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Presidential candidates court young voters

Of the 19.3 million Taiwanese eligible to vote on Saturday, 3.1 million are below 30 years old, and 1.81 million are first-time voters
Taiwan’s under-30s have become more politically active and their votes will help to determine who becomes Taiwan’s next president.Photo: AFP
Taiwan’s presidential candidates are waging an all-out charm offensive to woo millions of young people in the lead-up to this weekend’s election, conscious their votes could push them over the finish line.

Both President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) of the Democratic Progessive Party (DPP), who is seeking a second term, and challenger, Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) have taken to social media and television with meme-filled appeals for support as they lay out competing visions for the island’s future.

Of the 19.3 million Taiwanese eligible to vote on Saturday, 3.1 million are below 30 years old, and 1.81 million are first-time voters, according to official data.

Tsai has appeared the most comfortable winning over youngsters, who tend to be more progressive on social issues and suspicious of China.

In a move that caused significant social divisions, Tsai’s DPP legalized same-sex marriage last year — a first in Asia.

They also portray themselves as defenders of democratic values against Beijing’s authoritarianism.

Both issues are drums the DPP have beaten relentlessly in their appeals to young voters.

VIRAL VIDEOS

In a video posted to her Facebook page this week that garnered more than one million views, Tsai invoked the months of clashes between police and pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong as a warning for the future.

The clip begins with Taiwanese youngsters going about their lives, playing video games and dancing, before switching to scenes of unrest in the former British colony.

“A few hundred kilometers away, many youths are defending their freedoms with blood and tears,” the narrator says, urging the public to “speak loudly that we choose to stand with democracy, with freedom.”

Another viral video featured veteran pop star Jutopi rapping about issues such as the Tsai government raising wages, legalizing same-sex marriage and promoting democracy.

“The government is doing things for us, we are happy, blessed citizens,” raps long-haired Jutopi, wearing a three-piece suit and fedora.

“We do not bow our heads to others. We are not in the hands of others,” he adds.

Analysts say a high youth turnout would likely benefit the 63-year-old Tsai.

But that has not stopped Han’s more socially conservative KMT from courting their vote.

Han, 62, favors warmer ties with China and has built a campaign around accusing the DPP of imperilling Taiwan’s long-term future by provoking Beijing.

He has projected a plain-talking everyman image to appeal to grassroots voters, and has embraced nicknames such as “bald guy.”

In a recent appearance on a talk show popular with younger viewers, Han displayed his characteristic ability to poke fun at himself as he joked about his hair loss and unveiled an ability to walk on his knees with his legs crossed in the lotus position.

The interview has racked up nearly six million views on YouTube.

When the host apologized for constantly making fun of him on the program, Han replied: “Continue. Everyone is happy. It’s good in a society with a democratic and free atmosphere... Just one request, no jokes about my hairline!”

At televised debates and forums with youngsters he has announced youth-friendly economic promises such as subsidised student exchange programmes and loans for start-ups.

Darren Lu, a 22-year-old student from Kaohsiung, said he supports warmer ties with China as promoted by Han.

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taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄市 高雄 苓雅區 臺北

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On pointe in Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung City Ballet’s annual ‘Dance Shoe’ productions have long provided a platform for southern-born talent, be they choreographers or dancers, and this year is likely to prove no exception
Ssu-tu Ping-hsuan, in white, Wang Tsan-kai, in black and Ally Yeh will perform Hsieh Pei-shan’s Vicissitudes of life in the Kaohsiung City Ballet’s 2020 Dance Shoe, which opens tomorrow night in Kaohsiung.Photo courtesy of Liu Ren-haur

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Anyone in Kaohsiung tomorrow night looking for something to do besides watching the election should head over to the Kaohsiung Cultural Center’s Chihde Hall for some inspired dancing.

The Kaohsiung City Ballet (KCB, 高雄城市芭蕾舞團) will premier its annual Dance Shoe (2020點子鞋) production, the 17th in the series.

Company founder Chang Hsiu-ru’s (張秀如) idea behind the first show in 2004 was to provide a platform for young choreographers from southern Taiwan and give her more senior dancers a chance to work with different styles and visions.

Two of the choreographers that Chang picked for this year’s show also had pieces in last year’s production: Hsieh Pei-shan (謝佩珊) and Halee Li Zong-lin (李宗霖), while the third is a former member of the company, Hsu Chia-jung (許佳蓉), and the fourth is Sean Hsu (許生翰), whose background is more street dance than classical ballet.

Kaohsiung native Hsieh is the most experienced of the quartet, as well as being the founder of her own troupe, the Kaohsiung-based HPS Dance Company (HPS舞蹈劇場), which although focused on modern dance, has developed a reputation for working with performers from non-dance backgrounds.

The graduate of the Chinese Culture University’s dance department created X Guanxi (X 關係, “X Relationship”) for last year’s show, set on KCB veteran Ally Yeh (葉麗娟) and two young men, Bai Yen-yu (白顏毓), HPS member Yu Chung-yu (余忠諺) and a large rolling armchair.

Hsieh chose to work again with Yeh for this year’s piece, Vicissitudes of life (百態), but picked two new male partners for her, Maurice Ssu-tu Ping-hsuan (司徒秉宸) and Wang Tsan-kai (王贊凱). The trio will dance to songs that German-born British composer Max Richter created for the 2017 BBC television drama Taboo.

