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Comment on Taiwan vs. China: some facts never mentioned by pro-China forces by Claudia Jean

Claudia Jean — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:06:25 +0000

Right back at you cos this is my blog and I can say what I please/present what I found. Your comment just goes to show how rude Chinese/pro-China people are.

Comment on Taiwan vs. China: some facts never mentioned by pro-China forces by Chinakickstaiwanass

Chinakickstaiwanass — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:44 +0000

Take your c*ap elsewhere. China > Taiwan

Comment on KMT’s Hau Lung-bin did NOT promote Deaflympics Taipei 2009 as he claimed by Claudia Jean

Claudia Jean — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:33:45 +0000

In terms of the media work and international recognition, the World Games in Kaohsiung in Taiwan received much less funding than Deaflympics but did much better. Kaohsiung was more cost effective. No one wanted it to be a competition between the 2 events but people need a yardstick to compare things to and the World Games Kaohusing is naturally the one.

If US$7.7 million couldn’t get that far, Hau shouldn’t have boasted about how much he achieved. He should have just been honest to the public about what he actually spent and achieved. His administration should be honest to City Councillors who have the power to oversee the City’s spending on behalf of the taxpayers.

Comment on KMT’s Hau Lung-bin did NOT promote Deaflympics Taipei 2009 as he claimed by Craig Ferguson (@cfimages)

Craig Ferguson (@cfimages) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:32:54 +0000

I’m not really sure that it’s meant to be a competition with the World Games anyway. On a global scale, neither of them did much to increase Taiwan’s visibility because they’re both second-tier events.

Yen and Yang may well be right that Hau only visited one country, but they obviously don’t have a very good idea of what international promotion and marketing is about. “Foreign professionals” is not a particularly accurate term for a media production company that has been responsible for some of the biggest events in the world over the past few years. As I mentioned earlier, I wasn’t privy to the total budget for that particular event but it would have been much closer to US$1million rather than NT$1million. Once the current terms of the licensing agreement I have with the media company expire later this year, I’ll post a few images from the event on my website (unless they re-license more exclusivity) and you’ll have a better idea of the scale of it.

Yen and Yang seem to be more interested in political point scoring than anything else. If they knew anything about media and promotion on a global scale, they’d know US$7.7million doesn’t go far.

Comment on KMT’s Hau Lung-bin did NOT promote Deaflympics Taipei 2009 as he claimed by Claudia Jean

Claudia Jean — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:26:03 +0000

Thanks for your clarification. So Yen and Yang were right about Hau not visiting any country other than China. They did mention that Hau invited foreign professionals to Taiwan but none of them capitalised in the actual press coverage. I’m sure it would have been quite expensive, flying all those people to Taiwan but the truth is Hau did not make Taiwan more visible than the World Games has done, certainly not as much as he claimed. It’s very well to say that they put in the work and a lot of money but at the end of the day, people (in this case, taxpayers) want to see actual results. Also, if they had US$7.7 in their budget, why couldn’t they do more and achieve more?

Comment on KMT’s Hau Lung-bin did NOT promote Deaflympics Taipei 2009 as he claimed by Craig Ferguson (@cfimages)

Craig Ferguson (@cfimages) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:42:55 +0000

I have no idea how the budget was spent – I was hired directly through the production company that put on the event. The cost though to stage it major production that involved a cast/crew of well over 50 people and specialised, proprietary equipment, all of whom/which had to be flown in from Britain, had to have been quite high.

Hau didn’t go to Europe, he brought Europe to Taipei.

Comment on KMT’s Hau Lung-bin did NOT promote Deaflympics Taipei 2009 as he claimed by Claudia Jean

Claudia Jean — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:11:01 +0000

Hi,

Given that you were personally involved, can you give more details on how exactly the budget was spent? Do you have more access than Taipei City Councillors?

Comment on KMT’s Hau Lung-bin did NOT promote Deaflympics Taipei 2009 as he claimed by Craig Ferguson (@cfimages)

Craig Ferguson (@cfimages) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:09:34 +0000

Well I was personally involved in events over three days in May that was done with the UK and Europe that was specifically intended to promote the Deaflympics (and that Hau and others attended). I don’t know what the total budget for it was, but I know what I invoiced for my time and expertise was substantial and I was only a very tiny part of it.

You might want to do some fact-checking next time.

Comment on Ma Ying-jeou gives preferential treatment to the Chinese in Taiwan? by fvarga

fvarga — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:34:46 +0000

Sorry, I wrote very quickly (too quickly?) my previous comment before joining a meeting and obviously it was not very clear.
In fact, what I wanted to express is that in one hand, people who care about Taiwan can’t do more than writing and in the other hand, most of the Taiwanese are really passive or just playing the game for a short term benefit.
Conclusion: the trend will no change.
Maybe I am too pessimistic…
Anyway, I always enjoy reading your posts.
:-)

Comment on Ma Ying-jeou gives preferential treatment to the Chinese in Taiwan? by Claudia Jean

Claudia Jean — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:31:08 +0000

Hi,

I do get what you mean :) Well, some people care; some care a lot but there are also quite a few oblivious ones or who simply can’t be bothered… It’s probably not just the sky. It depends on those who surround us as well. Those who want to make a difference can only do their best… I just don’t know whether their collective ‘best’ can create enough change in time.