Uyghur Riots Fuel Racism and Predjudice

In an effort to stop these Uyghur riots in northwestern China, the Chinese government had been employing harsh policies to crack down on these Nationalists. Not to mention the increased dislike and distrust between the majority Han and the Uyghurs. Such oppression against the rioters draws negative media attention from western news channels. The western point of view is one we have seen before, when it strongly supported the independence of Tibet. The situation is much more complicated than many people and reporters will let you know. Sympathizers and human rights activists will argue that the Han methods are oppressive and cruel, but it is hard to understand the Chinese government's predicament. In the past, they've tried to implement a policy that says "less arrests, less punishment, and more leanient procedures." But such sympathy would be unfair to the Han, and it would be counter-productive because it would actually encourage the Uyghurs to commit crimes because they're not afraid of punishment. Also, you have to realize that many countries want support for Uyghur independence because an independent Uyghur nation would be easy to snatch up or manipulate. If it were any other country in control of Uyghur territory, they would probobly also be adamant on keeping the territory and fending off foreign media attention.

Charity Work in Taiwan from Jet Li

As I wrote in a previous entry, Jet Li, the famous kungfu movie star, makes his appearance in disaster sites and charity organizations all around to world to provide help and more importantly, moral support. As Mr. Li is only one man, the extent of his physical labour abilities are limited, but for the people suffering from natural disasters, it would certainly brighten your day if you knew that a movie star was breaking his back to help in your situation. Those are the circumstances that brought Jet Li to the scene of the most recent disaster, Chishan, in southern Taiwan. Already, news channels have captured videos of this hard working hero unpacking and distributing relief supplies to people who've lost their homes and families to the most recent typhoon. No flashy paparazzi attention for this movie star though, a curt nod and a few seconds on video was the only thing the news crews recieved while Li was heaving supplies to temporary shelters. Jet Li probobly ignores the media attention because he wants to keep his image as a hard working charitable figure. Coming out to the people as a showy movie star would not be the best way to motivate others to do their part in helping disaster stricken areas. But what's the engine behind his selflessness? Obviously he wants to help disaster victims after becoming one himself, but why not just donate money like those millionaires in their mansions? Well for one thing, Jet Li probobly has a lot more spare time than big CEO's who cant leave the office without their companies collapsing. Regardless of his motives, the quality of work and selfless inspiration that disaster victims have recieved from Li rival any monetary donation and inspire many to emulate his example.

Yahoo/Microsoft Search Alliance

Specifically, a search alliance is a way of combining Microsoft's Bing with Yahoo!'s Yahoo! Search engine to produce more accurate and full results. Alone, these two companies probobly get marginally less searches than Google, but this improvement will combine their forces and possibly overcome any rival competetors. What does this mean for the public? It means more precise search results more information per result as well as day to day functions such as sports/stock results and calculators/converters, most of the stuff Bing has already. In the business sense, Yahoo! and Microsoft have made complicated agreements as to "walk away" insurance and management of advertisements. This "walk away" insurance means that if Yahoo! Search/Bing's search query count is too low, or if Yahoo! Seach is being overshadowed by Google to a certain extent, Yahoo! can pull out of the deal immediatly. These events all happened more than a week ago, so we will just have to wait and see for oncoming changes to two of the most famous search engines.

Huntsman Confirmed as Ambassador to China

Yesterday, the United States Senate voted to confirm Jon Huntsman as the new Ambassador to China in the Obama Administration. Rewinding a bit, Huntsman was previously Governer of Utah a few years back but this fact was obviously irrelevant to Obama choosing him as Ambassador. The reasons for this selection are probobly because of Huntsman being fluent in Mandarine as well as Taiwanese. He has also spent a lot of time traveling Asia and getting familiar with local customs and people, another good reason for his current occupation. Also, Hunstman's success as Governer of Utah made him a likely canidate for his job as well as a potential 2012 Presidential canidate. But this now presents another possible motive for Obama's appointment: could he see Huntsman as a potential threat to his future presidency? If so, Obama is very savy in both removing a possible political rival as well as gaining a valuable tool to communite to China with. Regardless, of the motives, the appointment of Huntsman was a good choice all around and an obvious on at that.

Saving Taiwan's Economy

Althought Taiwan has proved itself to be a technological and economic powerhouse in that past decade or so, it too has been affected by the economic crisis that is scouring the globe. Morris Chang, owner of one of the largest semiconductor producing companies in the world, feels that this downturn of economy is unfortunate as the technological economy is one of the more seriously affected in Taiwan. However, Chang sees this as an opportunity to improve his company to better help the economy and save jobs. When asked if he was afraid of larger powers like China surpassing his company in silicone production, he stated that he believed the silicone foundry was a very exclusive enviroment, and that the work they do would not be easily duplicated by less skilled hands. Clearly, Chang is well equiped and unafraid to challenge the economic crises that is facing Taiwan. He is one of the best canidates to retore the monetary status in Taiwan to its former glory.

Morris Chang - Trasnforming Taiwan

Since Morris Chang was engineering manager at Texas Intruments, the bussinessman has witnessed a bumpy wave in Taiwans econemy ranging from monetary powerhouse to economic crises. Following the rise of his company he was recruited by the Taiwanese government to manage the Industrial Technology Research Institute. The purpose of his managment there was to promote technological advances and usage in Taiwan, a growing nation with economic potential. Realizing this potential, Chang founded the Taiwan Semiconducter Manufacturing Company Ltd.. Throughout the years, he and his company have made important contributions to economic and mechanical society particularly in Taiwan. These contributions have won him numerous awards from the government that commemerate his hard work in improving his country. Recently, however, Taiwan was drastically affected by the economic crisis the world has been experiencing and its profits are decreasing. Undeterred, Chang sees this as a sign that improvement is required and he and his company are more than willing to provide it.