WHAT: 2020 Dance Shoe

WHEN: Tomorrow at 7:30pm

WHERE: Kaohsiung Cultural Center’s Chihde Hall (高雄市文化中心至德堂), 67 Wufu 1st Rd, Greater Kaohsiung (高雄市苓雅區五福一路67號)

ADMISSION: NT$500, available online at www.artsticket.com.tw, Eslite ticket desks and convenience store ticketing kiosks

ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES: Saturday next week at 2:30pm and 7:30pm at the Tainan Municipal Cultural Center (台南市立台南文化中心國際廳原生劇場), 332 Zhonghua E Rd (台南市中華東路3段332號); admission as above

Dancer/choreographer Li created a duet for last year’s show — Wuqiao (無殼, “Shell-less”), but this year he produced a solo, Du jiao (獨角, “Unicorn”) for dancer Huang Yen-chieh (黃彥傑) that is set to musical excerpts from some of the most famous works in the classical ballet canon: La Bayadere, Paquita, Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake.

That is a lot of passion to pack into a solo, but Li, who had works chosen for Hung Dance’s (翃舞製作) Stray Birds Platform (漂鳥舞蹈平台) in Taipei last month as well as the International Young Choreographer Project at Tsoying Senior High School in July, appears to have the talent to pull it off.

Tainan-born Sean Hsu was also inspired by passion for his solo, I owe all the happiness of my life to you (我虧欠你一生的快樂), albeit from an unusual source: British author’s Virginia Woolf’s final note to her husband Leonard before her suicide.

For the score, he selected The Poet Acts from Philip Glass’ soundtrack to the 2002 movie The Hours and some of composer Wu Hao’s (吳凜) work that he also used in his Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA, 國立臺北藝術大學) graduation production in April last year Exclude My Loneliness from You (我的孤獨排除在你之).

He chose another TNUA alumnus to perform his solo, Wei Tzu-ling (魏梓錂), who has danced with KCB for several years, and also choreographed for the previous two Dance Shoe shows.

The final choreographer on the program, Hsu Chia-jung is another KCB dancer turned creator. She also studied at TNUA as well as at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington.

Her piece, Peise (配色, “Matching Colors”) is set on three dancers — Liu Yu-hsuan (劉諭萱), Tsai Min-chien (蔡旻倩) and Ssu-tu — to an interesting choice of music: Argentine tango compose Astor Piazzolla’s Fuga y Misterio and two songs from Brazilian musician Renato Rocha’s Kurup project, Joeira and Surf na Mata.


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Plane crash in Iran prompts questions

UKRAINE, CANADA:People in two nations among those hardest hit by fatalities mourned, with flags in Ottawa at half-mast and Ukranian leaders promising answers
Rescue personnel work at the scene of a Ukrainian airliner crash near Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday.Photo: AFP / IRNA / AKBAR TAVAKOLI
The crash of a Ukrainian jetliner that killed 176 people in Iran prompted mourning on Wednesday in Ukraine and Canada — where many of those killed were from or were headed — and raised a host of questions about what went wrong, although US intelligence officials said there was no immediate evidence that it was shot down.

The jetliner, a Boeing 737 operated by Ukrainian International Airlines, went down on the outskirts of Tehran during takeoff just hours after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at US forces.

While the timing of the crash led some aviation experts to ask whether it was brought down by a missile, Iranian officials disputed any such suggestion and blamed mechanical trouble.

“The rumors about the plane are completely false and no military or political expert has confirmed it,” Iranian General Abolfazl Shekarchi, spokesman for the Iranian armed forces, was quoted by the Fars news agency as saying.

Shekarchi said that the rumors were “psychological warfare” by the government’s opponents.

In Washington, a Democrat who attended a classified briefing by officials from the administration of US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill — including US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and CIA Director Gina Haspel — said the briefers had no intelligence indicating the plane was shot down.

The lawmaker spoke on condition of anonymity.

The plane, en route to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, was carrying 167 passengers and nine crew members from several countries, including 82 Iranians, at least 63 Canadians and 11 Ukrainians, according to officials.

The crash just before dawn scattered flaming debris and passengers’ belongings across a wide stretch of farmland.

Many of the passengers were believed to be international students attending universities in Canada; they were making their way back to Toronto by way of Kyiv after visiting with family during the winter break.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said 138 of the passengers were bound for Canada.

The flight also included a family of four and newlyweds, too. The manifest listed several teenagers and children, some as young as one.

The crash ranked among the worst losses of life for Canadians in an aviation disaster. The flag over Parliament in Ottawa was lowered to half-staff and Trudeau vowed to get to the bottom of the disaster.

“Know that all Canadians are grieving with you,” he said, addressing the families of those who died.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy cut short a visit to Oman to return to Kyiv and said a team of Ukrainian experts would go to Tehran to help investigate the crash.

“Our priority is to find the truth and everyone responsible for the tragedy,” Zelenskiy wrote on Facebook.

Ukrainian officials, for their part, initially agreed that the plane was brought down by mechanical trouble, but later backed away from that and declined to offer a cause while the investigation is ongoing.

Authorities said they found the plane’s recorders that store cockpit conversations and instrument data, but given tensions between Iran and the US, it was not immediately clear whether Iran would share the devices with investigators from the US and its allies, or whether Tehran would invite the US National Transportation Safety Board to take part.

Meanwhile, the Ukraine National Security and Defense Council yesterday said that it was looking at whether the jet was downed by a missile or bomb.

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A very quiet hero: How a Japanese diplomat saved 6,000 Jews

Chiune Sugihara’s son tells how he learned of his father’s rescue mission in Lithuania, which is to commemorate the diplomat’s achievements this year
As a child in Japan in the 1950s and 1960s, Nobuki Sugihara never knew his father had saved thousands of lives. Few did.

