Chinglish
• 2008 MonUTC2009-02-16T14:33:33+00:00. 15 • 5 CommentsPosted in Journalism, News, Discovery
Tags: taipei city, Taiwan, DPP, China, Japan, Executive Yuan, KMT, TaiChung, Democratic Progressive Party, Ma Ying-Jeou, TAIPEI TIMES, PRC, Chinese Nationalist Party, Liu Chao-Shiuan, Ministry of Education, Kaohsiung, Opposing The Proposal, We don't need your Hanyu Pinyin, Hakka, Wade-Giles, never an official system for Taiwan, Do we have to change our names, Internationalizing, Taiwan City must adopt Hanyu Pinyin, President Ma says, the Guidelines on Using Chinese Phonetic Spelling, a three-year plan, January 2009, Yu Bor-Chuan, Shih Hsiu-Chuan, Pinyin, Maybe it's not really wrong -- just the English pronounciation, The Interview, the opinions of civic groups, Ovid Tseng, Ovid Tzeng, Hanyu Pinyin, Taiwan Pinyin League, what was the response, MOE, Chinese Phonetic Spelling, Tongyong, Tongyong pinyin system, Hanyu Pinyin as the national standard, failed to answer our questions, sacrificing the nation's sovereignty, Zhuyin Fuhao, a Hanyu-Tonyong comparison chart, the State Council of the People's Republic of China, National People's Congress, National People's Congress in 1958, International Organization for Standardization, ISO, Putonghua, Modern Chinese, Gaoxiong, Taizhong, Romanization is still a mess, Wong Chin-Chu, level of difficulty, Hanyu Pinyin was to bring Taiwan in line with international standards, because more than 95 percent of the Chinese speaking population worldwide uses simplified characters, the KMT only used Zhuyin Fuhao, Bopomofo was replaced with pinyin in China in 1949, Academica Sinica, Lee Yuan-Tseh, the Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II system, foreigners who do not understand Mandarin, Hanyu Pinyin bring Taiwan closer to China, it is not correct to focus on the issue of national identity first, put the identity issue second, The most serious problem is how our names are to be Romanized, 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, Taiwan has every right to decide its proper names, two different Romanization systems, 1954 Japan cabinet, Hepburn, nippon-shiki, Fading Taiwan, a living fossil, anti-secession law, Anschluss edict, national language, millions of NT dollars
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
Dear President Ma Ying-Jeou,
• 2008 WedUTC2009-01-21T15:00:06+00:00. 15 • 2 CommentsPosted in Journalism, News, Discovery
Tags: 228 Association, 228 Massacre, aborigine, Amnesty International, AP, Article 11, Article 14, Article 24, Associated Press, Australia, Canada, Chen Shui-Bian, Chen Yun-Lin, Chiang Kai-Shek, Chiu Yi-Ying, Constitution of Taiwan, Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, Europe, February 27 1947, February 28 1947, FIDH, Freedom House, freedom of expression, Freezing Point, Garrison Command, Home Party, international human rights standards, Investigation Office, Investigation Office of the Taiwan Branch, Jerome F. Keating, judicial system, KMT, Kuomintang, Legislative Yuan, Liao Ji-Bin, Lung Ying-Tai, Many Faces of Ma Ying-Jeou, martial law era, Minister Wang, missiles, National Police Agency, National Security Bureau, National Taiwan University, new Taiwanese, NTU, police brutality, Prade and Assembly Law, Prof. Jerome Cohen, Prof. Wang Yeh-Lih, ROC flag, SCMP, Social Order Maintenance Law, South China Morning Post, TAIPEI TIMES, taipeitimes, Taiwan, Taiwan Branch, Taiwan: Falling into China's Orbit, United States, Wang Ching-Feng
