台美關係之間,從台灣關係法制訂以來,從未發生的事,發生了。
今天美國總統拜登,在接受ABC電視台的專訪時,首次,把美國對台灣的安全承諾,比照「北約盟友」的等級,與日本、韓國一樣。
「北約盟友」是什麼意思?就是「核保護傘」。如果任何人膽敢對美國的北約盟友攻擊,美國將不排除使用核武來保護盟友。
所以,拜登總統講的話,不是大事。
是超級巨大的事。
訪問者George Stephanopoulos不只是個節目主持人,而是柯林頓總統白宮團隊成員,問此問題,不偶然。
拜登總統則是外交老將,他的政治生涯,做了36年的參議員,台灣關係法,就是在他投同意票下,通過的。換言之,講到台灣問題,拜登總統失言的機率很低,因為這位外交老將,非常清楚知道自己在幹什麼。
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對話經過是這樣(張之豪翻譯):
George Stephanopoulos:「(白宮針對阿富汗問題的談話)你談及我們(美國)的對手,中国與俄羅斯。你已經看到中国對台灣說『你看,你不能信任美國人吧!』」
拜登總統:「在台灣、南韓、北約,有根本的不同。我們與他們的之間的協議,並不是建立在,(台灣)島上或南韓有內戰,而是(建立在)他們有個一致的政府,在防範壞人來加害於他們。我們做了,並且信守每個承諾。我們對(北大西洋公約)第五條有神聖的(不容改變的)承諾,如果有任何人要侵略,或對我們的北約盟友動手,我們會回應。這跟日本一樣、對南韓一樣,對台灣一樣。這完全不能比。」
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拜登總統是在回應中国,把美軍撤離阿富汗,拿來比喻,美國對台灣的承諾,不可信任。
因此,拜登總統更要強調,台灣之於美國的重要性,等同日、韓、英、法,一樣重要。
台灣有的政黨與媒體,會想讓你以為,拜登是在回應國民黨。
但是,拜登其實是在回應中国。
拜登總統在前天白宮的演說裡,其實已經把美國的立場揭示相當清楚:
「我們的任務從來不應該是幫別人建國」、「身為一個總統,我堅持,我們需要聚焦在我們2021的今日面對的威脅,而非昨日的」、「我們真正的戰略對手,中国與俄國,將很樂意看美國繼續花上億經費與注意力在無限期穩定阿富汗上」、「我們提供了他們決定自己未來的每一個機會。我們不能提供的,是為那個未來而戰的決心。」
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美國要面對的對手,是中国。
美國對要幫助的盟友,提供的是決定自己未來的機會,但是,決定自己未來的決心,是要靠自己而來的。這也就是為什麼,美國不斷重申「不支持台灣獨立」。因為台灣要不要獨立,是要由台灣人的口中自己講出來、台灣人自己透過行動做出來。
這幾天阿富汗的情勢,很多人頓時變成阿富汗專家。比方說,最近我看到有個人說阿富汗是「中東」,讓人啼笑皆非,阿富汗是中亞,不是中東。
總之,阿富汗恰巧就是一個「弱國家」,這在國際政治經濟學裡,有特殊的定義。這不只是講這個國家在國際關係裡,不舉足輕重而已,而是在說,這個國家,對自己的社會、經濟、地理,無法有效治理,資源無法整合、動員,國家內部也不統合。
阿富汗這樣的問題,並不單一,很多第三世界國家都有這樣的問題,但,阿富汗之所以重要,是因為蓋達組織在阿富汗策劃了2001年的911恐攻。
國家內部要統合,官僚要獨立、政府機關要減少貪腐、裙帶,就要有民主自由,但也要有,民族主義的召喚。所以,不要小看了像是「奧運」這樣的民族主義時刻,就是在這種時刻,國家內部的人可以凝聚彼此的認同,重新確認國家的邊界,也因此,接受彼此是兄弟姐妹,因此要互相照顧(社會福利體制),從而接受大家共同的政治體制與其運行的公平性(民主體制的信任與維繫)。
這是很硬,但很基礎的政治學。阿富汗,與很多前殖民地國家,就是在這些東西上,運作的不順暢。
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美國送台灣250萬劑疫苗,是6月6日。
當時來台的三位參議員裡,昆斯議員說過:
「有些國家會質疑美國會不會來救援台灣。這就是那個時刻...我們要把話講很清楚,我們就是打算這麼做。」
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其實台灣國家方略,就是要自立自強,但又不能完全只是自立自強。
國家發展,不是巨嬰待哺,也不是土法煉鋼。既不能完全只靠自己,也不能完全靠別人。
半導體產業,一開始,是美國給的訂單,美國沒給訂單,我們根本沒機會發展。
但有了訂單後,我們努力學習,開發技術,因為我們知道好運跟緣分是一時的,既然搭上了,就要盡全力讓自己強起來。
在別人給機會合作的時候,利用機會,壯大自己,但又是帶著感恩善良的心,壯大後,也要當給別人機會的人,而不是大漢就囂張。
就是在這樣的前提上,民進黨政府、小英總統,發展國教機、研發雄三飛彈、潛艦國造,甚至要求綠能產業要一定比例用國內精密機械產業來合作。
同樣的道理,也適用於疫情時代的國產疫苗上。
假使你看到有人在強調「自立自強」,但又唱衰國產疫苗,唱衰國防國造,那你就要小心,他們說的「自立自強」,是假的。
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最近基金三路上有交通號誌問題,左轉號誌被撤離,我到現場會勘,交通處承諾將於兩週內改善。
基隆市議員 張之豪
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原文:
STEPHANOPOULOS: You talked about our adversaries, China and Russia. You already see China telling Taiwan, "See? You can't count on the Americans." (LAUGH)