His father, Chiune Sugihara, was a trader who lived in a small coastal town about 355km south of Tokyo. When not on business trips to Moscow, he coached his young son in mathematics and English.

He made breakfast, spreading butter on the toast so thinly “nobody could compete”

His son had no idea his father saved 6,000 Jews during World War II.

Over six weeks in the summer of 1940, while serving as a diplomat in Lithuania, Chiune Sugihara defied orders from his bosses in Tokyo and issued several thousand visas for Jewish refugees to travel to Japan.

Even when an Israeli diplomat contacted the family in 1969, the young Sugihara did not realize the scale of what his father had done.

“We never thought so many survivors survived, because my father never talked like [it was] a heroic act. We were not excited,” Nobuki Sugihara said in his home in Antwerp, the Netherlands.

Now the life and legacy of his father will be celebrated in Lithuania, 80 years after he issued “visas for life” to refugees who sought his help.

Lithuania’s government has declared this year “the year of Chiune Sugihara”: An official program promises an exhibition of photographs in Lithuania’s parliament, as well as concerts, conferences, films, postage stamps and a monument erected in Kaunas, Lithuania’s former capital, where he was posted in 1939.

It is all part of the burgeoning memorialization of Chiune Sugihara, who in 1984, two years before he died, was declared “righteous among the nations” by Yad Vashem, the Israeli state organization that commemorates the Holocaust.

Chiune Sugihara was sent to Kaunas in the autumn of 1939 to open a consulate, soon after Nazi tanks had rolled into neighboring Poland.

At first glance, it was a curious posting for the up-and-coming diplomat who, by leaving blank an entrance exam paper for medical school, had defied his father’s wish for him to become a doctor.

No Japanese were registered as living in the country, thousands of kilometers from the Pacific.

However, Kaunas was an ideal place for Japan to check up on its ally, Nazi Germany, whom it suspected of making a secret pact with Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, as well as plotting an invasion of the Soviet Union.

Both suspicions were confirmed by Chiune Sugihara’s contacts with Polish spies and reconnaissance of Nazi troop movements, sometimes done under the guise of a picnic.

Lithuania would suffer a double occupation by Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, but for nearly 10 months at the start of the World War II, Kaunas was the free capital of independent Lithuania, “a Casablanca of the north,” a hotbed of spies, as well as a short-lived haven for refugees fleeing Soviet and Nazi occupiers.

Sent to Lithuania to gather intelligence, Chiune Sugihara had probably not bargained for the scores of refugees who arrived at his gates in 1940.

After the Soviet Union invaded Lithuania on June 15, refugees flocked to the modest two-story Japanese consulate that was also home to Chiune Sugihara, his wife, Yukiko, their two toddlers and a newborn. Many were Polish Jews, who had arrived only months earlier after the Soviet invasion of Poland. Now they were looking for a second escape.

Chiune Sugihara sought instructions from his foreign ministry in Tokyo. He was told not to issue visas to anyone without proper papers, ruling out almost everyone in the line.

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title: German ‘preschool Picasso’ shaking up the world of art

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German artist Mikail Akar poses in front of a limited print of his painting Champi prior to the opening of his “Manus 11” exhibition in Berlin on Dec. 13 last year.Photo: AFP
Mikail Akar did not flinch as the cameras clicked around him. Born in 2012, the German artistic prodigy has spent half his life in the limelight.

With his striped jumper, goofy grin and dreams of becoming a professional soccer player, Akar seems just like any other seven-year-old boy.

Yet, the Cologne-born youngster is actually an expressionist whiz kid who has taken the international art scene by storm.

Dubbed the “preschool Picasso” by German media, Akar’s paintings now sell for thousands of euros to buyers from around the world.

“At just seven years old, he is established in the art world. There is interest from Germany, France and the USA,” his father and manager, Kerem Akar, told reporters.

Kerem Akar discovered Mikail Akar’s precocious talent by chance several years ago, when he gifted his son a canvas and some handprint paints for his fourth birthday.

“We had already bought him enough cars and action figures, so we had the idea of getting him a canvas,” Kerem Akar said.

“The first picture looked fantastic and I thought at first that my wife had painted it,” he said. “I thought maybe it was just coincidence, but by the second and third pictures it was clear he had talent.”

Mikail Akar’s talent is visible in his latest collection, a collaboration with Bayern Munich soccer star Manuel Neuer.

One work in the collection was sold for 11,000 euros (US$12,223), with proceeds going to Neuer’s children’s charity.

An explosion of color reminiscent of Jackson Pollock, the piece is typical of Mikail Akar’s abstract expressionist style.

The seven-year-old told reporters that his idols include Pollock, Michael Jackson and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

He has also developed his own techniques, which include applying paint by punching the canvas with his father’s boxing gloves.

At a presentation of Mikail Akar’s new work at a private gallery in Berlin last month, one visitor said that she was “speechless” upon discovering that the artist was a child who was just starting elementary school.

“The balance and harmony of the composition — I wouldn’t expect that from a child,” Berlin-based photographer Arina Daehnick told reporters.

Diana Achtzig, director of the Achtzig Gallery for Contemporary Art in Berlin, said that she was impressed by Mikail Akar’s “imagination and variation.”

“As long as he has someone supporting him and not exploiting him, then he has a great future ahead of him,” she said.

Mikail Akar has said that his dreams for when he has grown up lie elsewhere.

“When I’m older I want to be a football player,” he said, launching into an excited account of an 8-0 victory with his school team.

“Painting is quite tiring for me. Sometimes it can take a long time ... especially with boxing gloves,” he added.

