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Morning Paper
Xindian, Taiwan
Darren @ July 4, 2009
My mom talks to the Wallflowers!
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My brother went to a a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wallflowers”Wallflowers/a concert and for some reason decided to call my mom during the show. I’m not exactly sure what happened, but my brother ended up onstage and one of the Wallflower guys (sorry, don’t know enough about the band to know their names and all that stuff) ended up talking to my mom on the phone. Naturally, my mom is very excited about this.br /br /object width=”425″ height=”344″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/PIfyFB8f50Ycolor1=0xb1b1b1color2=0xcfcfcffeature=player_embeddedfs=1″/paramparam name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/paramparam name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”always”/paramembed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/PIfyFB8f50Ycolor1=0xb1b1b1color2=0xcfcfcffeature=player_embeddedfs=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” allowScriptAccess=”always” width=”425″ height=”344″/embed/objectbr /br /In other news, it’s the 4th of July and I get no BBQ or fireworks over here in Taiwan! What a tragedy. Happy 4th to all my American friends and family! Please eat a chicken wing slathered in fatty, tangy BBQ sauce for me, and light a few illegal fireworks from Mexico. Might as well go all the way, right?div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22058421-8853905658315085103?l=www.cahleen.com’//divimg src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cahleen/~4/gbtuc5uY25M” height=”1″ width=”1″/
Cahleen Hudson @ July 4, 2009
Assembly Law attacks freedom of speech
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The Taiwan Association for Human Rights (???????; TAHR) and Forum Asia have released a joint statement calling on Taiwan to respect and protect freedom of assembly by dropping charges against two prominent human rights defenders and amend the Parade and Assembly Law (?????) in accordance to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
The two human rights defenders are Lin Chia-fan (???), President of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR), and Lee Ming-tsung (???), Vice-Chairperson of Amnesty International (AI) Taiwan and assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at NTU. Lee and Lin were charged under Article 29 of the Parade and Assembly Law for their involvement in two separate protests in November 2008. Lee was involved in a sit-in outside the Executive Yuan on 6-7 November that marked the beginning of the Wild Strawberry Movement (?????). Lin led a demonstration at the Legislative Yuan on 19 November calling for amendments to the Parade and Assembly Law.
A recent article (??) on the Wild Strawberry Movement’s blog says that police presented 20 photographs of Lee holding a megaphone as proof that he planned and led the protest outside the Executive Yuan. The article asks the question whether every person at the protest who held the megaphone could be considered to have been involved in planning the protest. It asks all people at the protest to e-mail photos or video that can be used as evidence of what really happened in front of the Executive Yuan on those two days.
Another case involving the Assembly Law was also in the news today. The Taipei Times reported Panai Luni was served with notice of a fine of NT$30,000 for leading a protest outside the KMT headquarters in Taipei in March this year. The protest was against the demolition of the Saowac Community of Amis people by the Taoyuan County Government. Deputy Precinct Chief Hsu Shao-tsong (???) was quoted as saying Panai was holding the microphone and giving orders and therefore held responsible.
Residents of the Sanying Community in Taipei County and the Saowac and Kanjin Communities in Taoyuan County and supporters went to the Zhongshan Police Station in Taipei yesterday to turn themselves in for participating in the March protest. The police accepted a list of 50 people who said they would voluntarily surrender to police.
These cases represent an ongoing attack by the government on freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. I earlier wrote an article arguing that freedom of assembly is a basic right. The Parade and Assembly Law is unconstitutional and must be abolished. For as long as this law exists Taiwanese people cannot enjoy 100% freedom of speech.
Related posts:
- Freedom of assembly is a basic right
- Violence and hatred must be condemned
- Wild Strawberries take to the streets
- Wild Strawberries ready for nonviolent action
- Assembly Law amendments restrict rights
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David Reid @ July 3, 2009
Five For Friday – Night Markets
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The night market is an important facet of Asian lifestyle and this weeks 5 takes a look at some of Taiwan’s night markets. Ranging from a few tables on a sidewalk to closed off streets and purpose-built marketplaces, night markets are an essential part of Taiwan’s xiaochi (small eats) culinary culture.
In general, most night markets have a mixture of stalls with snack food, drinks, clothing, toys, games and entertainment. Staple foods abound, such as stinky tofu and oyster omelets, and there are almost always crowds of people strolling, shopping and eating.
Some night markets have achieved a level of fame that makes people travel long distances just to visit. Famous ones include Shilin and Raohe night markets in Taipei, Fenjia night market in Taichung, Liouhe in Kaohsiung, Miaukou in Keelung and Siaobei night market in Tainan.
At certain night markets, or at certain times of year, specialty foods are offered. During dragon boat festival, rice dumplings known as zongzi can be found at night markets everywhere.
For anyone living in or visiting Taiwan, a trip to a night market is a must and they can be found in all cities and towns.
Don’t forget to come back on Sunday for another photographer spotlight. Until then, feel free to share this post with family and friends.
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Five For Friday – Night Markets
Craig @ July 3, 2009
the Daily Someone – July 2nd
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Manicure on the Street
Yonghe, Taiwan
Darren @ July 2, 2009
Saturday night in small town, provincial China
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Part of a series by British novelist Jonathan Chandler, entitled “Low on the Hai” (Lowdown on Shanghai).
Scoopstar @ July 2, 2009
Europe video up
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I finally got the travel video from my trip to France and Spain over last Chinese new year break up:
It’s the first video I’ve done with the Panasonic LX3, and while it is good with low-light situations and has a wider, faster lens, the colors seem more muted than those of the Canons I’ve used before, the vertical lines are more egregious, and the image stabilization isn’t quite as good, either. That said, it did ok considering, and I enjoyed making this video to give you a taste of what the trip was like, in addition to the endless blogging and pictures (which I still haven’t finished putting up on Flickr.com yet). It’s 46 minutes long, with moderate swearing, but no nudity this time. Heh.
Poagao @ July 2, 2009
Beijing bound
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In less than seven hours I’ll be leaving on my first trip to Beijing in fifteen years … and of course I’m not finished packing yet.
While I’m there I’ll of course be doing my usual thing of finding sloppy Pinyin and signage to complain about here. But I’m also hopeful that I’ll be able to pick up some more old tracts in Sin Wenz. Recommendations on where to look would be greatly appreciated.
Pinyin Info @ July 2, 2009
the Daily Someone – July 1st
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100? Haircut
Xindian, TaiwanDarren @ July 1, 2009
the Daily Someone – June 30th
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The Salon
Xindian, Taiwan
Darren @ July 1, 2009