BIDEN: Sh-- why wouldn't China say that? Look, George, the idea that w-- there's a fundamental difference between-- between Taiwan, South Korea, NATO. We are in a situation where they are in-- entities we've made agreements with based on not a civil war they're having on that island or in South Korea, but on an agreement where they have a unity government that, in fact, is trying to keep bad guys from doin' bad things to them.
We have made-- kept every commitment. We made a sacred commitment to Article Five that if in fact anyone were to invade or take action against our NATO allies, we would respond. Same with Japan, same with South Korea, same with-- Taiwan. It's not even comparable to talk about that.
全文連結:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/full-transcript-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-interview-president/story?id=79535643
同時也有3部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過21萬的網紅Ghib Ojisan,也在其Youtube影片中提到,Happy Chinese New Year! This might be the most "YouTuber" video I'm doing - I will try to consume 15 to 20 Chinese New Year food in 24 hours. Every fo...
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LIVE: Will the new MCO affect your JOB...again?!
FIRSTLY? We are TERRIBLY sorry that the FIRST 8 minutes of audio was GONE! Omg. That's just horrible. Achilles and I were going on and on. I do apologise on our LIVE end.
Truth be told, I wasn't 100% that day. I was actually down with fever due to mastitis but as the saying goes, "the show must go on" and I was pretty excited to be talking to my guest. Azmi had to man the fort with a cranky baby at the back (our helper is stuck in her hometown due to the unfortunate floods, so we told her to settle matters. And then MCO 2.0 took place. So, we are WFH-livestreaming with 4 young kids all at home and a very sick me. Go figure! LOL)
Anyway, here was my first part of what I was (trying to say)
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The Covid-19 pandemic caused a projected loss of 195 million jobs, interruptions to education and a disproportionate impact on vulnerable groups. The nature of work and careers is changing fast. I’ve heard some say that it’s not the virus that scares them, but the uncertainties that lies ahead.
2020 has given employers and companies reshaped their hiring practices while employees rapidly had to adapt, upskill and reskill, as well as practice resiliency and hone on their entrepreneurial mindsets ,to respond to the reality of either a salary cut or worst, layoffs or to close their business due to the downturn.
