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兩個月後的美日加強協防沖繩尖閣再確認:

""また、厳しさを増す地域の安全保障環境に対応するため、日米同盟の抑止力と対処力をいっそう強化していくことを確認し、バイデン大統領からは日米安全保障条約第5条の沖縄県の尖閣諸島への適用を含む対日防衛コミットメントについて力強い発言があったということです。""

www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20211

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財經網美說的一年期中國出口美國半數關稅項目豁免的說法在WSJ找不到相關佐證,莫非中文媒體都是從"將繼續維持半數川政權懲罰性關稅"來推導出"有半數關稅豁免"這個結論嗎? 目前先找到所謂美企申請關稅豁免程序這部分的佐證:

"At the same time, she said, the U.S. will reopen a process for U.S. companies to seek exemptions from tariffs. That exemption process ended after President Biden took office, drawing complaints from manufacturers and others who say they have no cost-effective alternatives to certain Chinese components."

wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-press-

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雖然共軍沒掛彈,航線沒敢越過中線也不敢殺入美艦卡爾文森號與英艦伊莉莎白號的警戒空域,但柿子挑軟的恫嚇倒是真的。

“他派出歼16、苏恺30战机,目前我们掌握的资讯,他没有挂弹、是空载飞行,如果他飞行的状况是有挂弹,那整个紧张程度是不一样,如果挂弹就是战机随时可以从演训变成攻击。”

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六月廿五架次, 十月五十六架次, 感覺總加速師很努力....

"北京本月頭4天派出149架次軍機擾台;根據中華民國國防部統計,10月1日至4日分別有38架、39架、16架及56架中共軍機侵擾中華民國防空識別區(ADIZ)西南部。其中4日的56架是國防部去年9月17日開始公布中共軍機動態以來,數量最多一次。

衛報(Guardian)在澳洲時間今天報導,澳洲政府警告中國切勿採取「威嚇」或「動武」等手段;澳洲政府希望維持「一個安全、繁榮,並且以規則為基礎的印度太平洋地區」。

澳洲外交暨貿易部(DFAT)一位不具名發言人表示,近日中國軍機擾台的消息,已引起澳洲政府關注。"

cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/2021

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中國房市的危機點: 大城市以外的房地產仰賴泡沫支撐.

"But property construction in smaller cities ran well ahead of demand from prospective occupants for the last five years in China, leaving the market increasingly dependent on speculators and investors to buy properties, said Logan Wright, China markets research director at Rhodium Group, a research firm based in New York. About 21% of homes in urban China were already vacant in 2017, which equated to 65 million empty units, according to data from China Household Finance Survey."

wsj.com/articles/evergrande-ch

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看到這篇標題時有嚇到, 想說不會吧連蘇菲教派都激進化了嗎? 其實就是整個光譜偏向極化時, 中軸也跟著移動了...囧

[ Much of the shift of madrassas to radicalism is also owing to funding in recent decades from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and other Gulf states, which allowed many radical Salafi strains to penetrate Barelvi Islam.

“The foreign funding has pushed many madrassas towards extremism and away from the essence of Ahl-e-Sunnat. This has resulted in a decrease in tolerance and a rise in a more literalist interpretation of texts, which harms Islamic progress,” said Naeemi. ]

thediplomat.com/2021/10/how-so

"馬來西亞外交部4日深夜發布新聞稿表示,外交部當天召見中國駐馬國大使,對數艘中國船隻進入馬來西亞沙巴(Sabah)、砂拉越(Sarawak)專屬經濟海域活動表達抗議,其中包括一艘中國調查船。

馬國外交部稱,這些中國船隻的活動不符聯合國海洋法公約規定。"

cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/2021

"《南華早報》報導,斯里蘭卡在 7 月份支付了 10 億美元的債券後,外匯存底只剩 28 億美元,僅涵蓋2個月的進口外匯需求,加上明年還有 15 億美元的外債到期,斯里蘭卡財政部長、也是現任總統的哥哥Basil Rajapaksa 近日坦承,目前面臨嚴重的外匯危機。

由於外匯缺乏,進口商無法獲得美元支付獲允許購買的食品與藥品,導致斯里蘭卡從食品到藥物全部陷入短缺,連瓦斯、煤油也難以支應民眾需求,目前宣布進入緊急狀態。反對派議員穆Mujibur Ra​​hman 無奈的說,在國內墨水用完之前,應該先拿來印鈔。

到底誰會伸援手? 斯里蘭卡總統Gotabaya認為,除了自救外,「全天候朋友」中國以及「好鄰居」印度應該可以協助解決問題。反對黨則不認同,直批「他們只會將我們踢開」。

觀察人士一致認為,如果斯里蘭卡不向IMF求助,那麼中國恐是唯一有財力提供幫助的國家,尤其中國是斯里蘭卡主要外國投資者和最大債權人,持有斯里蘭卡 15% 外債。"

ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breaking

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中國現況是否禁得起三零一和美國是否真會動用三零一都令人存疑:

"為重新校准美國對中貿易政策,以捍衛國內勞工、企業、農民及製造業者,強化中產階級,戴琪宣布,她將與中方對口就第一階段貿易協議的落實進行討論,並展開關稅排除流程,確保現行架構符合美國經濟利益。

