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Vergil Yeh
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joined 2 June 2009 · 5 posts

BA in Applied Foreign Language, English.
GV advocator.
A blogger in Miaoli, Taiwan.

I blog in Chinese for the most of time, and translate English into Chinese.

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Latest posts by Vergil Yeh

Taiwan: Land Expropriation Revision Fails to Address Farmers’ Woes

East Asia17 December 2011

As the presidential election is approaching, the politicians in Taiwan's Executive Yuan have decided to revise the Land Expropriation Act. However, instead of addressing the farmers' woes, lawmakers have passed...

Taiwan: Product placement and the petrochemical industry

East Asia21 January 2011

If a petrochemical company treats bloggers to a cushy on-site tour, do posts that follow count as corporate astroturfing? What, as some have alleged, if the excursion was funded by...

Taiwan: Smart phone supplier's exploitative practice

East Asia21 April 2010

Young Fast Optoelectronics (YFO), one of the biggest manufacturers of smart phone touch panel in the world, was recently accused by its trade union (YFOTU) of its exploitative working conditions...

Taiwan: Debate over kitten-slayer case

East Asia8 April 2010

A National Taiwan University graduate student, Lee Nien Lung, was sentenced to 18 months in prison in the end of March 2010 under the charge of animal cruelty. The sentence...

Taiwan: Science park expansion dispute

East Asia21 November 2009

Recently, the Executive Yuan in Taiwan has passed a bill in favor of Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) fourth stage expansion. The construction plan has drawn the attention of ecologists...