Comments on: The Historical Record for January 1, 2009 http://granitestudio.org/2009/01/01/the-historical-record-for-january-1-2009/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-historical-record-for-january-1-2009 A Qing historian reads the newspaper... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:35:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: wu ming http://granitestudio.org/2009/01/01/the-historical-record-for-january-1-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-9672 wu ming Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:34:32 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=616#comment-9672 well, if we're going to get nitpicky, song jiaoren couldn't have been elected prime minster either, since the republic of china never had such a position. rather, song was running for premier of the executive yuan. well, if we’re going to get nitpicky, song jiaoren couldn’t have been elected prime minster either, since the republic of china never had such a position. rather, song was running for premier of the executive yuan.

]]> By: chriswaugh_bj http://granitestudio.org/2009/01/01/the-historical-record-for-january-1-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-9626 chriswaugh_bj Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:11:36 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=616#comment-9626 Except, Wu Ming, you've listed presidents, not prime ministers. The prime minister is head of government but not head of state. Except, Wu Ming, you’ve listed presidents, not prime ministers. The prime minister is head of government but not head of state.

]]> By: Jeremiah http://granitestudio.org/2009/01/01/the-historical-record-for-january-1-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-9581 Jeremiah Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:48:55 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=616#comment-9581 Damn...you're right, I usually qualify that in lecture with "mainland" but forgot to add that key term in the post. Thanks for picking that up. Damn…you’re right, I usually qualify that in lecture with “mainland” but forgot to add that key term in the post.

Thanks for picking that up.

]]> By: wu ming http://granitestudio.org/2009/01/01/the-historical-record-for-january-1-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-9580 wu ming Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:46:32 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=616#comment-9580 depending on what one makes of the post-49 ROC, one could make the argument that while song jiaoren was the first democratically-elected PM, he wasn't the only one. lee-teng-hui, chen shui-bian, ma ying-jiu all won elections. of course that opens up the "what is china, really" can o'worms. depending on what one makes of the post-49 ROC, one could make the argument that while song jiaoren was the first democratically-elected PM, he wasn’t the only one. lee-teng-hui, chen shui-bian, ma ying-jiu all won elections.

of course that opens up the “what is china, really” can o’worms.

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