此外,戴琪指出,在確保北京履行貿易協議的同時,美國會持續對中國以國家為中心、非市場貿易行徑表達關切。美方會動用所有現行工具並依據需求發展新工具,以保衛美國經濟利益不受有害政策與行徑影響。"

cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/2021

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“Electricity imports from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan account for half of Afghanistan’s power consumption nationwide, with Iran providing additional supplies to the country’s west. Domestic production, mostly at hydropower stations, has been affected by this year’s drought. Afghanistan lacks a national power grid, and Kabul depends almost completely on imported power from Central Asia.”

wsj.com/articles/kabul-faces-b

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"電力部上週末表示,9月份在印度煤礦區的大雨,對煤炭的生產和交付都造成打擊,同時發電廠未能在季風季節之前增加庫存。電力部指示能源公司建立庫存,並預計需求可能會維持在目前的標準。

燃煤發電佔印度總發電量的66%,高於2019年的62%,這波能源短缺加劇了印度大規模停電、電價上漲或發電商利潤受到衝擊的可能性。"

ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breaking

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美中在企業審計上的扞格也許會列入稍後談判設法找出折衷點的項目裡.

"The audit standoff has long been a contentious point in cross-border relations between the two countries. For more than a decade, the PCAOB, which functions essentially as the auditor of auditors, has struggled to inspect China-based audit firms, as well as the mainland Chinese affiliates of the Big Four accounting firms."

"U.S. and Chinese officials tried to revive talks afterward, but they couldn’t agree on key issues. One sticking point was China’s restricting of information that U.S. regulators considered essential. In 2017, when the PCAOB attempted to inspect an audit of a China-based company, the Chinese didn’t produce the working papers the U.S. demanded and redacted others, according to an oversight board letter to government officials."

wsj.com/articles/countdown-sta

俄中聯合的SCO反恐演習藉機向其他成員國展示兩國各自無人機技術:

"“The countermeasures and tactics would involve a lot of complicated technologies, including the integration of photoelectric sensors and radar systems, deploying jammers, and then using net gun or laser light to destroy targets.”

scmp.com/news/china/military/a

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順手補一個趙君朔猜測中國限電是為了測試開戰準備的說法:

youtu.be/tmN8euQkPZc

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到雙十節前都會這樣低成本的大張旗鼓吧~

“It’s a low-cost instrument for China to show to its own people that they are setting the agenda in cross-straits relations, and to send a message of deterrence and intimidation to Taiwan and other governments deploying vessels in the Taiwan Strait and the region.”

wsj.com/articles/record-chines

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WSJ這篇用圖表具體指出中國房市泡沫與恆大事件的規模: 前者是美國2005年房市泡沫的翻倍($847 billion v. $1.6 trillion), 後者的開發項目樓地板面積總和約相當於513棟帝國大廈.

"Analysts have generally indicated an Evergrande default wouldn’t spur a crisis of confidence like the one that followed the Lehman Brothers collapse. But Evergrande is the largest property developer in a Chinese real-estate bubble that has been expanding for years. Investment over the past decade in China’s residential-property market has dwarfed the U.S. housing bubble of the 2000s, at least in terms of its share of domestic economic output."

wsj.com/articles/chinas-evergr

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中方的看法偏向把印太戰略是美國主導而印方消極配合缺乏積極動機的因勢利導:

" Above all, the prospects of a true “alliance” between the United States and India are held back by a long-running philosophy of non-alignment in India’s foreign policy.

India-Russia relations are also often cited in PLA media as a factor preventing India from forming a true alliance with the U.S. "

thediplomat.com/2021/10/how-do

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看完2012年上海譯文版的《公共事務的治理之道:集體行動制度的演進》就覺得,哇,原來公共政策學界也有這麼好看的作品啊。

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室友看《國際橋牌社1》後大讚,負責擔綱解說的我決定贊助《國際橋牌社2》表達感謝。

廣核在歐洲的發展暫時受挫:

"英國政府即將與法國電力公司(EDF)達成協議,迫使CGN出售其在英格蘭東部Sizewell C核電廠的20%持股,改由英國政府出資買下這些股份,CGN計畫在英格蘭東部艾塞克斯郡興建的Bradwell核電廠計畫也可能受阻。 英國政府是以國安為由迫使CGN退出,意味將撕毀與該公司在2015年簽訂的多筆核電廠建廠協議。英國國會外交事務委員會主席圖根哈特(Tom Tugendhat)表示:「不能讓電力系統的技術核心,暴露在不認同我們價值觀的國家的破壞風險之下。」

捷克反對派國會議員則認為,俄羅斯和中國企業若對該國杜科瓦尼核電廠設立的新機組進行投標,可能對捷克國安構成風險。對此,捷克參、眾兩院近日通過「低碳法」,將俄、中兩國企業排除在潛在投標名單之外,總統澤曼(Milos Zeman)上月27日已簽署成案。

而在羅馬尼亞,羅國國家核電公司2013年與CGN簽署合作意向書,19年5月簽署初步協議,計畫設立興建核電廠的合資企業,中國將持有51%股權。但一年後,羅國經濟部長波佩斯庫(Virgil Popescu)下令停止與CGN共同興建核電廠計畫。"

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

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