美國紐約時報
(New
York Times), 1-11-2020 指出:台灣的民主社會活躍, 但年輕不成熟、時而
亂糟糟、甚至亂七八糟 (Taiwan’s
young and vibrant, if messy at times, democratic society. )。New
York Times
12-1-2019 也報導,
台灣政治的軟肋要害, 是
其人脈關
係網
(
soft underbelly of Taiwanese
politics: patronage networks.
ps:
NY Times 11-19-2012: In China, political patronage and family connections
are the critical factors in ascending to the top ) ,
仍然允許社區
領袖、農會、甚至
黑幫人物在選舉
時買票作弊
( they continue to
allow
community leaders, farmers’ associations and even
organized-crime figures to buy votes.
www.nytimes.com/2019/12/01/opinion/china-taiwan-election.html)。
最近的人脈關照例子是總統親信出掌監察院, 其「國家人權委員會」會
開鍘人權迫害案嗎?
e★e
政商人脈網絡、「家族政治」的壟斷資源、收賄貪腐，都是長期令人詬病的結構問題。在2018年基層選舉以後，全台有12個家族將縣市議長職位傳承給
其親屬，其間若發生金權利益交換，一般民眾根本難以一窺堂奧
( brief 蘋論, 8-4-2020 https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/20200804/FH6DI3F3CYJV2SOIIEGKRGDHKQ/
)。自「民主先生」李登輝
引入黑金政治 (
SCMP, 7-30-2020 :
the use of extensive factional networks, regardless of whether they were linked
to local interest groups or underworld figures;
Heritage, 3-17-2000:
local slang for the party's ties to gangsters, corruption and illegal financial
transactions. )，演化至今集體、跨黨、以白手套公關收賄;
同黨立委或雨露均霑、或包庇護短，即使對於他黨政敵，
往往也不擋人財路 ( 蘋論
8-3-2020 https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/20200803/BQXMSWTYOVERHBPGLUKPXAA5LQ/
) 。
聯合報 8-6-2020 社論指出:
過去類似案件往往一拖逾十年仍以無罪收場， 「一碰到立委，台灣司法果真就是沒完沒了沒真相嗎？」。台灣民主的貪污腐化，無論如何政黨輪替、仍舊醜陋腥臭，積重難返; 「立委收賄的故事似乎
也從未停歇」 (聯合報 8-3-2020)。
中國時報 言論部(8-6-2020)直陳 民進黨只會選舉，沒有治國人才，選舉花錢太多，選後只好多方聚財，因而「濫權成習、貪腐叢生」。今日台灣要選上民代所費不貲
，連低層級的民代選舉動輒也要數千萬到上億元經費，「台灣民主的道路怎會好走？」(經濟日報主筆馬凱教授)。在時代力量黨主席與 民進黨中常委、幾名立委因涉貪遭聲押(8-1-2020)後，民主的形象更是蒙灰 (
for more
Pork Barrel
examples, see TVBS news, 12-10-2019 :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY6TP7JW398
; 聯合報社評 8-8-2020
https://udn.com/news/story/7338/4764773?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2
)
e★e
民調顯示，台灣人民認為政治人物重視專業倫理、值得信任的比率僅2.3％，五成六民眾指民代最重視「個人利益」，僅9.3％認為他們重視「國家利益」(自由時報
7-21-2020 社論)。華盛頓郵報( Washington
Post , 7-22-2020 )
: 2019年1月習近平已向台灣提出最後通牒
―
談判或武統 ( In a major speech in January 2019, Xi offered an ultimatum to Taiwan to come to the table for unification talks or face annexation by force. But as a precondition for talks, China demanded that Tsai acknowledge the “one China” principle. )，然而，人民竟被蒙在鼓裡
。之後，北京就自1949年
以來( Newsweek, 8-12-2020 )首次派出戰鬥機穿越海峽( <Foreign
Policy>, 8-4-2020 ) 中線 ( Newsweek,
8-11-2020: '海峽中線'即實際國界"de facto border"
, 或日本asia.nikkei , 8-13-2020 : '停火線' "de facto cease-fire line"
)，迄今越演越烈 。 <國家利益> (National Interest), 6-16-2020 指出: 如果會引起共軍武力犯台，
超過60.3％的台灣人民反對台灣獨立; 選民若早知道前有險灘，總統大選時未必會投票給
日媒所謂台獨意志強烈的蔡英文。
★e
在民主問政方面，人民對立法院的信賴度一直不太高。英國Reuters、
美國紐約時報 6-28-2020
認為:
台灣的民主肆無忌憚, 在國會全武行抗爭屢見不鮮
( Taiwan is a rambunctious democracy and fights and protests inside the
parliament building are not uncommon). 英國
Express (UK) 6-29-2020:
台灣的民主充斥肢體暴力、抗議、真是喧鬧非凡 (Taiwan’s democracy
is boisterous with fights and protests a common occurrence inside the parliament
building)。6月底國民黨佔領了台灣立法院,
以抗議政府的“暴政” ― 過半席次的民進黨立委強行通過法案以及總統提名親信陳菊擔任監察院長(英國Express)、
因此不會公正(the Diplomat)、
且陳菊在高雄市長任內的團隊，遭到監察院調查糾正
彈劾共
九十餘案
(英國BBC, 6-29-2020)，入主監院後是否對自己團隊開鍘令國民黨存疑; 民進黨隨後
以人多勢強突破僵局。
事隔二周暴力再現,
國民黨聲明"拒絕腐敗的候選人名單"
(法國AFP, france24:
"We
refuse the
list of
corrupt
nominees" : 27位提名
監委，有24位與民進黨關係密切) 而
引發立院流血衝突。英國路透社,
美國紐時
(
7-14-2020 ):
台灣議會常見暴力抗爭
(Violence and protests inside the chamber are not unusual in Taiwan)。
法國
AFP,
France24, 及美國、印度、馬來西亞等媒體(
7-14-2020 ): 台灣議場過去因為立委打群架而
臭名昭彰, 並且一直是頻繁抗爭的主戰場。英國AFP, 澳洲Australian
Associated Press, 新加坡CNA
(
7-17-2020 ):台灣的民主喧囂、有時不守規矩;
在議會中揮拳打人、粗暴抗爭並不少見。(
Taiwan is a boisterous, sometimes unruly democracy. Punch-throwing and rowdy
protests are not uncommon in parliament ).
