+ X8 g, Z$ v( j" _2 q5.39.217.76《金融時報》評50萬人佔領凱道 收買「統戰」政策正失效 . `6 m8 x1 ~+ N7 H
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台灣反服貿運動成功號召50萬名民眾集結凱達格蘭大道,一方面是不滿馬英九政府在審議服貿協議的過程有違程序公義,亦有不少台灣民眾是擔心服貿一旦通過,對台灣帶來弊大於利的影響,且無法回頭。
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這場太陽花學運震盪台灣政局,而在世界各地也引起甚大回響,多國的台灣籍人士都紛紛發起行動響應,令太陽花學運一踴成為國際關注事件(當中學運學生成立翻譯組,把運動翻譯成多國語言實功不可沒)。
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/ v$ |0 ~; ]% j" Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb究竟西方媒體如何評價昨天這一場動員了50萬人的運動?
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《彭博商業周刊》(Bloomberg Businessweek)就以「十萬計台灣人反對中國貿易協定」(Taiwan Protest Draws More Than 100,000 Against China Trade Deal)為題報道事件,引述澳洲墨爾本莫納什大學(Monash University)亞洲語言與研究系名譽教授Bruce Jacobs(《台灣民主化》作者)的分析,認為事件「對中國在軍事和政治上給台灣的威脅帶來有效關注」。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 V" g% [0 Q' K" |6 R
8 ^2 i0 ^( P$ I. j9 o5.39.217.76至於英國的《金融時報》(Financial Times)更「非常坦白」,形容參加集會的人數超乎主辦單位預期,正是展現了台灣很多人對那個想要奪取自己國家主權的專制惡鄰的強烈反感(The turnout exceeded student organisers’ expectations of around 50,000 and offered a potent display of the deep antipathy many Taiwanese feel towards their authoritarian neighbour, which claims the island as its territory.)
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6 z3 W4 D' S3 _6 N4 b; `5.39.217.76《金融時報》的報道,引述中國知名政治評論員安替(Michael Anti)的分析,指「中國共產黨的『統戰』政策強調利用金錢來收買忠誠,而事實上現時的服貿協議,跟中國古時的朝貢制度並沒有太大分別。問題是,台灣對中國的敵意日深,令這套政策明顯正在失效。(The Chinese Communist party’s ‘united front’ policy emphasises the use of money to buy loyalty. In fact there isn’t a big difference between China’s ancient tributary system and the proposed trade agreement with Taiwan. The problem is that Taiwan’s hostility towards the mainland is only getting stronger and it is clear this policy is failing.)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ b/ X& k$ m5 h. y. E# N7 h
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報道又指出,中國一直聲稱統治台灣,是國家領土不可分割的一部分,又拒絕排除在台灣宣布獨立時以武力入侵,雖然在馬英九於2008及2012年當選總統後,台灣能享受了多年跟北京親切的關係(warming ties),從而淡化過去涉及統一問題而帶來的軍事衝突威脅,但周日的抗議,明確反映出很多台灣人對台灣與中國間出現更大的經濟統合而深感不安,擔心會威脅台灣的民主(But, as Sunday’s protests make clear, many Taiwanese feel deeply uncomfortable about the perceived threat to democracy posed by greater economic integration with the mainland.)。, z! N0 r5 v& d& Y
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《金融時報》同時又在立法院內訪問了學生領袖之一的陳為廷。陳為廷指,台灣人認為馬英九總統在外交政策上跟中國過度靠攏,令大家擔心會對台灣的經濟、新聞自由及言論自由帶來影響,「北京的領導人毫不猶豫表明他們會利用一切可行的方式,包括經濟力量,來影響我們的政治及強迫統一,但今次學生的示威,就是打破中國政府的欺騙和謊言。」(The leaders in Beijing have not hesitated to show they will use any possible measures, including economic power, to influence our politics and force reunification but this student demonstration is a way to break through the deception and lies of the Chinese government.)TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。3 x1 t1 {' s- J% b; L( ~* I$ k
' ]) n& b Z+ C# S/ q5 u《金時》的報道最後引述民調數字,指有超過90%的受訪者拒絕跟現時統治模式的中國統一,並引述曾在內地多份刊物任職及擔任專欄作家的資深傳媒人賈葭的意見,指今日的抗議,正顯示「中國沒有價值吸引力和文化吸引力,只有金錢的力量」(China is a power with no attractive values or cultural attraction but only the power of money behind it)。3 c. G5 X3 W; k
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Thousands of Taiwanese rally against closer ties with China5.39.217.763 i+ r/ _3 z/ X9 x6 n6 g& Z
By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing7 h9 A- [" R! `
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4 [8 |, |4 e% w6 a: w0 }8 |公仔箱論壇Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in central Taipei on Sunday in support of students who have occupied Taiwan’s parliament for two weeks to protest a trade pact and closer ties with mainland China.
