Chinese Python Swallowing the Taiwan Frog

Political Beats Strait-Talk

January 3, 2012January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 1 Comment 2012 Taiwan elections, analysis of China, Chen Chu Kaohsiung Mayor, chen shui-bian, cross-strait ties, Formosa Kaohsiung incident, Linda Arrigo, ma ying-jeou, Rebiya Kadeer, Shih Ming-te 施明德

OPINION / By Linda Arrigo (permission to republish; originally here) The New York Times editorial, “To Save Our Economy, Ditch Taiwan”, has raised my hackles – I always warned Taiwanese independence advocates that the US would sell them out, and here it is literal. I have not been following the

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Taiwan’s Unsung Hero: A Tribute to Linda Arrigo

American Taels Expat Chat

July 18, 2011March 1, 2019 Trista di Genova 4 Comments 2-28 incident, aboriginal culture in Taiwan, aboriginal naming rights, Amnesty International, chen shui-bian, DPP, Formosa Kaohsiung incident, human rights, Kaohsiung, KMT, Lee teng-hui, Lin family murders, Linda Gail Arrigo 艾琳達 Ài Líndá, Lynn Miles, martial law in Taiwan, Political Beats, political dissidents, pro-Taiwan independence movement, Shih Ming-te 施明德, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan history, Tien Chao-min, US military in Taiwan, White Terror

One of the most underappreciated intellectuals around, for decades Linda Gail Arrigo has stuck to her guns and stood up for human rights in Taiwan. She should be thanked for always being a truth-teller, and providing authorities with at times a much-needed cattleprod to their conscience [Note:Other publications have declined

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