Deep thoughts, May 5, 2008

With help from an old edition of Lonely Planet's guide to Taiwan


From a pre-JoSamBro edition of Lonely Planet's guide to Taiwan
Since people in Taiwan sometimes smile out of embarrassment, could the focus by Max Hirsch and others on Vice Premier Chiou I-jen's (邱義仁) smiling be some kind of a distraction?


From Max Hirsch's post on the Thirsty Ghosts blog
(and shouldn't that caption read "May 4"?)
And was the use of that photo Max's own idea?


A Chinese-language Google News search for "Chiou" and "smile/laugh"
(No, it doesn't necessarily mean that Chiou isn't happy, but c'mon -- use your brain and try to figure out why the semi-homophonic habitual liar Chiu Yi [邱毅, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)] is acting like he knows so much about this Papua New Guinea fund scandal)

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Stuff from the sulci: Taiwan, 台灣, deep thoughts, 深思, Chiou I-jen, 邱義仁, distractions, 分散注意的事物, Chiu Yi, 邱毅, Papua New Guinea, 巴布亞紐幾內亞, PNG, 巴紐
Cross-posted at It's Not Democracy, It's A Conspiracy!