Old man kicks Chen Shuibian in the ass, Chinese people rejoice

Well, I was about to write “old” until I realized that my parents are about the same age. Shu Anquan, 64, waited outside the Taipei courthouse where former
Taiwanese prez Chen Shuibian took the stand as the defendant. Shu comes from a group called 中华爱国同心会, which means that he’s more or less
pro-China, or at least pro-Chinese. Kicking the ex-prez in the tush instantly earned Shu his fifteen minutes of fame, which he used to promote his cause,
saying that he’d waited four years for the chance to give the Taiwanese independence-leaning politician a piece of his mind. Of course, Shu
says “I represent the one billion Chinese people in the world” in kicking Chen, which is what makes this news fit to print in China. They don’t really
print stuff about Chen’s supporters, or interviews with pro-Green camps about this court case, or about much in general. If you spend enough
time in Taiwan or the diaspora you realize quick enough that there are plenty of people who aren’t willing to harmoniously integrated into
the motherland just yet.