Fili’s world

It was expected that Taiwan's UN bid will fail, there was no way for it to succeed. China would never allow such a thing, and it's quite remarkable to see how Taiwan is handling the international politics on that regard.
The first thing you learn about Taiwan's politics, while in Taiwan, is that the China-Taiwan relationship [...]

The Chinalysis is my humble roundup of special blog and media articles I read regarding China and Chinese culture.
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Virtual China has a unique hi-tech China related story about the Digg battles between the international Digg and the Chinese version with "Web 2.0 cross-cultural mobs : Digg battles" :
Some Diggers didn't take kindly to a [...]

Israel shows support for Taiwan in the upcoming UN bid and it doesn't take long for China to react with a diplomatic crisis. Israeli YNet news agency summarizes:
After the Chinese found out the five were in Taiwan, the Chinese Ambassador in Israel Chen Yonglong asked MK Dani Yatom (Labor) for an urgent meeting with him [...]

The "Jerusalem Post " has an illuminating article about the recent visit made by 5 members of the Israeli Parliament to Taiwan and the ties formed between Israel and Taiwan despite the threats made by China.
This visit of the Israeli representatives comes at a crucial time to Taiwan as Taiwan attempts to re-join the UN [...]

The question of whether the authorities in China have something against Lonely Planet, or any other western publishing acknowledging any kind of independence for Taiwan, is far more sensitive than I ever imagined. I’ve been getting some weird emails and comments lately regarding this issue, since it seems that I ‘started it’ and that I’ve [...]

Oooo… there’s a weird story for you. Apparently, some Israeli tourists going to travel in China with the latest Lonely Planet book were asked to hand in their very expensive book at the border-crossing due to its ‘political nature’ showing maps of China which color Taiwan in a different color suggesting that Taiwan is not [...]