515 total now. One more today. Presser does not get 2 minutes in local news. They devote more time to explaining that three pieces of tienbula has the same calories as a bowl of rice…

Looks like we won’t break 1,000 cases for 2020. [image]

Yeah cancelling the whole thing was extreme from the other mayors. I think a few buckled and they all followed

I guess you’d hate to host a super spreader event but if everyone’s wearing masks :performing_arts: it’s pretty unlikely.

[image] monokuro: Ko speaks sense :+1: They allow it because they want the good press. There will be very few major cities in the world with a NYE celebration.

Yes, we always see the 101 show on the news the next day. Sydney is borderline on being cancelled right now, there will be few people up close to see as they are shutting the CBD area to non residents and pruning the show to just a couple of minutes.

I’m playing with you. I love conspiracy theories as much as the next person.

Ha, it’s not a wild conspiracy. 1)They had an issue with too many people coming back to Taiwan at cny. You have 500,000 Taiwanese at least in China and usually most come back, often with wives. Also huge risk of Chinese sabotage 2) Also Taiwanese from Indonesia , us etc 3) The taishang in China b…

[image] OrangeOrganics: You have 500,000 Taiwanese at least in China That number has been disputed. Try 500,000 Taiwanese abroad, including those born to Taiwanese emigrants. But I agree, the Taishang are trouble and need to be dealt with firmly.

It’s anything between a million and 500000 no? Wiki says 1-3 million [image] Taishang Taishang (Chinese: 臺商; pinyin: Tái Shāng) are Taiwanese businesspeople who do business in mainland China. The term literally translates into English as "Taiwan Business." There are no official statisti…

[image] OrangeOrganics: There are no official statistics on the number of Taishang working in mainland China. Unofficial estimates circulating in 2011 suggested that between 1 million and 3 million Republic of China nationals (including family members) lived in mainland China. “There are no o…

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