Posted on 09/29/2017 7:39:27 AM PDT by mandaladon
President Donald Trump together with First Lady Melania Trump plans to visit Asia in November. The president will travel to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Hawaii on state visits as well as attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Trump’s decision to visit Asia comes at a pivotal moment in the region, faced with threats from North Korea and repeated economic challenges from China. “President Trump will discuss the importance of a free and open Indo-Pacific region to America’s prosperity and security,” the statement from the White House read. Trump will also focus on trade in the region, according to the White House, after after withdrawing the United States from the Trans-pacific partnership trade deal. “He will also emphasize the importance of fair and reciprocal economic ties with America’s trade partners,” the statement read.
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A state visit to Hawaii. That's a first.
Taiwan is the same, maybe worse.
“BTW, this trip is only a diversion from Trump’s failure on healthcare, Russia, Comey, The NFL, building a better mouse trap and exposing the secret ingredient in Orange Julius. Oh yeah, and Russia”
and here i was thinking the secret ingredient in orange julias, was julias tree sap. oh, well.
nonetheless, i see that you’ve managed to hack into the Democrat/Leftist/Enemedia communication system and view their proposed Trump Asia Trip memes. Good Work!
You must be a WaaaaaPo/NYSlimes mind reader! That’s exactly how they’ll spin it as he goes about the business of straightening up the mess decades of liberal policies have made of the planet’s peoples.
I will be trounced for this, but I have been watching Asian TV to get a glimpse of what’s there. I try not to get too caught up in the story lines while observing themes and what’s in the back ground. There are several themes common to Taiwan, Korea and Japan and China. Yes there is TV produced in China that gets aired in Asia, Taiwan, Korea, Philippines.
The primary theme is upward mobility of youth leaving the provinces for the cities. There is much blatant admiration for America. That is evidenced by occasional usage of English, primarily American slang. There is wide spread wearing of T shirts with American products. “Snickers” seems popular.
There is always class war most commonly represented by a romance between a rich, cosmopolitan, well educated and high titled American educated professional or business person and a commuity college educated provincial. The long drawn out story eventually ends in marriage. However in one program, the romance ends in tragedy.
There is a very strong presentation of the clash between generations. The young are constantly battling against ultra conservative parents that insist on following to the letter the age old societal customs. The youth struggle and persist and win out, becoming modern (and American like) much better off than their provincial parents or wealthy but custom constricted parents.
In two of the programs produced and filmed in Hong KOng and Shanghai but aired in Taiwan and elsewhere, there is considerable mobility for better life and jobs. There is one instance of leaving the mainland for hong kong and then to Taipei. There is another where there is travel for education to America (a strong theme) and back to Shanghai where being mobile and fairly affluent they conduct professional services and business with clients in both Hong Kong and Los Angeles.
I know that TV is fiction. The TV that is diverse in national origin however, all has the strong common themes noted above be it Taiwan, Japan, Korea or amazingly China. They like to present that which is new and shiny and chic.
It is very interesting to look through the Netflix window to glimpse a world otherwise unknown
I’ve watched a lot of KDramas, and yes most are about the rich “Chaebol” dating the commoner.
Recently the KDramas are being shot in more foreign locations, “Descendants of the Sun” was filmed in Greece, “The Legend of the Blue Sea” in Spain, and “Goblin” had scenes filmed in Quebec.
It should be. We should have ditched it long ago, along with PR and the other money-wasting lib strongholds that suck the life out of American taxpayers.
Shut up, asshole!
I believe you need to turn on your sarcasm detector.
Go away, troll.
sniff, sniff, is that the waift of ozone I smell
IBTZ
and I know firsthand that Trump is big in the Philippines, probably has bigger ratings there than here in the US.
Just keep the itinerary secret. If “they” know where he’s going to be and when bad things are likely to happen. Muslims with stingers on airport approaches, poisoned meals, IEDs, NK nukes...
He’s kidding....
...just preempting MSM
Or maybe not
The post read like sarcasm to me. That’s how I took it.
I'm pretty sure that's the 57th state. /s
I wish Hawaii was a separate country. 2 fewer Dem Senators and no more judges blocking Trump’s agenda.
Links or citations, please?
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