The
Diplomat, 7-16-2020:
兩周打兩次架,
這是台灣的『國際著名傳統』(
internationally known tradition
)
：當立法院法案或任命有爭議而硬要訴諸投票時,人數居弱勢的反對黨會使用這個策略。2014年太陽花運動,
數百大學生也曾佔據立法院,
要求國民黨施政透明, 若干學生
後來當選立委。自從民進黨一黨獨大以來，國民黨數次
仿傚此法以凍結投票，遭民進黨指責顛覆民主進程。
總部紐約的美加媒體VICE(6-30-2020)認為: 這種衝突西方人覺得極端，但在台灣議會的發生卻有一定的規律性，大混戰的目的是作秀。選民與支持者顯然吃這套才會一再上演。
台灣政客的立院『暴力』、街頭『抗爭』迄今已30、
40多年 (ref. 中時社論7-4-2020,
民視7-2-2020)。 New
York Times
(https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/06/28/world/asia/28reuters-taiwan-politics.html)
與US News & World Report (6-28-2020) 評論:
國民黨正在進行政策改革，以爭取民眾支持，但面臨艱鉅的鬥爭。
★e
pic.:
"台灣民主"
排名法國QWANT (most well-known French search engine)第1,
8-14-2020
pic.: "台灣民主"
排名Dogpile第1, 8-8-2020
pic.: "台灣民主"
排名瑞士SwissCows第1, 8-8-2020
pic. : "台灣民主"
排名Yippy (IBM) 第1, 8-9-2020
★e
紐約時報 (The New York Times) 1992年社論(editorial)
稱呼台灣是「華語世界中最民主的社會」
(
"the most democratic society in the Chinese-speaking world”)，
事隔約三十年，英國衛報(The
Sunday Guardian) 8-2-2020 評論台灣「可能是華語世界的民主典範」( "it
(Taiwan) could be a model of democracy for Chinese speakers.")，華語國家沒
兩個，自己比一比，都是前三名。2020年 6月南華大學一篇論文的結論是:
近年來台灣的民主呈現倒退的情勢，好不容易才有的言論、出版、集會、結社等自由，都是民主的基石，卻日益受到有藉口的迫害(Shih-Yueh Yang, Ph.D, Walish Temu)。
e
★
美國New
York Times, 英國Reuters, 7-14-2020: More fighting as Taiwan opposition
again occupies parliament
立委佔據立法院 打群架一再發生
(
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/07/14/world/asia/14reuters-taiwan-politics.html)
★ 英國
Express (UK) , scmp, 6-29-2020: 國民黨立委佔據立法院...台灣的民主熱鬧非凡，打架、抗議 是國會常見的現象。
(Taiwan’s democracy is boisterous with fights and
protests a common occurrence inside the parliament
building. )
★
法國
rfi
France, 7-14-2020:
國民黨癱瘓議事，民眾黨也進入議場聲援，表面上強力杯葛，卻讓實質審查無法進行，
形同實質放水的戲碼，已經不是第一次了。過去的前瞻條例、促轉會預算審查…
◆
法國
france24, 7-14-2020:
國民黨控訴: "We refuse the list of corrupt nominees... ",
"Out
of 27
nominees for
Control Yuan
members, 24
have close
ties with
the DPP,"
◆
澳洲 Australian
Associated Press, 新加坡 CNA, 7-17-2020 : KMT has accused the DPP of
cheating in part of the vote on nomination
國民黨指責民進黨在本週的提名投票中作弊。
◆
法國
rfi
France, 7-13-2020:
台灣立法院另類沸騰 國民黨上演圍剿陳菊戲 (ps:
7-17-2020投票通過陳菊任命)
◆
新加坡The Straits Times
7-14-2020: Chen
Chu: the opposition can only make
smears and
accusations,
using irrational methods ...
Pic. left:
有如
1989天安門事件中的 the tank man ,
The Diplomat, 7-16-2020:
反對黨立委(7-14-2020)躺臥在路當中制止監察院長候選人的車輛進入立法院。
https://focustaiwan.tw/photos/20200714ENP0004m
pic. right:
國民黨以caricature嘲諷
(畢卡索當年也曾畫某議員挖鼻摳腳狀出氣)
★
根據BBC彙編的台灣議會鬥毆史，
除了佔據議會、 故意破壞
，還有:
國會議員搶奪法案，並試圖吞下，另黨成員拉扯她的頭髮讓文件吐出來
、立法委員互相投擲椅子、立委互相角力摔跤
直到擺平到地上、甚至大亂鬥到至少一人住院
etc... ...
AFP, next TV 7-17-2020: 揮拳打人、咬人、丟水球、拉頭髮拖行地上 ...
總部紐約的美加媒體VICE(6-30-2020)認為:
這種衝突西方人覺得極端，但在台灣議會的發生卻有一定的規律性，大混战的目的是作秀。
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3azae3/a-fight-broke-out-among-lawmakers-in-taiwans-parliament-again
EIU: at a minimum, the
fundamental features of a democracy include government based on
majority rule and the consent of the governed; the existence of free
and fair elections; the protection of minority rights; and respect
for basic human rights.