% A, f- s2 l) uOrganisers and Taiwanese media estimated as many as 500,000 joined the rally in the biggest protest the island has seen since at least 2008. Many protesters were dressed in black shirts and carrying sunflowers, the chosen symbol of the student occupiers.
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# e' Y8 A+ L) }0 @Taipei authorities said the rally drew about half that number by mid-afternoon.
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9 @: c6 Z# A: I5.39.217.76The turnout exceeded student organisers’ expectations of around 50,000 and offered a potent display of the deep antipathy many Taiwanese feel towards their authoritarian neighbour, which claims the island as its territory.公仔箱論壇! `9 H8 ]& I/ ?% E
( W j: x5 Z* o* I! O1 \0 u" A/ h( |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“The Chinese Communist party’s ‘united front’ policy emphasises the use of money to buy loyalty,” said Michael Anti, a prominent Chinese political commentator. “In fact there isn’t a big difference between China’s ancient tributary system and the proposed trade agreement with Taiwan. The problem is that Taiwan’s hostility towards the mainland is only getting stronger and it is clear this policy is failing.”TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。6 H5 V: {$ H2 A1 O+ f$ I x
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Hundreds of student activists occupied Taiwan’s parliament and set up camp in the legislative chambers on March 18 after the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou fast-tracked legislation approving a service trade agreement with Beijing.
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0 K+ j2 l: x6 T* D. ?' l2 k8 jThe students are demanding that the government rescind the agreement and establish a monitoring mechanism to oversee future political pacts with China.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。6 z& t0 m7 y$ g
They want Mr Ma to apologise after more than 100 students were injured on March 24 when riot police used clubs and water cannon to clear demonstrators out of the cabinet offices next door to the parliament building in downtown Taipei.
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China claims self-ruled Taiwan, with a population of 23m and a thriving democracy, as an integral part of its national territory and has refused to rule out an armed invasion if the island were to declare independence formally.
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4 w( E, L: i: @0 g/ ^TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Under Mr Ma, who was elected in 2008 and again in 2012, Taiwan has enjoyed years of warming ties with Beijing, which has played down past threats of military conflict in favour of economic incentives intended to encourage eventual reunification.5.39.217.769 B; x0 r& Q" i9 @4 r
5 u( E+ I* A( S z7 q公仔箱論壇But, as Sunday’s protests make clear, many Taiwanese feel deeply uncomfortable about the perceived threat to democracy posed by greater economic integration with the mainland.
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- j& [9 h' c1 y* F( y公仔箱論壇“People think President Ma’s foreign policy is far too close to China and they worry about the implications for the economy, press freedom and for freedom of speech,” Chen Wei-ting, a 23-year-old sociology major who is one of the two main leaders of the student protesters, told the Financial Times in an interview from inside the parliament.
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Opinion polls show that more than 90 per cent of Taiwanese reject reunification with mainland China under its current system of government.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! C ^: ?& j) X8 L
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Sunday’s demonstration went ahead despite some efforts by President Ma to compromise on Saturday, when he rejected the demand to rescind the service trade agreement but said he would support a legal mechanism to monitor future trade deals with the mainland.
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; \9 ?0 f) ^$ T. C* }TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。On paper, the trade agreement favours Taiwan, by opening up 80 mainland services sectors to Taiwanese investment compared with 64 Taiwanese sectors opened to mainland investors.
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“These demonstrations show that China is a power with no attractive values or cultural attraction but only the power of money behind it,” said Jia Jia, a Beijing-based political columnist. “A regime that has no constraints and is known for using fear to rule its people can only make people frightened.”4 u2 g! l- T, E
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While Taiwanese media has been transfixed with the two-week-old protest, in mainland China, where the media are tightly controlled by the propaganda department of the Communist Party, there has been limited coverage.
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3 C3 y( I# j9 H: z! `What coverage there has been has tended to emphasise the “chaos” and focused on a small pro-government counter-demonstration on Saturday attended by around 2,000 people. |