[#6>US#152]:12.7=#[60x5+32] P#6:FRTaiwan Indpndnce >#01:228, #02:La Fayette, #10:HM&Taiwan, #11:Green Gang, #12:Hung Men. #2:Lndnstn. Multi-tasks.

P#6: Free Republic: http://tinyurl.com/9ljt5 -of Taiwan: Declaration of Independence!! >#00 Taiwan 228 Holocaust: http://tinyurl.com/d3w2y --La Fayette(4): http://tinyurl.com/bnuh2 >#01 --: L F scandal: http://tinyurl.com/bn7vb >#02 Taiwan < Gangs: http://tinyurl.com/8lc82 >#11 Grn Gng&Hng Mn: http://tinyurl.com/d3w2y >#12 Londonistan: http://tinyurl.com/dnz9k Fair cool then late night rain: Up 5:55, 7:50. ETTV discussion on Chinese secret societies of Green Gang [ http://tinyurl.com/8lc82 >#1 ] and Hung Men [ http://tinyurl.com/d3w2y >#2; some says originated in Taiwan by Koxinga's general to resist and fight against the Manchu people's Ching Dynasty China: http://tinyurl.com/8c3sw >#10 ], and their relationships with Chinese politics, mention La Fayette scandal, probably not involved, though the ROC Navy has been with the Green Gang somewhat. Mei back for late breakfast then off again. W/o lunch off after 1pm to Dr. Chu's gettin new mom CT scan order, walk to Wash. Hosp. to order, back to car, to Comcast off. payment, to AAA, fail to meet the lady who signed me for many home-related insurance, to 99 newspaper & lunch take-o.h., then drive pass Dr & An (still living at least until Jan end), o.h., lunch around 5pm, 6pm home, supper from lunch etc., now 10:25pm, or Taiwan 1.7=6 2:25pm, live Democratic Progressive Party chairman debate. Today, answer [C] then tonight [k] with this blog, Jun's girl & dog came and gone, and now 1:08am Jun still at computer, soon I quit. Bed 1:55. #00: "Declaration of Independence" of the Free Republic of Taiwan [FRT]: "" [Tsai 06.1.6=5 #3] It's "Underground" to recognize the Taiwan's reality and call it as it is. The party in power, Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, is haveing chairman electrion tv live debate, now it's 1.7=6 2:52pm Taiwan now. One of the aims of the DPP is the independence of Taiwan, it's reality, Taiwan is not part of China, plain and simiple. But, officially, we can only promote to modify and update our so-called constitution, the Constitution of the Republic of China, which is one of past China! Believe it or not! Yet, our President promise publiiicly not to touch the name, flag, and territory of our nation. Believe it or not! Why? Because we are dependent on the international support for our defence against China, whcih threatens to invade the moment we declare independence. We are already independent, it's plain reality. Is it so or not? "" #0: "Hung Men Society holds ceremony to honor new leaders": http://tinyurl.com/d3w2y "" According to Huang Chao-sheng (黃照勝), society secretary general, there are approximately 30,000 members in Taiwan and tens of thousands more across the globe. Like the Green Gang, another well-known secret society, the Chinese Hung Men Society was involved in Sun's efforts to subvert the Qing dynasty at the turn of the century and was later involved in Chiang Kai-shek's (蔣介石) struggle from the 1920s. "And after the nationalists came to Taiwan, Hung Men members continued to contribute and support the government's work in developing Taiwan," Huang said. According to a society magazine published last December, many high-profile politicians act as advisers to the group. These figures include former New Party lawmaker Elmer Fung (馮滬祥), PFP legislators Lee Ching-an (李慶安), Chou Hsi-wei (周錫瑋), and Lin Yu-fang (林郁芳) and KMT legislators Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱), Huang Chao-shun (黃昭順), Chu Fong-chi (朱鳳芝), Apollo Chen (陳學聖), Chin Huei-chu (秦慧珠), Mu Min-chu (穆閩珠) and James Chen (陳健治). "" #01: "``28 February 1947'': Taiwan's Holocaust Remembered": http://tinyurl.com/7vd5p "" The date "February 28" is etched into the hearts and minds of the Taiwanese people like the word "Holocaust" in the history of the Jewish people. On that day, 50 years ago in 1947, an incident took place in Taipei, which led to the massive slaughter of thousands of Taiwanese at the hands of Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese troops. The event was the beginning of 40 years of repressive martial law on the island, during which Chiang's Kuomintang mainlanders ruled the Taiwanese with iron fist. "" #02: "Kang Ding class: Republic of China (Taiwan)": http://tinyurl.com/8bmhp "" As the Republic of China (Taiwan)'s defensive stance is aimed towards the Taiwan strait the Republic of China Navy is constantly seeking to upgrade its anti-submarine warfare capabilites. The agreement with France in the late 1980s is an example of this procurement strategy, the six ships are configured for both ASW and surface attack. The Exocet is