★
★
Overall Score
近年總分比較
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Korea 南韓
8
8
8
7.92
7.97
Taiwan 台灣
7.73
7.73
7.73
7.79
7.83
★
依據歐洲丹麥的 Denmark's
Democracy Perception Index 2020 ( 民主認知指數 DPI ) , the largest annual study on
democracy, conducted & released by Dalia at 6-15-2020:
★
Democracy Perception Index,
released in 6-15-2020
Taiwan
台灣
China
大陸
Korea
韓國
Hong Kong
香港
Japan
日本
Singapore
新加坡
USA
美國
My country is democratic
你的國家是一個民主國家？
78%
73
75
37
46
65
49
Democracy is important
民主重要"
85%
84
85
64
60
80
73
% believe there is not enough democracy in
their country 民主不足?
9%
10
7
45
23
21
36
interference from a foreign power will
likely influence the results of their country 's next election 外力影響選舉?
2020 World Press Freedom
Index, RSF (Reporters without Borders)
新聞言論自由指標
Country / Ranks in
recent yrs.
2020
2019
2018
Norway
No. 1
omitted
omitted
Korea
No. 42
No. 41
No. 43
Taiwan
No. 43
No. 42
No. 42
★e
台灣的核心價值在於自由民主，此外，經濟、學術、軟實力、硬實力(軍力)，台灣
的排名都瞠乎大陸之後
。但近年來台灣人民的自由受到愈多的限制與干擾，因此台灣的『民主』，恐非
西方為了對比中共所評價或讚揚(如'世界典範'、
'民主
自由燈塔')那麼的好。 e.g., <中國時報>
2-26-2020:
「民主成就」的背後，卻是愈來愈不受節制的行政權與萎縮的立法權，言論自由受到行政、司法權層層威脅...政治文化只問黨派立場與意識形態
。 蘋果日報
12-14-2019
社論:
自2016年民進黨執政起，逐漸出現這種威權式政治文化
。 中時11-29-2019
社論:
台灣政府背離民主常軌。 蘋果日報
3-29-2019
社論:
民主自由是不可失守的底線, 執政者尤其不該渾水摸魚, 製造寒蟬效應
(https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/daily/20190329/38294369/)
。<聯合報>
社論,
6-23-2019:
大數據成為政客操縱民意的利器，民主運作往往偏離多數民意，無法解決民主倒退的困境...
(brief)
中國時報
3-29-2019 頭條新聞:
不容打著民主招牌反民主,
走向歐威爾式(Orwellian) 獨裁。美國CNBC 7-3-2020: "Taiwan slams Hong Kong national security law!" ("台灣抨擊香港國安法"
(BBC, 6-30-2020:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52765838)) ;
只是, 多年來台灣實務上很可能比起香港新版國安法新規定的 "People
suspected
of
breaking
the
law
can
be wire-tapped
and
put
under
surveillance"
(嫌疑犯法者可被竊聽監視) 等更加黯黑, 台灣Yahoo News等媒體
(https://talk.ltn.com.tw/article/paper/1384937;
tw.news.yahoo.com/港台-樣-國民黨-蔡英文國安五法-易陷人於罪-111255474.html;
www.dw.com/zh/台湾国安五法修畢下一步防范外国代理人/a-49549462
) 報導國民黨與馬英九指台灣的國安五法也『不遑多讓』香港國安法，
此外台灣還有「反滲透法」，都「定義不清」，易陷人於罪。 聯合報
(9-19-2018):
"「東廠們」已經活躍在我們四周....; 蘋果日報 (5-28-2018) ,
台大教授林鈺雄:
歐洲個資法(EU
General
Data
Protection
Regulation
- GDPR)正式上路,
台灣卻甚至反其道而行; 聯合報
社論,
(3-31-2019)
:跟蹤騷擾防制法二讀遭撤...; 聯合報
(11-2-2018) 頭版頭條
「 老大哥正看著你」幾乎確定引起「寒蟬效應」。ps:
台灣隱私
、
政治迫害
、言論自由
( TOP on the net ! )
★e
美國Brooking.edu (brookings.edu/research/taiwans-democracy-and-the-china-challenge/)評論:台灣的民主制度仍將受到挑战，台灣成熟的經濟成長减缓，社會和經濟的不平等加
劇，民間社會的積極性反映出，在某些方面，人們越
來越對民代的表现感到失望。台灣政治制度的表现也並不出色，仍然
處於相當僵局的狀態，
而且在國内問题上存在長期分歧，例如如何保持經濟競争力和確保公平，是否结束對核電的依赖等等，這很大程度上使它陷入困境。现任民進
黨政府面臨中国大陸多管齊下的壓力，政治層峰一直無法（或不願）就中共挑戰提出艱難的選擇，更不用說做出選擇，或明白清楚的告知民眾。
( Taiwan faces a special and perhaps unique challenge in balancing
democracy and security ( threats from PRC ). Civil society activism
reflects a growing disenchantment in some quarters with the performance of
representative institutions. Taiwan's political system remains
fairly gridlocked and largely consumed by long-standing differences over
domestic issues, such as how to maintain economic competitiveness and ensure
equity, whether to end reliance on nuclear power, and so on. political
leaders have been unable (or unwilling) to formulate the tough choices
surrounding Taiwan’s China challenge, much less to make those choices or
articulate them to the public.)
★e
以新冠疫情為例，日本時報
(Japan Times, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/03/02/commentary/world-commentary/democratic-taiwan-outperformed-authoritarian-china/#.Xtw1MFUzaUk)
在 3-2-2020 評論: 民主台灣表現勝過專制中国 ( democratic Taiwan outperformed
authoritarian China )
，因為民主政府必须承擔與民眾溝通且負责的重任，只有確保民主社會訊息的自由流通，才能建設健康的社会; 台灣證明了民主在遏制COVID-19的
傳染方面取得了成功，超過專制中国的表現。
( because only when we ensure the free flow of information in a democracy
can we construct a healthy society, Taiwan proves that the democratic strategy
is successful in curbing the spread of COVID-19.)
