外交部吳釗燮部長受 #日本外國特派員協會 邀請,於今日線上演講,深度剖析國際現勢及台日合作友誼。
🔸國際關係轉變成民主與威權的對抗
中國的 #帶路倡議 使其影響力前進歐洲部分國家、非洲和南亞,同時也帶來債務、貪腐及侵蝕民主治理的痕跡。
疫情爆發後,更加促使民主國家和威權國家的戰略競爭對抗,中國的 #疫苗外交 則造成中、南美洲內部分裂的危機,也給了中國政府在西半球施加影響力的機會。
中國在印太地區大秀經濟和軍事力量,採取混合戰戰術,擴張其影響力。此外,東海和南海緊張局勢持續加劇,中國藉由 #灰色地帶戰術、過度擴張海洋主權聲索,以及部署海上民兵動用所有可能手段來引發衝突,距離正式引戰僅有一線之隔。
如果沒有妥善處理這樣的趨勢,民主國家的戰略利益將會受到影響。
部分西歐國家以及歐盟本身正在制定他們自己的 #印太戰略,部分東歐國家正呼籲退出17+1合作機制;全球多國亦正呼籲拒絕華為來實現乾淨的5G網路。部分歐洲國家也派遣軍艦到西太平洋執行自由航行行動,並與日本和美國舉行聯合演習,#這顯示民主國家正在覺醒。
🔸台灣正位於中國擴張主義的前線
台灣周遭的情況正在惡化。軍事威脅和脅迫、滲透、影響力作戰、灰色地帶戰術,以及大規模的假訊息攻勢都旨在侵蝕公眾對民主體制的支持,若將印太緊張局勢視為中國威權主義政權擴張的後果,台灣正位於中國擴張主義的前線,也是民主和威權主義間意識型態角力中的焦點。
我們理解自己的責任不僅是保護自身主權,更要保衛自由民主的台灣,避免落入威權主義之手。台灣政府和人民絕對致力於自我防衛。我們也期盼與理念相近的民主夥伴建立更好、更多的合作關係,強化因應共同挑戰的能力。
這次疫情凸顯出過度依賴單一市場的風險,應加快 #重組供應鏈 的速度,台灣有加入 #跨太平洋夥伴全面進步協定(CPTPP)的意願,深度的區域整合是支撐個別國家抵禦貿易報復的關鍵所在。
🔸台日友誼堅實而自由民主終將勝利
台灣和日本共享自由、民主、人權保障和法治等價值。過去幾年,雙方更是患難見真情。日本於2019年以正式夥伴的身分加入 #全球合作暨訓練架構 (GCTF),更建立台日堅實的夥伴關係。
近期,日本愈來愈公開表態支持台灣,也在近期 #G7外長會議聯合公報 中敦促世衛納入台灣。此外,日前的美日「2+2會談」、元首峰會、以及日本歐盟領袖峰會的聯合聲明均提及台海和平穩定,這讓台灣民眾感覺到,自己並非獨力對抗威權擴張主義;對於日本的支持,台灣銘感在心。
在這場捍衛民主與言論自由的戰役中,你我同舟一命。台灣不僅是可靠的夥伴,也是維持自由開放印度太平洋的一股良善力量。民主或許不是最強大的文明形式,卻是至今最具韌性的一種;只要齊心協力,台灣與日本定能共同茁壯。吳部長對自由和民主的力量深具信心,也深信 #自由和民主終將戰勝一切。
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In MOFA Minister Joseph Wu’s recent speech to the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, he talked in depth about how the wake of debt and democracy erosion left in the path of China’s Belt and Road Initiative throughout parts of Europe, Africa, and South Asia has spurred many to awaken to the dangers posed by expanding authoritarianism. He also pointed to the increasing attempts by Beijing to leverage vaccines in order to put pressure on countries to adopt the political stances they demand of partners.
Despite the worrying outlook in the #IndoPacific arena, Minister Wu stated that like-minded countries like #Japan have shown enduring support for Taiwan and that the partnership between the two countries can benefit the wider region, as well as one another, including in the restructuring of global supply chains and in the operations of the CPTPP, which Taiwan hopes to join.
He also thanked the country for its recent public statements of support for Taiwan’s inclusion in the WHO and their cooperation in the Global Cooperation and Training Framework.
“Taiwan and Japan will be stronger together.”
