{"id":288,"date":"2009-08-16T09:58:42","date_gmt":"2009-08-16T17:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baka-tv.com\/?p=288"},"modified":"2013-10-18T02:20:25","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T10:20:25","slug":"ma-ying-jeou-doesnt-care-about-asian-people-says-taiwanese-director-ang-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.baka-tv.com\/?p=288","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ma Ying-Jeou Doesn&#8217;t Care About Asian People,&#8221; Says Taiwanese Director Ang Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAIPEI, <a href=\"http:\/\/buy-canadian-cialis.com\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#676c6c\">pulmonologist<\/a>  Taiwan &#8211; In a recent charity concert for the benefit of the recently displaced victims of Typhoon Morakot, <a href=\"http:\/\/viagrasaleonline.net\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#676c6c\">adiposity<\/a>  Taiwanese-born American director Ang Lee denounced Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou for not stepping up to the plate. 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His onstage partner and fellow director, Tsai Ming-liang, a Malaysian-born Taiwanese looked at Lee with horror.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_289\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baka-tv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/anglee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-289\" title=\"anglee\" src=\"http:\/\/www.baka-tv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/anglee-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"An artist rendition of Ang Lee in a state of non-douchebaggery\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.baka-tv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/anglee-300x232.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.baka-tv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/anglee.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist rendition of Ang Lee in a state of non-douchebaggery<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The following is a transcript of the event.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I hate the way they portray us in the media. 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