tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46461746617597796082011-04-29T23:07:42.655-07:00In a World Where China Matters, Taiwan Matters Even More!dannoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646174661759779608.post-82893775688192808602007-06-18T19:11:00.000-07:002007-12-17T23:14:31.083-08:00<em>This page contains a partial list of oped commentaries written by freelance writer and reporter Dan Bloom (<strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">reporter.bloom AT gmail DOT com</span></strong>) in Taiwan from 1996-2008</em><br /><br /><em><strong>0.00 <span style="font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;">"CKS Hall change to Democracy Hall in 2007 recalls the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989"</span></strong></em><br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/12/14/2003392505">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/12/14/2003392505</a><br /><em><strong></strong></em><br /><em><strong>0.012</strong> <strong>''In a world where China matters, Taiwan should matter even more!''</strong></em><strong><br /></strong><em><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/">http://www.taipeitimes.com</a> [Letter to Editor, unpublished]</em><br /><em></em><br /><em><strong>0.01</strong></em> <span style="color:#3333ff;">Should World Boycott the 2008 Olympics in China?</span><em> <span style="color:#ff0000;">Yes. Maybe.</span> <strong>(2nd letter down)</strong></em><br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/09/16/2003379103">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/09/16/2003379103</a><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br /><strong><em>0.1 <span style="color:#ff0000;">Sarah Gore Marries Bill Lee</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/07/25/2003371199">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/07/25/2003371199</a></em></strong><br /><br />o.2 ''Taiwan Go! - China No!'' [<strong>Letters</strong>: <em><span style="color:#3333ff;">A simple banner says a lot</span></em>]<br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/08/14/2003374192">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/08/14/2003374192</a><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br /><strong><em>1. Taiwan's bid to join the WHO, which China always blocks:</em></strong><br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/01/13/2003219218">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/01/13/2003219218</a><br /><br /><strong><em>2. "Taiwan is a good place to learn Mandarin"</em></strong><br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/07/25/2003320349">www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/07/25/2003320349</a><br /><br />3. Taiawn group says a new Chinese character is needed for 'Jews'<br /><a href="http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=29069">http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=29069</a><br /><br />4. Expats podcast about 'What's Up in Taiwan'<br /><a href="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/supplement/detail.asp?ID=93904&amp;GRP=k">http://www.chinapost.com.tw/supplement/detail.asp?ID=93904&amp;GRP=k</a><br /><br />5. Book review: a comic novel titled "A Taipei Mutt"<br /><a href="http://www.necessaryprose.com/danbloom.htm">http://www.necessaryprose.com/danbloom.htm</a><br /><br />6. A bookseller in Taiwan<br /><a href="http://www.mobylives.com/Bloom_at_large.html">http://www.mobylives.com/Bloom_at_large.html</a><br /><br />7. Freedom of press in China is not assured<br /><a href="http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-eastasia.asp?parentid=61783">http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-eastasia.asp?parentid=61783</a><br /><br />8. Yiddish in Taiwan? Who knew?<br /><a href="http://www.jewishsightseeing.com/writers_directory/dan_bloom/2005-06-04-yiddish_in_taiwan.htm">http://www.jewishsightseeing.com/writers_directory/dan_bloom/2005-06-04-yiddish_in_taiwan.htm</a><br /><br />9. Taiwanese children's book author Chen Chih-Yuan ("Guji, Guji")<br /><a href="http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/site/Tr/ct.asp?xItem=1102&amp;CtNode=128">http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/site/Tr/ct.asp?xItem=1102&amp;CtNode=128</a><br /><a href="http://www.jewishsightseeing.com/writers_directory/dan_bloom/2005-06-14guji%20guji.htm"></a><br /><br />10. Goodbye to Taiwan Province on license plates<br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/01/04/2003343336">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/01/04/2003343336</a><br /><br />11. Book reiview of "Jade Phoenix" by Syd Goldsmith<br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2006/03/12/2003297041">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2006/03/12/2003297041</a><br /><br />12. Book Review: Taiwan protected by 'Silicon Shield'<br /><a href="http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=18985&amp;CtNode=118">http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=18985&amp;CtNode=118</a><br /><br />13. Expat pens novel about life in Taiwan (Dana Standridge, "Lessons in Essence")<br /><a href="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/supplement/110660.htm">http://www.chinapost.com.tw/supplement/110660.htm</a><br /><br />14. Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian<br /><a href="http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=18307&amp;CtNode=122">http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=18307&amp;CtNode=122</a><br /><br />15. Ang Lee's new Hollywood movie titled 'Lust, Caution" (Eileen Chang)<br /><a href="http://dogmatika.com/dm/more.php?id=1637_0_1_0_M15">http://dogmatika.com/dm/more.php?id=1637_0_1_0_M15</a><br /><br />16. The story of Shih Ru-chen (18 years in hiding)<br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/03/05/2003351075">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/03/05/2003351075</a><br /><br />17. <strong>Not Your Grandfather's China (letter to editor, Taipei Times, Providence Journal)<br /></strong><a href="http://johnib.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/not-your-granfathers-china/">http://johnib.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/not-your-granfathers-china/</a><br /><br />18. <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Not easy for Taiwan to join WHO in 2001<br /></span></strong><a href="http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=18735&amp;CtNode=118">http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=18735&amp;CtNode=118</a><br /><br />19. Falung Gong doctor protests Chinese leader's visit to Washington<br /><a href="http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=44686">http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=44686</a><br /><br />20. <strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">A small victory for this small country</span><br /></strong><a href="https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/08/23/2003324496">https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/08/23/2003324496</a><br /><br />21. CNN shows ignorance with on air gaffe<br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/02/04/2003347650">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/02/04/2003347650</a><br /><br />22. The sound of airplanes overhead : Let's hope China evolves (letter to editor)<br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/08/15/2003267841">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/08/15/2003267841</a><br /><br />23. Ben Lind stars in Taiwan TV commerical for tea drink<br /><a href="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:COzJinWYAN8J:www.chinapost.com.tw/news/print/110083.htm+%22Dan+Bloom%22+china&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=6">http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:COzJinWYAN8J:www.chinapost.com.tw/news/print/110083.htm+%22Dan+Bloom%22+china&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=6</a><br /><br />24. China censors some Hollywood films<br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/06/21/2003314771">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/06/21/2003314771</a><br /><br />25. Chan lifts hopes for Taiwan to join the WHO? No way!<br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/11/20/2003337158">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/11/20/2003337158</a><br /><br />26. Taiwan has great tourism potential (2001)<br /><a href="http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=18791&amp;CtNode=122">http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=18791&amp;CtNode=122</a><br /><br />27. Taiwan to continue fight to join WHO (2001)<br /><a href="http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=18735&amp;CtNode=122">http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=18735&amp;CtNode=122</a><br /><br />28. Writing in Chinese is a learning curve for a German expat in Taipei<br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2005/12/18/2003284994">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2005/12/18/2003284994</a><br /><br />29. Chung Cheng University is scenic college campus in south Taiwan<br /><a href="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/travel/96988.htm">http://www.chinapost.com.tw/travel/96988.htm</a><br /><br />30. Tongshih village on west coast of Taiwan is scenic paradise!<br /><a href="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/travel/104139.htm">http://www.chinapost.com.tw/travel/104139.htm</a><br /><br />31. Pilgriammage to Hsingkang for Matsu is Taiwanese tradition<br /><a href="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/print/106388.htm">http://www.chinapost.com.tw/print/106388.htm</a><br /><br />32. The Patrolman meets some tourists in Hsinkang, ETTV<br /><a href="http://www.useless-knowledge.com/1234/apr/article210.html">http://www.useless-knowledge.com/1234/apr/article210.html</a><br /><br />33. Wu Bai &amp; China Blue rock Taiwan!<br /><a href="http://www.fortune-cookie-500.com/PerfectScore.html">http://www.fortune-cookie-500.com/PerfectScore.html</a><br /><br />34. Japanese firm to sell Taiwan bullet train video game<br /><a href="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/supplement/112549.htm">http://www.chinapost.com.tw/supplement/112549.htm</a><br /><br />35. Building bridges with books: TIBE book fair in Taipei<br /><a href="http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=18557&amp;CtNode=122">http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=18557&amp;CtNode=122</a><br /><br />36. Taipei book fair on tap, France put in spotlight at TIBE 2001<br /><a href="http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=18472&amp;CtNode=122">http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=18472&amp;CtNode=122</a><br /><br />37. Lawrence Block visits book fair in Taipei<br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2005/02/20/2003223907">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2005/02/20/2003223907</a><br /><br />38. <strong>Tear Down this Gate, Mr Hu Jintao!</strong><br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/06/20/2003366079">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/06/20/2003366079</a><br /><br />39. 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