News Project: The Conflict between Taiwan and Philippines --The Disputation across the Sea

Our opinions about  the conflict between Taiwan and Philippines

In Taiwan, June 18, 2013

    After the Philippine people shot the Taiwanese fishermen, it brought about many problems, which are originally hidden below the sea. The conflict touched many aspects, such as the safety problem of the fishermen, and the diplomatic policies.

   
    This event also caused many discussions on the web. Some people were influenced by the mass media, which could arouse the public’s emotion. They had fierce opinions, and even stroke others by using terrible words.

    After analyzing the comments on the web, we can know most of people talked about the human right, especially about fishermen, diplomatic issues, and the process of the investigation. The different attitudes of Taiwanese and Philippines are also noticed by people.

    Taiwanese hope Philippines to face this event squarely, and not to escape the responsibility. However, Philippines’ slow and indirect reaction had caused the anger of many Taiwanese. Philippine officials thought they may be innocent. The neutrals said, “It is not worthy to break the relationship between Taiwan and Philippines, because of this event.” Now, diplomatic relationship between Taiwan and Philippines becomes nervous.

    This event could affect our lives a lot, from countries’ policies to daily supplies. We should learn from the experience, and learn how to really understand the deeper aspects of events. Don’t let your emotion be easily affected by the public!

News Project: Individual Report 2



Figure 1: We and our poster



Figure 2: The process of making the poster

After the discussion on the class this week, we came up with the title of the news: The conflict between Taiwan and Philippines-- Why are Taiwanese so angry? And we chose one video on YouTube: 2 Minutes, One Fact—What Philippine Government did and Said to Taiwan, which was podcasted on May 16, 2013. We will post our messages on the forum to join the discussion and analyze the previous comments. We want to see the different aspects of the problems in Taiwan, such as the safety of the fisherman, and the diplomatic policies.

 

    We want to know:

1. Why do so many people comment on this news?

2. What are the main categories of those comments?

3. What do Taiwanese dispute about?

4. What are the effects of this news?

5. What can we learn through this news?

    After the poster merry-go-round, some classmates talked to us why the title is Why

are Taiwanese so angry. Does it not a normal reaction? Our thought is the similar event had happened with America, but the Taiwanese reactions were not the same as this one. Therefore, we want to explore the real reason of Taiwanese anger. There are too many things influencing the public, such as the mass media, which easily makes people go out of control. The reasons of anger can be different for each individual. Everyone’s angle about this event is not the same. We will improve the problems the classmates proposed on the class and arrange these things in order to see the deeper aspect of this event.

News Project: Individual Report 1

     We want to talk about the news of Philippine people shooting Taiwan fishermen. Most people have seldom noticed the important news, such as global news. The news on TV and newspapers in Taiwan hardly help us broaden and cultivate our global view. The terrible society news and helpless entertainment one are full of the Taiwanese newspapers. When we face the trouble about the international position, it is a big problem that we will be treated with unfairness. There are many emotional comments from the public after this murder event, but we cannot neglect the important things that are the follow-up solutions and effects.

    We will analyze the attitude and reactions of the people in different countries on websites. A video we will shoot contains the different viewpoints for this event. All of us may be on behalf of four countries, such as Taiwan, Philippines, America, and China. We can see the interesting relationship among them.

    I think that we can add the discussion about the Philippine labors. After this event, they are also the victims. They do not do the wrong things, but some of them are bullied in Taiwan. If we are angry at this murder event and Philippine official attitude, we couldn’t do the same thing like harming innocent people. It is an important issue worthy of reflecting. 

• Links of Imformation:
• 台漁民被殺   陸：菲應嚴懲兇手 (2013/5/15)
• 菲殺台民／射殺台漁民　菲國將採取「一中政策」應對 (2013/5/14)                     
• 菲殺台漁民事件 英媒持續關注 (2013/5/13)

Circle Lenses: How Long have You Made Eye Contact without True Eyes? (Extra Revision)

In Taiwan, May 29, 2013


 Circle lenses make eyes much bigger
(source:  http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/
gate/big5/gb.cri.cn/30944/2013/01/11/
3765s3987937.htm)

                                                                                       

-- Flimsy layers change your appearance,

 and build the confidence in your mind--

When experiencing the change from unhandy eyeglasses to ordinary contact lenses, people who want to be more beautiful find out the new fashion: circle lenses.

