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* Michael Fagan's letter to the Taipei Times.  Some interesting points though the emphasis on property rights for me is problematic when taken to it's ultimate conclusion: what human can rationally claim to own any land? Surely we are all at best temporary tenants of the land and / or stewards who should seek to maintain sustainable level of bio-diversity and bio-integrity?  Still, his argument that the Dapu land seizure was first and foremost theft is right - as I remember, it was protested primarily as such and secondarily as a destruction of crops / environment issue.

* Torch Pratt nails the ROC centenary.  

* New form of Advertorials: Government is buying bloggers (at NT$5000 per head) to write pro-industrialist propaganda.  Premier Wu sees no problem with it (as usual).