The New Age On The Generations
• 2008 TueUTC2009-02-24T16:39:00+00:00. 15 • 4 CommentsPosted in Journalism, News, Discovery
Tags: $1 trillion more expensive annually, 1% of their monthly salary, 66% left unemployed, all citizens should be included in long-term care insurance, Are You Sane Enough To Be Unemployed?, as a result of the government attempts to test programs to see what works, baby boom generation, band-aid is no solution, bandaid is no solution, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Blaming the Government, Blind Leading the Blind, Bureau of Civil Affairs, calm before the storm, Can You Afford 1%, Congressional Budget Office, Council for Economic Planning and Development, delays only increase the pain of the ultimate reforms, Department of Health, Eva Tseng, Even if we do it now it may aleady be too late, Executive Yuan, Family Mart, Federal Reserve, five common myths undermine the cause for immediate action, food vouchers, Future generations would have to carry the burden to fix the problems from the generation prior, Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Cooperation, housing buble, HSBC, If You're Hungry Jail Is Always Free, It could mean raising income tax rates by at least 120%, Legislative Yuan, Looking For the Cure From Within The Problem, Medicaid, Medicare, Ministry of the Interior, National Health Insurance, NHI, Part of the reason we pay taxes, Peter Peterson, Senior Citizens Welfare Alliance, Social Security, stock market crash, Tai-Chung Health and Management University, Taipei City Government, Taipei City Mayor, Taipei Employment Service Centre, Taxes For Food, the 1.5 Generation NHI Act, The Funds, The pyramid has turned into an hour glass, The reate t which our population is aging is even faster than Jaapan, they are a one-time handout, two options, unable to perform three of six activities of daily living, United States Trillion Dollar Mistake, Wang, we rank no. 1 in the world, we rank number 1 in the world, Why repair soemthing that did not work, witing for the economy to stimulate itself, Wu Yu Chin, Xi-Men-Ting, Ximenting, Yeh Ching-Chuan, Yng Chih-Liang
Chinglish
• 2008 MonUTC2009-02-16T14:33:33+00:00. 15 • 5 CommentsPosted in Journalism, News, Discovery
Tags: 1954 Japan cabinet, a Hanyu-Tonyong comparison chart, a living fossil, a three-year plan, Academica Sinica, Anschluss edict, anti-secession law, because more than 95 percent of the Chinese speaking population worldwide uses simplified characters, Bopomofo was replaced with pinyin in China in 1949, China, Chinese Nationalist Party, Chinese Phonetic Spelling, Democratic Progressive Party, Do we have to change our names, DPP, Executive Yuan, Fading Taiwan, failed to answer our questions, foreigners who do not understand Mandarin, Gaoxiong, Hakka, Hanyu Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin as the national standard, Hanyu Pinyin bring Taiwan closer to China, Hanyu Pinyin was to bring Taiwan in line with international standards, Hepburn, How can we the government ignore the fact that Taiwanese people have used a hyphen in their given names for about 20 to 30 years, International Organization for Standardization, Internationalizing, ISO, it is not correct to focus on the issue of national identity first, January 2009, Japan, Kaohsiung, KMT, Lee Yuan-Tseh, level of difficulty, Liu Chao-Shiuan, Ma Ying-Jeou, Maybe it's not really wrong -- just the English pronounciation, millions of NT dollars, Ministry of Education, Modern Chinese, MOE, national language, National People's Congress, National People's Congress in 1958, never an official system for Taiwan, nippon-shiki, Opposing The Proposal, Ovid Tseng, Ovid Tzeng, Pinyin, PRC, President