As we enter into our 2nd week of 2021, with the uncertainties still looming, I’m pretty sure many of you are keen to know how others have strived despite the challenges. So today, I’m delighted to speak to Achilles Sureen, Senior Lead – Culture & Employee Engagement, AirAsia to share how he managed to fly by, when aviation was hit badly, in 2020.
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Thank you Achilles for being such an inspiration. I learnt so much from our short 'lunch date'. I hope mum and my dad meets each other and can have a glass of wine to celebrate your wonderfulness.
Thanks Angelica and JobStreet Malaysia for arranging this interview. Can't wait for the next one with Ramesh!
#JobsThatMatter
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Take it out on Hong Kong! |Lee Yee
The rash chap was wronged out there, and went home to beat up his wife and son. Ah Q muttered an insult to the fake foreigner, who beat him up with a mourning stick. Ah Q dared not argue, turned around and provoked Whiskers Wang, whom he despises, and the weak and lowly Young D. Except Whiskers Wang and Young D beat Ah Q, what a slap in the face! Therefore he pinched the young nun in the cheeks to vent.
The US has launched a series of blows against China in the ultra-cold war, with the latest development being the announcement that US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar will visit Taiwan. Although there are precedents for the US cabinet members to visit Taiwan, it is now during a pandemic, with the particular highlights of this sensitive period being: that Taiwan has been rejected by the World Health Organization (WHO), that the WHO has joined forces with China, and that the US has withdrawn from the WHO and is preparing to form a new health alliance. In addition, it is rumored that Sun Lijun, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security, who was investigated in April this year, was dismissed for leaking information about the Wuhan epidemic from laboratories. The relevant information has fallen into the hands of Australia and the US, which may trigger a global accountability operation.
As the US and Taiwan get closer, they repeated inch towards the bottom line of China’s tolerance. The next step could be the stationing of US troops in Taiwan, which could even lead to the establishment of diplomatic relations with Taiwan that might not be that surprising.
On the other hand, the US gave up unilateral diplomacy, and Pompeo called on the free world to unite to resist China, a declaration that was welcomed by many countries thanks to the Hong Kong national security law. Britain proposed to form the D-10, a group that is consisted of the Five Eyes, plus Japan, India, South Korea, France, and Germany, with the possibility of ASEAN countries to follow. The latest development is that in Switzerland, which has always maintained a neutral attitude in international affairs and has never been involved in international wars since 1815, Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis told the media on Aug 2 that Hong Kong’s national security law endangers Hong Kong Swiss enterprises, and if the CCP insists on pursuing it, Western countries will respond more resolutely.
As everyone knows, Swiss banks are famous for their measures against leaking depositors’ information, and therefore money from laundering is often stored in Swiss banks. Last year, Jia Kang, an economist and former director of the Finance Department of the Chinese Ministry of Finance, forwarded the news published by Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) that about 100 Chinese people had deposits of 7.8 trillion yuan, which equals to 1 trillion USD in UBS. The average deposit per person is more than 10 billion USD.
The Swiss Foreign Minister said that Hong Kong’s national security law “endangers Swiss enterprises in Hong Kong”, alluding to the next steps which could well be divestitures. Minus Hong Kong, corrupt Chinese officials have one fewer, and the most convenient, place to hide their money.
Faced with the increasing pressure from the US and Western countries, China’s response has been relatively mild. Except for the babbling from the Ministry of Foreign Arguments, none from the top tier spoke out, and the media reiterated that they would remain “open to the outside world”.
A month ago, Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin posted that China needed to increase the number of nuclear warheads to more than a thousand; a week ago, Old Hu once again proclaimed, “Hurry up and build more nuclear missiles to deter the American lunatics, turn on the steam”. These Weibo posts have hundreds of thousands of likes. However, on Jul 31, Yang Chengjun, high-level military, and nuclear arms control expert, issued a document that slammed, without naming names, Hu’s remarks as “having the foremost purpose of inciting dissatisfaction with the Central government, the Military Commission, and the military”, that it was heinous and “a lie that is extremely detrimental to national security”.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that, “We can restart dialogues with all levels and fields with the US any moment. Any issue can be brought to the table for discussion”, “refuse to decouple, maintain cooperation; resist zero-sum, share responsibility”.