然而, 美國 New York Post,
4-25-2020 卻報導 : 台灣處理疫情是採用專制(非民主)的手法,
幾乎每個國民都被監視
( "a
lot more authoritarian.", "almost everyone is tracked." ) ;
台灣政府立即反駁
― 專制是人民願意配合。
但是事情真相是, 台灣以防疫為名，「老大哥」早已侵入千家萬戶，而且
是偷偷摸摸侵入，直到開始「大外宣」，政府才自曝
已經對人民電子監控;
台灣的抗疫成績，也來自凌駕憲法的侵權禁令，以及無法源下資通科技監控的資訊。(
ref. to
聯合報社論 United Daily, editorial, 5-7-2020).
更諷刺的是, 日本根本不太信任台灣,
解封後首波觀光旅遊名單不歡迎『民主』台灣,
最近很多國家開放觀光，但不對我們開放;
歐盟的安全名單(July
1, '20)包括『專制』中国，
但不歡迎『民主』台灣,據分析是因為台灣一直不肯普篩、甚至小規模篩檢也不肯,
篩檢方式不按國際規則，不被國際承認，篩檢比例是全球第138,
和非洲國家相近，盧安達(Luanda)還比台灣多兩倍，遮遮掩掩,訊息不自由透明 (
ref. to 中時社論 China Times, editorial , 6-6-2020,
6-25-2020 ),
危及他國健康 。中研院研究員何美鄉 (7-8-2020, apple daily) 警告台灣無症狀者多。
明明存在社區感染(西方媒體2月就說"apparent
community spread")，台灣
卻支支吾吾，只顧
著宣傳『零確診』，是為經濟抑或政治大外宣呢?聯合報
7-16-2020 社評:
為保持低確診紀錄，台灣極盡鴕鳥作風，不普篩、不廣篩。醫學專家呼籲擴大篩檢，卻遭到網軍攻擊。 New
York Times (紐約時報), 4-21-2020: A widely
cited paper estimated that 44 percent of new infections were a result of
transmission from people who were not yet showing symptoms.(估計有44％的新感染者是尚未出現症狀者傳播給他們的)
美國
director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, USA
專家Anthony Fauci
(4-15-2020) 認為25%~ 50%的感染者無症狀或不發病、但仍會傳播病毒。Bill
Gates在
權威的<新英格蘭>期刊指出無症狀者傳播病毒
難防、將使得全球努力遏制的疫情不容樂觀。國際主要的調查(CNBC
5-7-2020,
Singapore's Blackbox Research and Toluna, Forbes 6-5-2020, 4-16-2020: The Deep Knowledge Group)
都將中國的防疫排名在台灣之前 。台灣新冠疫情
官方醫療專家召集人是台大名醫與副校長。
pic.: No.1 "Taiwan democracy"(台灣民主)
on 德國 Ecosia of
Germany,
7-24-2020,
6-25-2020,
6-21-2020
pic.: No.1 "Taiwan democracy"(台灣民主)
on Webcrawler,
7-24-2020,
6-25-2020,
6-21-2020
pic.: No.2 "Taiwan democracy" (台灣民主)
on 法國QWANT (most well-known French search engine), 7-24-2020
pic.: No.1 "Taiwan democracy"
(台灣民主) on US Yahoo
search, 9-9-2020
pic.: No.2 "Taiwan democracy" on US Yahoo search engine,
8-22-2020, 8-23-2020
香港新版國安法: "People
suspected
of
breaking
the
law
can
be wire-tapped
and
put
under
surveillance"
(嫌疑犯法者可被監視) ;
台灣大概早已執行如此或更為黯黑的專制 ! 下圖為約60年前美國FBI到處跟蹤黑幫甚至到餐廳監視, 結果輸了官司還上大報頭條
(courtesy US TV)
台灣是不是落後60+年呢??
★
Taiwan Yahoo News, Liberty Times, 7-8-2020: 國民黨與馬英九等指出台灣的國安法，
還有「反滲透法」，都「定義不清」，易陷人於罪。
聯合報
(11-2-2018) 頭版頭條
「 老大哥正看著你」幾乎確定引起「寒蟬效應」;
United Daily
(9-19-2018):「東廠們」已經活躍在我們四周..
蘋果日報,
5-28-2018:
歐洲個資法(EU
General
Data
Protection
Regulation
- GDPR)正式上路,
台灣甚至反其道而行
/NTU
professor
林鈺雄
SET(三立電視), 9-24-2013 "Secret
agents govern the nation (特務治國)" www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBdZCdYrwF4;
Era TV, 年代電視,
9-22-2013;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1b4R2m6K3g;
"Secret
agent
systems
resurgence
to
control
the
nation
(特務復辟治國)";
◆
香港中國通訊社,
香港新聞網
7-13-2020 : 國民黨批台灣“立法院”戒嚴是藐視民意
“立法院”外的拒馬，除了有黑色X字型帶有刺鐵網的，也有兩架灰色拒馬疊高起來，防止民眾攀爬圍牆。
民進黨當局命警政署架設層層拒馬，宛如監獄。
◆
International
Business
Times, 馬來西亞
New Straits
Times,
Malaysia
7-14-2020:
陳菊是人權的長期擁護者，台灣國民黨獨裁時期被判入獄六年。
◆
SheBoyGan's News Radio:
Chen Chu was
jailed in
1980 for
helping lead
pro-democracy
demonstrations
against the
then-KMT government when Taiwan was a dictatorship.
