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Wednesday, 16 December 2009

陳雲林 Chen YunLin Tries To Steal Christmas

China's emissary Chen YunLin (陳雲林) is visiting Taichung, Taiwan, to discuss ECFA from December 21 to 25, in a desperate effort to ruin the holiday season and good will towards men in the usually relaxed and sunny central city.

His visit to Taipei City last November was met with more animosity than he thought the Taiwanese people capable of.

In one of the calmer moments outside the Jing Hua Hotel in Taipei, satirical cartoonist "Fisherman" (魚夫) leads a protest with the founder of Ming Shi FTV 民視, a channel prominent in the Pro-Democracy movement, Mr Chai Tong Rong (at 3:45min.).



This year, the KMT have "asked" many stores along Taichung's wider streets to close shop days before the arrival, hindering daily business to give the Chinese man the impression of a warm reception, and wasting Taiwan's tax dollars on bodygaurds for the visitor that has already overstayed his welcome.

Thus, Fisherman is among the many media personalities calling the nation's population to document the behavioural details of Mr Chen during this visit: through the widespread use of mobile phones, live videos, and footage uploads to Youtube.com, the idea is to "catch him alive", so to speak.



Chen YunLin's persistent visits to our country aggravate the traffic, business, and livelihood of the busy Taiwanese people enough without the distractions (barriers) put in place by the fiscally irresponsible KMT. We are not impressed. Go Away: "Do not pass GO, do not collect 200 dollars".

National Holidays and Reminders

  • Jan 1. Founding Day (ROC 1912), 元旦.
  • Feb 4 or 5. Farmer's Day (Spring begins), 農民節.
  • Feb 28. Peace Memorial Day (1947), 228 和平紀念日.
  • 1ST day of 1st lunar month. Lunar New Year, 春節.
  • 15TH day of 1st lunar month. Latern Festival, 元宵節.
  • Mar 8. Women's Day, 婦女節.
  • Mar 12. Sun Yat-sen's passing (1925), 國父逝世紀念日.
  • Mar 29. Youth Day, 青年節.
  • Apr 4. Children's Day, 婦幼節.
  • Apr 5. Tomb Sweeping Day, 清明節.
  • May 1. Labour Day, 勞動節.
  • May 4. Literary Day, 文藝節.
  • May 2nd Sunday. Mother's Day, 母親節.
  • 5TH day of 5th lunar month. Dragon Boat Festival, 端午節.
  • Jun 3. Anti-Opiates Movement (First Opium War 1839), 禁煙節.
  • Aug 8. Father's Day, 父親節.
  • 15TH day of 7th lunar month. Ghost Festival, 中元節.
  • Sep 3. ROC (Taiwan) Armed Forces Day, 軍人節.
  • Sep 28. Teachers' Day, Confucius' Birthday, 孔子誕辰紀念日.
  • 15TH day of 8th lunar month. Mid-Autumn Festival ( Moon Festival), 中秋節.
  • Oct 10. Nation Day (1911), 國慶日.
  • Oct 21. Overseas-Mandarins' Day, 華僑節.
  • Oct 25. Taiwan Returns Day (Japan leaves, 1945), 台灣光復節.
  • Nov 12. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday, 國父誕辰紀念日.
  • Dec Between 20-22. Winter Solstice, 冬至.
  • Dec 25. Christmas. Constitution Day (1947), 行憲紀念日.