fiLi’s world => Is the Chinese government against Lonely Planet on the Taiwan issue?
Politics, politics, politics. There’s fodder there for a hundred thousand blogs, but that’s just not my scene.
Anyway, once in a while you just have to stand up and be counted.
Some (not all, by any means) mainland Chinese and most certainly the government of mainland China have got their heads up their butts so far if you shined a light down their throats they could see their own stomach lining.
Taiwan is not part of the People’s Republic of China – never has been. From what I can tell, even when it was controlled by the government of China (that is, the governments prior to the PRC, and not including the times its been under the sovereignty of other countries entirely) it’s been a unwanted outpost occupied by headhunters, fortune seekers, pirates and scoundrels escaping the mainland.
I could write volumes on some of the antics of some of their brainwashed minions, even in an inconsequential place like Phoenix, as they’ve tried to erase the name Taiwan from everything from posters, cultural events and newspapers. They’re so fanatical, it’s like talking to a fundamentalist. The refrigerator door is open, the cold has already gotten out and the light is burnt out.
Anyway, what gets me on today’s rant:
Apparently, Chinese authorities are now confiscating Lonely Planet guidebooks at the border because they have a map which shows Taiwan in a different color than China – “implying†that Taiwan and China aren’t the same country. Just try getting into Taiwan with a Chinese visa and the reality will hit you like a brick.
From fiLi’s world:
Is the Chinese government against Lonely Planet on the Taiwan issue?
Oooo… there’s a weird story for you. Apparently, some Israeli tourists going to travel in China with the latest Lonely Planet book were asked to hand in their very expensive book at the border-crossing due to its ‘political nature’ showing maps of China which color Taiwan in a different color suggesting that Taiwan is not a part of China.
The article sites several examples and is worth a read.
They really are like a bunch of kids on a temper tantrum.
Incidentally, I found that article by way of The View From Taiwan Blog which I read regularly.