On continue avec les news locales. On trouve quelques quotidiens en langue anglaise a Taiwan, pas forcement passionnant quant aux pages internationales mais pour le local c'est souvent tres bon. Hier matin je lisais cet article du Taipei Times qui nous racontait l'histoire du "Black beauty night club". Le plus ancien club de Taipei a 70 ans et vient d'accéder au statut de monument historique. Extrait de l'article: "The building's cultural significance lies in it having witnessed the development of the city's sex industry [...]". Je vous laisse méditer sur cette forme d'ouverture d'esprit qu'on imagine difficilement chez nous (en Hollande?).
Une bonne nouvelle pour les libertés individuelles ici, la police vient de perdre la charge des inspections des ménages... Lisez l'article et dites moi ce que vous comprenez:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/06/06/2003364020
Imaginez la police débarquer chez vous: "Et la vaisselle bordel!"
(L'article sur le Black Beauty night club: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/06/06/2003364021 )
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Mal a la tete (Welcome back)
Did not post for a while. I've been on vacation in May, then back to France for 3 weeks and just arrived in Taiwan this week end. Woke up at 9am on Saturday because of the workers in the apartment under mine. Nine in the morning on a Saturday, they were breaking walls... I managed to make them stop but it was not really easy, none of them quite understood what was wrong. Later that day I discussed with a friend's Taiwanese wife.
"Except if it's 6am in Taiwan you can not complain if people are working". Well, I did not complain about their work actually, but more about the noise....
A few changes in Taiwan recently. Mister Donuts shops are spreading but that's not so significant (it still opens at 11am, Donuts for lunch??). The Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial hall finally changed name. It was named after the dictator who ruled Taiwan after WWII. For sure some Taiwanese people don't like to remember this man as a great figure. But the move probably comes from the pressure of China's government. The building's English name is now something like "Taiwan democracy memorial hall". I don't know what they will do with the huge statue of the dictator and his collection of Cadillac limos visitors can find in the building. Someone may eventually point out the mismatch with the "democracy memorial hall".
You can find details here: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/05/10/2003360233
"Except if it's 6am in Taiwan you can not complain if people are working". Well, I did not complain about their work actually, but more about the noise....
A few changes in Taiwan recently. Mister Donuts shops are spreading but that's not so significant (it still opens at 11am, Donuts for lunch??). The Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial hall finally changed name. It was named after the dictator who ruled Taiwan after WWII. For sure some Taiwanese people don't like to remember this man as a great figure. But the move probably comes from the pressure of China's government. The building's English name is now something like "Taiwan democracy memorial hall". I don't know what they will do with the huge statue of the dictator and his collection of Cadillac limos visitors can find in the building. Someone may eventually point out the mismatch with the "democracy memorial hall".
You can find details here: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/05/10/2003360233
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