◆
pic.: 立法院倒刺鐵絲網牆上掛滿不滿司法改革的抗議布條 ( photo at 7-14-2020 )
，
這些年行政院大門前也常見抗議白布幔卑微掛著
★e
此外，台灣人民
一再被批評『理盲』、欠缺理性(
<蘋果日報>, 10-22-2019, <聯合報>,
頭版頭條, 9-3-2009)，民主的選擇是否精確
或反覆? 比方，紐約時報
6-6-2020 指出台灣罷韓透露
民眾對中国的堅決態度
( a hardening of Taiwan’s
attitude toward
China
)；但＜台灣民意基金會
＞2018年中旬的民調發現，較多
的台灣民眾對中共的好感度超過惡感
；美國華盛頓郵報（Washington
Post）評論:
台灣人民 83%
選擇麵包(大陸經濟)而非愛情(台獨)。澳洲 ABC Radio National,
2-27-2020
與德國 German Institute for Intl and
Security Affairs 2-7-2020
報導，台灣人民對於中共
的「鐵腕」打壓香港示威感到
恐懼不安，
是蔡英文大勝連任的原因之一，但台灣人
應早知中共
的「鐵腕」血腥鎮壓天安門， 或不大知道，
美國也有「鐵腕」對著 Kent
State University (肯特州立大學)抗議
的美國大學生槍擊，結果
造成13名年輕人死傷 (又稱
"May 4 massacre", "五四大屠殺")......。
綜合Wikipedia
(zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%93%E5%9C%8B%E6%B0%91%E4%B8%BB%E9%81%8B%E5%8B%95)及台灣國際研究季刊
(第 7 卷 第 2 期 頁 155-82 2011, www.tisanet.org/quarterly/7-2-7.pdf )，830萬韓人參與,
傷亡達 4,362 人（518 紀念財團，2005）、兩千人遇害（Lilley,
2003: 259）的南韓光州民主運動事件,
許多消息都指出美國政府幫助南韓用血腥暴力手段鎮壓示威，因此在事件發生後的幾年，發生了學生佔領美國文化院的事件。
Taiwanese voices & choices
紐約時報 New York Times, 5-12-2020,
Pew Research Center
52% support closer economic ties
with China, only 36% favor closer political ties.
五成多人民希望維持與大陸良好的經濟關係，三成多希望較緊密的政治關係
(
中時社論 6-13-2020: 對大陸出口比重達41.5%，是近10年來最高點，出口美國增為14.5%，是近14年新高，成為第二大出口國。)
紐約時報 New
York Times,
1-19-2019
Most of Taiwan's 23 million
people are in favor of maintaining the island's de facto independence
without taking any formal moves that might bring a military response
from China
台灣大多數人民想維持實質自治，但也不想招惹共軍犯台
洛杉磯時報L.A. Times,
8-1-2019
opinion surveys conducted by the
Taiwanese government that show more than 80% of islanders prefer
autonomy.
台灣人民希望自治
華盛頓郵報Washington Post,
1-2-2017
Taiwanese are not willing to
pursue independence at all costs. Many are concerned with the economy.
When asked to choose between formal independence or maintaining economic
ties with China, 83 percent chose bread over romance.台灣人民不會不計代價追求獨立,
83% 選擇麵包(大陸經濟)而非愛情(台獨)
台自由時報
蘋果日報 中國時報
Liberty
Times,
Apple
Daily,
China
Times,
6-18-2018,
FocusTaiwan
6-17-2018
China
has
higher
favorable
than
unfavorable
rating
in
Taiwan:
poll
/
A survey
conducted
by the
Taiwanese
Public
Opinion
Foundation
(台灣民意基金會)
found
China
with a
48.8
percent favorability
rating
among
respondents
and a
43.9
percent
unfavorability
rating,
the
first
time a
majority
of
respondents
in the
annual
poll saw
China
favorably.
台灣較多民眾對中共的好感度超過惡感
蘋果日報 Apple Daily (Taiwan),
opinion, 10-11-2017
Only 5- % Taiwanese
favour
independence or unification, about 70% in total are for conditional independence
and conditional unification. 七成台灣人偏向有條件統一或有條件獨立
紐約時報 New York Times, 6-6-2020
Voters in Taiwan Oust a
Pro-China Mayor ... reflects a stunning reversal and a hardening of Taiwan’s
attitude toward
China
National Interest, 6-16-2020
even when support for the independence
movement is highest in history now, “maintaining the status quo forever” and
“decide later” still has over 50 percent of the support among the public.
50+%支持維持現狀等 Another survey results also showed that the public understands that the
status quo is a choice of convenience, in which more than 60.3 percent of
the respondents opposed Taiwan's independence if it is followed by China’s
military invasion... 60.3%台灣人民反台獨
，如果台獨導致戰爭 https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-taiwan-continues-fear-chinese-invasion-162879
★e 真相，從目前的資料看
來:
Eurasian Times
7-9-2020
◆
The Tsai authority knows that Taiwan cannot compete
with the mainland on its own, and therefore turns to Washington
and is willing to be used.
Taiwan Now Under ‘Deep Control’ Of The US.
台灣當局知道自己無法獨自與大陸競争抗衡，因此轉向華盛顿，自願擔任被利用的棋子。現在台灣已陷入被美國深度控制的情況。
◆
USA Today 7-5-2020: Taiwan has never been more important to American
interests. ( 今日美國 7-5-2020: 台灣從來沒有對美國利益這麼有用過 )
The
Interpreter
, The
LOWY Institute ( think tank
in Australia ), 6-16-2020
◆
... treating Taiwan as a conduit to
frustrate Beijing imperils Taiwan’s security. Already many in China’s
party-state suspect that the US intends to promote Taiwan independence, ... The
risk here is that U.S. policy encourages an overreaction from China, upsetting
the cross-straits status quo or whatever remains of it, and then the United
States abandons Taiwan to deal with the consequences.
PS:
◆
Washington Monthly 3-11-2020 :
internal pressures within Chinese
politics may drive PRC
authorities
to
act
recklessly
before
the
2022
party
conference,
in
which Xi
Jinping
is
seeking
an
unprecedented
third
term
as
the
country’s
president.
◆
Foreign
Policy, 5-11-2020: calls for “reunification by force” were
growing on the mainland ...
