Live Nude Girls!

No, not really, but ChinaSmack shows that the Emperor may not be wearing all that much in the line of clothes. Oh, sorry, not an emperor. What is the term for the supreme authority of a political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations? Oh right. An emperor.

Power. You can smell it over there. It smells like this guy. According to a friend who has been living near Shenzhen, due to this posting, the government official no longer has a job. Yep, they're cleaning house. Which reminds me, I still haven't seen Kung Fu Hustle or Shaolin Soccer. I wonder where I could find these movies.

Oh, maybe in China. Anyway. ChinaSmack. What a great site. Coming soon to an island under me?

And There They Go

They came, they saw, they bought pineapple cakes, pork buns, and filthy Western Books.

The Taiwan News article knows how many came when they got here (753) and what they bought (stuff) and what they complained about at the airport (long lines... GMAFB) but they didn't have a head count on how many left at the end of their 8 or 10 day package tours.


A few days ago the Taipei Times reported that "each Chinese tourist in the Nanjing group on average has pumped in approximately NT$60,000 into Taiwan’s economy."

They also had a quote from another young lady who was miffed about something in the airport. Apparently someone's bags were too heavy:

“This is probably the worst airport I have ever seen!” a female passenger said. “Why do we have to weigh our luggage here and pay the overweight charge at the other side of the counter?”

Duhh! So we can pay the person who weighs the bags (and his assistant) as well as the person who takes the money (and his assistant). What, how do they do things in China?

Both stories ratted out someone noting that behind the cakes, and the food, and smutty romance novels, red coral was a hot seller. I hope it was the famous Taiwanese Plastic Red Coral.

UPDATE! Taiwan's population has grown by 3 and China's has fallen by a similar number. Or not, if "one remains at large" is as ominous as it sounds.

Here they are somewhere

Well, between 653 to "over 750" tourists from the Mainland have had their first weekends in paradise with either polite discussions or not with Falungong supporters in Taipei. I'm guessing the final count on how many tourists turn up missing won't be complete for a couple weeks, as they are allowed to stay in the country for 8-10 days, according to the Taiwan News article "Chinese visitors given clean bill of health." The headline kind of conjures images of the physical examinations from the Ellis Island days.

Cooler heads have prevailed in Kaoshuing, as the mayor counseled area business owners to act "non-chalant, the Chinese are coming." Apparently, flying the PRC flag over your business is too over, and she advised folks to "act naturally." I think there are some who would argue the point that in going overboard, business owners were acting naturally.

Betel Nut Girls (God Bless Them) were requested to wear more conservative attire while the tourists were in town, lest someone get the wrong impression. So, they're cleaning up the toilets, but taking away the scantily clad broads. I'm not so sure this is an even trade.