nick’s (n)-line life

Wow, I was just reading one my old entries and followed the google link.

Gone!
No more “province of China” malarkey (see old picture).
I checked it out, and yep, google caved in!
Wow, a big corporation like this doing something good? Well I’d like to think so. Call me a cynic, however, but I suspect that it’s more [...]

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Taiwan protests over Google map
Taiwan has asked the internet search engine Google to stop referring to the island as a province of China on its map web site.
Not a fun decision for google to make. Either google continue to piss off Taiwan, or they get it in the [...]

Ok, ok, I know it’s old, but I only just heard about it. Photo says it all:

(from Taiwan)

Taiwan has just reported that it fired it’s first cruise missile back in May. They’re going to be in full production by the end of the year and will allow Taiwan to make strategic strikes against targets all over Southern China…

Image courtesy of Yahoo News

Somehow I can’t imagine that Beijing will be very pleased. Let’s [...]

Taiwan’s National Assembly has Today announced constitutional reforms that, commentators say, will take it closer to becoming an independent state. The new legislation halves the size of the legislature and requires referenda to be held on certain contentious issues.
The move has drawn fierce criticism from Beijing which fears that the legislation will lead to a [...]

Sorry to pander to the rather popularist slandering of the lovely American president but the following caught my eye:
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Bush says Amnesty report ‘absurd’

US President George Bush has dismissed as “absurd” an Amnesty International report that said the US was setting back the cause of human rights.
The human rights [...]