◆
美國 Washington Post 7-7-2020:
中國，有很多人猜測習近平想在明年七月的某個時候解決“台灣問題”，
那時中國共產黨將慶祝成立一百週年。◆ National Interest, 6-16-2020: 如果台獨導致戰爭，
60.3%台灣人民反台獨
★
Global Times,
9-17-2020: The
Taiwan authorities often brag about "freedom and democracy" in the
island, which are self-comforting empty slogans. The Taiwan
authorities have no politically reliable strategic plans. They have
no idea what Taiwan's future will be like, and cannot predict what
strategic resources Taiwan's "freedom and democracy" could bring to
the island to confront the mainland. 台灣當局經常吹噓島上的“自由與民主”，這是自我安慰的空洞口號。
Global Times,
9-18-2020:
Washington wants to use Krach's visit to send a clear signal to Beijing
- "The island of Taiwan must 100 percent obey the US,"
華盛頓希望利用卡奇的訪問向北京發出一個明確的信號 - “台灣必須100％服從美國”
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1201280.shtml
★
美國
紐約時報 New York Times, 1-10-2020:
Taiwan has
been the target of a Russian-style social media disinformation
campaign by China, designed to exploit social divisions and
undermine democracy. Taiwan was the
territory most exposed to foreign disinformation.
(brief) 中共
之俄羅斯式的社交媒體假訊息破壞台灣民主
★
李登輝之死
Former Taiwanese president
Lee Teng-hui
dies
97
2000年，陳水扁當選總統，結束了半個世紀的國民黨壟斷。當時國民黨的分裂確保了他的當選，李曾支持其中一組，因之分裂而飽受
指責，因此李被逐出國民黨 (
moved to expel)。
(brief)
Lee himself backed away from
wanting a formal declaration of independence for Taiwan,
insisting it already was, given the island was not Chinese
Communist-controlled. https://time.com/5873614/former-taiwanese-president-lee-teng-hui-dies-97/
●
New York Times,
7-30-2020:
李登輝努力消除外省人和本省人之間的敵意。他提出了「新台灣人」的概念，這個詞表明島民——不論其背景如何——正在建立一種以民主政治制度和日益繁榮為基礎的新的共同身份。...Taiwan
is now the most democratic society in the Chinese-speaking
world,” The Times declared in a 1992 editorial.
★
●
South China Morning Post, may '08: 李登輝於 1996年勝選成為首任民主總統,
但由於腐敗指控而使李登輝的“民主先生”形象受損，民進黨在2000年大選中結束了國民黨五十年的統治。這是台灣民主化的轉折點。台灣第一次權力轉移，是以和平方式進行的”。但是民進黨的統治只持續了八年，總統陳水扁涉嫌一系列腐敗醜聞，使他入獄。(Lee's 'Mr.
Democracy' image tainted by allegations of corruption, the DPP ended five
decades of KMT rule in the election of 2000. This was a turning point for
Taiwan's democratisation.'It was the
first transition of power in Taiwan, and notably conducted in a peaceful way...But the
DPP's rule lasted for only eight years, with president Chen Shui-bian bowing out
at the end of his second term after he was implicated in a series of corruption
scandals which subsequently landed him in prison.)
台灣民主歷史:https://www.scmp.com/article/981433/why-taiwan-ended-one-party-rule-and-embraced-democracy
● 三立新聞台 3-13-2016:
誰殺了前國安局長宋心濂? 放話寫回憶錄惹殺機...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3SV4ru8FN4
(just for ref.)
★
★ 英國Express (UK), SCMP,
6-29-2020 (https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3090980/fighting-erupts-taiwans-parliament-after-opposition-kmt
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1302350/taiwan-news-protest-kuomintang-democratic-progressive-party-latest) : 民進黨在議會中佔多數席次、迫使法案通過、
蔡並提名了她的高級助手陳菊來領導監察院。使國民黨別無選擇，只能佔領立法院進行議會抵制。”台灣的民主熱鬧非凡，國會大廈內的打鬥與抗議成了普遍現象"(
Taiwan’s democracy is boisterous with fights and protests a common occurrence
inside the parliament building.)。BBC, 台灣聯合報, 中國時報 6-29-2020 報導(https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20200629000901-260407?chdtv;https://udn.com/news/story/121440/4665776) : 國民黨表示，陳菊任高雄市長期間，市府團隊遭到監察院調查58案，糾正案30案、彈劾案3案，她進到監察院是要辦案還是要吃案? 此外，
陳菊前年市長任期沒做好做滿，就落跑去，留下3000億負債、5000天坑◦
★
★
華爾街日報 Wall Street Journal, Jan
24, 2020 www.wsj.com/articles/taiwans-democracy-is-thriving-and-needs-support-11579902281
台灣選民出聲了 他們不能放棄自由民主 因此國際的支持非常重要 (Taiwan’s voters have spoken. They
cannot give up on their freedom and democracy, and the international community’s
support is all the more important
...)
★★
★
美國 Washington
Monthly, 3-11-2020,
"The Anomaly of Taiwanese Democracy"
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/03/11/the-anomaly-of-taiwanese-democracy/
★
美國白宮White House
10-24-2019: we've
stood by Taiwan in defense of her hard-won freedoms...
recognized Taiwan’s place as one of the world’s great trading economies and
beacons of Chinese culture and democracy...
我们站在台湾身邊捍衛它得來不易的自由。台湾是中国文化和民主的灯塔。while our
administration will continue to respect the One China Policy — as reflected in
the three joint communiqués and the Taiwan Relations Act — through checkbook
diplomacy, over the past year China has induced two more nations to switch
diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, increasing pressure on the
democracy in Taiwan...
America will always believe that Taiwan’s embrace of democracy shows a better
path for all the Chinese people.
