Tuesday’s United Daily News reports that fans plan to wave the Myanmar flag because, like the Taiwan flag, it features a blue star-studded square on the upper left corner of a red backdrop.
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I’m not sure that this will actually eventuate, though it will be interesting to see how the locals react. If the games [...]
Wierd: Took a Suzhou taxi today with seat belts.
Passive Aggressive: Mainland officials refuse to refer to Taiwanese athletes as Zhonghua Taipei (ethnic Chinese) instead Zhongguo Taipei implying ownership and governance. Still insist there is no place in sport for politics.
Sad: U2, Beastie Boys and Radiohead are among the groups Chinese may never see on their [...]
Having seen these on Sinosplice via Micah and well translated and flashmogrified by The China Expat
China according to Shanghainese
China according to Beijingers
This came through the email today, a map of how Taiwanese see the rest of the world.
Not going to translate right now, but Africa is where you mother threatens to send you if you [...]
I commented on Jenny’s blog post regarding this letter in The Taipei Times, then realised it (my comment) summed up my thoughts perfectly:
As an outsider I saw a fiercely fought democratic election. Ironic given they practically voted this right away. I challenge anyone who voted red to live in China for a year and try exercising the same level of freedom of [...]
I saw this music video when I was in Taiwan over the Chinese New Year and thought it was pretty cool and given hiphops roots and the context of modern day Taiwan’s political and cultural scene, appropriate. Some clever parallels between mainstream hip-hop imagery and contemporary Taiwan, which is very much a mishmash of past [...]
