What’s more provocative: visiting friends or threatening a military invasion? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rumored to be visiting Taiwan in August, to see our friends who have made the most miraculous political advances of the last half century, from a repressive authoritarian society through four decades of martial law to arguably the most democratic […]
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“‘One country two systems’ has been tested and proved time and again,” Chinese ruler Xi Jinping told his hand-picked Hong Kong audience last week, “and there is no reason to change such a good system.” Twenty-five years into that “good system” — created when the United Kingdom signed it over to the Chinese Communist Party […]
Paul is on the road, so it is time to reminisce — about a previous trek of his, to Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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Sunflower & Hawaii
March 18 marks the 8th anniversary of the 2014 Sunflower Student Movement, wherein students occupied the Taiwanese legislature to block a trade agreement between Taiwan and China, which the public came to believe gave too much economic leverage to China, a power that regularly threatens to invade the free and democratic island nation. The event […]
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Chen Shui-bian
Our Taiwan road is “a road of democracy, a road of freedom, a road of human rights, and a road of peace for Taiwan.” Taiwan is our country. Our country should not be bullied, dwarfed, marginalized, and localized. Speech (August 5, 2002), by Chen Shui-bian, former president of Taiwan (2000-2008).
“You are living proof of this nation’s democracy,” former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently told his hosts in Taipei, Taiwan, accepting an award honoring his work to strengthen relations between our two countries. He was referring to a small group of protesters outside his hotel. “And,” Pompeo added, “you remind me of home.” […]
Last week, when I heard about a power outage across Taiwan, my first thought was the possibility of a Chinese cyberattack which might precede a military attack. It was not that. Thank goodness. But what if it had been? Many have speculated that the Russian invasion of Ukraine might distract the U.S. and thereby encourage […]
Going into the lockdowns and bailouts, a consensus of politicians and their court wizards, the economists, had belittled the specter of inflation. Nowadays, when folks use the term “inflation,” they really mean upward movement on the consumer price index (CPI). Some economists, who have a sense of history,* reserve the word not for price level […]
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Watch: Citizens in Charge
Paul Jacob talks about the biggest political issue: real democracy, where politicians aren’t allowed to manhandle and tyrannize citizens. Watch this weekend’s episode of This Week in Common Sense on Rumble: Or watch on YouTube: Because Paul is on the road this weekend, the main feature of this weekend’s episode is his talk at the […]
Paul Jacob is on the road, so this week he speaks from . . . the past! The year 2019, to be exact, and from Taiwan, to be geographical about it: