In lighter news.
Taiwan announced a new ambassador to the US yesterday that raised some eyebrow
Mr. Jin Pu Tsung is well known in Taiwan's political circle, despite never running for office or even really holding a big central government job, he's sometimes called Taiwan's underground President due to his very close tie with the current Prez Ma. the two have been close friends for a long time and are generally rather similar person in age / apperance / hobbie etc... so obviously there's also some (sometimes not so well intentioned) jokes that they must be gay lovers or something
But Mr. Jin has another rather interesting identity.......
He's a royal Manchurian... really! if the Qing dynasty were still in power today he might be the emperor heh. given that he was a closely related cousin to the last Emperor Aisengelo Pu Yi (the Manchus mostly changed their last names after the fall of the Qing dynasty in fear of persecution. the name Jin was rather popular since that was the first Manchurian dynasty name in China.)
Mr. Jin mostly made a name for himself by being the chief strategist of his friend Ma Yin Jieo in his election runs. which he all won including two Presidential race . so some have called him Taiwan's greatest election strategist.