	Hsieh Charged in Bribery Claim? 7/07
Gambling Policy	Gambling in the Penghu It's coming.... 11/05
Governance	Taiwan's Governance better than you might think We're in the 77th percentile, folks.	Pro-China Parties Paralyze the Government Pro-China Parties Hold Up Governance in Taiwan Blues Paralzye the Government 1/06 Paralyze the Government, Attack Chen 6/06	The Premiership: Useless and Dangerous to its Holder 1/06 Taiwan Premiership: The Graveyard of the Whales 3/06	Why the Bureaucracy hates the DPP 3/06
	Taiwan: Broke 4/06	Anthropologist Jeff Martin's Presentation on the Police in Taiwan 4/06	DPP Forum Shows Party Problems 5/06	Wifi Networks and E-government in Taiwan 6/06 Taiwan Rulz in E-gov 7/07
	Ma Threatens Government Officials 6/06	Bringing down the government 9.06	Recall Fails: PFP to Go after Premier 11/06	Slush Funds and the Law 11/06
	The Politics of Persons 11/06	Gravel in Taiwan 11/06	Budget and CEC paralysis 1/07	Moving the Capital 2/07
Health Insurance	Health Insurance System: Regional Disparities 9/05
Human Rights and Democracy	Human Rights and Fingerprinting in Taiwan A round table discussion from Taiwan News	DPP and Democracy Forums Analysis from The Journalist. Brace Yourself.	POTS on Human Rights and the Chen Administration 11/05	The Emptiness of the Drop-Chen Petition 7/06
Identity Politics	Commentary on Ethic Identity in Taiwan Longtime Taiwan expert weighs in 8/05	Chen Exhortion on Identity of Taiwan 1/06	More Identifying as Taiwanese 9/06	Chen, Ma, identity, and 2008 1/07
	Getting Rid of Chiang 3/07	The Indigenous: Building the Taiwan consciousness 5/07
Industrial Policy	Industrial Zones in Taiwan A commentary argues the govmint needs to change its policy.	Tom Friedman and the Myth of the Market in Taiwan's History 2/06	Gravel in Taiwan 11/06	Destroying the East Coast 3/07
Lafayette Scandal	Lee, Hau, and the Lafayette Scandal 7/06	Review of the Lafayette Scandal 7/06
Land Policy	Land Policy Issues 7/06	Soong, Land, and Taipei 9/06	Gravel in Taiwan 11/06
Language Policy	Language and Culture Here and There 3/07
Legislative Elections Dec 2007	Redistricting and results 2/07	Caning for an At-Large Seat 3/07	Referendums and Elections 4/07
Local Elections Dec 2005	Rallying with Chiu Tai-san Attending a rally for the local DPP candidate 11/05	Rallies around the Island 11/05	Chiu Tai-san Election HQ A visit 11/05	Elections a test of Chen? 11/05
	Why the DPP lost the Election 12/05	DPP Won't Confront the Issue 1/06
KMT	Lee Jye Evicted from Party 3/07	Political Identity and the KMT KMT: Cult and Discipleship 1/06 KMT: Theology, Identity, Crisis 2/06 KMT: the Great Rift Folly: Is there a split in the KMT? 4/06 KMT: Leadership, Charisma, Crisis 5/06	KMT Chairman Kowtows to China 4/07	Personality cults and the future of the KMT 5/07
KMT Chairmanship Election 2005	Ma Triumphs in Victory Everything goes Ma's way	Lawrence Eyton on Ma Commentary from a very perceptive Taiwan watcher	Ma, Wang Blow Irony Meters in KMT Chairmanship Election The KMT just can't help cheating	Lien Blasts Ma 12/05
	Ma Facing Rocky Road Ahead At odds with Party insiders, feeling the heat from the DPP	Ma, Su face internal rivals The two chairman must struggle against Wang, Hsieh	Ma Wins in a Landslide The outcome no one predicted	Some Reflections on the KMT Chairmanship Election Who will win? What does it mean?
	Ma Wins: the Aftermath Congratulations from across the straits	Ma, Wang Comedy Show Continues Wang and Ma take their show to TV	Ma, Wang Comedy Show Continues Wang threatens to sue Ma, Ma denies Wang permits to gather supporters in Taipei	Lien Chan and the KMT Chairmanship Election Comments from before Lien withdrew
KMT Chairmanship Election 2007	Venusian Politics 2/07	Nobody Wants the Job 2/07	Ma Wins, KMT Loses 2/07	Ma Endorses Wu 3/07
	KMT Chairman Kowtows to China 4/07	KMT Chair Election 4/07
Marriage Policy	Mixed Marriages and Multiculturalism Foreign brides are on the rise.
Ma Ying-jeou	Mayor Ma's Butt Again Ma Fondled in Public 10/5	Mayor Ma's crying jag How to manipulate the media and public opinion
	Ma Ying-jeou visit to the US and UK, 2006 See Taiwan and the World, below	Taipei Times: Will Ma be good for independence? 2/06	Chen, Ma and Independence 2/06	Ma: Stop Pointing Missiles at us Ma's Missile Remarks Clarified 2/06
	Ma the Coolly Pragmatic 3/06	KMT: the Great Rift Folly: Is there a split in the KMT? 4/06	Taitung Follies II 4/06	Ma and KMT Corruption 5/06
	Ma Interview on ABC 30-50 year peace strictly for outside consumption 5/06	Ma Solidifies Control over KMT 5/06	Ma in long-term slide? 6/06	Ma and the Recall Postmortem 6/06
	Ma Threatens Government Officials 6/06	Assassinate Ma? 6/06	Ma: Man in Motion, and dissolving the legislature 6/06	Ma in Japan 7/06
	Taiwan Review: Chen-Ma China Policies 8/06	Corruption Campaign claims first victims...on its own side 9/06	KMT to bring down Ma? 11/06	Slush Funds and the Law 11/06
	The Politics of Persons 11/06	Chen, Ma, identity, and 2008 1/07	Venusian Politics 2/07	Ma Wins, KMT Loses 2/07
	Ma Indicted, Resigns, Runs for President 2/07	Ma-Lien-Wang Threesome 2/07	Foreign Media Indictment Follies  2/07 BBC on Ma Indictments International Media Fawning over Ma AP on Ma Economist on Ma Indictments US Economic report on Ma indictments Poorly-done WaPo article on the Ma indictments	Penning in Ma 2/07
	Ma on Talk Asia 2/07	Bill of MAttainder 4/07	Hille Fawns over Ma again 4/07	BBC on Indictments: Context goes Missing 4/07
	Searching for a Veep Ma-Wang Negotiations 5/07	Denny Roy on Ma the Moderate 6/07	WSJ thumps Ma Ying-jeou 6/07	Ma Picks Siew 6/07
	Ma on the Seven Waves of Immigration to Taiwan 6/07	Ma Ying-jeou goes to India 6/07	Singapore Politico Pwns Ma 6/07	Ma Ying-jeou, student spy? 7/07
Media Policy	Media Licensing in Taiwan How the process works, courtesy of the blog ESWN.	The DPP won't talk to the China Times 1/07	TVBS Gangsta Pap: 1 TVBS Films Gangster Video: 2 3/07	TVBS Protest 4/07
Name Rectification	Taiwan-US Business Council and Name Rectification 2/07	State Department Wrong 2/07	Why Rectify the Names 2/07	Getting Rid of Chiang 3/07
	Why Now 3/07	CKS to be renamed 3/07	Personality cults and the future of the KMT 5/07	CKS Renamed! 5/07
National Unification Council Abolition February-March, 2006	Pan-Blues Threaten Recall of Chen over NUC 2/06	International, Local Reactions 2/06		See More Below in International Section
Party Politics	PFP Disappearance 4 PFP Legislators return to KMT KMT to PFP: You Will Be Assimilated Will Soong Rescue the DPP? 1/06	TSU on its way out? Outlook: stormy for the pro-independence party.	Chen Shui-bian and the PFP Chen was criticized for making a deal with Soong. Were the critics right?	My Letter to the Editor on Chen and the PFP The Critics don't get it.
	Illegal Assets of the KMT The DPP goes for the jugular.	Pan-Blues Slash Budgets in Retaliation One Two 11/05	The irrelevant New Party How bad is it?	A Mainlander Pro-Independence Party Believe it.
