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偌大北約要靠對面的加拿大防守,很掉漆:

"This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by helping to improve the military capability of Canada, a NATO ally that is an important force for ensuring political stability and economic progress, and a contributor to military, peacekeeping and humanitarian operations around the world. "

dsca.mil/press-media/major-arm

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加拿大的神盾明擺著是盯北極熊用:

"美國國防安全合作局表示,國務院做出決定,批准向加拿大出售神盾戰鬥系統以及相關軍售案,預估金額為17億美元,加拿大政府要求購買神盾戰鬥系統船艦組件、電腦控制程序、雷達系統、協同接戰能力船組件、MK 41垂直發射系統、敵我識別系統,另外軍售包裹也包括美方技術支援與測試相關資料等,總費用達17億美元(約台幣472億元)。"

news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/bre

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你們放棄了那小兄弟,如今便輪著你們遭遇了~(來自台灣小兄弟的微笑

"當時,該份報告是由美國全國公共廣播電台(NPR)前駐北京分社社長林慕蓮(Louisa Lim)撰寫,列出一系列「令人震驚」的現象,例如中國政府的宣傳機器「中國日報」(China Daily)同時發行英語和塞爾維亞語版本;一名菲律賓記者估計,菲律賓國內通訊社有超過一半的報導,來自中國國家通訊社新華社。一家肯亞媒體集團透過中國投資者籌集資金,一名專欄作家因為撰寫中國鎮壓維吾爾人的文章而遭到解雇;還有秘魯的記者在社群媒體上遭到「戰狼」中國官員強烈批評。"

"例如,秘魯政府對中國很友好,有權勢的政治人士很早就獲得中國製造的疫苗。但秘魯全國記者協會(National Association of Journalists of Peru)秘書長萊內茲(Zuliana Lainez)指出,結果就是秘魯國家通訊社和國營報紙「秘魯人報」(El Peruano),宛如「中國大使館的速記員」。與此同時,中國大使館還出資贊助若干新聞編輯部實現技術現代化。「我們必須以憂慮的眼光看待這些事情,」她說,「它們不是免費的。」"


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最想恢復和伊朗談判的拜登政權上台, 伊朗的活躍度就飆高~(笑

"Two Revolutionary Guard speedboats broke away from a group of 13, according to the Pentagon, and went to the opposite side of the U.S. formation. They approached Maui and a Navy ship, the USS Squall, at more than 32 knots with their weapons uncovered and manned.

The Maui fired its first volley when two of the Iranian vessels approached within 300 yards and the second when the pair approached within 150 yards. After the second volley, the Revolutionary Guard vessels left, Kirby said."

nbcnews.com/politics/national-

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這篇長文推薦深入淺出,推薦給每一位公民。

" Brandeis大法官在1927年於Whitney v. California案的協同意見,對美國憲法為什麼要保障言論自由、言論自由有什麼價值與功能,提出了相當精闢的論述,也對要如何保障言論自由,提出了「更多言論」(more speech)的理論,對「明顯而立即危險」判準有更進一步的闡明:「如果在言論發表後,實際弊害發生前,仍有時間可以用討論的方式來區辨是非,或以教育的方法來避免弊害的發生,那麼我們應該用『更多的言論』來治療言論可能帶來的弊害,而非強迫沉默。」"

「了解社會脈絡,就是要能了解社會現象,掌握現實。此不獨大法官釋憲時有此需要,一般法院的法官,在審理案件解釋適用法律時也有此需要。為政者與一般大眾行事判斷時,也有此需要。誠如Brandeis大法官所言:”Knowledge is essential to understanding and understanding should precede judging.”,他的意思就是:為了作出好的判斷,必須要先能對事物有一定的了解;而要對事物有一定的了解,則必須要有一定的知識。而活潑自由開放的言論,正是豐富知識內涵,增長知識的不二法門。」

「一個社會愈成熟,就愈能以冷靜理性的方式去處理事情。對於一個危害是否急迫、其嚴重程度如何,也會有比較適切的判斷。一個相對成熟的社會,在遭遇危難衝擊的情形,會比較容易回穩。民眾會從過去的經驗,吸取教訓。會知道如何改進,採取較好的因應方式。在探討危害的急迫性與嚴重性的關係時,不能只專注於政府採取了什麼措施,其實市民社會的成熟理性也是很重要的。」

iias.sinica.edu.tw/blog_post/1

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韓國百萬人規模老人接種AZ疫苗後的好消息:

“Its analysis is based on more than 3.5 million people in South Korea aged 60 and older for two months from Feb. 26 and included 521,133 people who received a first dose of either Pfizer or AstraZeneca shot.

