Eric Jou's discussions
I love it. So many supporters of Taiwan!
Shame Taiwan isn't helping itself as it grows closer and closer with China. Also to discount Taiwan's connection to China is also something unrealistic. Having lived an worked in Taipei and now living and working in Beijing, I can say Taiwan's issues are similar to the… Read more
The mainland actually now because of policies passed by President Ma, is able affect domestic matters in Taiwan =[ which is really scary. They're able to affect Taiwan through trade regulations and the like. The modern KMT is a shadow of their former self.
Definitely - Reunification should only happy after China truly… Read more
Clumping in Taiwan to this is on a technical level - People's Republic of China and the Republic of China <—-They both want to claim China, so I'm in the camp of putting the two together.
Taiwan's an iffy subject for me. Culturally and historically Taiwan is Chinese - many of the older generation of Taiwanese were… Read more
This is said because of China's stance on Taiwan. I see i also left out Macao T-T.
HK and Macao being special administrative regions have "free reign". Taiwan being independent has it's own laws and regulations - however in the context of the mainland I tend to err on the side that Taiwan is separate from China but at… Read more
First of all, thank you!
That said, there are loads of great articles to be read on Kotaku! I would fathom to say that I am the dumbest and least educated of our lot! It has been a great privilege and honour to be working with the Kotaku staff - they're awesome <—-(blatant ass kissing/being totally honest aside let's… Read more
There is pressure for the WTO and China will have to deal with it, however right now as a rising power with loads of cash to throw around they hold all the leverage. However i disagree with everyone who says China can become a consumer economy like the way the US is. It's not possible. I'd love to explain it but… Read more
Thanks for writing! I'd love to write a multi-part series but I don't think I'd do it a great service, maybe if I get more people to add into it, that would help!
Personally, the reason why I held back on some of the more tangential elements, I wouldn't say I was grasping, more rather that I didn't want to detract from… Read more
Good point!!
It was definitely not my intention! When I went with this picture, I was thinking this: I want a photo of a console, and something representing China! So i went with literally the best picture I could find on this. The other was Mao and a PS4 but I felt Tiananmen had more subtext - Tank Man and all. Read more
It can work if there was law enforcement and law to help companies with the gray market and piracy. It can also work if certain things didn't have a super tax on them so domestic audiences have to resort to either buying cheap products of piracy. But yeah writing this article also made me sad. I want it to work in… Read more
You can definitely move parts from other factories and then slap on the seal. I believe that will be one of the early work arounds.
In regards to the hindering of bigger companies. China's all about protectionism and making money themselves. The Free Trade Zones have been a method of bringing companies to raise China… Read more