replaced by a Taiwanese surface attack missile and the AAW weapon is the Chaparral. Some problems have been reported regarding integrating Taiwanese and French systems. In addition, the antiquated Chaparral SAM system is considered totally inadequate for even rudimentary self-defence. Coupled with various other issues, the Taiwanese La Fayettes are definitely the least capable variant of the class currently in operation. The Taiwan frigate deal has produced a large political scandal, both in Taiwan and France. A former French foreign minister has claimed that up to $500,000 was paid by Thomson-CSF (now Thales), the prime contractor, as a "sweetener" as the ships did not strictly meet Taiwan's requirements. Eight deaths of people involved in the contract have also been questioned as suspicous. Six ROC naval officers have been indicted on corruption charges relating to the affair. Maximum speed is 25 kts with a maximum range of 7,000 nm. "" #10: Taiwan: Hung Men: "An Anti-Manchu Base": http://tinyurl.com/8c3sw "" Despite the decisive Manchu victory in Taiwan, the resistance of the Chinese people against the "foreign" rulers continued underground. Secret societies were organized both on the island and in the mainland. The Hung Men Society established by Ch'en Yung-hua was most famous and active, attracting hundreds of thousands of Ming loyalists under its flag and instigated innumerable uprisings, first in Taiwan and then in the southeast coast of the mainland, during the following 200 years of the Ch'ing dynasty rule in China. No wonder Manchu officials claimed that Taiwan was an unstable place, subject to "a putsch every three years, and a general uprising every five years" "" #11: "The Shanghai Green Gang: Politics and Organized Crime, 1919-1937", by Brian G. Martin; University of California Press (April, 1996): http://tinyurl.com/8lc82 "" Book Description: In a remarkable example of history as detective work ... ... broadens our understanding of a critical aspect of Chinese urban history and sheds light on the history of drug trafficking and organized crime worldwide. Martin argues that the Green Gang, the most powerful secret society in China during the first half of the twentieth century, was a resilient social organization that adapted successfully to the complex environment of a modernizing urban society. Illustrating its multilayered and complex relations with the bourgeoisie, the industrial proletariat, and the foreign and domestic political authorities, Martin demonstrates how these factors led to the Green Gang's absorption into the corporate state system after 1932. "" "" Very detailed and interesting, August 5, 2005: Reviewer: Saldinger: ... ... traces the origins of the Gang back to the Chinese professional trade federations and secret societies of old China and presents in detail its rise and criminal activities at its peak period, between the enforcement of the opium ban in 1919, until the Japanese invasion in 1937. Brian Martin, presented as a « Senior China Analyst for the Australian Government » ... ... revolves around opium lord Du Yuesheng but this book still gives a comprehensive picture of the whole gallery of green gang bosses. The relationship between the gang and French authorities in Shanghai is well-documented, as well as the shift of the gang's activities from the French concession to the kuomintang spheres in the early thirties. "" "" About half of the book is about the relations between the Green Gang and kuomintang so one naturally wonders about what happened to the gang after Tchang Kai Tchek fled to Taiwan. "" #12: "Hung Men Society holds ceremony to honor new leaders", by Sandy Huang, [Taipei Times] STAFF REPORTER; Wednesday, Feb 20, 2002: http://tinyurl.com/d3w2y "" Members of a secret society yesterday held a ceremony at the Taipei Armed Forces Hero House (國軍英雄館) to honor its fifth president and other of the society's members. Around 250 members, including several high-ranking retired generals such as General O Yen-wei (歐陽位) and General Yin Ke-fan (應克范), attended the event yesterday and witnessed the handing-over ceremony of the Chinese Hung Men Society's (中華洪門) new officials. "It's a great honor to serve as the society's president," said Tu Yi-fei (杜一飛), the new head of the group. "" #2: "Londonistan: The Arab kasbah on the Thames", AT HOME BY MATEIN KHALID; 23 December 2005: http://tinyurl.com/dnz9k "" THE sight of Gulf Arabs in the streets of West End of London has been common enough at least since the first petrodollar bonanza of the early 1970’s. However, Britain’s Arab communities are much older. Immigrant Yemeni sailors married local women in ports like Liverpool and Glasgow as far back as the 1890’s in the late Victorian age. ""