Not daring to play hardball with the US? Take it out on Hong Kong. Therefore, the policy towards Hong Kong is only going to become increasingly outrageous. Hongkongers must prepare for the worst.
Lu Xun said, “An angry hero brandishes his sword to challenge the mighty; an angry coward turns his sword to bully the vulnerable”. The next two lines that follow are, “In a hopeless nation, there will be many heroes glaring only at the children. Those wussies!” Wussy [pinyin: can tou]," means a bully who preys on the weak in the Chinese northern dialect.
If the wussies think that little Hong Kong is good to bully, then what has last year’s anti-ELAB movement do to the political, economic, internal, and external environment in the CCP? Winston Churchill said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
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Happy Chinese New Year! This might be the most "YouTuber" video I'm doing - I will try to consume 15 to 20 Chinese New Year food in 24 hours. Every food has a meaning, for example, eating pineapple tarts is essential because pineapple is pronounced "ong lai" in Hokkien, and it also means "prosperity is coming". Join me as I shove all the Chinese New Year food and goodies in my poor stomach. Huat AH!
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FIRSTLY? We are TERRIBLY sorry that the FIRST 8 minutes of audio was GONE! Omg. That's just horrible. Achilles and I were going on and on. I do apologise on our LIVE end.
Truth be told, I wasn't 100% that day. I was actually down with fever due to mastitis but as the saying goes, "the show must go on" and I was pretty excited to be talking to my guest. Azmi had to man the fort with a cranky baby at the back (our helper is stuck in her hometown due to the unfortunate floods, so we told her to settle matters. And then MCO 2.0 took place. So, we are WFH-livestreaming with 4 young kids all at home and a very sick me. Go figure! LOL)
Anyway, here was my first part of what I was (trying to say)
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The Covid-19 pandemic caused a projected loss of 195 million jobs, interruptions to education and a disproportionate impact on vulnerable groups. The nature of work and careers is changing fast. I’ve heard some say that it’s not the virus that scares them, but the uncertainties that lies ahead.
2020 has given employers and companies reshaped their hiring practices while employees rapidly had to adapt, upskill and reskill, as well as practice resiliency and hone on their entrepreneurial mindsets ,to respond to the reality of either a salary cut or worst, layoffs or to close their business due to the downturn.
As we enter into our 2nd week of 2021, with the uncertainties still looming, I’m pretty sure many of you are keen to know how others have strived despite the challenges. So today, I’m delighted to speak to Achilles Sureen, Senior Lead – Culture & Employee Engagement, AirAsia to share how he managed to fly by, when aviation was hit badly, in 2020.
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Thank you Achilles for being such an inspiration. I learnt so much from our short 'lunch date'. I hope mum and my dad meets each other and can have a glass of wine to celebrate your wonderfulness.
Thanks Angelica and JobStreet Malaysia for arranging this interview. Can't wait for the next one with Ramesh!
#JobsThatMatter
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I'm a Japanese guy living in Singapore, and in today's video, I tried to speak Singlish for 24 hours. Singlish is Singaporeanized English and the two features are:
1. the use of other languages like Chinese and Malay
2. the speed (so fast that most Japanese will not understand!)
The most popular Singlish term is "can", which can be used in almost every situation.
Q. Here, can? (pointing at an unoccupied seat at food court)
A. Can.
Q. Is it okay if I eat this?
A. Can.
Q. Can meh?
A. Can.
In this video, I tried to use all the popular Singlish phrases for 24 hours. You will also get to see how we enjoyed our NDP (National Day Parade) 2020. Happy birthday Singapore!
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Thank you Kobayashi-san and JPLUS for interviewing me. Head to Meidiya or Isetan for a hard copy, or you can read it from the link below.
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00:53 | Jialat - Room Reveal
02:19 | Walau - NDP Begins
03:07 | Lah - My NDP Shirt
03:37 | Leh - Battle Tanks
04:29 | Shiok - Mom Arrives
07:11 | What is Singlish?
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