	Political Identity and the KMT KMT: Cult and Discipleship 1/06 KMT: Theology, Identity, Crisis 2/06 KMT: the Great Rift Folly: Is there a split in the KMT? 4/06 KMT: Leadership, Charisma, Crisis 5/06	Legislators Leaving the DPP 3/06	The Cheng Chung-mo set up 4/06	James Soong and Splitting the Blues 7/06
	Why the KMT hates the Presidency 8/06	Flip-flopping Politicians 8/06	KMT to bring down Ma? 11/06	Richard Bush's Excellent article on Taiwan's Divided Government 12/06
	Venusian Politics 2/07	Third Party Opportunity/ New Farm party 6/07	KMT to reabsorb PFP? 7/07
Political Behavior	Taiwan Politics: the Funeral Rice Scandal A legislator gets burned trying to drum up publicity.	Mayor Ma's crying jag How to manipulate the media and public opinion	Political Authoritarianism and Political Responsibility in Taiwan The silliness of resigning whenever a problem occurs...	Pan-Blue Krazy Konspiracy Krackpots Defeated Again Blues Really Believe Chen Had Himself Shot 9/05
	Mayor Ma's Butt Again Ma Fondled in Public 10/5	Can Chinese have a Civil Society? 10/5	Rallying with Chiu Tai-san Attending a rally for the local DPP candidate 11/05	Soft Coup Ruling Against Chen 12/05
	Taitung Chief Election Follies 12/05 Taitung Follies II 4/06	Taipei County Chief Follies 12/05	Lin Yi-hsiung Resigns 1/06	Badly-Slanted Article by DeVoss on Taiwan "Instability" 3/06
	Taiwan Premiership: The Graveyard of the Whales 3/06	Why the Bureaucracy hates the DPP 3/06	Chen the Nazi: KMT Propaganda knows no decent limits 3/06	DPP Forum Shows Party Problems 5/06
	Local Elections: the Key to Taiwan 6/06	Why are Taiwanese angry? Household incomes stagnant 8/06 Malaise in Taiwan 9/06	Flip-flopping Politicians 8/06 Why do they flip flop? 9/06	Bringing down the government 9.06
	Peking Duck ambushed at arms deal protest 10/60	The Politics of Persons 11/06	Politicizing the Prosecutors 12/06	Vote Buying 12/06
	Are there really swing voters in Taiwan (@Taiwan Matters) 12/06	Chiu Yi loses final appeal 3/07	KMT and PFP Pick Vote Buyer for Keelung Mayor Election 3/07	Caning for an At-Large Seat 3/07
	KMT, Suicide, and Politics 3/07	DPP Legislators in NTU Terrorist Attack Fraud 4/07	Bill of MAttainder 4/07	Swing Voters and the Language of Analysis 5/07
	The Indigenous: Building the Taiwan consciousness 5/07	Su Resigns 5/07	Two views of interacting with China 6/07	Has Taiwan Damaged China's Chances for Democracy? 6/07
Presidential Election 2008	Chen, Ma, identity, and 2008 1/07	Venusian Politics 2/07	Ma Wins, KMT Loses 2/07	Ma to move South? 3/07
	DPP Presidential Debate 3/07	Striking that Moderate Tone 3/07	Early Presidential Polls 3/07	Ma-Wang Kerfluffle 3/07
	Bill of MAttainder 4/07	Special Funds and the DPP 4/07	Are you globalized enough to be President? 4/07	Yeh Chu-lan and Frank Hsieh 4/07
	Hsieh is the Frontrunner 5/07	Ma's search for a Veep (see Ma Ying-jeou above)	Ma Picks Siew 6/07	Copper: China Prefers Hsieh 6/07
	UN entry (see UN referendum 2007 in Taiwan & the world below)	KMT paper says Hsieh-Su beats Ma-Siew 7/07
Public Construction	Public Construction In Sorry State 9/05	More Public Outlays for Feng Shui 12/05	Wifi Networks for Taiwan 6/06	Taiwan and BOT 7/06
	Military Villages Fading 1/07	Budget Blockage Silver Lining 3/07	Will Work for Gravel 4/07
Shih Ming-te and  Anti-Chen Protests	High Noon for Shih 8/06	More corruption involving in-laws and politics 8/06	Shih Things 8/06	Arrigo and the Media 8/06
	Economist Misses a Chance (Taiwan Matters) 9/06	ESWN on Shih Protests: still doesn't get it 9/06 Still doesn't get it 9/06	Corruption Campaign claims first victims...on its own side 9/06	K Hille in the Financial Times: Mad Chen and the Protests 9/06
	Coup Redux 9/06	Counterprotest a huge success 9/06	Keith Bradsher excellent NY Times article  on Shih protests 9/06	International Media and Shih Protests (DailyKos) 9/06
	Gangs, Violence, and Protests 9/06	WaPo Accepts Highly Biased Article on Shih Protests 9/06	Turnout low on second day 9/06	First Day Reports: Too Shallow 9/06
	Wandering to Tamshui on Shih Protests 9/06	BBC Lightweight article on Shih Protests 9/06	Hille gets one right 9/06	Shih Spokesman and Previous Attacks on Chen 9/06
	NY Sun good article on Protests 9/06	Bloomberg Biased Reporting (and Gluck) 10/06	Push Polls, Soong, Shih and ESWN 10/06	VOA Bad Article on Chen 10/06
	BBC's Biased Shih Coverage II (Taiwan Matters) BBC's Biased Shih Coverage I (Taiwan Matters) 10/06	Foreign Media as Local Tool 10/06	Shih coordinates with Soong 10/06	Random Links on Shih Protests 10/06
	WaPo, BBC, more bad articles on Situation 11/06	National Day Protest Eve 10/06	Soong Disrupts President's Speech 10/06	The Hermit Kingdom 12/06
	Shih Betrays Again 2/07	Red Ants Turn on Queen 3/07	Shih Sued 3/07	Red Ants Rise from the Grave 4/07
Soft Coup Trial	Soft Coup Trial: Defense Minister Claims KMT Generals wanted him to help stage coup 3/06	Soft Coup Ruling Against Chen 12/05	Corruption Campaign claims first victims...and more talk of coup against Chen 9/06	Coup Redux 9/06
James Soong	Soong, Land, and Taipei 9/06
Tax Policy	Online Auctions to be Taxed But don't worry, the Taiwanese will find a way to evade the tax
Taipei Mayor Election 2006	Will Soong Rescue the DPP? 1/06 Blues to Commit Fratricide 5/06	Taipei Mayor Fun and Games 5/06	Taipei Mayor Election, Land and Soong 8/06	Incinerating Hau 10/06
	Shih Ming-te coordinates with Soong 10/06	Push Polls, Soong is in!, Shih and ESWN 10/06
Telecom Policy	Taiwan Implements Island-wide Wifi In the US communities that have tried this have been blocked by telecoms
Technology Policy	Taiwan and US: Technology Policy Why Taiwan is better 8/05	Chief Executive on Challenges facing Taiwan's Economy 1/06
TVBS Ownership Scandal 2005	The TVBS Scandal Analyzed The DPP stumbles	TVBS is Chinese 5th Column Who does TVBS serve?	Sadly, TVBS investigation continues The DPP digs itself into an even deeper hole	See Taiwan blog roundups for 11/18/05, 11/11/05 and 11/4/05
	GIO Budget Slashed The cycle of retaliation continues			TVBS Gangster Video Scandal see Media Policy above
Tourism Policy	Chinese Tourism: Boon? I remain skeptical 8/05	Millions of Youth Tourists! Yes! It Can Happen! 11/05	Parks as Sovereignty Claims? 9/06	Keelung and Cruise Ships 2/07
	HSR, Tourism Bureau Spat 3/07
Water Policy in Taiwan	Water Policy in Taiwan Under the DPP water policy, one of the most important, has taken a step backward	Water Prices in Taiwan Insanely low	Water Woes, Continued A bad piece of writing about some interesting problems	KMT says DPP Water Policy favors DPP Areas Imagine that
	Water Policy in Taiwan: A Primer A magnum opus 12/05	Protecting Taipei's Water Supply 9/05		Stray Articles on Water in Taiwan Resources for understanding some of the issues
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Aircraft	F-16s fail to sink stricken Freighter Does it really mean anything? 10/05	More on Aircraft Purchases 1/06	Taiwan Mulls F-16 Purchase 5/06	F-16 sale 2006/07 Taiwan to buy F-16s 8/06 US to Deny F-16s 9/06 US Kills F-16s 10/06 US, Taiwan Debate F-16 sale 7/07
	Taiwan to Upgrade IDF? 11/06	US Adm argues air superiority is key 2/07	Taiwan Unveils IDF upgrades 3/07
Armored Vehicles	Taiwan Defense News Taiwan to launch satellite, make armored vehicles
Arms Purchase	Cato Institute Fellow in the Washington Times: Taiwan needs to defend itself Alas! Nobody seems to get the problems with the pan-Blue parties	International Herald Tribune on the Arms Purchase More robust than most analyses, but not quite there	The Guardian on the Weapons Purchase It's not difficult to get Taiwan right. So why can't anyone do it?	Weapons Purchase: US Admiral wants subs dropped US comes around to my position
	US Navy League: Taiwan is Blase about its Defense Critical, and critically misunderstanding Taiwan	My letter in the Taipei Times American Officials are contributing to the problem	How the US contributes to the Arms Purchase Problem The US makes the pro-China parties even more adamant.	Protests, Armaments, Lies Mayor Ma lies as protesters demand weapons for Taiwan
	KMT wavering? Mayor Ma lies again, KMT wavers on arms purchase	Taipei Times Commentary on Arms Purchase Revealing the full extent of Blue Perfidy	The arms package: protection money? Should Taiwan spend so much money on so few weapons?	Pro-China Parties Shoot Down Arms Purchase Budget Serving Beijing. Cold.
	Arms Purchase Makes Agenda 12/05	Brian Dunn on the Submarines 12/05	Sun Bin on Arms Purchase 9/05	Stray articles on US and Arms Purchase 9/05
	US finally sends someone to break KMT heads 12/05	Forward Progress on Arms Purchase 12/05	Arms Purchase: Everyone is at Fault Informative discussion 5/06	Chen Trip Modest Success, US makes it easier to buy subs 5/06
	Steve Young's Remarks Signal New US approach to KMT and its allies? 10/06	How US Internal Politics drives the arms purchase 11/06	Arms Bill Cornucopia 11/06	Taiwan Should Build its own subs 1/07
	Defense News: Purchase a Shambles 3/07	Ted Galen Carpenter Gets It Wrong Again 4/07 Carpenter Slammed by Taipei's Rep 5/07	Defense Procurement and Corruption: the China Link 4/07	Taiwan Doesn't care about its Defense Nonsense Again 5/07
Budgets	New Budget Calls for Increased Military Outlays At last! Reversing the course of the last few years
Command Control ECW	Taiwan gets Early Warning Radar Much needed
Corruption and Incompetence	Corruption in Taiwan's Military It's the norm, folks.	Training And Readiness Lags 10/5	Defense Procurement and Corruption: the China Link 4/07
Defense Policy	Taiwan's New National Security Strategy 5/06	China: Shock and awe Against Taiwan 9/06
Fast Attack Craft	Taiwan Adds Fast Attack Craft We need more of these.