Watch the entire thing here, including the Q&A, with questions on vaccines, Xinjiang and the potential of hosting Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe for a visit in Taiwan, among others: https://youtu.be/7IJGwQ5pRtQ
#StrongerTogether #AlwaysHere
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「歷史將宣判我們無罪!」
李卓人8.31案法庭陳情書
法官閣下,我在此認罪,但我在捍衛人民和平遊行和集會自由上,並沒有做錯任何事。我相信歷史將會宣判我們無罪。在此請讓我向你講述更多我的背景,那樣你就能更理解我為何要為了香港的未來,與人民共同走上街頭。
#新時代由政治犯開創
作為一名基督徒,我在復活節期間聽讀經員閱讀聖經,提醒了我,耶穌為世人犧牲,被釘上十字架,使罪人與神和解。從被捕到被控到被彼拉多(Pilate)判死刑,祂也是一名政治犯,沒有犯罪,但因為服務窮人和傳福音,而威脅到猶太統治階層。
縱觀人類歷史文明,我們現在享有的權利,也是由一眾政治犯,諸如甘地、馬丁路德金和納爾遜·曼德拉所開創的。在80年代,我是「香港反種族隔離運動」的主席,我一直將納爾遜·曼德拉在1963年遭審判所言銘記於心。他說:「願意為我的理想而犧牲自己生命。」他的理想是爭取南非黑人的平權,然後就被判刑27年。我為他在1994年當選南非總統而感到興奮,他給予了全世界受壓逼的人民希望,讓他們知道透過堅持不懈的鬥爭,可以達致公義。
#曼德拉給我的啟發
我花了一些時間去講曼德拉帶給我的啟發,因為我是從1978年起投身到勞工權益和民主運動的。我畢生的理想,就是讓基層和被壓逼者勇於發聲和站起來爭取屬於他們的權利。每當那些被壓逼者起來捍衛他們的權利,為尊嚴而抗爭時,我也會受到鼓舞,並得到力量去繼續面對香港正面臨的艱苦奮鬥和挑戰。我曾問自己,沒有抗爭,我的人生將會是如何?這已是我第43年投身於民主運動,法官閣下,你必須明白當我目睹國家權力如何使用武力鎮壓人民,令香港人受傷、受牢獄之苦或是流亡,以及香港民主倒退,人民的權利遭剝奪之時,心裏的痛苦和折磨。我看到我的理想正在崩潰,但即使被黑暗籠罩,也無阻我繼續為理想奮鬥的決心。為了這一理想,我甘願承受任何懲罰。
法官閣下可能會說,法律就是法律,而我好像沒有就八三一案展露出絲毫悔意。我希望法官閣下明白,我是何等重視人民透過言論和集會所彰顯的自由。這是弱勢和受壓逼者尋求公義的唯一路徑。剝奪了這種權利,形同制度對人民施暴。我不願看見香港人活在建基於制度暴力的管治之中。因此,我會竭盡所能,伸張人們有尊嚴及和平遊行去發達意見的權利。
#最壞的尚未來臨
#法庭要睜開眼睛
我十分尊重法官閣下維護法治的熱誠。在此,我希望能引用已故法官Ruth Bader Ginsburg的話:
「法官們會不斷思考和改變,我希望倘若今日法庭有盲點,明日它將會睜開眼。」
我十分敬佩Ginsburg為了性別平權奮鬥一生,成就斐然。她告訴我們,法官應該與時並進,趕上不斷在變遷的時代。在香港,最壞的尚未來臨,我們需要法律界人士去睜開雙眼,觀看人民的苦難,並反思法律在這個時代的立足點,如何隨時代變遷而轉變,以捍衞人民的尊嚴與權利。
2021年4月7日
"History will absolve us"
Submission of Lee Cheuk Yan to the Court
Your Honour, I plead guilty but I’ve done no wrong in affirming the rights of people to peaceful procession and I believe history will absolve us. May I give you more on my background so as your honour can understand why I decided to march with the people for the future of Hong Kong.
As a Christian, during Easter when the scripture was read, I was reminded how Christ went to meet his fate on the cross, sacrificing for mankind to reconcile sinners with God. From His arrest to his prosecution to his death sentencing by Pilate, he was a political prisoner who committed no crime apart from seen to be a threat to the Jewish Hierarchy by serving the poor and oppressed and preaching the good news.
Throughout history of mankind, the rights that humankind now enjoyed were pioneered by political prisoners from Gandhi to Martin Luther King to Nelson Mandela. I was the Chairman of Hong Kong anti apartheid movement back in the 80s and I always remember the determination of Nelson Mandela when he said during his trial back in 1963: “an ideal for which I am prepared to die for.”. His ideal was the equality for black South African and then he spent 27 years in jail. I was thrilled that in 1994, he was elected President of South Africa, giving hope to oppressed all over the world that justice can be achieve through the persistent struggle of the people.
I went to length about his inspiration to me personally because I started my activism starting 1978 for labour rights and democracy. My lifetime ideal is the empowerment of the poor and oppressed to speak out, to rise up for their rights. Whenever the oppressed assert their rights to fight for their dignity, I feel myself also empowered and inspired to continue the difficult struggle and challenges facing Hong Kong. I asked myself, what is my life without the struggle. The struggle is my life, I cannot imagine my life without it. It had been forty three years of struggle for me and your Honour must understand my deep felt pain and sufferings to see how the State Power had been using brute force against the people and the sacrifices of so many Hongkongers who were injured, jailed or exiled, also to witness the deprivation of the basic rights of the people and the regression in democracy. I saw my ideal crumbling but I will continue the struggle even though darkness is surrounding us. It is an ideal for which I am prepared for any sanction.