Nowadays, more and more people with high prescription, especially young girls, choose to wear circle lenses to make eyes look much bigger.

Peer influences have played a central role. “When seeing my classmates wearing circle lenses, I started to wear circle lenses,” stated Ms. Chen, a freshman of NCU who wore the maxi skirt with curly long hair, from which we can know she is a trendy. “And I am used to wearing circle lenses. I have no sense of security without wearing circle lenses.”

“When wearing circle lenses, I feel my eyes becoming bright and piercing,” declared Ms. Huang, the 19-year-old student in NCU. “But, compared with common contact lenses, circle lenses easily make my eyes dry.”

Although people know that wearing circle lenses is harmful to eyes, many people still wear circle lenses. Being more beautiful is humans’ natural instinct, so everyone keeps pursuing advanced methods to make him or her more beautiful.

We cannot keep people from wearing circle lenses. However, think about how long you have made eye contact without true eyes!

The Peer Session 2

1. Emphasize the reason of the description of the interviewee's appearance, like we can know she is a trendy from her clothes

→ Accept

I put this additional imformation behind the the description of the interviewee's appearance

2. Put more picture

→ Reject

Because of the typesetting, I think one picture is enough   

3. Don't put the source under the picture

→ Reject

I think it  is clear to know the picture's source

4. Emphasize the ending

→ Accept

I emphasize the point by making "true eyes" become red  

Circle Lenses: How Long have You Made Eye Contact without True Eyes? (Submission)

In Taiwan, May 26, 2013

Circle lenses make eyes much bigger
(source:  http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/
gate/big5/gb.cri.cn/30944/2013/01/11/
3765s3987937.htm)

-- Flimsy layers change your appearance,

   and build the confidence in your mind--  

When experiencing the change from unhandy eyeglasses to ordinary contact lenses, people who want to be more beautiful find out the new fashion: circle lenses.

Nowadays, more and more short-sighted people, especially young girls, choose to wear circle lenses to make eyes look much bigger.

Some people are influenced by peers. “When seeing my classmates wearing circle lenses, I started to wear circle lense,” stated Ms. Chen, a freshman of NCU who wore the maxi skirt with curly long hair, from which we can know she is a trendy. “And I am used to wearing circle lenses. I have no sense of security without wearing circle lenses.”

“When wearing circle lenses, I feel my eyes becoming bright and piercing,” declared Ms. Huang, the 19-year-old student in NCU. “But, compared with common contact lenses, circle lenses easily make my eyes dry.”

Although people know that wearing circle lenses is harmful to eyes, many people still wear circle lenses. Being more beautiful is humans’ natural instinct, so everyone keeps pursuing advanced methods to make self more beautiful.

We cannot keep people from wearing circle lenses. However, think about how long you have made eye contact without true eyes!

Circle Lenses: How Long have You Made Eye Contact without True Eyes? (Revision)

In Taiwan, May 21, 2013                              

Circle lenses make eyes much bigger
(source:  http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/
gate/big5/gb.cri.cn/30944/2013/01/11/
3765s3987937.htm)

 --A flimsy layer changes your appearance,

and builds the confidence in your mind--

    When experiencing the change from unhandy eyeglasses to ordinary contact lenses, people who want to be more beautiful find out the new fashion: circle lenses.

    Nowadays, it is usual to see short-sighted people wearing contact lenses. More and more short-sighted people choose to wear circle lenses to make eyes look much bigger.

    Some people are influenced by peers. “When seeing my classmates wearing circle lenses, I started to wear circle lenses,” stated Ms. Chen, a freshman of NCU who wore the maxi skirt with curly long hair. “And I am used to wearing circle lenses. I have no sense of security without wearing circle lenses.”

    “When wearing circle lenses, I feel my eyes becoming bright and piercing,” declared Ms. Huang, the 19-year-old student in NCU. “But, compared with common contact lenses, circle lenses easily make my eyes dry.”

    Although people know that wearing circle lenses is harmful to eyes, many people still wear circle lenses. Being more beautiful is humans’ natural instinct, so everyone keep pursuing advanced methods to make self be more beautiful.

    We cannot keep people from wearing circle lenses. However, think about how long you have made eye contact without true eyes!