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對台灣而言,想走戴高樂路線的法國馬看來跟熱衷九二共識的台灣馬一樣糟糕:

[ On the issue of the island democracy of Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory in increasingly bellicose terms, Mr. Macron was notably reticent. He said that the issue was not for him to judge, that he did not detect any Chinese inclination to “overreact,” and that, during a visit where Mr. Xi had shown such unusual hospitality, it was not the moment “to mix everything up.” ]

nytimes.com/2023/04/08/world/a

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二戰以來,自由民主國家的公民到極權國度常有淪為人質風險:

“It also drew heavily from an existing law, the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act, which details U.S. government criteria for who is considered wrongfully detained, processes to help free American detainees and hostages, sanctions options and engagement with a detainee’s family.

The law was named in honor of Robert Levinson, an American detained in Iran since 2007 and who is believed to have died there.”

wsj.com/articles/wsj-reporters

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曾經鉅額援助中國的台灣、日本如今都成為被中國政府攻擊的目標,中國政府就是東郭狼:

“But in Japan’s case, it has become practically commonplace. According to Japan’s Foreign Ministry, the Astellas executive was the 17th Japanese detained by Chinese intelligence since 2015.

The spate of detentions follows the adoption of an anti-espionage law that took effect in 2014, a year after Xi Jinping became president. “

wsj.com/articles/chinas-repeat

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共軍趁小英自美返台時一口氣拉高騷擾規模:

“Taiwan’s military said it had detected 42 Chinese military aircraft and eight Chinese naval vessels near the island between 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. local time on Saturday, with 29 of the aircraft entering southwestern areas of its air defense zone and crossing the median line of the 100-mile-wide Taiwan Strait that separates Taiwan from China.”

The exercises mark an escalation in Beijing’s response to Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen’s U.S. visit wsj.com/articles/chinas-milita

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賣台馬朝跪之行衍生的政治倫理問題:

"台灣制憲基金會認為,在中國加劇對台武力威脅的當下,馬英九主張台灣屬於中國,等同於為中國提供武力侵略台灣的論據。如果這樣的主張是可以容許的,中國對台灣使用武力,將不構成侵略。這樣的主張,等於為野心獨裁政權的領土擴張,粉飾太平,是不見容於自由世界的。"

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沒想到捷克加快交流這麼快:

"根據捷克國防大學官網指出,Libor Kutěj在3月底訪台期間,在我國國防大學進行高階軍官講座,主講內容為中國對於捷克的影響,另一位軍職教授Zuzana Kročová准將則與台灣軍方進行烏俄戰爭經驗對於台灣的影響,以及區域安全情勢的研討會。"

def.ltn.com.tw/article/breakin

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看來是歐中各自表述了:

"馬克宏和馮德萊恩另外與習近平舉行三邊會談,以及馮德萊恩、習近平雙邊會談。馮德萊恩會後表示,她警告中國領導人不要提供俄國武器,也提出台灣問題,表示「我們都同意台海穩定具有最高重要性,維持台海穩定、和平與現狀,對我們有非常明確的利益。因此,沒有人應片面以武力改變這個區域的現狀」,「使用或威脅使用武力改變現狀無法令人接受,透過對話解決可能發生的緊張很重要。」新華社報導,習近平表示台灣問題是中國「核心利益中的核心」,不要指望中國會妥協退讓。"

news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/pap

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極權神經末梢面對瞞上不瞞下風氣的潛在風險:

"美國海軍情報局(ONI)指揮官、海軍少將史都德曼(Michael Studeman)是在馬里蘭州國家港的美國海軍聯盟海空太空會議(Sea-Air-Space)上,做上述表示。曾訪台的史都德曼說,他身為軍事情報人員,「我們掌握強烈跡象顯示,習近平並不知道他的安全部隊所做的一切」,他認為原因出在中國治理模式的笨拙與獨裁統治的風險。"

"由於這些違法行為尚不足以構成戰爭行為,五角大樓將之稱為「灰色地帶」行動。史都德曼說,共軍這類行為的嚴重性與頻率,有可能不見得總能上達習近平與其他中共菁英階層;極權國家的運作方式有其危險,真相並非總能迅速傳播,壞消息在上傳途中有時會被摻假,「我們看到部分情況正在發生」。"

news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/pap

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希望這個情報洩漏對烏克蘭戰力不會有太大影響....

