Butterflies of Taiwan

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Robert Kelly, Taiwan Takes Wing; Following a Butterfly Migration. Wall
Street Journal, Feb. 5, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126529648512940447.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

My comment:
(a) Yellow Butterfly Valley 黃蝶翠谷 (at 高雄縣美濃鎮)

From the web site of 美濃鎮公所:

"地名由來

"美濃原名「瀰濃」，在日治時代大正九年即西元一九二○年，被日人依其本國地名 [
岐阜県美濃市, Mino Shi, Gifu Prefecture] 改為美濃。至於「瀰濃」的由來說法多
達七種，其中以清雍正中葉繪製的「雍正台灣輿圖」出現的「彌濃山」，是最早出現「
彌濃」二字。

"在各種不同說法中，其中以美濃開庄伯公碑文中「墾上蒼此土可大亦可久，將弈世而
瀰濃…」，因此定名為瀰濃。另一種說法是，乾隆初年，美濃庄之所以取名「瀰濃」，
乃因該地以水為源，汲用不絕，而取瀰，居民以農為生，而取濃。

(b) chestnut tiger 大絹斑蝶
(c) Jhan Jia-long, Maolin: Purple butterfly valley. Undated.
http://librarywork.taiwanschoolnet.org/gsh2009/gsh5739/web_16.htm
(d) Tatajia See
塔塔加 - 政府入口網-台灣看透透
http://webcam.www.gov.tw/webcam_view.php?view=58
("塔塔加(TATAKA)曹族原住民語言，意為寬闊、平台草原的地方")


-------------Separately
(1) Taiwan burglars use toy helicopter to spot targets. DPA, Feb. 7, 2010.
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1531566.php/Taiwan-burglars-use-toy-helicopter-to-spot-targets

(2) Doug Palmer, U.S. slaps duties on ribbons from China, Taiwan. Reuters,
Feb. 6, 2010.
http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-45953520100206
(US slaps anti-dumping duties on China up to 231.4% and Taiwan up to 4.54%
although Taiwan has exported more: $68.1 million from Taiwan and $32.7
million from China in 2007; $32.4 million from Taiwan and $12.1 million from
China in first 11 months of 2009)

(3) Ralph Jennings and Kelvin Soh, Taiwan approves private jet flight to
China. Feb. 5, 2010.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100205/tpl-uk-taiwan-china-flight-9562ed3.html

My comment: BBC Chinese reports it was a 8-seat G550 of     Savannah,
Georgia-based Gulfstream.

(4) Daniel Erikson, The Politics of Disaster Relief: China, Taiwan and the
Haitian Earthquake. China Brief, Feb. 4, 2010.
http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=36009&tx_ttnews[backPid]=7&cHash=f7656b6af1
("Yet, once China’s eight-member police delegation was recovered, the team
ceased its work at the U.N. site and was later seen departing the country,
provoking criticism that China’s efforts in Haiti were motivated by narrow-
minded nationalism")

My comment:
(a) China Brief 中国简报 is a publication of The Jamestown Foundation, which
has the headquarters at Washington, DC.
(b) China denied it, but some Westerners in Haiti insisted it was true.

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