There were 1,237 COVID-19 cases in the data and only 29 were from the vaccinated group, the KDCA said.”

reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

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菲律賓終於開始規劃防守但預算還沒下落⋯(猩臉杜就繼續擱置VFA嘛~

「菲中南海紛爭自3月下旬以來升溫。馬尼拉當局指約220艘中國海上民兵船集結牛軛礁(Whitsun Reef),向北京提出至少5次外交抗議,要求立即離開菲國專屬經濟海域。」

「菲國軍方部署至少10艘海軍艦艇在西菲律賓海進行主權巡邏,菲律賓武裝部隊西部軍區還安排4架軍機待命。」

cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/2021

“拉蒙特採訪的LGBTQ群體則提供一種截然不同的伴侶關係模式,他們不想參與在既有的性別不平等約會情境之中,例如一名女性指出:「我們已經明確表明我們並不是普通或傳統的群體,所以我們可以自己撰寫約會劇本,而不需要相信或遵循那些性別刻板印象,例如男人就是比較遲鈍或熱愛運動,而女性就會隱忍性需求或要求對方付錢。」

  由於許多LGBTQ的伴侶關係並不建立在已確立的意識形態之上,一般的社會規範經常被檢視、質疑,然後被拒絕,目的是為了創造真正實踐平等的空間。同樣值得注意的是,LGBTQ受訪者在一開始約會就樹立了平等的期望,而不是在約會之後。這種模式改變了他們對親密關係的理解,從而使他們最終擁有更為平等且長遠的伴侶關係。”

mplus.com.tw/article/3753?fbcl

負責大概是中國政府最缺乏的品格之一了.

"The rocket’s size, about the height of a 10-story building, and concerns from space-monitoring organizations that the entry back to earth wouldn’t be controlled caused worry in recent days, as various tracking organizations predicted potential landing sites covering swaths of the planet.

While there was a minuscule chance of the debris hitting populated areas, the episode has raised the issue of responsible space behavior, with China ramping up its space program and private corporations globally engaging in space activity."

wsj.com/articles/chinese-rocke

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中國A股半導體業有一成沒政府補貼就要虧損了:

"報導指出,A股120家半導體企業中,除了四圖維新外,其餘119家去年獲得中國政府149.11億元補貼,平均每家公司獲得1.24億元補貼;去年上述120家半導體企業合計淨利達570億元,政府補貼佔合計淨利的26.1%。"

"報導說,有16家A股半導體企業若無中國政府補貼則會出現虧損。"

ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breaking

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熱線什麼的肯定不甩你美國的啦, 中國才不想留話柄被束手束腳咧~

" Hotlines between military and civilian leadership was a safety feature of the rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union during the cold war. But as China’s military might has risen in relation to Russia’s, efforts to establish enduring lines of crisis communications between Washington and Beijing have failed.

President Bill Clinton and General Secretary Jiang Zemin, agreed to establish a hotline in 1997, but it was never put to proper use, even when Nato accidentally bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999. "

“For a host of reasons, the Chinese have been reluctant to engage deeply in these efforts. China has different calculations on the proper conduct of civil military relations,” ... “They fear that by establishing these mechanisms they give credence and legitimacy to American military exercises and operations near their borders and they don’t want to do that.”

theguardian.com/world/2021/may

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關鍵評論所附連結失效, 附上目前能找到的原文:

" Women as women are largely excluded from, alien to, the self-declared male norms of this society, where human beings are called Man, the only respectable god is male, the only direction is up. So that’s their country; let’s explore our own…."