美国永遠相信台湾擁抱民主 对所有中国人民来说都是一条更好的道路。” ( https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-vice-president-pence-frederic-v-malek-memorial-lecture/)
★
Washington Examiner 10-4-2018:
Pence: China should follow Taiwan’s lead to democracy
中国應效法台湾的民主
/ [China’s] Communist Party insists that Confucian cultures, with their
high regard for social hierarchy and top-down authority, are inherently unsuited
to liberal democracy,” the Hudson Institute’s John Lee wrote in 2015. “While
this so-called renegade province makes up only 1.5 percent of the population of
greater China, it is the most successful and vibrant Chinese model on offer.”
共产党坚持，儒家文化高度重视社会等级制度和自上而下的權威，因此不適合採行自由民主制度。但僅占大中華地區人口的1.5％的地方台灣，卻提供最成功，最具活力的中国模式。”
( https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/pence-china-should-follow-taiwans-lead-to-democracy)
★
★
Sunflower movement marked a major
milestone on Taiwan’s road to civil disobedience
◆ The
Diplomat, 8-16-2019: The cross-fertilization of social movements has
played a crucial role among activists from Hong Kong and Taiwan, especially
among an entire generation influenced by the twin movements of 2014 — Taiwan’s
Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution. (
https://thediplomat.com/2019/08/taiwans-silk-road-of-democracy/
)
◆
New York Times, 10-15-2019: On March 18,
2014, hundreds of young activists, most of them college students, occupied
Taiwan’s legislature to express their profound opposition to a new trade pact
with Beijing then under consideration, as well as the secretive manner in which
it was being pushed through Parliament by the Kuomintang, the ruling party.
the Sunflower Movement protesters demanded that the pact be scrapped and that
the government institute a more transparent ratification process. (
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/opinion/taiwan-digital-democracy.html
By Audrey Tang) 數百名年輕的活動人士 —— 其中大多數是大學生
——
透過佔領台灣立法院來反對當時正在考慮中的台北北京的新貿易協定，以及執政黨國民黨推動的祕密方式...抗議者要求廢除該協定，並要求政府建立一個更透明的批准程序，由此產生的就是後來說的「太陽花運動」。在政府承諾加強對該貿易協定的立法監督後，這場得到廣泛公眾支持的佔領在三週多後結束。（直到今天，該協議仍未得到台灣立法機構的批准。）
◆
The Diplomat, April 2020 : 太陽花學運抗議者 高院改判有罪 ！
Taiwan High Court Overturns Acquittals, Finds Sunflower Movement Protesters
Guilty / The High Court’s decision to overturn not guilty verdicts for
seven protesters who stormed the Executive Yuan led to outrage from civil
society figures. ( thediplomat.com/2020/04/taiwan-high-court-overturns-acquittals-finds-sunflower-movement-protesters-guilty/
)
◆
Taipei Times, 5-27-2020:
「太陽花學運」是台灣公民不服從之路的里程碑The Sunflower movement marked a major milestone on
Taiwan’s road to civil disobedience; it is the duty of conscientious
citizens to protest unjust government actions by openly breaking the law
to achieve a higher moral aim, while at the same time being willing to
face the consequences.
In a constitutional
democracy, citizens are endowed with the inherent right of civil
resistance, because the state is given sovereign power by the people
based on the principle of popular sovereignty. Citizens are entitled to
engage in civil disobedience if a democratic government chooses not
to play by the constitutional rules. In 2014, then-president
Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) administration, without complying with
democratic rules, intended to arbitrarily finish the legislative
process of the Cross-Strait Service and Trade Agreement (CSSTA).
Yet on April 28, the High
Court, overturning a lower court’s not-guilty verdict, denied that
civil disobedience was applicable and found seven Sunflower movement
figures guilty of inciting people to storm the Executive Yuan on
March 23, 2014. ( https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2020/05/27/2003737099
5-27-2020; https://hongkongfp.com/2018/03/13/taiwan-high-court-upholds-acquittal-sunflower-activists/
)
il s’agit pour la démocratie taïwanaise de creuser
l’écart, d’un point de vue moral, avec une Chine continentale engluée dans
l’autoritarisme...
(KMT), l’ex-parti unique, qui se posait en défenseur de la démocratie mais se
préoccupait avant tout de veiller au grain. ( brief
蔡英文推動轉型正義
)
PS: 但更應處理今日之政治迫害
★
★
Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/10/05/taiwan/
Taiwan is revolutionizing democracy 10-5-2018
台北—與西方成熟的民主國家相比，台灣仍處於起步階段。
★中
★
澳大利亞
ABC Radio National, Australia,
27 February 2020
www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-27/taiwan-independent-nation-democracy-in-shadow-of-china/11981540
It's a
vibrant democracy... a record
57 per cent of the electorate voting overwhelmingly for Tsai Ing-wen's
...
Why? 蔡英文大勝:
(1) 中共在香港與示威者打交道的嚴厲做法使台灣選民感到不安
(2) "The KMT (
widely seen by analysts as being far more
pro-Beijing ) must convince the
general public that it only engages the mainland for the purposes of creating
peace, and that it would never sell out Taiwan"
國民黨必須說服人民，它只是為了和平與大陸接觸，絕不會出賣台灣。
★
★
德國 German Institute for Intl and
security affairs, 2 -7-2020 www.swp-berlin.org/10.18449/2020C07/
Taiwan’s Threatened Democracy Stays on Course / Fear of China’s
Dictatorship Pushes Taiwan’s President to a Landslide Victory
選民恐懼中共高壓管理 使蔡英文壓倒式大勝
the
People’s Republic will continue to try to infiltrate Taiwan’s democracy ...
Taiwan’s democracy is probably the world’s biggest victim of the “sharp
power” of the People’s Republic...
★
★
丹麥 Copenhagen Democracy Summit /
Taiwan President Tsai via video
Democracy is in our DNA. It is what makes us Taiwanese. To forfeit our freedom
would be to forfeit the foundation of our nation ... democratic Taiwan—with its
respect for the rule of law, human rights, and intellectual property, its
talented workforce, and its strong and trustworthy track record in high-tech
industries—welcomes your investment.
