Roll Out The Red Carpet – The Foreigner in Formosa

From the Dec 30th edition of the China Post:

. . . the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has accused President Ma Ying-jeou of selling out Taiwan's interests when he dashed hopes of a visit by the Dalai Lama next year. "The Dalai Lama has visited Taiwan twice, but at the current moment, the timing isn't appropriate for that," was Ma's response. But days later, he said the Dalai Lama was always welcome.

But that's not the end of the story. Because what Ma does is much more important than what he says. You wanna send a message, send a telegram. Or better yet, a few days after issuing your "sincere invitation", demonstrate just exactly HOW welcome the Buddhist leader is — by violating the rights of Tibetans. Maybe it'll make him feel right at home!

From the Dec 12th edition of the Taipei Times:

More than 100 Tibetans have been staging a sit-in at Liberty Square in Taipei since Tuesday, demanding that the government grant them legal resident status or at least a work permit.

They were forcibly removed from the demonstration site and dropped off in the outskirts of the city, including Guandu (關渡), Nangang (南港) and in the mountains in Neihu (內湖) at around 3am yesterday.

[A] majority of the group — who speak little Mandarin — struggled to find their way back . . .

Mi casa es su casa, indeed. You can spot a phony like Ma a mile away.

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“Mi casa es su casa, indeed. You can spot a phony like Ma a mile away.”
Except when you’re Taiwanese, it seems ;>)
They’re beginning to know what he’s all about now, though — judging by the polls.
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