Jerusalem, Taiwan and US

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(1) Harriet Robbins Ost, US Supreme Court to Decide Where Jewish Boy Was Born. UPI, Nov. 6, 2011
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2 ... /UPI-52411320577200

Quote:

"Taiwan -- which is the second elephant-in-the-room

"In the early 1990s, the State Department refused to allow Americans born in Taiwan to have Taiwan named as their place of birth on passports. The official US policy held there is but one China and Taiwan is not a separate country. The Department's position was that allowing Taiwan on passports would adversely affect its interactions with China's communist leadership. In 1994, Congress passed a law instructing the State Department to permit Americans born in Taiwan to have their birthplace listed as Taiwan on passports. The State Department complied with the congressional directive despite vigorous communist protest.

My comment:
(a) When I learned of the case half a year ago when Supreme Court announced it would accept the case, I was unaware of the previous imbroglio over Americans' birth on Taiwan.
(b) What I was aware of at the time was
Roger CS Lin v United States, 561 F.3d 502 (CADC 2009), cert denied 130 SCt 202 (2009)  
http://law.justia.com/cases/fede ... 554-2011-03-24.html
(appeal from Lin v United States, 539 FSupp2d 173 (DDC 2008))


(2) 马英九与杨照对话 聚焦台湾民主及对大陆影响. VOA Chinese, Nov 6, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... t-Ma-133320093.html

Quote:

"杨照曾担任民进党国际事务部主任，现在是《新新闻周刊》副社长兼总主笔。

"杨照表示，中国大陆碰到的最大瓶颈是社会严重不公平，所以很多年轻人充满焦虑，他们问道，为什么有些人这么有钱？为什么有些人这么穷？年轻人因为不知道未来而恐慌。杨照认为，台湾在这方面慢慢建立了规范，年轻人大概会知道，如果我努力，我大概会到哪里？至少我不会掉到哪里去。

(3) 美国会下属机构敦促政府向台湾出售F-16C/D 战机. VOA Chinese, Nov 6, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... F-16-133319943.html

Note: This report merely expands on the last paragraph of
Jim Wolf, EXCLUSIVE - Arms Deliveries to Taiwan Lag: US Draft Study. Reuters, Nov 5, 2011
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/11/04/idINIndia-60337720111104
("The commission, in its draft, recommended Congress enact legislation requiring the administration to accept a formal Taiwan request for 66 new late-model Lockheed Martin F-16 C/D fighter aircraft, a potential $8.2 billion deal")
, which was featured in my posting yesterday.

(4) Shan Li, Family-Run Business Has a Leg Up at Halloween; Sisters Melody and Amy Tsai help run Leg Avenue, a costume and lingerie company in the City of Industry that had $87 million in sales last year. Los Angeles Times, Oct 31, 2011.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-himi-tsai-20111030,0,5165655.story
("Originally from Taiwan, the Tsai family immigrated to Southern California in 1984 in search of financial stability")

Note:
(a) Industry, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry,_California
(b) sassy (adj; alteration of Saucy): "IMPUDENT"
www.m-w.com
(c) For swap meet, see flea market
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flea_market
(Different English-speaking countries use varying names for flea markets. In Australian English, they are called trash and treasure markets, trash and trivia or (more commonly) swap meets; section 2 Origin)