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Taiwan's baseball team at the Olympics is out. Done. No medals this time; at most 5th place. 4-3 loss to Japan in overtime. Aiiiiiii yaaah!

Speaking of Taiwan, I read an article on Taiwanese efforts to obtain rights to post advertisements in NY starting on the 23rd with text stating 'Taiwan, ROC' and the following: 'UN Fair.' This is to advertise the fairness of the United Nations, especially to Taiwan, as well as to get the name of that island with 23 million people on it straight. I have sent mail to Taiwan, only to have it routed through half of China before reaching its destination. Something that definitely irks me is the recent and successful efforts by China to remove advertisements supporting Taiwan at the Olympics. I don't understand what this move achieves, other than to show what a bully China is. I also don't have much respect for organizations that cannot exercise the ideals of its charter in the face of extreme political pressure (further rants on the Chinese government some other time). In particular, organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), supposedly a-political and created to serve the citizens of the globe, are absolutely unworthy of any respect when it comes to their handling of the Taiwan issue. They have no guts when China whimpers, but they certainly have the guts to ask for money from Taiwan when they need it. Tells you what runs the world. Definitely not moral standards. It's time Taiwan stopped sucking up to these 'global' groups, and started to really make itself more attractive, more advanced. Spend the money on research and infrastructure. When Taiwan is so developed such that the rest of the world has to play catch up, then global recognition comes naturally, and does not have to be bought.

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