His father has insisted that he and his wife are careful not to push their son too hard and to protect him from the trappings of fame.

“If it gets too much for him, we will intervene. We turn down a lot of requests,” Kerem Akar said. “He only paints when he wants to. Sometimes that is once a week, sometimes once a month.”

Yet, Kerem Akar also admitted that his life has changed dramatically since discovering his son’s talent, and that he and his wife now “live for art”

A former salesman and recruitment agent, the 38-year-old has since switched to managing his son’s career full-time.

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Singapore party files suit over misinformation law

‘ANTI-DEMOCRATIC’:The Singapore Democratic Party said an order by the Ministry of Manpower has ‘plunged a dagger into the heart’ of the nation’s political system
A Singaporean opposition party has mounted the first legal challenge against an online misinformation law that activists have said is being used to silence criticism of the government ahead of elections.

The controversial legislation gives authorities the power to order corrections to be placed next to posts they deem false.

Since the law went into effect in October last year, several opposition figures and activists have been ordered to place a banner next to online posts stating that they contain false information.

The Singapore Democratic Party, one of a handful of small opposition groups in the city-state, has now asked the courts to overturn a government order for it to correct two Facebook posts and an article on its Web site.

The Facebook posts said that many Singaporeans had been displaced from white-collar jobs by foreigners — claims the government has said were “false and misleading.”

“We undertake this legal action because, as difficult as it may be, we must stand up for our fellow Singaporeans and fight for what little space we have left in Singapore to uphold our democratic freedoms,” the party said on its Web site late on Wednesday.

The challenge was filed against Singaporean Minister for Manpower Josephine Teo (楊莉明), as the ministry last month ordered the corrections be put up and later rejected an application to withdraw the order.

“Ms Teo has plunged a dagger into the heart [of] Singapore’s political system already plagued by anti-democratic rules that keep the [ruling People’s Action Party] entrenched in power,” said the Singapore Democratic Party, which has no seats in parliament.

While it is praised for its economic management, affluent Singapore’s government is also regularly criticized for curbing civil liberties.

The People’s Action Party has ruled Singapore for decades and is expected to comfortably win polls expected within months, with a weak opposition seen as little real challenge.

The Singaporean High Court is scheduled to hear the Singapore Democratic Party’s challenge on Thursday next week.

The government has said that the legislation is necessary to stop falsehoods from circulating online that could sow divisions in the multiethnic, multifaith nation.

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Standoff over the Trump impeachment deepens

‘UNFAIR PROCESS’:A source said Nancy Pelosi wants to know how much time would be devoted to the trial before saying who she would pick to help try the case
The standoff over US President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial deepened on Wednesday as US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said there would be “no haggling” with Democrats as US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanded more details and witnesses.

McConnell’s Senate majority has the leverage Republicans need to launch Trump’s trial, but Pelosi’s reluctance to transmit the articles of impeachment leaves the proceedings at a standstill.

What started as a seemingly minor delay over process and procedures is now a high-stakes showdown between two leaders facing off over the trial.

“There will be no haggling with the House over Senate procedure,” said McConnell, who met later on Wednesday with Trump at the White House.

“We will not cede our authority to try this impeachment. The House Democrats’ turn is over,” he said.

Three weeks have passed since the House impeached Trump on charges of obstruction of Congress and that he abused the power of his office by pressuring Ukraine’s new leader to investigate Democrats, using as leverage US$400 million in military assistance for the US ally as it counters Russia at its border.

Trump denies any wrongdoing

Even as McConnell spoke from the Senate floor, Pelosi was giving no indication of her willingness to agree to his terms.

In a closed-door meeting with the House Democratic caucus, she spoke instead about the crisis in the Middle East and Iran’s retaliatory ballistic missile attacks on US bases in Iraq, according to several Democrats in the room.

The impeachment timeline is complicating the political calendar, with the trial now expected to last until the presidential primaries begin.

Several Democratic senators are running for the party nomination.

Returning to Washington from the campaign trail, US Senator Elizabeth Warren told reporters that she was confident in Pelosi’s plan.

“I have no doubt that she will get this right,” Warren said. “Some things are more important than politics and the impeachment of a president is certainly one of those. No one is above the law, not even the president.”

Another presidential hopeful, US Senator Cory Booker, said: “Those articles will come over here for a vote in due time.”

Some Senate Democrats have said the time has come for Pelosi to send the articles so the trial can begin.

The showdown is expected to be resolved this week, lawmakers said.

Pelosi wants McConnell to “immediately” make public the details of his trial proposal, according to a letter to colleagues.

She wants to know how much time will be devoted to the trial and other details about the “arena” before announcing her choice of House managers to try the case in the Senate, according to Democrats familiar with the situation and granted anonymity to discuss it.

“Sadly, Leader McConnell has made clear that his loyalty is to the president and not the [US] constitution,” Pelosi wrote to colleagues on Tuesday.

She said the process he is outlining is “unfair.”

McConnell on Tuesday said that he has support from the majority of senators to start a trial structured like the previous one, against then-US president Bill Clinton in 1999.

“We have the votes,” McConnell told reporters.

McConnell said that Pelosi had an “endless appetite for these cynical games” and said it would be up to senators to decide if they want more testimony.

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B: Drawing a circle on an infant’s chest with a stone is the most traditional custom for instilling courage.

A: That’s impressive knowledge.

B: I’ve heard of a similar Hakka custom involving hen and duck eggs. Stones are placed beneath an infant’s bed and kept there while they grow up.

A: True. That’s why, afterwards, my brother and his wife took the stones home.

