tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post2880432265207900822..comments2023-10-06T18:55:46.317+08:00Comments on That's Impossible! Politics from Taiwan: More of the same...阿牛http://www.blogger.com/profile/08403972286057197709noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-16303645465524147772009-06-02T19:26:54.774+08:002009-06-02T19:26:54.774+08:00Robert, I certainly agree, and at the end of the d...Robert, I certainly agree, and at the end of the day it doesn't even take a pension to decide to punish the ruling party for any number of mistakes they make. And the perceived state of the economy, for obvious reasons, is always a great rubric to guess how a party will fare in the next big elections. <br /><br />If people were <I>Taidu</I> single issue voters the DPP would win every election by now.阿牛https://www.blogger.com/profile/08403972286057197709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-87673062208546963022009-06-02T17:24:00.762+08:002009-06-02T17:24:00.762+08:00A-Gu, most people may disagree with the KMT's stan...A-Gu, most people may disagree with the KMT's stance on this, but people do not elect solely on their opinion of cross-strait issues.<br /><br />For example, my wife's a teacher. They are concerned that the DPP would severely cut back the cushy pensions and tax breaks that they have.<br /><br />It's hard to win over people like this with your good cross-strait policies if you're going to hit them in the pocketbook.Robert R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12956389352825464115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-74218136642550841572009-06-02T13:44:13.555+08:002009-06-02T13:44:13.555+08:00CCTang: I appreciate the translation correction on...CCTang: I appreciate the translation correction on Wu's reference to his degree and on the (...yi nian lai...). <br /><br />However, note that de-Sinicization' is in fact a blue word. Zhao Tianli was saying the term is just cover for being against a pro-Taiwan theme, which was reinforced by Tsai Ing-wen's <A HREF="http://c.yam.com/news/ilink/r.c?http://n.yam.com/bcc/politics/200906/20090602802938.html" REL="nofollow">statement</A> today.<br /><br />Finally, it's simply not true that the KMT has made their position consistently clear. Rather, the KMT has been consistently ambiguous and wishy-washy on the key issues, including this identity issue. <br /><br />Take, for example, Ma himself: before the election Ma got lots of heat for things he wrote in his youth demonstrating his self-identification as a Chinese. But Ma pushed back hard, saying he had grown up in Taiwan and nobody could say he wasn't Taiwanese. At the same time, he carefully avoided either confirming or denying a 'Chinese' label for his self-identification. After the election, <I>Zhonghua Minzu</I> reappeared after some time in the political wilderness. So I think it's insane to argue the KMT has been consistent on this issue. <br /><br />As for whether the KMT will be punished by voters on this, it's hard to say. But certainly the trends are not favoring the KMT ideology; the <A HREF="http://www.gvm.com.tw/gvsrc/200905_GVSRC_others.pdf" REL="nofollow">latest survey</A> from the blue-leaning <I>Global Views</I> shows only 16.2% support for eventual unification (down from 28.7% in 2006), while 69.0% oppose (up from 54.5% in 2006). [hat tip to <A HREF="http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Maddog</A>, and note that I copy-pasted some of the lines on this survey from an email he sent me].阿牛https://www.blogger.com/profile/08403972286057197709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-58334983379010707182009-06-02T13:26:56.973+08:002009-06-02T13:26:56.973+08:00You need to brush up on your Chinese skills.
Also...You need to brush up on your Chinese skills.<br /><br /><I>Also, 'de-Sinicization' is a blue word (greens use things like "enhance native identity," "name rectification" and "locally-oriented" when discussing related topics).</I>Did you not read the article you quoted? In the last paragraph, DPP politician Zhao Tianli uses the phrase 'de-Sinicization' (qu zhongguo hua), and specifically calls for it to become mainstream ideology.<br /><br /><I>"We will remember this [trip or speech] for for the rest of our lives." "</I>No, what Wu is saying he will remember is the honorary doctorate he was just awarded from Nanjing University.<br /><br /><I>Wu pointed out that the next year of developing those relations would be crucial and fraught with difficulty</I>No, again. He said the *previous* year (...yi nian lai...) has been critical, not the next year.<br /><br />Translation issues aside... the fact that you call it "racist" or what just reflects your own opinion, which you're entitled to.<br /><br />The key take-away here is that the KMT has consistently made its position clear, and it hasn't been (and it won't be) punished at the ballot box for them.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114458967721454864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-10754812972443325732009-06-02T05:55:47.609+08:002009-06-02T05:55:47.609+08:00Boy...I just don't get how those KMT bigwigs think...Boy...I just don't get how those KMT bigwigs think. They sound more and more ridiculous every day.Dixteelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689510846926854542noreply@blogger.com