(ps:
台灣危機
ps2: 台灣司法
ps3:台灣人權
)
★
中国
CGTN 6-22-2020: China's
the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council
commented on Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen's recent video speech at
the "2020 Copenhagen Democracy Summit," calling it another "political
manipulation" under the banner of "democracy." 台灣 打著民主旗幟反民主
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-06-22/Mainland-calls-for-cross-Strait-unity-against-Taiwan-independence--RxbHik9L5m/index.html
★
USA
Country Reports on Human Rights
practices(美國人權報告), 3-11-2020:
法官與檢察官的公正遭到學者與政治評論的公開質疑 ;
2019年3月13日的美國人權報告(USA Country
Reports on Human Rights practices)
在貪污與政府透明度方面指出，司法不獨立且執行政治目的調查工作("
justice ministry was insufficiently independent and conducted politically
motivated investigations of politicians.
")。<聯合報>
人民不信任執法因為政府濫權玩法。
★
Transparency org.
"Have you paid a bribe in '13 ?"
貪污指標
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Corruption_Barometer
★
<Transparency
International>, 1-29-2019:
台灣貪腐不像南韓有所改善進展
(Taiwan
has stagnated in the Corruption Perspective Index rankings since 2011 with its
score 61~63 (dropped 2 spots this year), in contrast, South Korea improved by 3
points in 2017.)
自由時報 社論 1-12-2020: 完全執政的腐壞氣息已現。 2019年12月25日――
總統大選政見發表會登場，國民黨韓國瑜批民進黨領導下，貪官污吏可以"大貪特貪"，
蔡回辯講貪污應更記得國民黨，親民黨宋楚瑜認為國民黨與民進黨是貪腐與司法不公的難兄難弟。蘋果日報
12-7-2018 社論 :
台灣除了官商勾結，貪腐破表外，領先中國、印尼、巴西、菲律賓、越南等貪污大國之處，在於還有黑道橫行。黑道輔佐官商民代發財，其臭無比的食物鏈 超越藍綠...(
https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/daily/20181207/38199252/) ;
★
★<Foerign Policy> 2015: 台灣政治屬於財團(非人民),且為政客控制。
★
★
印度 Deccan
Chronicle, 6-10-2020, by Skand Tayal, writer, India's anbassafor to S Korea BJP
MPs Meenakshi Lekhi and Rahul Kaswan emphasised Taiwan’s democratic credentials
and noted that “both India and Taiwan are democratic countries, bonded by shared
values of freedom, democracy and respect for human rights”.强调台湾的民主品質，并指出“印度和台湾都是民主国家，受到自由，民主和尊重人权共同价值观的束缚”。
★
美國
New York Times,
12-3-2019:
Social media platforms are another key battleground
(Chn-TW): Nearly 90
percent of Taiwan’s population is
active
on them, and traditional news outlets have been
known to
republish fake posts without fact-checking.
According to Reuters, Chinese government
agencies have paid Taiwanese news outlets to publish
pro-Beijing content.
社群媒體平台是
兩岸另一關鍵戰場：台灣近90%的人口活躍在社群媒體平台上，傳統新聞媒體曾在沒有核實的情況下轉發過假訊息(帖子)。據路透社報導，中國政府已向台灣新聞機構付費，讓它們發布親北京的內容
pic. left: China Times 3-29-2019 headline news: Defend
100% freedom of speech! Democracy on the surface, anti-democracy
to the bone is not allowed.
pic. right: Apple
Daily 3-29-2019 editorial opinion:
Democracy &
Freedom of speech is the bottom line
which should never be lost, the government should not create chilling
effect by fishing in trouble water.
★
★
無國界記者組織
(法國
RSF, <Reporters
Sans Frontieres> ) ,
4-18-2019:
台灣的
World Press Freedom Index排名第42，
雖然宣稱要持續推動言論自由，但很少採用具體實質完整的
措施與方法來改善記者的編輯獨立性並鼓勵媒體提昇公共議題的品質，另一方面，北京正利用台灣媒體老闆在中國有商業立利益這個弱點施壓台灣媒體，
也涉嫌策劃網路假訊息計畫，
這個威脅得導致台灣可能採取報復手段...... (Taiwan’s
journalists are suffering from a very polarized media environment dominated
by sensationalism and the pursuit of profit. Although President Tsai Ing-wen
has said she wants to continue developing press freedom in Taiwan, few
concrete measures have been taken to improve journalists’ editorial
independence and encourage media to raise the quality of the public debate.
Beijing is exploiting this weakness by putting pressure on Taiwanese media
owners, who often have business interests on the mainland. Beijing is also
suspected of orchestrating online disinformation campaigns – a threat that
could lead to questionable retaliatory measures by Taiwan such as refusing
visas to Chinese journalists regarded as hostile.)
pic.: No.1 "台灣民主自由"
on Yahoo Taiwan, 7-28-2020
pic.:
"台灣民主自由"
排名法國QWANT (most well-known French search engine)第1,
8-5-2020
pic.:
No.2 "Taiwan democracy"(台灣民主) on Ｗｅｂｃｒａｗｌｅｒ, 6-1６-2020
pic.:
No.1 "Taiwan democracy"(台灣民主) on Bing, 7-12-2020
pic.:
No.1 "台灣民主自由" on AOL, 7-29-2020
pic.: No.4 "Taiwan democracy"(台灣民主)
on US Yahoo search engine, 7-21-2020
你有言論自由
、
我有國家暴力自由 /
政治干預媒體、政媒不分
Taiwan
state apparatus
fully
support freedom of expression & democracy ...
(English)
(Japanese)
(French)
pic.:
Taiwan should reflect on its mistakes, admit its
mistakes, and correct its mistakes, at once.