A few interesting articles in the news today: The Pasuya show continues: As head of the GIO, Yao is responsible for publishing the minutes of the weekly cabinet meeting. So what does he do when premier Frank Hsieh chews him out for his general incompetence in last week’s meeting? He publishes the criticisms on the […]

Pasuya Yao (the head of the Government Information Office) is fast becoming my favourite politician in Taiwan[*]. He epitomises the current government perfectly: He seems to believe in the rule of law – but is too selective in applying it to inspire confidence, he’s obsessed with righting the wrongs of the KMT (or punishing them […]

The latest display of inefficiency and incompetence by the government was this weeks revelation that none of the NT$407 million raised by the Government Information Office for Tsunami relief charities has yet been handed over: The Government Information Office (GIO) will dole out cash donations for tsunami relief to charity groups late this month or […]