"The modifications could point to an effort of disinformation by Moscow, the analysts said. But the disclosures in the original documents, which appear as photographs of charts of anticipated weapons deliveries, troop and battalion strengths, and other plans, represents a significant breach of American intelligence in the effort to aid Ukraine."

nytimes.com/2023/04/06/us/poli

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米國國會議員先進了台灣國會:

"麥考爾等人約在上午11時2分左右抵達立法院正門後,在立法院副秘書長高明秋、民進黨立委趙天麟等人帶領下,於上午11時5分進入立法院議場2樓貴賓席,觀看正在進行的施政總質詢,會議主席游錫堃也向在場立委、行政院長陳建仁及行政官員介紹訪問團,現場響起掌聲,而麥考爾等人則起身揮手致意。

立法院人士指出,訪問團今天進入立法院議場,是台美斷交後,台灣關係法生效44年來,第一個公開進入議場參訪的美國國會外委會訪問團,為蒸蒸日上的台美關係做了最有力的見證,深具意義。"

cna.com.tw/news/aipl/202304070

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中國這邊打算在海底電纜這塊領域先下手為強:

"4名知情人士告訴路透社,中國電信集團有限公司(中國電信)、中國移動通信集團公司(中國移動)和中國聯合網絡通信集團有限公司(中國聯通)3家主要電信業者正在籌劃這項計畫,這是舉世最先進和涵蓋面最廣的海底電纜網絡之一。

此一名為EMA(歐洲-中東-亞洲)的擬議中網絡,將連結香港與海南島,然後向新加坡、巴基斯坦、沙烏地阿拉伯、埃及和法國延伸。"

"中國主導的EMA計畫,意在與目前正由美國公司SubCom LLC鋪設的SeaMeWe-6(東南亞-中東-西歐6號)海底電纜直接競爭。SeaMeWe-6電纜也將從新加坡連到法國,途經巴基斯坦、沙烏地、埃及和沿線數國。"

cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202304060

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一年多以後的加拿大繼續協助制裁:

"路透社報導,加拿大國防部長安南德(Anita Anand)宣布,將派遣加拿大皇家空軍(Royal Canadian Air Force)的CP-140極光(CP-140 Aurora)巡邏機赴日。

加拿大政府表示,約有6週時間,這架極光CP-140巡邏機將對疑似逃避制裁的海上活動進行監測,特別是船對船轉移遭安理會禁止的燃料及其他商品。"

cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202304070

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紐時點出維尼帝的考量:

"Mr. Xi, anointed last month to a third term as president, wants to deter Taiwan from high-level contacts abroad. Yet he is also trying to improve China’s relations with Western governments, restore economic growth and aid the chances of his favored party in Taiwan’s presidential election in January. An extended military crisis over Taiwan could hurt all three goals, especially the last one."

nytimes.com/2023/04/06/world/a

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中國版的特別軍事行動先聲大概就是這樣:

“Gray zone activities balance China’s pursuit of a more favorable external environment by altering the regional status quo in its favor with a desire to act below the threshold of a militarized response from the United States or China’s neighbors,”

wsj.com/articles/taiwan-warns-

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順手補小英出席加州僑宴時與會的美方政治人物:

"蔡英文表示,很高興能再次於美國洛杉磯過境,台美社群的熱情歡迎讓人十分感動,感謝代理州長庫拉納奇斯的接待,也感謝美國聯邦眾議員薛爾曼(Brad Sherman)、艾薩(Darrell Issa)、趙美心(Judy Chu)、康納(Ro Khanna)、朴銀珠(Michelle Steel)、加州州眾議員謝德智(Tri Ta)等友人一同與會,感謝大家的盛情款待,以及對台灣人民展現的友誼。"

news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/

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米國國會對中國警告的反應是: 更頻密到訪台灣~

"此次的訪團成員橫跨共和、民主兩黨,多達8名外委會及印太小組眾議員,堪稱重量級訪問團。成員包括,日前在眾議院通過「中華人民共和國不是發展中國家法」提案人的眾院印太小組委員會主席金映玉(Young Kim)、眾院印太小組委員會資深議員貝拉(Ami Bera)、眾議員希爾(French Hill)、眾議員迪恩(Madeleine Dean)、眾議員瑞森紹爾(Guy Reschenthaler)、眾議員勞勒(Michael Lawler)、眾議員莫蘭(Nathaniel Moran)。"

news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/

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WSJ也注意到了日本佈武西南諸島的舉措:

"The missiles on the Ishigaki base and two other bases in the island chain are short-range weapons intended to defend an archipelago that stretches over 700 miles from near Taiwan up to the Japanese mainland."

wsj.com/articles/in-beijing-ja

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荷蘭在太陽能開發上非常積極:

"荷蘭目前已在境內的湖泊與水庫上,安裝50萬塊浮動式太陽能板,這些水域約占荷蘭20%的面積,荷蘭亦計劃到2030年建置3 GW(300萬瓩)離岸浮動太陽能裝置容量。"

ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breaking

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