Your Honour may say the law is the law, I seems not show any remorse in breaching law in this trial for August 31st. I hope Your Honour understand the utmost importance I put on the rights to freedom of expression through speech or assembly. This is the only avenue the weak and oppressed can have to right the wrongs on them. If deprived, I will call this systemic violence on the people and I do not want to see Hong Kong rule on the basis of such systemic violence. Therefore I would do my utmost to affirm the rights of people to a dignified and peaceful procession to express themselves.
Your Honour must be passionate about upholding the law and I respect your ideal. I hope I can quote from the late Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg:
“Justices continue to think and can change. I am ever hopeful that if the court has a blind spot today, its eye will be open tomorrow”
I was very impressed with her passion for gender equality and how she fought her whole life for gender equality and was able to achieve so much. Her message was time changes and judges should catch up with time. For Hong Kong, the worst may yet to come, and we need the legal profession to open their eyes to the suffering of the people and reflect on which side the law is with and how to changes with time for the advancement of the rights and dignity of the people.
I humbly submit myself to your sentencing and whatever your sentence, I have no regret for standing up for the rights of the people.
7th April, 2021
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* 一片喜馬拉雅冰川墜入河中並引發印度北部大洪水之後,至少有7人死亡,170失踪。
洪水沖開水壩,大水自北阿坎德邦的山谷中溢出。
據信大多數失踪者是該地區兩座水力發電廠的工人。
數以百計的部隊,準軍事人員和軍用直升機已被派往該地區,開展救援工作。
專家正在調查這起事件,儘管目前尚不清楚什麼原因造成冰川破裂。
Uttarakhand: Scores missing after India glacier bursts dam https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-55975743
* 南非已暫停牛津-阿斯利康疫苗的接種,研究顯示,其對新的南非Covid變種預防結果數據“令人失望”。
South Africa halts AstraZeneca jab over new strain https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55975052
*直至英國倫敦時間星期六晚上,英國已有超過1200萬人接種第一劑不同的疫苗。光星期六一天,施打疫苗速度已經達到一天55萬人。
英國政府的目標是到2月15日,為四大優先人群中的1500萬人提供第一劑疫苗。
按照目前的速度,屆時會超標大約有1600萬人將接受第一次疫苗接種。
儘管英國目前每日Covid案件繼續下降,但仍然很高:週日又報告15845起案例。
Covid: More than 12 million in UK have had first jab https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55973847
* 罕見風雪覆蓋英格蘭的東部和東南部,氣象局預報員警告稱隔夜還會有驟雨。
氣象局說,由於雪挾帶東風強大,英國“非常寒冷”,英國部分地區的溫度將繼續於冰凍狀態。
氣象局同時發佈琥珀色警告- 暴風雪導致旅行中斷和停電-一直持續到星期一中午。
英格蘭,蘇格蘭和北愛爾蘭的大部分地區也發佈低一階的黃色警告。
英國廣播公司BBC天氣預報員說,週日晚上在肯特郡的曼斯頓,記錄大約14厘米(5.5英寸)的雪。
東部一些地區的進一步降雪可能在星期一再帶來15厘米的降雪。
UK weather: Snow and ice warnings for England, Scotland and NI https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55968889
* 由於寒冷的極地漩窩天氣席捲了歐洲大部分地區,荷蘭遭受十年來最大雪災。
Storm Darcy: Netherlands hit by 'first major snowstorm in decade' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55970665
*希勒是一位專業紀錄片攝影師,在這一年中,他騎著自行車近5,000英里,觀察到城市被大流行,經常抗議警察暴行的抗議活動以及附近的野火🔥包圍,深感震撼。
希勒Hiller已有近50年的紀錄片工作歷史,他於是決定在騎車穿越街道和周圍的鄉村時使用手機或是照相機,拍攝周圍的世界發生的變化。
他說:“與往常相比,結果我發現過去拍攝的風景比人多。”
“有些圖像看起來是田園的,但這不應該拿來掩蓋事實世界經常發生的事。”
於是希勒發表了的一系列照片和評論,反映了不斷變化的城市。
In pictures: Cycling 5,000 miles in a city of change https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-55740102
* 美國總統拜登表示,除非伊朗遵守2015年核協議,回到當時約定的濃縮鈾等條件,否則美國不會取消對伊朗的經濟制裁。
Iran nuclear deal: US sanctions will not be lifted for talks, says Biden https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55972619
*彈劾川普的審判程序,星期二將在美國參議院正式開始。
Trump impeachment explained https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55955878
* 根據在英國新發表的一項正式法律文件書,“非常可信的案例”証實中國政府對維吾爾族正犯下種族滅絕罪。
Uighurs: 'Credible case' China carrying out genocide https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55973215
*海地當局宣稱一起政變被破獲,至少有23人被捕,其中包括高級法官和高級警官。海地總統JovenalMoïse認為任期至2022年2月。
但反對者指出他的任期早於於週日結束。由於他拒絕下台,抗議者走上了首都太子港和其他城鎮的街道。警察與示威者發生衝突,警察用催淚彈回應。
Haiti political turmoil: Judge and police officer among 23 arrested for 'coup attempt' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-55975442
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