Ma says, put the identity issue second, Putonghua, Romanization is still a mess, sacrificing the nation's sovereignty, Shih Hsiu-Chuan, TaiChung, taipei city, TAIPEI TIMES, Taiwan, Taiwan City must adopt Hanyu Pinyin, Taiwan has every right to decide its proper names, Taiwan Pinyin League, Taizhong, the Guidelines on Using Chinese Phonetic Spelling, The Interview, the KMT only used Zhuyin Fuhao, the Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II system, The most serious problem is how our names are to be Romanized, the opinions of civic groups, the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Tongyong, Tongyong pinyin system, two different Romanization systems, Wade-Giles, We don't need your Hanyu Pinyin, what was the response, Wong Chin-Chu, Yu Bor-Chuan, Zhuyin Fuhao
Life Takes Visa
• 2008 ThuUTC2009-02-12T15:28:05+00:00. 15 • 1 CommentPosted in Journalism, News, Discovery
Tags: 2009 World Games, 30-day visa-free entry, Article 4, British Trade and Cultural Office in Taiwan, broadening visa exemptions, Canada, Celebrating Visa-Style, Central News Agency, Chen Chu, Chinese Nationalist Party, Civil Service Employment Act, CNA, David Lin, Democratice Progressive Party, Deputy Foreign Minister, DPP, dual citizenship, Dun Laoghaire, e-Passports, Environmental Protection Administration, EPA, EU, EU ambassador in Taiwan, European Economic and Trade Office in Taiwan, European Union, Executive Yuan, FAPA, Formosan Association for PUblic Affairs, Frank Hsieh, Guy Ledoux, How Many Appologies, International Olympic Committee, International Women's Club of Dublin, International Women's Club of Dublin Charity Drive, International World Games Association, Investigation Bureau, IOC, Ireland, Iris Ho, IWGA, Kaohsiung City, KMT, Lee Nan-Yang, Legislator Lee Ching, Lientan Conference Centre, Ma Ying-Jeou, Nathaly Leers, nullifying, Premier Liu Chao-Shiuan, suicide prevention campaign, Taipei National Palace Museum, TAIPEI TIMES, Taiwan, Taiwan's Nationality Law, taiwannews, Tang Dynasty, The Bigger Picture, the first Western powerhouse, the loyalty of public officials, UK, UK Visa Application Centre, United Kingdom, United States, visa-free entry, Wetland Attractions
“The Whites of Their Eyes”
• 2008 SunUTC2009-02-08T17:15:59+00:00. 15 • Leave a CommentPosted in Journalism, News, Discovery
Tags: 228, 228 Incident, 908, 908 Taiwan Republic Campaign, a reign of terror, Andrew Nien-Dzu Yang, Approval ratings between CKS and Chen Shui-Bian, Beijing, Blood Sweat and Tears, Chen Shui-Bian, Chiag Ching-Kuo, Chiang Chung-Cheng, Chiang Kai-Shek, Chiang Kai-Shek Culture Park at Tashi, Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Chiang Kai-Shek's diary, Chiang Kai-Shek's tomb, China, Chinese Civil War, Chinese Communist Party, Cihhu, Cihu, CKS Memorial Hall, CKS tomb, CKS' diary, Costa Rica, Cultural Heritage Protection Law, democracy, Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, Executive Yuan, February 1947, February 28 1947, Formosa, fourth tier, Hau Lung-Bin, honour gards, human rights, imposition of martial law, Ketagalan Institute, KMT, Kuomintang, Lee Jye, Lee Teng-Hui, Lee Yong-Ping, Legislative Yuan, Liberty Square, Lin Chia-Lung, Lin Shu-Fen, Ma Ying-Jeou, martial law, Ministry of Education, Ministry of National Defense, national defense, People's Republic of China, Republic of China, ROC, Secretary-General, Sun Teh-Hsin, Sun Yat-Sen, Taipei mayor, TAIPEI TIMES, Taiwan, Taiwan National Democracy Memorial Hall, Talungtung, Taoyuan International Airport, Tashi, Ten Minutes Today, the Confucius Temple, the Tibetan people after 1949, third tier, Two Hours in the Time of Two Years, U.N., What Brought the Fear, Why the Taiwanese reject reunification