B: 拿石頭在小嬰兒的胸口畫圓，這其實才是最傳統的「做膽」習俗哦。

A: 你真的很懂耶。

B: 我聽說客家人的習俗有時候還會加入雞蛋跟鴨蛋。石頭會放在嬰兒床下，陪伴嬰兒成長。

A: 真的耶，後來我弟他們就把那三顆石頭帶回家了。

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Japanese Minister of Justice Masako Mori yesterday urged former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn to return and make his case in court after the fugitive gave a defense of his decision to jump bail and flee to Lebanon.

Ghosn made his first public appearance since his escape last month at a news conference in Beirut on Wednesday, where he criticized Japan and said he had been forced to flee because he would not get a fair trial.

Ghosn faced four charges of financial misconduct in Tokyo, which he says were concocted by disgruntled executives at Nissan in collusion with Japanese prosecutors.

Mori called those claims “baseless” and said that Ghosn’s “assertions will not justify his flight from Japan in any way.”

“If defendant Ghosn has anything to say on his criminal case, he should make his argument in a Japanese court and present concrete evidence,” she said.

“If he claims innocence, he should face a trial under the justice system in Japan, where he was doing business, and he should submit evidence to prove his claims,” she said.

Ghosn spent much of his two-hour news conference saying that justice was impossible for him in Japan.

He said that the charges against him, including allegedly under-reporting his pay and skimming Nissan funds for his own use, were a bid to bring him down for political reasons.

“There was no way I was going to be treated fairly ... this was not about justice,” he told reporters, responding to questions in English, Arabic, French and Portuguese.

Ghosn said he was “presumed guilty before the eyes of the world and subject to a system whose only objective is to coerce confessions, secure guilty pleas.”

Ghosn has argued since his shock arrest in November 2018 that the case against him was a bid to block his plans to more closely integrate Nissan with its French partner, Renault.

On Wednesday, he alleged extensive collusion between the Japanese automaker and prosecutors, and said he was the victim of character assassination.

The Tokyo prosecutor’s office said that “Ghosn’s allegations completely ignore his own conduct.”

“His one-sided criticism of the Japanese justice system is totally unacceptable,” the office said.

Former Nissan chief executive officer Hiroto Saikawa, a one-time Ghosn protege who resigned in the wake of the scandal, said that Ghosn “fled because he was afraid of being found guilty.”

Japanese media appeared unconvinced by Ghosn’s attempts to rebut the charges against him.

“We can’t take his word for it because he fled illegally abroad,” the Asahi Shimbun said in a commentary.

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title: Japan seeks Ghosn return after he defends his escape


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COUPE DE LA LIGUE

Icardi leads PSG to 6-1 win

Mauro Icardi on Wednesday scored a hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain demolished a depleted AS Saint-Etienne 6-1 to power into the semi-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue. Icardi struck the opening goal inside two minutes at the Parc des Princes before teenage Saint-Etienne defender Wesley Fofana was dismissed for a second booking on the half-hour. PSG ruthlessly capitalized on their man advantage as coach Thomas Tuchel elected to field all four members of his fearsome attacking quartet — Icardi, Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Angel di Maria — against a side decimated by injury and illness. Neymar doubled the lead with a nonchalant chipped finish over goalkeeper Jessy Moulin, who scored a comical own-goal on the stroke of halftime. The hosts bagged a fourth when Mbappe rounded Moulin and cut back for Icardi to add to his tally, and he completed his hat-trick when Mbappe raced clear before selflessly presenting the Argentine with a tap-in. The pair reversed roles for the sixth goal, Icardi controlling superbly and sliding across goal for a lunging Mbappe to turn home from close range. Former PSG midfielder Yohan Cabaye hit a consolation goal for Saint-Etienne. Elsewhere, Olympique Lyonnais battled into the last four with a 3-1 victory at home to Stade Brestois 29, while Luiz Araujo and Victor Osimhen were on target as Lille OSC overcame Amiens SC 2-0.

EFL CUP

Leicester, Aston draw 1-1

Brendan Rodgers warned that Leicester City would have to suffer to reach the EFL Cup final after Kelechi Iheanacho’s late goal earned a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa on Wednesday. Rodgers’ side fell behind to Frederic Guilbert’s first-half goal in the semi-final first leg at the King Power Stadium. However, Iheanacho came off the bench to equalize with his sixth goal in eight appearances this season. Leicester will feel they should have won after dominating for long periods, but the team in second place in the Premier League will have to finish the job at Villa Park in the second leg on Jan. 28. The second-leg winners will play Manchester City or Manchester United in the final at Wembley, with City leading 3-1 after their first leg at Old Trafford on Tuesday.

SUPERCOPA DE ESPANA

Kroos shines in Real victory

Toni Kroos on Wednesday scored a wonder goal straight from a corner as Real Madrid beat Valencia 3-1 to reach the final of the controversial Supercopa de Espana in Saudi Arabia. Kroos caught Valencia goalkeeper Jaume Domenech napping with a brilliant, instinctive strike, before Isco made it two and Luka Modric added a classy third from a curling finish with the outside of his foot. After two superb goals, the only shame was that more fans were not there to see them, as the King Abdullah Sports City stadium appeared only a little more than half full. Dani Parejo scored a late Valencia penalty. Barca coach Ernesto Valverde had earlier on Wednesday said that he preferred the traditional format of the competition, which pitted the league champions against the winners of the Copa del Rey in a match in Spain in August. However, it is the new location that has grated most because of the lack of consideration for Spanish fans and the implications of associating with a country that has been heavily criticized for its treatment of women and human rights record.

