Driving Under The Influence (of democratic values)

A Chinese man on Taiwanese bus tour complains about a negative portrayal of Mao Tse-Tung being shown in a BBC documentary. Upon hearing this, the Chinese Communist Party proceeds to lay down the law:

…the Chinese travel agency organizing the tour demanded that the Taiwanese travel agency stop showing anti-Communist documentaries on tour buses carrying Chinese tourists, … [and] it also demanded that Taiwanese guides refrain from expressing points of view different from their Chinese clients. [emphasis added]

Fortunately, the Taiwanese Tourist Bureau told the CCP to get bent. Whether it would respond similarly under a Hung Hsiu-chu administration however, is a question we will fortunately never have the misfortune of ever having to answer.

China Celebrates The 70th Anniversary Of Its Defeat By Fascism

After all, one can hardly argue China was victorious, given its implementation of so many aspects of the fascist program:

There is a man who runs an orphanage in China, and schools, who, during the terrible years before we adopted her, was the only father, helper, and protector my daughter ever knew.

 

His name is Xin Lijian, chairman and founder of the Xinfu Education Group. My daughter just calls him ‘The Chairman.’

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He was arrested in the middle of the night by Chinese authorities and is being held without access to his lawyer.

Chinese political prisoner Xin Lijian.

(Image of political prisoner Xin Lijian from ScifiWright.com)

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Investment Opportunity For Lien Chan And Like-Minded Quislings

Chinese Communists seek outside investment to fund their military ship-building program

Who knows? For his generous contribution, the ChiComs might even name an aircraft carrier after the old boy.

Cartoon of former KMT chairman Lien Chan wearing a People's Liberation Army uniform while saluting in front of the flag of Communist China.

(KMT chairman emeritus Lien Chan in his new People's Liberation Army duds following his disgraceful attendance and endorsement of a Communist military parade. Image from Holy Mosquito)

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Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Declares, “I am the Law!”

A spokesman for Leung Chun-ying insists Hong Kong has no separation of powers, and his boss maintains authority over ALL branches of government.

Beijing loyalist, Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying

(Image of Leung Chun-ying from the Shenzen Standard)

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KMT-Affiliated Buddhist Monk Jumps Ship

Master Hsing Yun comes out against the KMT presidential candidate and in favor of Taiwan's main independence party:

Hsing … spoke with Tsai [Ying-wen] and called her “Taiwan’s Goddess Matsu,” saying that Tsai would definitely be elected president.

Sounds vaguely blasphemous to me – but I'm no Buddhist, so what the hell do I know?

Buddhist master Hsing Yun jumps ship, from the KMT presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu's sinking coffin to the boat of Tsai Ying-wen (the DPP's candidate).

(Hsing Yun leaps into Tsai Ying-wen's boat (DPP) from Hung Hsiu-chu's sinking coffin (KMT). Tsai appears thrilled with his endorsement. Image from Holy Mosquito)

POSTSCRIPT: Ha. I take it that's KMT chairman emeritus Lien Chan dressed in a People's Liberation Army officer uniform on Holy Mosquito's cover photo.

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Communist Party’s Preferred Candidate Touts CCP’s Terms Of Surrender For Taiwan

Complying with the Butchers of Beijing's "One China" policy is just "common sense", claims KMT presidential contender Hung Hsiu-chu

Yoda saying, 'That is why you fail.'

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For Enlightenment, Click The “Like” Button

Spotted earlier today on Facebook:

The KMT's presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu photoshopped to look like a Buddhist bodhisattva

This strikes me as a little mean. KMT presidential contender Hung Hsiu-chu's religion is her religion, and if it brings her comfort during difficult times then I can't find it in myself to belittle her for it.

However…

The mandarins of Taiwan's Kuomintang do like to go on about how Confucian agnosticism is the one and only true path to public policy decision-making. So I eagerly await to hear their sneers now that one of their own has abandoned their central article of faith.

POSTSCRIPT: Hmm, well it looks like what's being satirized here isn't necessarily her religious views per se, but her comparison of herself to a type of Buddhist saint as well as a Buddhist warrior-angel:

“Read [the sutras], pray to a bodhisattva, but also be a bodhisattva,” Hung said. “In the face of Taiwan’s populism and hypocrisy, maybe I should also be a Vajrapani [warrior-attendant to the Buddha] that safeguards virtuous values.”

A Buddhist Vajrapani (warrior attendant to the Buddha).

(Vajrapani image from Photobucket)

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Lien Chan Returns After Celebrating The Marvelous Exploits Of The People’s Liberation Army

If the KMT's chairman emeritus wishes to tie his party to the Butchers of Beijing and their PLA stormtroopers, that can certainly be arranged.

The KMT's Lien Chan and Hung Hsiu-chu with an image of bloody Chinese tank treads running over a bicycle at Tiananmen Square.

Welcome back to Taiwan, Lien Chan. Not everyone has a good time at Tiananmen Square, but you enjoyed yourself.

And that's the important thing.

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KMT Chairman Emeritus Lien Chan Disappointed With Paucity Of Communist Propaganda In Taiwanese History Courses

Helpfully offers to rectify this unbearable situation by allowing joint teams of propagandists from the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party to re-write the history books

A seated Lien Chan saying, 'Will collaborate with Communists for business concessions.'

 

Joe Hung saying, 'Collaborate? Did someone say, Collaborate?'

I think Lien's found his first volunteer.

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Hung Hsiu-chu Returns Tanned, Rested…

…and ready for a thrashing in Taiwan's January presidential election

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu’s (洪秀柱) campaign team yesterday said that Hung would return to her normal schedule today, ending the “temporary break from daily campaign activities” she announced late on Wednesday night.

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[But even] KMT spokesperson Yang Wei-chung (楊偉中) mocked [her recent Buddhist-related Facebook] post, saying, without specifically referring to Hung, “[are we going to have] a union of religion and state now?”

Evidence her own party has stopped lampooning her behind her back, and does it now directly to her face.