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Stocks and Politics: Dick Muri - Running for WA State 9th Congressional District US Representative
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Thursday, October 21, 2010. Dick Muri - Running for WA State 9th Congressional District US Representative. After receiving my ballot a few days ago, I had the idea to once again e-mail the candidates for the 9th District (as I did for the WA State Senatorial Race. Here is what he had to say:. When asked if he had anything more to add, as I did let him know that I might be publishing some or all that he had to say on Taiwan on this blog, he added:. I mentioned a few weeks ago. I believe Mr. Muri's res...
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Stocks and Politics: Calling On Adam Smith
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010. Calling On Adam Smith. To support HCR316 of the 111th congress. As I shot off an e-mail to Congressman Adam Smith of the 9th District in WA, I did some more sleuthing on my representative. On previous HCR's involving support for Taiwan, Adam Smith did vote yes, such as HCR200 of the 110th congress. But as this page notes:. In the House of Representatives. Anyways, back to Adam Smith. For a non-controversial legislation, it doesn't really say much about Smith's stance on...
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Stocks and Politics: Politicizing The Olympics
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Came across an article/top-ten-like-list on athletes who made "major political and social statements." Interestingly, Taiwan came up as one of the "athletes" who made a political statement during the Olympics. Of course we all know how today China blocks Taiwan from entering international organizations and sporting events under the name Taiwan or R.O.C. Taiwan is forced to represent themselves under the name of Chinese Taipei. When they marched into the Olympic stadium for the o...
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Stocks and Politics: WA State Senators Race - On Taiwan
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Thursday, July 29, 2010. WA State Senators Race - On Taiwan. Mr Senatorial Candidate,. Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you. While I do not expect each of them to respond (especially the more popular candidates who may not have time to respond), I'm hoping to at least get one or two responses. And for those wondering what Patty Murray is about on Taiwan? Well I already covered that last year. Senator Murray is silent. Part 1: James (Skip) Mercer. Part 2: Paul Akers. At fault is...
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Stocks and Politics: Economic Integration Leads To Political Integration
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Monday, October 18, 2010. Economic Integration Leads To Political Integration. I came across this article in Canadian Business Online. On how some Taiwanese businessmen view Taiwan as just a stop on their way to making fortunes in China. It's a short article. Huang's belief in economics as a prologue to politics is shared by many members of Taiwan's powerful business community, which provides key backing for President Ma Ying-jeou's signature policy of linking Taiwan's high tech economy to China's lucrat...
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Stocks and Politics: Check Out Taipei Times
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010. Check Out Taipei Times. Looks like they finally revamped their website. To be more "Web 2.0"-like. Although I'm no web expert, so I'm not even sure if that's the correct term. But, nonetheless the greatest part for me is that it loads at least 100% faster than before. For some reason, it used to take 20-30 seconds to load the page whereas now it takes less than 1-2 seconds. Here's what their front page used to look like before:. US would " reassess Taiwan's military needs.
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Stocks and Politics: "Taiwan's" National Day
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Saturday, October 9, 2010. As with previous posts on this topic, I always have to have a * to remind people that this day, while popularly recognized as the national day of Taiwan and is legitimately the national day of "Taiwan," is also legitmately the national day of the Republic of China. As most of you know, the R.O.C. is a Chinese. What I want to bring attention to today though is this article in the Taipei Times today. This lack of support for Ma's presidency is cross-party lines, and it has defini...