Helicopters	Taiwan to Produce Bell Helicopters Adding to our capabilities
Missiles	Taiwan to purchase US air-to-air missiles 2/07	Tkacik argues Taiwan needs good offense 2/07	Sizzler Missile to China 3/07
Patriots	Taiwan to Request more Patriot Missiles 2/06
Resources	TaiwanMilitary.org
Submarines	Drop the Subs, Taiwan Finally, US senior officials catch up to me	Subs, Taiwan, Me, MeiZhongTai In which I am busted for an error, but rebound with a strong reply.	Brian Dunn on the Submarines 12/05	US Navy Engaged in Turf Protection on Sub Issue? 2/06
	Taiwan Should Build its own subs 1/07
Taiwan and Australia	Australia and War Over Taiwan Will Australia intervene?
Taiwan and China	Why the Taiwan Straits are Quiet Analysis from Robert Sutter, leading American Taiwan watcher	Taiwan Straits Situation: Crisis Group Report A fairly decent in-depth look	Taiwan, China, Athens, Sparta A comparison	Cross Blog Special: War in the Taiwan Straits A response to other Asia blogs War in the Taiwan Straits II Dialogue with other Asia blogs
	China Takes Taiwan A Speculative Scenario	Preventing War in the Taiwan Straits A foreign policy expert logs in with the arguments	China Rises, US falls China modernizes to take Taiwan	China: Taiwan Refuseniks a threat to Peace Just like Poland before WII....
	Taiwan convicts spies for China Sad....	China's Military Modernizes as US Withdraws 11/05	Confucius out, China's Military build-up In Rounding Up the News 9/05	Resource: Article List on US-China-Taiwan Military issues
	Does Democracy Protect Taiwan? 12/05	Defense Ministry Satellite Pics of Chinese Training for Attack on Taiwan 1/06	America's Coming War with China: Book 1/06	Wargames: Defending Taiwan Against Chinese Invasion 4/06
	Tom Plate: China Threat Overblown 9/06	China: Shock and awe Against Taiwan 9/06	Economist on the Peaceful Rise 3/07	China to build carrier? 3/07
Taiwan and the EU	EU bent on Arming China The EU betrays Taiwan.	Germany Seeing the Light? You can't oppose the US on Iraq and then arm China...	China Woos Europe China wants arms	What Should Taiwan Do? Comments on Letter on EU arms sales.
Taiwan and Japan	Japan, China, and Nukes Japan changes as China rises.	Japanese White Paper Says Taiwan critical to its defense A step in the right direction.	US and Japan practice defending the Senkakus 1/06
Taiwan and US	Changes in the US Pacific Command The Pacific changes as China rises.	If the US invades Iran... What's the fallout for Taiwan from Bush's next international adventure?	Taiwan and US defense ties too restricted The National Review weighs in	China Rises, US falls China modernizes to take Taiwan
	Chinese Spies caught in US Loss of data serious	Bush says he will defend Taiwan Sure. I believe it.	Taiwan Defense and US in the News Stray articles	Resource: Article List on US-China-Taiwan Military issues
	Former AIT Head on US-Taiwan Ties Not good enough 9/05	China's Military Modernizes as US Withdraws 11/05	US and Japan practice defending the Senkakus 1/06	US Opposes Missiles For Taiwan 6/06
	Good Comments on Taiwan Defense Procurement 6/06	How US Internal Politics drives the arms purchase 11/06	Arms Purchase Smackdown 11/06	How the US killed Taiwan's Nuclear Weapons Program 2/07
	Taiwan to purchase US air-to-air missiles 2/07	US Adm argues air superiority is key 2/07	Tkacik argues Taiwan needs good offense 2/07	US-Taiwan FTA Roundtable in WaPo 3/07
	Why Adm Fallon was Moved to the ME 3/07	Defense News: Purchase a Shambles 3/07	Tkacik on Taiwan affecting US/China Military Relations 5/07
Wargames	Wargames: Defending Taiwan Against Chinese Invasion 4/06	Bala Daily on Wargames 5/06	Taking Taipei After Communications Error 5/06
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Agriculture	Editorial Argues that the US is killing Taiwan's agriculture Not exactly true...	Biotech industry in Taiwan 5/07
China	Rising Renminbi Threatens Taiwan Makers Taiwanese firms in China particularly hard hit	Direct Flights? China wants talk-talk	Fruit Fracas Fallout	Chief Executive on Challenges facing Taiwan's Economy 1/06
	Rising Yuan threatens local businesses Taiwanese firms may have to move	Exiting Guangdong? A blip or a trend? 10/5	Taiwan Firms Funds UFO Research 12/05	Lee Tung-hui: Taiwan's Investments in China are Killing Taiwan 4/06
	Taiwan, China Towels and the WTO 4/06	Taiwanese Businessmen forced to Attend Hu-Lien Lovefest? 4/06	AmCham Causes Miniflap in Taiwan 9/06	Foreign Investment as tactic to evade restructions on China entry? 11/06
	China's Economic Pressure on Taiwan 2/07	Two views of interacting with China 6/07
Credit Cards	Credit Cards: Serious Problem 2/06
Growth	Growth to Improve in Second half of 2005 Increased electronics Demand drives growth	Taiwan's Economy on Way Up Growth to improve	Heritage Foundation: Economic Freedom Declines under DPP 1/06	Tom Friedman and the Myth of the Market in Taiwan's History 2/06
	Taiwan's economy: what's going on 7/07
Income	M-Shaped Economy 12/06
India	India/Taiwan scooter agreement 7/07
Resources	US Pacific Command Asia Pacific Economic Evaluation	Gravel in Taiwan 11/06	Will Work for Gravel 4/07
Taiwan	China Airlines #1 in Corporate Governance! 12/05	Taiwan world leader in  Yacht Building 12/05	Chief Executive on Challenges facing Taiwan's Economy 1/06	Seminar on FTA and Taiwan at GWU 4/06
	Income Inequality and Political Unrest in Taiwan 4/06	Wifi Networks for Taiwan 6/06	Household incomes stagnant 8/06	Department Stores 11/06
	Budget Blockage Silver Lining 3/07	US-Taiwan FTA Roundtable in WaPo 3/07	FTA, Taiwan, South Korea 4/07	Q-Shops 4/07
	Insider Trading and Financial Markets in Taiwan 7/07	The Grass is always Greener 7/07
Vietnam	Investments in Vietnam Rise Taiwan diversifies
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Academia and Serious	Scholarly Journal Reviewers and Taiwan Overseas reviewers who can't write clearly have a thing against papers from Taiwan.	China: Not a Peaceful Rise 11/05	Taiwan Beats the US in Environmental Performance 1/06	Heritage Foundation: Economic Freedom Declines under DPP 1/06
	Bruce Jacobs on Who Owns Taiwan 2/07
Africa	Taiwan to establish industrial zones in Malawi? and eyes India too...	Sengal Goes... Taiwan loses another ally	Zimbabwe Legislator gets Taiwan $$? Taiwan brings him down?	Chad Switches to China 8/06
	China and Taiwan head to head in Africa 1/07
Australia	Oz, Uranium, and the NPT 12/06	Bruce Jacobs on Who Owns Taiwan 2/07	Rowan Callick scores one for the Beijing correspondents 6/06
Chen's Trip Overseas: May 2006	Chen Trip Ruffles Feathers 5/06	Chen Trip Modest Success, US makes it easier to buy subs 5/06	Protest Letter on US' Treatment of Chen 5/06	Nelson Report: Chen Screwed up 5/06
	US Snub of Chen Related to NUC 5/06
China	Beijing Reaches Deep into Taiwan Politics CS Monitor on Beijing's new influence in Taiwan	Chinese University Prof Sues Int'l Acc'ting firm over listing of Taiwan Some people just can't live with an independent and free Taiwan	Taiwanese is not a dialect Complaining about the way Chinese nationalist propaganda shapes discourse about language in Taiwan	The Taiwan Fruit Fracas The Taiwan China Fruit Fracas Why the fruit export plan isn't really going to work 8/05 Fruit Export Failure 12/05
	Chen Berates World for its hypocrisy on China	China Woos Europe China wants arms	China says Taiwan accent not advanced No Taiwanese on Chinese TV	China Blocks Taiwan from Tourism Body More pettiness from Beijing, the same time as a minister is visiting to discuss tourism
	Stray Articles on Taiwan-China Relations Comments Taiwan-China crisis.	Cross Strait Crime How organized crime works between China and Taiwan	China says Taiwan Resisted Japanese Aggression Exhibition from an alternate reality	China sends Minister to Taiwan for Talks on Tourism China seduces Taiwan with fantasies of tourist bonanza
	Chinese Spies caught in US Loss of data serious	Direct Flights? China wants talk-talk	China siezes textbooks with Taiwan colored wrong on maps Not like we're paranoid our anything...	Taiwan to open to China tourism? Maybe...
	Lucian Pye's Review of Tucker's Dangerous Strait 9/05	Taiwan resisted Japanese agression Sure.	China Eases Taiwan Visa Rules Good.
