Comments on: Ozzy Osbourne to help Taiwan in U.N. membership quest http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:56:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 8 Asians » 15 Years of Rejections: UN rejects Taiwan’s application http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/comment-page-1/#comment-24649 8 Asians » 15 Years of Rejections: UN rejects Taiwan’s application Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:01:33 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/#comment-24649 [...] This of course angered the People’s Republic of China (mainland China), which received entry into the United Nations at the Republic of China’s (Taiwan) expense in 1971. The reality however is that Taiwan has been functioning as an independent nation since its rejection from the U.N. and has a thriving economy with its own currency, native Taiwanese language, history, and self-elected democratic government. This week’s KQED’s Pacific Time program interviews the Taiwanese heavy metal band ChthoniC that is promoting Taiwan’s bid for U.N. recognition as it tours the US as part of Ozzfest. You can listen to the interview here (MP3). I wrote about this previously in this post: Ozzy Osbourne to help Taiwan in U.N. membership quest. [...] [...] This of course angered the People’s Republic of China (mainland China), which received entry into the United Nations at the Republic of China’s (Taiwan) expense in 1971. The reality however is that Taiwan has been functioning as an independent nation since its rejection from the U.N. and has a thriving economy with its own currency, native Taiwanese language, history, and self-elected democratic government. This week’s KQED’s Pacific Time program interviews the Taiwanese heavy metal band ChthoniC that is promoting Taiwan’s bid for U.N. recognition as it tours the US as part of Ozzfest. You can listen to the interview here (MP3). I wrote about this previously in this post: Ozzy Osbourne to help Taiwan in U.N. membership quest. [...]

]]> By: Jesse! http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/comment-page-1/#comment-18499 Jesse! Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:34:08 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/#comment-18499 Just for the record, Ozzy is not black metal... sorry, have to appease my overlords of darkness... Just for the record, Ozzy is not black metal…

sorry, have to appease my overlords of darkness…

]]> By: Jesse! http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/comment-page-1/#comment-135622 Jesse! Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:34:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/#comment-135622 Just for the record, Ozzy is not black metal... sorry, have to appease my overlords of darkness... Just for the record, Ozzy is not black metal…

sorry, have to appease my overlords of darkness…

]]> By: jozjozjoz http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/comment-page-1/#comment-17549 jozjozjoz Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:18:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/#comment-17549 Go Ozzy! Go Ozzy!

]]> By: jozjozjoz http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/comment-page-1/#comment-135621 jozjozjoz Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:18:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/#comment-135621 Go Ozzy! Go Ozzy!

]]> By: Jim http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/comment-page-1/#comment-17545 Jim Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:03:24 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/#comment-17545 Ooh, the idea of a black metal band sweeping a country into the UN is pretty thrilling. Ooh, the idea of a black metal band sweeping a country into the UN is pretty thrilling.

]]> By: Jim http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/comment-page-1/#comment-135620 Jim Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:03:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/07/04/ozzy-osbourne-to-help-taiwan-in-un-membership-quest/#comment-135620 Ooh, the idea of a black metal band sweeping a country into the UN is pretty thrilling. Ooh, the idea of a black metal band sweeping a country into the UN is pretty thrilling.

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