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Jay Chou, Post Malone crowned Taiwan’s, world’s most-streamed acts

周杰倫、巨星馬龍 榮登台灣、全球最佳串流藝人

Singer Jay Chou, right, and Ashin of Mayday are pictured in this promotional photo released in October last year.
歌手周杰倫（右〉和「五月天」阿信，在這張去年十月釋出的宣傳照中。Photo courtesy of StayReal
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With megahits like Won’t Cry, a duet with Ashin of Mayday, singer Jay Chou was crowned the most-streamed act of 2019 in Taiwan, according to online music giant Spotify, followed by K-pop supergroup BTS and singer Jolin Tsai in second and third place. Post Malone, Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande were the most-streamed artists globally.

Meanwhile, Drake was named the world’s most-streamed artist of the decade. With over 28 billion global streams in the 2010s, the Canadian rapper outshined Ed Sheeran and Malone, who came in second and third. The world’s most-streamed songs of the decade were Shape of You by Sheeran, One Dance by Drake and Rockstar by Malone, in this order.

Spotify is now the world’s largest music streaming platform: nearly 141 million users visited its ad-supported platform in October last year. As campaigns for the US presidential election heat up, the company announced on Dec. 27 that it will suspend all political advertising on the site starting early this year, according to Reuters.

(Eddy Chang, Taipei Times)

根據線上音樂龍頭Spotify，歌王周杰倫憑著和「五月天」阿信合唱的《說好不哭》等金曲，榮登二○一九年台灣最多串流收聽藝人寶座，韓流天團「防彈少年團」（BTS）、歌后蔡依林高居二、三名。而去年全世界最多串流收聽藝人前三名是巨星馬龍、怪奇比莉、亞莉安娜。

至於過去十年，全球最多串流收聽藝人冠軍是德瑞克！這位加拿大饒舌歌手在二○一○年代，以超過兩百八十億的播放次數，領先亞軍的紅髮艾德、季軍的馬龍。該年代最多串流收聽歌曲前三名則依序為︰艾德的《Shape of You》、德瑞克的《One Dance》、馬龍的《Rockstar》。

Spotify是現今全球最大的音樂串流平台︰光是去年十月就有將近一億四千一百萬用戶，造訪過這個由廣告支撐的平台。根據路透報導，隨著美國總統大選的競選活動持續升溫，該平台在去年十二月二十七日宣布，自今年初起暫停刊登所有政治廣告。

（台北時報張聖恩〉

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CHINA

CPI rises 4.5% annually

Consumer inflation last month steadied, while factory price declines moderated, leaving room for monetary easing to cement a stabilization in economic growth. The consumer price index rose 4.5 percent last month from a year earlier, matching November’s rate and halting an acceleration fueled by surging pork prices. The producer price index declined 0.5 percent from a year earlier and from a 1.4 percent drop in November. While pork prices — a key element in the country’s CPI basket — rose 97 percent from a year earlier, that was actually slower than increases seen in October and November. They fell 5.6 percent last month from November.

UNITED KINGDOM

Final deal needs ‘more time’

A comprehensive agreement on the relationship between the kingdom and the EU would take longer to negotiate than the 11-month transition period that begins when it leaves the bloc at the end of this month, European Commission Chief Negotiator for Brexit Michel Barnier said yesterday. After the kingdom exits on Jan. 31, the sides would have until the end of the year to negotiate a new trade relationship — a short period given the complexity of the discussions. “We are ready to do our best and to do the maximum in the 11 months to secure a basic agreement with the UK, but we will need more time to agree on each and every point of this political declaration,” Barnier said in a speech in Stockholm.

CHINA

Vehicle sales continue to fall

Vehicle sales last month continued to fall, capping a second straight annual decline for the world’s biggest market, which is showing few signs of emerging from its historic slump. Sales of sedans, sport utility vehicles, minivans and multipurpose vehicles fell 3.6 percent last month from a year earlier to 2.17 million units, the China Passenger Car Association said yesterday. The drop was the 18th in the past 19 months, with the only gain coming in June last year, when dealers offered large discounts to clear inventory. The full-year decline was 7.5 percent. Automakers and dealerships are struggling as a slowing economy and tariff uncertainties caused by trade tensions keep consumers away from showrooms. General Motors Co on Tuesday said that sales in the nation last year plunged 15 percent and warned that pressure on its business would continue this year. Local manufacturers are also reeling, with BYD Co (比亞迪) posting a 11 percent drop in last year’s sales and SAIC Motor Corp (上海汽車) reporting an 11.5 percent decline.

RETAIL

Fast Retailing lowers outlook

Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing Co lowered its full-year profit outlook after Japan’s weather and a sales-tax hike delivered a double blow to its first-quarter results. Asia’s largest retailer said that earnings for the year through August would be ￥245 billion (US$2.24 billion), the company said in a statement yesterday. Fast Retailing in October last year predicted annual operating profit of ￥275 billion. The first quarter is typically a strong one, but Uniqlo’s domestic same-store sales fell for three straight months as consumer spending was dampened by a typhoon and an increase in the country’s sales tax in October. A warm November also deterred shoppers from buying the company’s popular cold-weather clothing. Fast Retailing reported operating profit of ￥91.7 billion for the quarter ended in November, missing analysts’ average estimate of ￥109.7 billion.

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UNITED KINGDOM

Harry, Meghan to ‘step back’

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, plan “to step back” as senior members of the royal family, a statement issued on Wednesday by Buckingham Palace said. “Harry and Meghan intend to become financially independent” and to “balance” their time between the UK and North America, the statement said. “After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution,” it said. “We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the royal family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support her majesty the queen.”