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"我希望妳生活中,不覺得有需要主宰別人,也不覺得需要被主宰。我希望妳永遠不是受害者,但我也希望妳對別人沒有權力施害。而當妳跌倒失敗、很痛苦,縮在暗處的時候,我希望妳記得黑暗就是妳的國度,是妳生活的地方,是沒有人打仗,也沒有人勝利的地方,是未來所在的地方。我們的根就在黑暗中,土地是我們的國度。

為什麼我們祈福的時候往天上看,而不是往四周,往地上看?天上沒有我們的希望。我們的希望不在那個佈滿間諜眼睛、武器的天空,而在我們朝下看的土地。希望不從上方來,而從下面來。希望不在令人眼盲的強光裡,而在孕育生命的黑暗中,希望在那人類長出靈魂的黑暗之中。"

thenewslens.com/article/88376

"中國全國人大之前審議批准的一項決議訂定,債務率不超過100%為地方政府債務的整體風險警戒線,即地方債務餘額最高不得超過地方綜合財力水準。

但目前已有9個省分超過100%的臨界值。常年居於債務率前2名的貴州和內蒙古之後,分別是遼寧、寧夏、天津、青海、雲南、吉林和湖南,除天津和湖南外,均位於東北和西部地區。

這9個省分的財政平衡率(一般公共預算收入/一般公共預算支出)普遍低於50%,青海甚至不足20%。

然而,即使暫時未超過警戒線的省分中,大部分財政平衡率不足50%。實際上,中國大陸僅8個省分的財政平衡率超過50%。

2019年,中國財政部曾公布36個省(自治區、直轄市、計劃單列市)的財政困難係數。其中,27個地方的財政困難指數超過50%,其中還包括經濟大省廣東和山東。"

cna.com.tw/news/acn/2021050900

咦咦咦?竟然肯開放啦?這下真的要把握時間去近拍囉~

“基國派教堂創建於1964年,是由牧師動員居民採集、搬運石塊一塊一塊堆砌而成,以「通往天堂之鑰」為概念,設計出獨特的入口風格,加上整個牆面的特殊造型,更加顯得古樸雅致,對於部落族人來說,不僅是熱門的觀光景點,”

news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/brea

法軍終於到達啦:

「日本「長崎放送」(NBC)報導,法國海軍兩棲攻擊艦托納爾號(Tonnerre)與巡防艦蘇爾庫夫號(Surcouf)今天靠泊長崎縣佐世保港。

托納爾號全長約200公尺,最多可搭載18架直升機,是扮演水陸兩棲作戰核心角色的戰艦。這2艘法國軍艦將參加11日起在九州島及周邊海域舉行的美日法3國聯合軍演。」

cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202105090

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澎湖這邊也遇到了找漏洞:

“澎湖海巡隊調查指出,3539巡防艇今日上午10時46分在草嶼西南20海里海域,發現1艘「無船名」中國漁船越界進入我國限制水域,立即廣播3次命令中國漁船船配合受檢,該船仍拒絕停船受檢,巡防艇遂採取緊追及強靠登檢該船,並押返馬公留置調查。查獲船長及船員等3人,漁獲約20公斤,船上無牛、豬肉相關製品,人員均無發燒情形。”

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美國第五艦隊發表了在北阿拉伯海截獲大批軍火的新聞稿,從照片看,堆在甲板上的數量驚人。

“The cache of weapons included dozens of advanced Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles, thousands of Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, and hundreds of PKM machine guns, sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenades launchers. “

navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Sto

日劇《獨活女子守則》的熱氣球俯瞰與工業區夜景的仰視,好適合接連安排,迥異的視覺體驗交互衝擊一定很有趣吧。

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斯里蘭卡註定要在印中雙強間左右為難.

"In addition to the Chinese loans and economic assistance, what makes China attractive as a partner to Sri Lanka is that these loans and other forms of assistance come with no strings attached. That China raises no conditions such as on human rights practices and war crimes in its dealings with Sri Lanka is comforting to a regime that brought an end to the LTTE guerrilla war in 2009. Second, China’s unconditional support to Sri Lanka in international platforms such as the UNHRC and Beijing’s ability to shield Colombo from the West on human rights, accountability, and reconciliation with minorities work in favor of China. "

thediplomat.com/2021/05/china-

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