Without A Shadow of the Doubt
• 2008 ThuUTC2009-02-05T15:03:28+00:00. 15 • 1 CommentPosted in Journalism, News, Discovery
Tags: Brunei, China, CHINESE Warfighting, Dalushan, Dongsha, Executive Yuan, four groups of islands, Four Islands 1953, Hsisha, Jiguanshan, Jongsha, Macclesfield Bank Islands, Malaysia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MOFA, Nansha, Paracel, Phillipines, Phoebe Yeh, Policy Guidelines fo the South China Sea of 1993, Pratas Island, ROC, South China Sea, Spratly Islands, Taiping Islands, Taiwan, Taiwanese territories, the Senate and House of Representatives, Tongsha Island, Vietnam, Xiaolushan, Yangu
By The Numbers
• 2008 MonUTC2009-02-02T15:06:10+00:00. 15 • 2 CommentsPosted in Journalism, News, Discovery
Tags: alcohol, anxiety, Bureau of Labour, Cardinal Tien Hospital, college graduates, construction projects, Department of Social Welfare, depression, DGBAS, Directorate General of Budget Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, food voucher, gambling, Get in Line, Government Information Office, Government Wants YOU, hang-over, Hau Lung-Bin, insomnia, internship programs, Jiang Han-Guang, KaohSiung City Government, labour-intensive companies, Liu Chao-Shiuan, local service industry, Lunar New Year, Ma Ying-Jeou, Minister without Portfolio, over sleeping, Prime Minister, psychiatrists, public infrastructure construction budget, public sector, service industries, Shaking Hands, shopping voucher, shopping voucher programe, Shu-Tien Memorial Hospital, Su Jun-Pin, taipei, taipei city, Taipei City Government, Taipei City Mayor, Taiwan, The Deep Hole, the global financial crisis, The Other Numbers, Tom Yang, training courses, Tsai Hsung-Hsiung, university graduates, unpaid leaves, video gaming, white-collar workers, Who Brought the Psychiatrist
A Single Heartbeat
• 2008 SatUTC2009-01-31T15:22:04+00:00. 15 • Leave a CommentPosted in Journalism, News, Discovery
Tags: Taiwan, DPP, U.S., Executive Yuan, Taiwan independence, KMT, Chen Shui-Bian, Sun Yat-Sen, CCP, United States, Barack Obama, Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan's Cross, Ma Ying-Jeou, Wu Shu-Jen, Frank Hsieh, U.N., United Nations, Chen Chih-Chung, Huang Jui-Ching, Taipei District Court, Chiang Kai-Shek, ROC, PRC, A Single Heartbeat, The Fall of the Plan for Democracy, Chinese Nationalist Party, Liu Chao-Shiuan, the Organic Act of the CKS Memorial Hall, the Organic Regulations of the National Taiwan Democracy Hall, CKS Memorial Hall, National Taiwan Democracy Hall, Ministry of Education, Lu Mu-Lin, Cheng Jei-Cheng, China Times, Yun-Lin County, Lee Ying-Yuan, Wang Yu-Chi, Controversial Innocence At Play, Office of the President, efficiency of implementation of government policies, public infrastructure projects, bureaucratic paralysis, Taiwan's legal system, Tainted Red, money-laundering charges, Beyond Political Censorship His Words, favouritism, secret diplomacy, checkbook diplomacy, Yu Shyi-Kun, a divided DPP, a united KMT, authoritarian dictatorship, human rights and democracy, olive branch, four noes, 23 million Taiwanese, democratic movement's integration of grassroots political forces, Chinese Communist Party
Less Foreign, More National!
• 2008 TueUTC2009-01-13T15:20:06+00:00. 15 • 1 CommentPosted in Journalism, News, Discovery
Tags: 1993 New Year poll, Census Bureau, Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp, China Airlines, China Steel Corp, CLA, close door policy, Council of Labour Affairs, Executive Yuan, Huang Jiann-Jong, layoffs, Lee Tung-Hui, Ma Yin Jeou, Minister without Portfolio, National Economies, PCC, Public Construction Commission, Taiwan, Taiwanese government, tourists, Tsai Hsung-Hsing, unemployment, Westerners