	Taiwanese Do Not Want to Be Annexed No Kidding 10/5	Taiwan losing dollar diplomacy to China It was bound to happen as China got richer. Yeah!	Nixon Center Says Time is Right to Annex Taiwan to China 9/05	Chinese Tourists Welcome if the Have Cash 9/05
	Integration with China? Probably not 11/05	China: Not a Peaceful Rise 11/05	China Forces Taiwan Businessmen to Spy -- on Falun Gong 12/05	Li Ao at Tsinghua Thanks, ESWN 9/05
	China Tries to Get Taiwan to Hate Japan 1/06	There is no 1992 Consensus 2/06	Hong Kongers Dislike Taiwan Independence 3/06	Panda Flap:   Lu Says No 1/06 Pandablitz in SF Chronicle US media mouths Chinese propaganda 3/06 Attack of the Pandas: LA Times' Hugely Biased Article 3/06
	China: Authoritarianism Predictable? 3/06	The Charm Offensive to Convince Taiwan? 3/06	China Wants US to act against TI 3/06	China: Democracy would be a bad thing 3/06
	China asks for UN intervention? 3/06	John Tkacik tells it like it is 3/06	Nelson Report on Hu-Bush Meeting 4/06	Is Chinese Military Building Destabilizing Asia 3/06
	Klare, Progressives, and Taiwan-China Issue 4/06	Taiwanese Businessmen forced to Attend Hu-Lien Lovefest? 4/06	Chen Trip Ruffles Feathers 5/06	US Snub of Chen Related to NUC 5/06
	WaPo Says China's Stance is Softening 6/06	Taiwan Review: Chen-Ma China Policies 8/06	David Plott's Talk at the Lung Ying-tai Cultural Foundation 8/06	Chad Switches to China 8/06
	China Warns Abe 9/06	China: Shock and awe Against Taiwan 9/06	Tom Plate: China Threat Overblown 9/06	TOKYO DORM CASE Dorm causes friction between China, Japan, and Taiwan 1/07 Beijing Annexes Dorm 3/07
	China's Economic Pressure on Taiwan 2/07	China Should Absorb Taiwan to Make China Democratic 2/07	Jim Mann in Chinese and English: China will not be democratic 2/07	Economist on the Peaceful Rise 3/07
	East Asia and Global Security: 2 articles 3/07	Taiwan, Democracy, Hong Kong and China: 2 3/07 Taiwan, Democracy, Hong Kong, and China: 1 3/07	Olympic Torch Taiwan Briefs US on Olympic Torch Decision 4/07 BBC's Slanted Reporting on the Torch 4/07 Politicizing the Torch 4/07 What's a "domestic" route? 4/07	Taiwan Cold-Shoulders Own Spy 4/07
	Hong Kong Shows Taiwan's Fate 4/07	US warns China 5/07	Does Chen Ratchet Up Tensions when in Domestic trouble? 6/07	Media Stuff on Taiwan/China relations 6/07
	Has Taiwan Damaged China's Chances for Democracy? 6/07	The Outdated Status Quo 6/07	Beijing controls the maps 7/07	RAND on the Taiwan Strait 7/07
	Media pieces on Taiwan and China 7/07	The US must defend Taiwan 7/07
Costa Rica	Costa Rica says Hasta La Vista, Baby 6/07
Independence	Taiwan belongs to the Taiwanese Interesting commentary in the Taipei Times	The Google Maps Flap First Cisco, then Yahoo, now Google.	Taiwan Oppose Annexation to China Not very surprising, really	Kinmen in the Media The people of Kinmen want to join China
	China: Taiwan Refuseniks a threat to Peace Just like Poland before WII....	BBC: China Wants US to act against TI 3/06	Independence on the rise 11/06	Solomons Islands and Taiwan 1/07
	China Should Absorb Taiwan to Make China Democratic 2/07	Taiwan: An NGO? 2/07	Bruce Jacobs on Who Owns Taiwan 2/07
India	Taiwan and India Natural partners, separated only by habit 8/05	Taiwan-India Trade Continues to Grow More Restaurants! 10/5	More Calls for Taiwan to look to India 8/06	Ma Ying-jeou goes to India 6/07
	India/Taiwan scooter agreement 7/07
Israel	Israeli arms sales to China Betraying a fellow small country
Japan	Taiwan and Japan: A New Analysis US analysts write on the recent changes.	Taiwan, Japan, and China's Rise Japan moves closer to Taiwan	Taiwan-Japan Relations Changing Taipei Times editorial	Chen "appears" at press conference in Japan If they won't let you in...
	Aso Says Japan Educated Taiwan What a joke! 2/06	Symposium Calls for Closer Taiwan-Japan Defense Ties 12/05	Japan Moves Closer to Taiwan 3.06	Has the N Korean Missile Test Helped Taiwan? 7/06
	Taiwan and Japan move closer 8/06	MOFA Greets Abe with Joy 9/06	Japan Upgrades Links with Taiwan 9/06	Japanese Seniors to Move to Taiwan? 10/06
	Taiwan, Japan move closer with Abe 11/06	Dorm Mess Dorm causes friction between China, Japan, and Taiwan 1/07 Editorial Clarifies Dumb Dorm Decision 4/07	Taiwanese Tying the knot in Japan 1/07	LDP to Form Anti-China Group 3/07
Ma Ying-jeou 2006 Overseas Trips	Ma Ying-jeou says Lien Chan is President on the BBC 2/06	Blog Round-up on Ma's BBC Interview 2/06	Detailed Review of Ma's BBC Interview 2/06	Transcript of BBC Interview 2/06
	Ma's Speech in the UK in Blog Round Up 2/06	Ma: Stop Pointing Missiles at us Ma's Missile Remarks Clarified 2/06	The Guardian on Ma's Visit 2/06	Laying Down for Ma at the US CFR 3.06
	Nelson Report on Ma Visit to US Key US analysis of visit 3/06 Nelson Report on Opening stages of Ma Trip to US 3/06 Another Nelson Report on Ma Trip 4/06	Ma: A Threat to Peace 3/06 Ma Opens With Pack of Lies 3/06	Taiwan Communique on Ma Visit Excellent look 3.06	Ma Ying-jeou wants Peace 3.06
	Ma in Australia 5/06	Ma's Australian Odyssey 5/06	Ma in Japan 7/06
Name Rectification and Overseas Reaction	Taiwan-US Business Council and Name Rectification 2/07	Tancredo Lambastes the State Department 2/07	State Department Thrashed 2/07	State Department Wrong 2/07
	In which I thrash the State Department 2/07	WaPo Misses a Chance 3/07	Name Rectification and Estonia 4/07
National Unification Council Crisis of 2006	NUC Crisis in CNN 2/06	STOP_george's Primer at DailyKos 2/06	US Overreaction Prelude to Overreaction 2/06 US Overreaction I Overview of overreaction, lots of good comments 2/06 US Overreaction II 2/06	See more above in local politics section
	China Warns Chen 2/06	International, Local Reactions 2/06	FAPA Reaction 2/06	NUC decision: views 3/06
	Chen Still Hasn't Got it Right 5/06
Philippines	Manila Wants New Labor Deal Better for the local foreign laborers?	How Illegals Enter Taiwan 1/06
Singapore	Lee of Singapore on China and Taiwan	Singapore flap about Taiwan 7/07
Solomons Islands	Solomons Islands and Taiwan 1/07
Spratlys	Taiwan to Build Airfield in the Spratlys 12/05
UK	Fishing Boats and Foreign Relations 5/06
US	Foreign Affairs: Trouble in Taiwan How the US should manage its relations with Taiwan	FAPA Update for July The monthly log of Taiwan-related legislative action in the US	Jim Leach A quiet tribute to a quiet friend of Taiwan	Bush has Platitudes for Asia But maybe necessary ones...
