tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949421001644904537.post4990629541952124529..comments2024-01-24T18:56:58.635-08:00Comments on EXPLORING CULTURES: A Global Blog (all languages): Who paid Thomas Friedman's speaking fees in recent Taipei lecture tour? Inquiring minds want to know. Was it his Taipei publisher? The ROC government? A local university? He gets US$75,000 per speech so who was footing the bill?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949421001644904537.post-20229027525675793652010-01-14T05:00:43.603-08:002010-01-14T05:00:43.603-08:00"Good question, sir; who did pay him that mu..."Good question, sir; who did pay him that much, plus no doubt fly him over business class and put him up in a good hotel; do I suspect the GIO needed some counter publicity to counter all the images of Ma the Incomeptent?"<br /><br />asks a Taipei punditAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com