CANADA

Bieber announces illness

Pop super star Justin Bieber on Wednesday announced that he has Lyme disease. In a post on Instagram, Bieber said he would address his struggle with the illness, which is contracted through a tick bite, in a YouTube documentary. “It’s been a rough couple years, but getting the right treatment that will help treat this so far incurable disease and I will be back and better than ever,” the 25-year-old entertainer wrote in the post’s caption. He called out critics who he says have been saying he looks like he is “on meth.” He said: “They failed to realize I’ve been recently diagnosed with Lyme disease, not only that but had a serious case of chronic mono which affected my, skin, brain function, energy, and overall health.”

MEXICO

Mayor-elect’s body found

The body of a missing mayor-elect who disappeared in the nation’s south more than a year ago has been found, authorities said on Wednesday. Prosecutors in Guerrero State said that information obtained from people linked to the case led investigators to a river bank where remains were found. Those remains were matched to Daniel Esteban Gonzalez by DNA testing. Gonzalez disappeared on Sept. 2, 2018, after winning the mayorship of the town of Cochoapa el Grande. Gonzalez was the candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary Party. Representatives of that party have blamed the disappearance on the rival Institutional Revolutionary Party, whose candidate had disputed the election.

UNITED STATES

Twitter to test new controls

Twitter on Wednesday said that it would test new features early this year that would allow people to control who can reply to their tweets, as it looks to limit abuse and harassment on the platform. “We want to help people feel safe participating in the conversation on Twitter by giving them more control over the conversations they start,” the San Francisco-based company said in a tweet.

UNITED STATES

Old paper finds new owner

A retiree has canceled an around-the-world trip to save the Mountain Messenger, California’s oldest weekly newspaper, which was set to shut down when editor Don Russell retires this month. The paper began in 1853. Its claim to fame is that Mark Twain once wrote there under his real name, Sam Clemens. Carl Butz said he is to take over the Mountain Messenger. “I’ve been a widower for three years and this is a new chapter in my life,” Butz told SFGate. “What am I going to do? Go on another trip around the world? Instead, I’m doing something good for the community, and I feel good about it.” Known in the area as the “Mountain Mess,” the paper covers school board meetings, federal land use and other issues.

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title: Rocket part starts out on Mississippi journey

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The core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis I mission is moved out of the NASA Michoud Assembly Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday.Photo: AP
With a brass band playing and a parade of workers sporting Mardi Gras beads, a huge component of a new rocket system was wheeled slowly from a New Orleans spacecraft factory on Wednesday to a barge that was to float it up the Mississippi River to a testing site.

The completed “core stage” of NASA’s Space Launch System, which dwarfed the hundreds of NASA and Boeing employees, was to be taken to the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, about 80km northeast of New Orleans.

Space Launch System rockets are expected to eventually take astronauts to the moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program.

The core stage — which measures 65m from end to end and more than 8m in diameter — was transported like a giant carnival float from the Michoud Assembly Center in eastern New Orleans to the barge as workers took pictures.

It is to undergo tests at Stennis ahead of the first Artemis launch, planned for 2021, said Tony Castilleja, a systems engineer with the Boeing Space Team.

The core stage, with four huge engines, is the largest rocket stage NASA has assembled since the Apollo stages that first powered crewed missions to the moon.

It is to be used for Artemis I, a test flight without a crew.

Artemis II is to send up a crewed spacecraft. The Artemis III mission would put a man and woman on the south pole of the moon, with an eye toward a continued presence that would lead eventually to a trip to Mars.

Terry Teal, a NASA employee for 30 years, was among the first sent from Houston to New Orleans to begin work on the Space Launch System rocket eight years ago. He brought his wife and stepdaughter to witness the rollout.

He said it is an exciting time for those who worked on the rocket and the family members who supported them.

The core stage is the spine of the Space Launch System rocket. Its four RS-25 engines are expected to produce 8.9 million Newtons of thrust. The liquid-hydrogen tank and liquid oxygen tank hold 2.8 million liters of propellant.

In addition to the tanks, the core stage is to house the vehicle’s avionics system, including the flight computers, the vehicle navigation system and the main propulsion system, which feeds propellant to the engines.

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title: Brexit changes the conversation over Ireland: Sinn Fein

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Brexit has changed the conversation around a united Ireland, Sinn Fein members of the UK parliament said on Wednesday as the party urged Dublin to prepare for a referendum.

The debate over how the currently invisible border between Northern Ireland — which is part of the UK — and the Republic of Ireland would operate after Brexit has proved the stickiest part of negotiations for Britain to leave the EU.

Sinn Fein’s newly elected Belfast North member of parliament, John Finucane, said that discussion around a border poll was now “mainstream.”

Speaking in London as Sinn Fein’s seven members of parliament met outside the Houses of Parliament in London while lawmakers returned to the legislature, Finucane said that the Brexit vote in 2016 “changed forever the conversation around a new Ireland.”

“It needs to be a very well-informed and reasoned debate, and for that we need the Irish government to step up,” Finucane said.

The UK is due to leave the EU on Jan. 31.

While 52 percent across the UK as a whole voted for the kingdom to leave the EU, within Northern Ireland, 56 percent wanted the UK to stay in the bloc.

Sinn Fein is the biggest party representing the Catholic community in Northern Ireland.

Its members of parliament do not take their seats in the British parliament, as they refuse to recognize its jurisdiction over Northern Ireland or swear allegiance to Britain’s head of state, Queen Elizabeth II.