	AmCham and US beef Some comments on US beef and Taiwan	More on US beef More comments on US beef and Taiwan	Former AIT Head on US-Taiwan Ties Not good enough 9/05	Locals Court US Congressman Sleazy but necessary 11/05
	Congressional Republicans out in front on Taiwan 2/06	Rev. Moon, Neil Bush, and Taiwan 12/05	Heritage Foundation: Economic Freedom Declines under DPP Nonsense analysis 1/06	Wapo says Bush weak on China Oops! As if... 11/05
	Steve Chabot's Remarks to Condi Rice 2/06	Criminal Invasion of Iraq Harms Taiwan 3/06	Taiwan Part of US? Dick Hartzell's Argument 3/06	Diane Feinstein (sadly) on Taiwan 4/06
	Nelson Report on Hu-Bush Meeting 4/06	Klare, Progressives, and Taiwan-China Issue 4/06	Seminar on FTA and Taiwan at GWU 4/06	Chen Trip Modest Success, US makes it easier to buy subs 5/06
	Chen Trip Ruffles Feathers 5/06	Protest Letter on US' Treatment of Chen 5/06	Nelson Report: Chen Screwed up 5/06	US Snub of Chen Related to NUC 5/06
	Conservatives and Taiwan 6/06	Chen Reiterate's the Four No's, US Ecstatic 6/06	AEI in WSJ on Bush and Taiwan 9/06	AmCham Causes Miniflap in Taiwan 9/06 AmCham/TSU II 1/07
	Steve Young's Remarks Signal New US approach to KMT and its allies? 10/06	Therese Shaheen also hacks on Blues 11/06	Arms Purchase Smackdown 11/06	Taiwan's Human Trafficking situation improves: US 1/07
	US, FTA, China, and Taiwan 1/07	Richard Bush's Excellent article on Taiwan 12/06	State Department and Name Rectification see a few rows above for name rectification and international reaction	Excellent Backgrounder on Taiwan-US Relations from John Tkacik 2/07
	Excellent Article by Tkacik in Weekly Standard 2/07	Defense News: Purchase a Shambles 3/07	US Policy a Muddle 3/07	US Reaction to the Four Wants Nelson Report 3/07
	Taiwan Briefs US on Olympic Torch Decision 4/07	Warner warns Taiwan 4/07	Jambayala Jumble 4/07	Defense News Publishes My Letter 4/07
	Crazy WaPo Ad 4/07	CRS Report on US-Taiwan Relations 4/07	North Korea, Taiwan, US 4/07	Americans think US has obligation to defend Taiwan 5/07
	US warns China 5/07	Chen at National Press Club Prelude 5/07 State Shames US Again 6/07	The War in Iraq: China's Greatest Victory 5/07	Tkacik on Taiwan affecting US/China Military Relations 5/07
	Congress considers Terminating Restrictions on Official Visits 6/07 House passes Bill 7/07	Nelson Report on UN/Congress Resolution 6/07	Media Stuff on Taiwan/US/China relations 6/07	Why Kosovo? Why not Taiwan 6/07
	Human Trafficking, Hypocrisy Trafficking 6/07	Status Quo: Feldman 6/07	The Outdated Status Quo 6/07	Waldron Dissents from Rosy CFR Report 7/07
	Frank Hsieh's Journey to the West 7/07	US Angered over referendum 7/07	RAND on the Taiwan Strait 7/07	The US must defend Taiwan 7/07
	US, Taiwan Debate F-16 sale 7/07	The Growing Taiwan identity and its consequences for US Taiwan relations 7/07	Freedom House Smokes KMT Crack 7/07
WHO Entry	Taiwan Should Enter WHO: DKOS 4/07	The WHO Blog: UGH 4/07	WHO Bid Fails 5/07	Nelson Report on WHO Letter from Chen 5/07
	Bob Dole supports the WHO bid 5/07	Petitioning the Emperor 5/07	Chen's Letter in WaPo 5/07	The Terrifying WHO poster 5/07
	Psalmanzar on WHO 5/07
UN Referendum  & Entry 2007	Nelson report on UN flap 6/07	Nelson Report on UN/Congress Resolution 6/07	Triarchy, State, and Myopia 6/07	UN 2578, Nepal 7/07
	US Angered over referendum 7/07	Hsieh & the UN 7/07	EU Condemns UN Entry 7/07	Ozzy Osborne to help with UN Entry 7/07
Vatican	Vatican to Switch to China The Vatican Loves Authoritarians 10/5	The Vatican and Taiwan Dumped by the Pope
Venezuela	Venezeula trouble 7/07
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asdasdasdas Local Life Return to Blogasdasdas

Animals	Snake! 9/06	Suddenly all the dogs are dead 12/06
Banquets	The Annual Company Banquet 1/06
Blogging in Taiwan	Advice to the Lovelorn 2/06
Crime	Letter on Car Theft Car theft, Taiwan style.	Visa Scam Watch those phone calls! 9/05	Foreigners Getting Attacked Outside Bars 4/06	Anthropologist Jeff Martin's Presentation on the Police in Taiwan 4/06
	Tracking the Railroad Killer 5/06	Scams in the Family Scams in the Family 8/06 Scams in the Family II 1/07	TVBS Gangsta Pap: 1 TVBS Films Gangster Video: 2 3/07	Confluence of Interest 3/07
	Judges and English 4/07	Thieves and Scams 5/07
Cross-Cultural Marriage	You're ugly, why are your kids so cute? Commonly observed to my wife	The Bushman Takes A Wife 4/07	Eating with the Family in Keelung 4/07	Mail Order Brides 5/07
Driving	Why Driving is So Dangerous Explaining why locals are the way they are	More on Driving in Taiwan More on driving in Taiwan	Why is Driving in Taiwan so crazy? No license. Not a problem for this cop.	Accident and Aftermath 5/06
	Helmeted Moms, Helmetless Kids 6/06	How dangerous is it to drive in Taiwan? 2/07	Risks on the Road: stills from a 45 min video 6/07
Expat Life	ICRT to be downgraded Who will notice?	Judging the English Speech Contest Great fun at a common Taiwan activity.	Apple Daily Makes Up YET ANOTHER Story 4/06	Inernational Schools in Taiwan 8/06
	Foreigners busted for dope Thanks, guys.	Random Pics from Life 12/05	Health Exam Changes in Taichung 7/06	Tongyin Pinyin Haters are Colonialist Shits 9/06
	POTS on Foreigners busted for dope Good sentiments, wrong case.	Expat Teacher Sues Boss 3/06	few Scenes from Life 7/06	Language Learning, a retrospective 10/06
	Taiwan Boss 11/06	Construction Woes 11/06
Food	Chinese and Foreign Food Be very afraid...	Fake Food Fun Play the food lottery: is it fake? 4/06	Taiwan Wine 5/06	At last: local sausage with homeland taste 10/06
	Taiwan: Best Chinese Food? 11/06
Health	SARS and Bird Flu Something I wrote a long time ago	Fake Food Fun Play the food lottery: is it fake? 4/06	Drowning 5/07 Drowning 6/07
Hobbies	COSplay in Taiwan Brian David Phillips' many posts	Fishing A good pic page	Pigeon Racing in Taiwan 3/07
Local Products	Locally Sold Sunblocks are often substandard Like everything else, consumption is risky.	Fake Food Fun Play the food lottery: is it fake? 4/06
Night Markets	Night Markets: the quintessence of Taiwan Fun for all ages
Organized Crime	Gangsters in Taiwan The a funeral of prominent gangster brings out 10,000 Taiwan mobsters.	Gangsters and Onions Gangsters and Onions I Gangsters and Onions II You'd be surprised what gangs control.	Gangsters and the KMT From Whence Cometh the Link?
Racism	It's a Good Thing the Locals Aren't Racist A sign speaks louder than words 11/05
Religion	Train Station Demon-Haunted ...and so must be renovated.	Religious Tolerance in Taiwan If only the US were like Taiwan.	Misrepresenting King Car No paper mentions that they are missionaries	Intercultural Religious Confusion 11/06
	Atheism and Tolerance in Taiwan It's great to be an atheist in Taiwan	Mormon Missionary Encounter Mormon missionaries at work annoying the locals.	Dan Bauer on Religion What do the Taiwanese value?	Double ghost month is upon us 8/06
Scams	WARNING: Visa Scam Scam-dalous phone calls from gangsters	Credit Card Goddess Denied by Banks 1/06	Fake Food Fun Play the food lottery: is it fake? 4/06	Scams Again 2/07
Suicide	Student Suicide Rates in Taiwan Scandalous	More on Student Suicide Rates in Taiwan Still Scandalous	Suicide and the Media in Taiwan How the media exacerbates the problem	Taiwan has self-esteem problem We're 5th from the bottom in the world, according to this survey
	My Student Kills Himself An encounter with a common phenomenon	Suicide and the Media: New Initiative 10/06	KMT and Suicide 3/07
Teaching English in Taiwan	Stagnant English Teacher Pay in Taiwan Some structural explanations for a common complaint	Scott Sommers replies on Stagnant English Teacher Pay in Taiwan Scott rejects structural explanations for a common complaint	English Carnival at Taipei 101 A Comedy of Errors 12/05	Judging the Speech Contest 4/07
	Judges and English 4/07
Travel	New Taipei Intercity Bus Station Progress is not forward 1/06
Typhoons	TALIM: Talim Visits Taiwan Pictures from the morning of the storm. Talim Pics Redux Pictures from a couple of days later. Cleaning up after Talim Putting things back together.	Typhoon aftermath Fortunate fizzle	Typhoon over Taichung 5/06
University Life	Ghostwriters write your PHD Cheating in Taiwan's universities.	Critters and Statues on Campus Eeeuuuuwww....	Graduation 2005 Pics with the Students Graduating Students and Jobs 6/06	Our Krazy Kampus Critters and Statues 11/05
	Is it Real or is it Babelfish? 12/05	Grading and Universities in Taiwan 1/06	Beginning the New Semester 2/06	Textbooks in Taiwan: Why Chinese-language textbooks aren't good 3/06
	Appearing at the Blogging Roundtable at NCKU 4/06	Moron Grades 4/06	The Joy of Adult Students 4/06	Girls in the Boy's Room 6/06
	Interviewing the Incoming students 8/06	Dislike a Local? You must hate all locals 9/06	Logical Westerners 11/06	Judging the Speech Contest 4/07
	Moments of Cross-cultural learning 6/07	East Asia forges ahead as US science output slows 7/07
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asdasdasdas Taiwan and the Media Return to Blogasdasdasdas

Academia/Serious	New Left Review on Taiwan A tale of two nationalisms in Taiwan	Chalmers Johnson Disses Taiwan Johnson serves Beijing	Howard French on China's Rise A good article	Heritage Foundation: Economic Freedom Declines under DPP: GIGO 1/06
	Registry of Asian E-Journals A useful list of resources.	Foreign Affairs on Taiwan Lots of interesting assertions	Nixon Center Says Time is Right to Annex Taiwan to China 9/05	US Expert on Chen, Ma and Independence 2/06
	John Tkacik tells it like it is 3/06	Robert Ross in Foreign Affairs Robert Ross' Awful Article in Foreign Affairs on Independence Movement 3/06 Foreign Affairs Misses Again (link to Ross Article) 3/06 Deconstructing Robert Ross' Terrible Piece on Taiwan in Foreign Affairs 4/06	Klare, Progressives, and Taiwan-China Issue 4/06	Another Bad Environmental Report 3/06
	Hu Gets Help from Foreign Apologists 4/06	Taiwan: the Tail that Wags Dogs 7/06	Richard Bush's Excellent article on Taiwan 12/06	Bruce Jacobs hits one out of the park 12/06
	Stratfor's iffy analysis 2/07	CRS on US-Taiwan Relations 3/07	Ted Galen Carpenter Gets It Wrong Again 4/07	CRS Report on US-Taiwan Relations 4/07
	Richard Bush on Taiwan 5/07	Tkacik on Taiwan affecting US/China Military Relations 5/07	Denny Roy on Ma the Moderate 6/07	Copper: China Prefers Hsieh 6/07
World Blogs	Poor Taiwan, Ruled by Chen Shui-bian 7/05	POTS on Human Rights Comments on Commentary	Democracy in Taiwan vs. Hong Kong 12/05	Technorati's Inadequate Search System 11/05
	ESWN Explains Why He is Biased Not the whole story.... 11/05	ESWN on Chen Shui-bian ESWN doesn't like Taiwan	ESWN on Web censorship in China Arguing for the inarguable	Taiwan Independence Bracelets Get'em while their hot!
