Ma’s history of underachieving is good reason for him not to be re-elected for another four years, so says Jerome F Keating. He also discusses how leaks from the US … Read the rest
Tag: Daily shorts
East Asia Forum discusses US and Chinese interests in the election. The Washington Times has a similar article. The KMT gives five reasons to be suspicious of the TaiMed … Read the rest
An alleged leaked document from DPP HQ lists businessmen returning from the mainland, undecided voters, and defectors from the Soong camp as areas of vulnerability. Did we really need a … Read the rest
What’s that you say? Oh, there’s a campaign going on…
The second TV debate went off on Saturday; I will post some analysis soon. In the meantime Ben Goren gives … Read the rest
A blog I haven’t read before has the extraordinary tail (sic) of the politicization of a senior citizen’s nightly congress with Man’s Best Friend. Is nothing sacred anymore? Chun-yi Lee … Read the rest
Global Voices Online has extracts from Chinese bloggers discussing the first televised debate. There is more on Chinese netizens’ love for the debates here and here. “Only when state … Read the rest
Minimalist shorts today (not because Australian Masterchef beckons, but because the candidates are serving up some tasty quotes that work better without my insouciant waffling).
For starters, how about this … Read the rest
Dear KMT, is anyone over there driving the bus? Why are you allowing Ma’s campaign to get continually sidetracked by extraneous fluff that at best would be a two day … Read the rest
The presidential campaign is still young, but there have been numerous mis-steps already. Haven’t been keeping count? Ben Goren has, and he reckons its KMT 7 : DPP 1 (but … Read the rest
Remember that Kane op-ed in NYT last week? The one that he’s been ridiculed for ever since? Turns out it was just an exercise in “Swiftian satire”. Just that … Read the rest