President Chen recently visited Taiwan’s Military Police Academy, and was warmly received. Maybe too warmly, it seems:
…we were surprised and shocked to see footage of the cadets being led in bizarre cheers for President Chen, including calling the president a "handsome boy" and "my chocolate".
The China Post denounces this as toadyism and a breach of the military’s political neutrality. As far as I’m concerned though, being called "handsome boy" and "my chocolate" by a group of armed men in uniform sounds a lot more creepy than flattering, any day.
UPDATE (Oct 12/06): In the impartial style that it calls it’s own, the China Post reports how these cheers were later repeated during Taiwan’s National Day:
[When Chen Shui-bian appeared at the ceremonies,] opposition leaders [taunted him with] the toadying mumbo jumbo of Military Police Academy cadets: "President, President, you’re my chocolate!"
I can’t help but think that the officers of the Academy deliberately ordered the initial chants because they knew how ridiculous they were, and they knew the mockery the president would subsequently be subjected to.