	Wretch Why is it so ugly? 11/05	ESWN blows it again 8/06	ESWN on Shih Protests: still doesn't get it 9/06 Still doesn't get it 9/06	Push Polls, Soong, Shih and ESWN 10/06
	ESWN/Apple Daily ESWN repeats Apple Daily Screw-up 1/06 Apple Daily and ESWN 3/06 Another Made-up Apple Daily Story at ESWN 4/06	Spat: ESWN and Me III: ESWN Defenses Continued II: ESWN Defends I: Why ESWN is wrong about Taiwan's Democracy 2/06	Appearing at the Blogging Roundtable at NCKU 4/06	I am interviewed on What's Up in Taiwan Blog 7/06
	ESWN, Yu, the DPP, and the China Times 1/07	Me in the Taipei Times on blogging 2/07	ESWN on Scum of the Nation Flap 3/07
Australia	Beijing Correspondent Gets it Right 2/07
China Media	Xinhua on Exhibition of Taiwanese Resistance to Japan China can't deal with reality	Article on Taiwan & Democracy in China ESWN found this great article from the China press on democracy in Taiwan	Hong Kongers Dislike Taiwan Independence 3/06	Foreign Media as Local Tool 10/06
European Media	Taiwan's Competitiveness: GIGO The World Economic Forum cooks up nonsense Taiwan's Competitiveness Redux 9/06	Aborigine TV Show The BBC reports on multiculturalism in Taiwan	The BBC's Taiwan Flashpoint page Resources on the Taiwan-China crisis.	As China grows, Taiwan recedes Financial Times Gets it Wrong 8/05
	The Hille Collection: Anti-Chen Screed Financial Times More anti-Chen screed 12/05 Ma the Coolly Pragmatic 3/06 Financial Times: Still MORE anti-Chen screed 2/06 Hille Again: Rampant Corruption 7/06	The Hille Collection: More Anti-Chen Screed Hille gets one right 9/06 Mad Chen and the Protests 9/06	The Guardian on Ma's Visit 2/06	BBC: China Wants US to act against TI 3/06
	BBC's pro-China Biased Timeline 10/06	Bloomberg Biased Reporting (and BBC's Gluck) 10/06	BBC's Biased Shih Coverage (Taiwan Matters) 10/06	Economist Misses a Chance (Taiwan Matters) 9/06
	Guardian on Chen Recall: Mad Chen to Strike 11/06	WaPo, BBC, more bad articles on Situation 11/06	Shelly Rigger Screws Up in the Weekly Standard 2/07	Economist on Ma Indictments 2/07
	BBC on Ma Indictments 2/07	Economist on the Peaceful Rise 3/07	Economist Really Blows it with Cultural Revolution Remark 3/07	The Slow Boiling Frog: Another Economist Eff-up 3/07
	BBC's Slanted Reporting on the Torch 4/07	Hille Fawns over Ma again 4/07	BBC on Indictments: Context goes Missing 4/07	Economist: Good and Bad on Hsieh 5/07
Japanese Media	China Grabbing Taiwan is Not Expansionism Revolting Apology for Chinese Expansionism 1/06 Greg Clark's Revolting Apology for China's Expansionism Redux 2/06
Local Media	The Journalist on Hatred in Taiwan It's the media's fault, of course.	China Post on Chen A good example of the paranoid fantasies that pass for thinking among the Blues.	Stephen Carter, Annette Lu, and other media matters Hmmm....	Kill Lien Chan? An appalling editorial
	Don't Politicize 2-28! Sure.	Misrepresenting King Car No paper mentions that they are missionaries	Geoff Cartridge's Letter Lots of negative responses	Wandering to Tamshui corrects the Taipei Times Some serious smackdown
	Calling the Kettle Black Hypocrisy in the pro-KMT media 12/05	Why My Students Can't Write 12/05	Views of Taiwan in the Local Media Black gold, fact-free analysis 8/05	Resource: Taiwan Perspective
	How the Blues Manage the Media 12/05	Does Apple Daily  Lie to Sell Newspapers? An article on foreigners and sex in Taiwan is indicative 1/06 Another Made-up Apple Daily Story 4/06 Apple Daily Makes Up YET ANOTHER Story 4/06	Media and Police in Taiwan 3/06	Why Taiwan Media Stink: An Article in Translation 3/06
	Michael Anti on Why Chen won't go: another bad local media piece 8/06	Pitcher Wang Cuts Off local Media 8/06	Soong, Land, and Taipei 9/06	Corruption Campaign claims first victims...and pro-Blue media mogul argues for coup against Chen 9/06
	Loaded Language in the local media 10/06	Emile Sheng into Local Media 12/06	Local Media Incompetence and My Family 12/06	TVBS Gangsta Pap: 1 TVBS Films Gangster Video: 2 3/07
	Meeting with UDN 5/07	5371 Nonsense 5/07	Chutzpah and Hypocrisy 5/07	Taiwan Media inventing numbers again 5/07
	Laughable Poll Numbers 5/07	Taiwan Media: Busted again 6/07	Cadet Sex Set up Cadet Sex Set-up 6/07 Update 6/07	Rectifying the Textbooks 7/07
US Media	Chalmers Johnson Disses Taiwan Johnson serves Beijing	WashPost & Correspondents Washington Post just can't seem to talk about Taiwan very objectively.	Washington Post Blasts Chen Clueless in the Capital	Taiwan: A Dream Dwindles KMT Ideas served up piping hot abroad 8/05
	Frank Ching on Hu and Taiwan-China Relations Ching passes along some views from the Dark Side.	CNN Publishes Pro-KMT article CNN passes along some pro-KMT views of Taiwan	Pro-China Parties blast US analyst Good for him!	Wapo says Bush weak on China Oops! As if... 11/05
	Ma Controls Newsweek Interview 12/05	Tracing Chinese Roots in Taiwan 1/06	Taiwan beats US in Environmental Performance ROFLMAO 1:06	Good Reporting on Taiwan for a Change 1/06
	Congressional Criticism of China is Anti-China Hatred 2/06	Pandablitz in SF Chronicle US media mouths Chinese propaganda 3/06 Newsweek Panda Article 3/06 Attack of the Pandas: LA Times' Hugely Biased Article 3/06	Badly-Slanted Article by DeVoss on Taiwan "Instability" 3/06	Horribly Slanted WaPo presentation of Chen Interview 3/06 More WaPo media bias 306
	Klare, Progressives, and Taiwan-China Issue 4/06	Ma Interview on ABC 30-50 year peace strictly for outside consumption 5/06	WaPo Says China's Stance is Softening 6/06	WaPo on the Chen Recall (not too bad) 6/06
	CS Monitor on Mad Chen and the Missiles 8/06	Keith Bradsher excellent NY Times article  on Shih protests 9/06	Wash Times Change Means Ill for Taiwan? 9/06	WaPo Accepts Highly Biased Article on Shih Protests 9/06
	Hsiao Bi-khim Forum in WaPo 9/06	Bloomberg Biased Reporting (and Gluck) 10/06	VOA Bad Article on Chen 10/06	NYTimes Can't Get Anything Right on Chen Recall 11/06
	UCLA Forum on Taiwan's media multiple errors 11/06	WaPo, BBC, more bad articles on Situation 11/06	World Media Round of Indictment Reports 11/06	Mad Chen is in the House: Tom Plate misses the ball 1/07
	The "humiliation" theme in the media 1/07	Newsweek, Time on local mayoral elections 12/06	Terrible IHT article on elections 12/06	Media election misreadings 12/06
	Poorly-done WaPo article on the Ma indictments 2/07	US Economic report on Ma indictments 2/07	AP on Ma 2/07	Ma on Talk Asia 2/07
	Danny Bloom Smokes CNN on Chen interview 2/07	Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Venue for Chinese Propagandist 3/07	SCUM OF THE NATION 3/07 Mirror, Mirror ESWN on Scum of the Nation Flap Taipei Times Letter Scum of the Nation: What AP Did Wrong AP Channels Beijing	Excellent Newsweek article on our democracy here 5/07
	AP Resurrects Mad Chen 5/07	WSJ thumps Ma Ying-jeou 6/07	CS Monitor Really Fouls One Up 6/07	Nelson report on UN flap 6/07
	AP: Journalism the Cut and Paste Way 6/07	WaPo Blows it Bad 7/07	Freedom House Smokes KMT Crack 7/07	Four Cheesy Pieces 7/07
Misc	Random Glimpses of Taiwan in the Media Taiwan on the world stage.	World Media on National Assembly Elections Viewpoints from abroad	China, Taiwan in the News Stray articles	Taiwan and Asia: Divergent Views of the Future 12/05
	International Media and Shih Protests (DailyKos) 9/06	International Media articles on Taiwan 10/06	Theory and practice of blogging 11/06	East Asia and Global Security: 2 articles 3/07
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Aborigines	The Thao and Land in Nantou Why being an aborigine ain't what it used to be	Aborigine TV Aimed at the local aborigines	Polynesians from Taiwan DNA confirms theory	Recovering Lost Aboriginal Languages: A fascinating history 3/6
	Fraudster: the First Formosan in Europe 4/06	Iron Age Taiwan 8/06	Copper Casting in Ancient Taiwan 8/06	National Geographic, 1920 8/06
	Taiwan and the Ryukyus 11/06	Where did the Polynesians Originate? 3/07	Andrade on 17th Century Taiwan 4/07	Sheng Ye Museum Series 7/07
Academic Research	Researchers Perpetuate Cultural Stereotypes Good data, very, very silly analysis	Can Chinese have a Civil Society? A roundtable 10/5	Taiwan Beats the US in Environmental Performance 1/06	Taiwan's Own Holocaust Revisionists 2/07
	Andrade on 17th Century Taiwan 4/07	Herschonsen on Taiwan 5/07	Mark Harrison on Taiwan Studies 6/07	Sheng Ye Museum Series on the Aboriginals 7/07
Arts	Photo Exhibition Too bad you missed it.
