That’s a boost for the DPP candidate.
Didn’t he do this a while ago? I remember reading about it a couple of weeks ago at least. Does Lee wield the same amount of influence he did in 2000, when his endorsement was seen as a major factor in Chen’s election?
What did he state were the reasons behind his endorsement?
No, he merely said in a Japanese paper that voting in Ma would set Taiwan back 20 years democratically.
Don’t know how influential he is but if you think about how the greens lost almost all the TSU votes in the legislative election (or the numerical equivalent) his endorsement may at least get a few hundred thousand of them to vote Hsieh.
Only if you believe the extremist in the TSU find moderate Hsieh appealing?
Most were probably planning on staying home…
No, he merely said in a Japanese paper that voting in Ma would set Taiwan back 20 years democratically.
Don’t know how influential he is but if you think about how the greens lost almost all the TSU votes in the legislative election (or the numerical equivalent) his endorsement may at least get a few hundred thousand of them to vote Hsieh.[/quote]
We’re talking about Lee Yuan-tseh here, MM, not Lee Teng-hui.
He seems to like to endorse the DPP candidate in the last moments, doesn’t he?
Probably trying to milk the DPP candidate for all the political favors they’re worth with a late endorsement.
like he even needs it… man, this guy will get red carpet wherever he goes…
Only in Taiwan…
a Nobel laureate will get a red carpet wherever he wants to go give a speech, EOD.
Who’s going to invite him, much less pay him, to give a speech these days?
From Berkeley University, Department of Chemistry
Professor in the Graduate School, born 1936; B.Sc. Taiwan University (1959); M.S. Tsinghua University (1961); Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley (1965); Sloan Fellow (1969); Dreyfus Scholar (1971); Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1975); Fellow Am. Phys. Soc. (1976); Guggenheim Fellow (1977); Member National Academy of Sciences (1979); Member Academia Sinica (1980); E.O. Lawrence Award (1981); Miller Professor, Berkeley (1981); Fairchild Distinguished Scholar (1983); Harrison Howe Award (1983); Peter Debye Award (1986); National Medal of Science (1986); Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1986); Faculty Senior Scientist, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Here are some of his merits. Hell of a good resume for a conference…
If I have a question on chemistry, I’ll ask him. As for anything else, including politics, I don’t really see the point.
No, he merely said in a Japanese paper that voting in Ma would set Taiwan back 20 years democratically.
Don’t know how influential he is but if you think about how the greens lost almost all the TSU votes in the legislative election (or the numerical equivalent) his endorsement may at least get a few hundred thousand of them to vote Hsieh.[/quote]
We’re talking about Lee Yuan-tseh here, MM, not Lee Teng-hui.[/quote]
Need to make the fonts a little bigger when I read online now.
The guy retired from Chemistry already. A grad student is more up to date on Chemistry these days.
This guy is a little out of touch like Linus Pauline and his Vitamin C theory.
Nobel winners sometimes let the award goto their heads. Just because one made significant contributions in one field, doesn’t mean they have to ability to contribute to all fields.
[quote=“mr_boogie”]From Berkeley University, Department of Chemistry
Professor in the Graduate School, born 1936; B.Sc. Taiwan University (1959); M.S. Tsinghua University (1961); Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley (1965); Sloan Fellow (1969); Dreyfus Scholar (1971); Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1975); Fellow Am. Phys. Soc. (1976); Guggenheim Fellow (1977); Member National Academy of Sciences (1979); Member Academia Sinica (1980); E.O. Lawrence Award (1981); Miller Professor, Berkeley (1981); Fairchild Distinguished Scholar (1983); Harrison Howe Award (1983); Peter Debye Award (1986); National Medal of Science (1986); Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1986); Faculty Senior Scientist, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Here are some of his merits. Hell of a good resume for a conference…[/quote]
That’s the University of California, Berkeley. Not Berkeley University.
tx for the correction, cctang…
He’s a Nobel laureate, so he’s a bit of a local hero, like Ang Lee or Wang Chien-ming.
Having endorsed CSB twice, Lee’s support might not give Hsieh a lot of mileage, since it’s not that much of a surprise anymore. In the end, I don’t think it will all amount to much.
BTW, as his motivation, Lee says Ma flipflops too much: first saying nothing about Tibet, then suggesting an Olympics boycott. Lee says if Ma behaves like this during negotiations with China, it will be very dangerous.
[quote=“enzo+”]He’s a Nobel laureate, so he’s a bit of a local hero, like Ang Lee or Wang Chien-ming.
Having endorsed CSB twice, Lee’s support might not give Hsieh a lot of mileage, since it’s not that much of a surprise anymore. In the end, I don’t think it will all amount to much.
BTW, as his motivation, Lee says Ma flipflops too much: first saying nothing about Tibet, then suggesting an Olympics boycott. Lee says if Ma behaves like this during negotiations with China, it will be very dangerous.[/quote]
Ma may be seen to flipflop from the casual observer but then on the second look, he has his point. Especially when it comes to political arena, a day made a lot of difference. At least he is flexible to adjust his policy without damaging Taiwan’s core interest. As for both CSB or Hsieh, even when the tide is against them, their unwillingness to listen as well to fine-tune their policy obviously turn them into dinosaurs of the past.
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