tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post7373596737886759711..comments2023-10-06T18:55:46.317+08:00Comments on That's Impossible! Politics from Taiwan: Chiang Ching-kuo on the NT$10 coin?阿牛http://www.blogger.com/profile/08403972286057197709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-25514562012899374332009-09-15T04:09:56.070+08:002009-09-15T04:09:56.070+08:00Who could've guessed? Yet another ass-backward...Who could've guessed? Yet another ass-backward move from the Chinese Nationalist Party (<a title="KMT = Kuomintang, or 'Killed Many Taiwanese'" rel="nofollow">KMT</a>)!<br /><br />In contrast, under the forward-thinking Chen Shui-bian administration we got <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Taiwan_dollar#Banknotes" title="Wikipedia article with images and links" rel="nofollow">attractive new banknotes</a> featuring schoolkids, Jade Mountain, the Mikado pheasant, the FORMOSAT-1 and its satellite dishes, the Formosan landlocked salmon, Little League baseball players, Sika deer, and Tapachien (a holy mountain of the Atayal and Saisiyat tribes) and Nanhu mountains -- all excellent symbols of Taiwan which just about anyone should be able to easily accept and embrace.<br /><br />During Chen's two terms, CKS was removed from the <a href="http://www.currency.cbc.gov.tw/Emoney/A1/214701000.htm" title="See images of the ugly old bill" rel="nofollow">NT$1,000</a> and <a href="http://www.currency.cbc.gov.tw/Emoney/A1/21370500.htm" title="See images of the ugly old bill" rel="nofollow">NT$500</a> denominations and confined to the rarely used NT$200 bill (remaining on three kinds of coins), probably as a compromise to the Authoritarian Regressive Parties, but hey, it was a great start.<br /><br />Putting CCK on a new coin -- even temporarily -- is typical <a title="KMT = Kuomintang, or 'Killed Many Taiwanese'" rel="nofollow">KMT</a> ass-kissing culture (拍馬屁文化). Since they're obviously so unashamed of such behavior, others will have to shame them. Can you imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth that would occur if a big news organization were to report that they're minting a new coin featuring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Ching-kuo#Political_career_in_Taiwan" title="''Chiang Ching-kuo's activities as director of the secret police have been widely criticized as heralding an era of human rights abuses in Taiwan even to this date.''" rel="nofollow">the director of the secret police during the White Terror period</a>?!<br /><br />How long do you think it'll be before Wu "Political landslide researcher" Den-yih's approval rating dips to 11%?<br /><br /><a href="http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/" title="Taiwan Matters!" rel="nofollow">Tim Maddog</a>Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-66100103160881463872009-09-14T22:14:00.293+08:002009-09-14T22:14:00.293+08:00I agree with your and the DPP's approach to th...I agree with your and the DPP's approach to this issue. I myself would like to see all coins imprinted with a Formosan Brown Bear rather than any human 'guo-fu' type figure. But then of course, some bright spark might say ok .. let's put pandas on the back etc.Ben Gorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07215358295386075741noreply@blogger.com