Betel Nut Girls	David's Ultimate Betel Nut Girl Page Title says it all	Exhibition about Betel Nut Girls Local scholar's exhibit	Betel Nut Girls Thwart Cancer Progress in Taiwan 1/06	Betel Nut Girl videos 4/06
Books	Book about Taiwan-China conflict 8/06	Three Old Friends 1/07	Sheng Ye Museum Series on the Aboriginals 7/07
Buildings	Old Buildings in Taiwan An interesting look at a slowly rotting part of Taiwan's history	Good-bye Guanghua Market Another landmark lost...	Guanghua Redux 10/06	Military Villages Fading 1/07
Cities	Urban Renewal in Taiwan A local architectural magazine looks at the possibilities.	Taipei and Berlin Worlds apart	Lukang: Rich in History 1/06	The Many Moods of Taichung 5/06
Environment	Wild at Heart: Raptor killing 10/06	Butterfly Highway 3/07	Mammoths in Taiwan 5/07
Economic History	Tom Friedman and the Myth of the Market in Taiwan's History 2/06	Income Inequality and Political Unrest in Taiwan 4/06	The Soy Sauce Factory: A Short Story 8/06	1946 Time article on the looting of Taiwan 10/06
Festivals and Holidays	Lantern Festival 2/06
Film	The Government Promotes Taiwan films Exhibitions to promote Taiwan films	Taiwan Cinema Interview with a local director
Historical Sites	Tainan Fort 5/07
Identity	Commentary on Ethic Identity in Taiwan Longtime Taiwan expert weighs in 8/05	Masculinity, Temples, and Violence in Taiwan: an anthropologist's presentation 6/06	More Identifying as Taiwanese 9/06	Independence on the rise 11/06
	Taike 12/06
Japanese Period	Death of Bose: A Mystery? 3/06	ROC Air Force Day and Taiwan 7/07	Japanese Firebase 7/07
Labor	The Labor Movement in Taiwan A good overview
Language	Learning Chinese Washington Post essay	Crazy WaPo Ad 4/07	Rectifying the Textbooks 7/07
Martial Arts	Penis Qi-Gong Not for the faint of part
Martial Law and the White Terror Era	Censorship in Taiwan in the Martial Law Era The bad old days	Linda Arrigo and the Kaohsiung Incident An important presentation on a crucial year in Taiwan history 1/06	KMT and 228 2/06	Interview with Former Member of Taiwan Political Police 4/06
	Anthropologist Jeff Martin's Presentation on the Police in Taiwan 4/06	Syd Goldsmith's Talk on Taiwan in the 60s and 70s 5/06	Book Review: Taiwan, Struggles of a Democracy 7/06	Changing the Airport's Name 9/06
	Green Island Commemoration 10/06	Taiwan's Military Villages Disappearing 10/06	Textbook changes establish Taiwan identity 1/07	Military Villages Fading 1/07
	2-28 events &  links 2/07	Taiwan's Own Holocaust Revisionists 2/07	2-28 Symposium at Brookings 3/07	2-28 Okinawan Deaths 3/07
	Taiwan Cold-Shoulders Own Spy 4/07	Kerr's Memo on Taiwan 5/07	Martial Law at 20 7/07
Medicine	Swiss Priest and Foot Massage Recreating a lost art	Taiwan Alcoholics: no place to dry out 6/06
Museums	Museums and the Art Market in Taiwan A government guide, mostly Taipei	The Woodcarving Museum in Sanyi 10/05 And Again 7/06	Robin Gibb and the Museum of World Religions A good time was had by all.	Chimei Museum Unusual collection of mechnical and electronic instruments 11/05
	Natural History Museum, Taichung 12/05	9/21 Quake Museum in Wufeng	National Taiwan Museum, Taipei	Folklore Museum, Taichung 7/06
	New Railroad Museum in Taipei 5/07
Nazis and Taiwan	Nazi Kitsch 12/06	Mao and Hitler Kitsch 2/07	AP, Jerusalem Post on Nazis 3/07
Photo Sites	Good Pic Site Good pics of Taiwan	Pete's Travel Page Good pics of Taiwan	Taipei Air Station Fantastic collection of B&W photos from US service personnel on the island in the old days	A Better Tomorrow: Great photo site
	1970s photos	Large Collection of Old Taiwan Photos 8/06	Photos of Old Taipei 8/06	Grolier's Atlas Photos of Taiwan 9/06
Political History	History of the Taiwan Assembly 3/06	Chiang Kai Shek Statues Say Good-bye 3/06	Syd Goldsmith's Talk on Taiwan in the 60s and 70s 5/06	Taiwan's Own Holocaust Revisionists 2/07
	Taiwan in the Qing Imagination 6/07	Has Taiwan Damaged China's Chances for Democracy? 6/07
Religion	The Religious Procession 3.06	Buddhist Nuns and the History of Buddhism in Taiwan An interesting look at a little known part of Taiwan's history	More Public Outlays for Feng Shui 12/05	Masculinity, Temples, and Violence in Taiwan: an anthropologist's presentation 6/06
	Converting the working class to Christianity 6/06	Clean Air for Ghost Month 7/06	Virtual Taiwan Temple 8/06	Teleology, Cognition and Belief 8/06
	Marian Shrine in Taiwan 11/06	"Chinese" New Year? 2/07	Missionaries and Adoption in Taiwan 3/07	A Pinch of Fate 4/07
	The Matsu Temple in Dajia 6/07	Converting the Working Class to Christianity 7/07
Resources About Taiwan	Ten Books on Taiwan Actually a list of 15 good ones.	GIO Periodicals List Good list of mags about Taiwan	Archive of travel articles in local newspapers From my blog	BBC Timeline
	Buddhism Library at NTU	Takao Club Resources on S Taiwan	Government Webcams all over the island	The BBC's Taiwan Flashpoint page
	The US-Taiwan Business Council	TwHistory.org	Kuixing Journal	Polling Data on Independence
	Peter Huston's Asian Skeptic Site	Custom Google Taiwan Politics Search	Taiwan's Top 100 Chinese-language Blogs	Taiwan Blog Search Tool
	Reed Institute Taiwan Collection	Harvard Taiwan Studies 12/06	Andrade on 17th Century Taiwan 4/07
Sexuality and the Sexes	Men and Women in Taiwan What's the deal with the war of the sexes	Western attraction for Asian women is paedophilia Provoking nonsense.	Women and Marriage in Taiwan 5/06	Women and Foreigners and Dr. Zhang 8/06
	Taiwan's Human Trafficking situation improves: US 1/07	Does Poor Sex Satisfaction Lead to Lower Birth Rates? 4/07	Mail Order Brides 5/07
Skin and Body  in Taiwan	Skin Whiteners A big market	Freckles and the Wife 3/06	Dentistry 4/07
Tea	Tea Culture in Taiwan 7/06
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asdasdasdas Trips and Travels in Taiwan Return to Blogasdasdasdas

Amusement Parks	Window on China Visiting a local theme park	Shangri-La Theme Park Field tripping to a local theme park
Contests	Judging the English Speech Contest Great fun at a common Taiwan activity.
