Xinhai 100 – In Taipei ‘100’ is Most Definitely the Only Number Around

No doubt about it 100 is the magic number in Taiwan this year – 100 years of Xinhai, 100 years of the Republic of China in one form or another.

Taipei is full of signage and ads with something other to with the hundredth anniversary. Government bodies of course, the police and military but also companies jumping on the Xinhai bandwagon and even the subway system celebrating the opening of over 100 kilometres of track. 100 is truly the magic number.

No surprise really that Taiwan is making a big deal of the anniversary, but I am a little surprised that I’ve seen next to nothing about it anywhere in China yet. I have visits in the next couple of months to two cradles of the Republic, Nanking and Wuhan, who should be doing something. Or perhaps we’ll hear more about Xinhai towards the second half of the year though I suspect that the powers that be in Peking just simply haven’t been able to fix a line on the anniversary so they’re falling back to the default position of ignoring it entirely. We shall see. Meanwhile, in Taiwan, expect more ‘100’ references as we approach October and the Double Ten.

the cops are at it…

with various themes…

the school board

the subway system…

and plenty of corporates too.