Exhibitions	Bonsai Exhibition in Taichung 11/05
Farms	Field Trip to a Mushroom Farm My daughter's class visits the local mushroom farm.	Luye Tea District and Chulu Farm 7/06
Geocaching	Weekend Fun 2/07	Rolling the Car 12/06
Hiking	Hiking on the East Coast Enjoying a great hike with good friends	A Saturday around Keelung Enjoying a great time with good friends	Day Hiking in Taiwan A short local hike.	Ta-ken Hiking Trail Number 7
	Ta-ken Trail Number 6 2/06	Hiking with my friend Patrick 3/06	Hiking and Riding in Fengyuan 4//07	After forty days of rain 5/06
	Taking advantage of the good weather 6/06		Yangmingshan hike 7/07	Hiking With Sheridan's Fourth Grade Class 4/06
Markets	Trip to the Taichung Fish Market A good place to spend a morning.	Night Markets in Taiwan A slice of local fun.	Chunghua Night Market in Taichung Not a slice of local fun.	Flower Market, Taipei 2/06
	Fengjia Night Market 8/06	Market Pictures 12/06	Yung An Fish Market 2/07	Taichung Fish Market & Singing 2/07
Museums	The Woodcarving Museum in Sanyi Yet another of Taiwan's quality local museums.	Robin Gibb and the Museum of World Religions A good time was had by all.	National Museum of Fine Art in Taichung Well worth a trip	Quake Museum in Wufeng
	Natural History Museum, Taichung	National Palace Museum 7/06	Shihsanhang Museum and Bali 1/07
On the Road	A weekend spent on the road to Hsinchu and Kaohsiung Driving and pic taking 10/5	My Aunt and Uncle Visit Traveling in Central Taiwan 10/5	Visiting Tainan and National Chengkung University Presenting to the MBA students	Trip to Lukang 1/06
	Pics from a Train Ride on the Mountain Line to Tainan 4/06	Appearing at the Blogging Roundtable at NCKU 4/06	Tripping to Tainan with my Son 8/06	Hanging out wth the Anthro Guy 5/06
	Accident and Aftermath 5/06	KTV at the Filipino Cantina in Hsinchu 5/06	Kaohsiung and the Love River 8/06	Driving the East Coast to Hualien 8/06
	Hsinchu BBQ 9/06	Eating with the Family in Keelung 4/07	The Blogging Conference in Taipei 4/07	Hiking and Riding in Fengyuan 4//07
Parks	Hoping Island Trip 3/06	Camping at Sun Moon Lake 10/06
Performing Arts	Mormon Dance Troupe A Mormon dance troupe comes to Taiwan.	Robin Gibb and the Museum of World Religions A good time was had by all.	Xing Studios 8/06
Photography	Panorama of Taichung looking north 2/06	Pan of Taichung looking west 3/06	Trying out the new Wide Angle/Macro 3/06	Hoping Island Trip 3/06 Hoping Island Redux 7/06
	Pics from a Train Ride on the Mountain Line to Tainan 4/06	The Apiary 4/06	Appearing at the Blogging Roundtable at NCKU 4/06	Typhoon over Taichung 5/06
	The Many Moods of Taichung 5/06	Hanging out wth the Anthro Guy 5/06	After forty days of rain 5/06	Taichung at Dusk 6/06
	A break in the rain 6/06	At work and play in Hsinchu, Taipei, and Hukou 6/06	The Rain in Taiwan 6/06	Taking advantage of the good weather 6/06
	Trying out the New Olympus 7/06	Sun Moon Lake 7/06	Taroko Gorge and Hualien 7/06	Luye Tea District and Chulu Farm 7/06
	The Bunung Resort 7/06	Suhua Highway 7/06	Taipei 101 7/06	A few Scenes from Life 7/06
	Tripping to Tainan with my Son 8/06	Critter Photos from Hiking 8/06	Fengjia Night Market 8/06	Kaohsiung and the Love River 8/06
	Xing Studios 8/06	Tripping with the Anthro Guy II 8/06	Night Over Taichung 9/06	Life on the Train 9/06
	Snake! 9/06	The hardware market 10/06	Night and Day in Taipei 10/06	Camping at Sun Moon Lake 10/06
	Taichung by Day and Night 10/06	Random Saturday Pics 11/06	Walkin' Round Pics 11/06	Taipei and Keelung pics 1/07
	Wasp and Spider 1/07	Train Pics 1/07	Shihsanhang Museum and Bali 1/07	Out and about Pics 1/07
	New Year Random Pics 12/06	Random pics for Xmas 12/06	Hiking Photos 12/016	Market Pictures 12/06
	Drive By Shooting 12/06	Rolling the Car 12/06	Taichung Fish Market & Singing 2/07	Weekend Fun 2/07
	New Year Random Pics 2/07	Taoyuan Streets 2/07	Yung An Fish Market 2/07	Dawn to Dusk in Tainan 3/07
	Things Seen While Walking 3/07	Tungshih Forest Park 3/07	Taisugar Mall 3/07	Judging the Speech Contest 4/07
	The Blogging Conference in Taipei 4/07	TVBS Protest 4/07	Winter in Taipei 4/07	Hiking and Riding in Fengyuan 4//07
	Visiting with Andrew and Jason 5/07	Saturday, in the park... 5/07	Temples and Alleys of Tainan 5/07	Tainan Fort 5/07
	Here and there in Taiwan 5/07	Walking among the Hills 6/07	Strays 6/07	Ta-an Beach 6/07
	The Matsu Temple in Dajia 6/07	The waterfall 6/07	Checking out the Bells and Whistles 7/07	Say hello to the Powershot 7/07
	Yangmingshan hike 7/07	Saturday of Political Stuff 7/07	Japanese Firebase 7/07	Yungho and Yangminshan 7/07
Politics	Rallying with Chiu Tai-san Attending a rally for the local DPP candidate 11/05	TVBS Protest 4/07	Saturday of Political Stuff 7/07
Swenson's Meetups	May 6 Swenson's Meet Up 5/06	March Swenson's Meetup Photos 3/06	Blogger Meetup, bumming around Taipei with friends 2/06	Tripping to Taipei for the Blogger Meet-Up, having dinner with students 1/06
	Masculinity, Temples, and Violence in Taiwan: an anthropologist's presentation 6/06 Swenson's Meet-up 6/06	Swenson's Meetup, Tripping with the Anthro Guy II 8/06	July Swenson's Meetup Summary 8/06
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asdasdasdas Personal Return to Blogsdasdas

Axis and Allies	Axis and Allies: the Mother of All Boards Making the Big Board	Axis and Allies....kaput! Defeated in a tense struggle	Axis and Allies....Victorious Malv's cruise around the world saves the day	Another Axis and Allies Weekend A & A, tripping to Kaohsiung
	Axis and Allies Until 3 AM Malv proves us wrong	Marathon Axis & Allies Three games, ten hours. Classic.	Graduation Party and A Loss at Axis and Allies My students throw a party. I lose a game
Friends	Visiting Changhua Teachers College Hanging out with good friends	Visiting Tainan and National Chengkung University Presenting to the MBA students	Weekending with Friends and Students 11/05	Visit from Jeff 12/05
	KTV at the Filipino Cantina in Hsinchu 5/06	The Bushman Takes A Wife 4/07
House and Home	New Wall of Photos My wife follows a family tradition
Kids	A bashed tooth slams the weekend Dan-dan gets a hard lesson in adult stupidity.	Some pictures from life The market, the park...	Father's Day, Medical Style Bashed Tooth II	My son turns 11 Happy Bday!
	Sheridan Turns 10 11/05	Xmas-New years 2005/6	Braces for Dan-dan 5/06	Tripping to Tainan with my Son 8/06
	Kids go to US 6/07
Media	I make the local newspaper See my receding hairline threaten to leap off the pic	Appearing at the Blogging Roundtable at NCKU 4/06
Myself	Yes, I bought a weight machine I am really really 42-years-old
Pets	Our Dog is Attacked Somebody throws acid on our dog.	Our New Dog A great golden retriever
PHD Program	Notes on a PHD 9/06	Dislike a Local? You must hate all locals 9/06	Stalking the wild PHD 9/06
Relatives	Chen Shui-bian is my relative This is not a joke: I am related to the Prez by marriage.	Weekending in Hsinchu Visiting relatives up north	Hsinchu and my Father-in-Law's Exhibition We visit Hsinchu for my FIL's painting exhibition and 75th birthday	My Aunt and Uncle Visit The best time was had by all!
	Hsinchu Reprise Weekending with  the sister-in-law	Chinese New Year 2006
Schooling the Kids	Moments from Life Eating out with friends, hassles at school	Making face for the local school My daughter's school needs a foreigner	Dan-dan starts fourth grade My how time flies....	Daughter wins County-wide behavior award ..and gets drafted to make a speech
	Sheridan's Fourth Grade Performance 12/05	School Face II: What a coincidence!	The Politics of Fourth Grade Fifth (6/06) Fourth (4/06) Third (3/06) Second (2/06) First (2/06)	The Fourth Grade Singing Performance 3/06
			The Politics of Fifth Grade Third (1/07) Second (10/06) First (9/06) Intro (9/06)
Students	Graduation Party and A Loss at Axis and Allies My students throw a party. I lose a game	Back to School Sail Starting the new semester 9/05	Graduation Pics with my Students 11/05
Wife	My Wife Turns 23 again! Happy birthday!	Freckles and the Wife 3/06
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asdasdasdas Other, Non-Taiwan Return to Blogasdasdasdas

Humor	Hilarious Book What life is really like in Taipei	Joke about Political Consultants	Is it a boy or a girl?
Iraq War	Soldiers no armor, Iran targeted The Administration screws the troops	Tom Tomorrow, Watergate, Iraq America's finest political cartoonist strikes again	Our Nazi Homefront Posters from the past	US Developing Plans to Nuke Iran Disgusting.
	War of the Worlds: A review Spielberg fails again	Declaration of Independence and Iraq King George Again	Planted Stories Bush is death on democracy	Torture allegations confirmed by Bush's own doctor We should hang our heads
	Why I don't Blog on Iraq more 12/05
Software	Autostitch Great program makes panoramas
US Politics	Flag Burning Amendment Not fit for a democracy	Looting in the US: Does it Really Reveal Anything about us? Response to an example of the usual low-grade garbage from right-wing moralists 9/05	Americans: Nasty and Brutish? 9/05
WWII	Guardian on Lend-Lease Get the facts straight please	Hiroshima Again The Left is wrong

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