“We are here to raise the issue of Irish unity,” said West Belfast Member of Parliament Paul Maskey.

The island of Ireland was partitioned in the early 1920s, with six northern counties — then heavily populated by pro-British Protestant unionists — opting to stay within the UK while the rest of Ireland left.

The Irish constitution says a united Ireland can only be brought about with democratically expressed majority consent in both jurisdictions.

British laws say a poll can be called in the province if the government’s Northern Ireland secretary feels it likely that a majority would vote to leave.

Meanwhile, talks are ongoing in Belfast on restoring the devolved Northern Ireland Assembly, which collapsed in January 2017 due to a breakdown in trust.

Northern Ireland has been administered by civil servants since then.

If a deal is not reached by the deadline on Monday, legislation to give civil servants additional powers to run the province’s struggling public services expires and fresh elections are due to be called.

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Highways & Byways: A return journey to Hushan Dam

Built amid complaints from environmentalists and bird enthusiasts, the mostly deserted dam in Yunlin County offers visitors extensive views of the surrounding landscape
There was, as there often is in Taiwan’s countryside, the rumble and screech of a distant karaoke. But once the singing session had finished and the sound had died away, it was blissfully quiet. In Taiwan, silence is an even more precious commodity than proximity to nature.

Sheltering from the sun under a viewing platform atop Yunlin County’s Hushan Main Dam (湖山主壩), I turned away from the reservoir just in time to see a Crested serpent eagle rise above the barrage. It hovered for a few moments, then dived out of sight. I don’t think I scared it away. It hadn’t even glanced in my direction. Most likely, it’d spotted a rodent or a tasty-looking lizard.

This was my third visit to this corner of Yunlin County, but the first since 2007. Back then, I’d visited at the behest of environmentalists opposed to the dam project. Some of them were concerned that, by increasing the region’s supply of water, the reservoir would make possible even greater industrialization along the coast. Others were birding enthusiasts who feared for the future of the Fairy pitta, a spectacular but (according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species) vulnerable avian.

The Chinese name of the Fairy pitta (八色鳥) translates as “eight-color bird” It has white, green, yellow, and red plumage on its underside; two shades of blue on its wings; plus black and brown on its head. It’s somewhat larger than the Eurasian tree sparrows common throughout Taiwan.

The Fairy Pitta is far from numerous — estimates for the total global population range from 1,500 to 7,000 — yet it’s found in several parts of East and Southeast Asia. Much of what has been described as the species’ “most important breeding site” now lies underwater, or was seriously impacted by the construction of the three conjoined dams at Hushan. According to figures published on the Web site of Taiwan’s Public Television Service Foundation, the number of Fairy Pittas in the area fell from 150 to 160 before ground was broken to fewer than 60 in 2011.


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World Bank trims growth forecast for this year

SLOW RECOVERY:World Bank officials said they could not estimate the growth effects of a wider US-Iran conflict, adding that this would increase uncertainty
The World Bank on Wednesday trimmed its global growth forecasts slightly for last year and this year due to a slower-than-expected recovery in trade and investment, despite cooler trade tensions between the US and China.

Last year marked the weakest economic expansion since the global financial crisis a decade ago, the multilateral development bank said, adding that this year, while a slight improvement, remains vulnerable to uncertainties over trade and geopolitical tensions.

In its latest Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank shaved 0.2 percentage points off of growth for each year, with last year’s global economic growth forecast at 2.4 percent and this year’s at 2.5 percent.

“This modest increase in global growth marks the end of the slowdown that started in 2018 and took a heavy toll on global activity, trade and investment, especially last year,” said World Bank economist Ayhan Kose, who oversaw the report. “We do expect an improvement, but overall, we also see a weaker growth outlook.”

The latest World Bank forecasts take into account the so-called “phase 1” trade deal announced by the US and China, which suspended new US tariffs on Chinese consumer goods scheduled for Dec. 15 and reduced the tariff rate on some other goods.

While the reduction of tariff rates would have a “rather small” effect on trade, the deal is expected to boost confidence and investment prospects, contributing to a pickup in trade growth, Kose said.

Global trade growth this year is expected to improve modestly to 1.9 percent from 1.4 percent last year — the lowest since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the World Bank said, adding that this is well below 5 percent, the average annual trade growth rate since 2010.

However, both trade and overall economic growth prospects remain vulnerable to flare-ups in US-China trade tensions, as well as rising geopolitical tensions.

World Bank officials said that they could not estimate the growth effects of a wider US-Iran conflict, adding that this would increase uncertainty, which would hurt investment prospects.

Growth in the US, the eurozone and Japan this year is expected to decline slightly to 1.4 percent from 1.6 percent last year — a markdown of 0.1 percentage points for each year — due to continued softness in manufacturing, and the lingering negative effects of US tariffs and retaliatory measures.

Emerging market economies this year are expected to see a pickup in growth to 4.3 percent from 4.1 percent last year, although these are both a half-percentage-point lower than forecasts made in June last year.

China’s growth rate this year is projected to decelerate to 5.9 percent in 2020, a reduction of 0.2 percentage points from the June forecast.

However, China has sufficient policy buffers to cushion any deeper slowdown, Kose said.

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In November last year, Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-Yu (韓國瑜), the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate and main contender against incumbent President Tsai Ying-wen’s (蔡英文) re-election bid, told his supporters in a Facebook post that they should lie to pollsters and tell them that they support Tsai whenever they are asked to participate in political surveys. The post came when polls were showing a double-digit advantage in favor of Tsai.

This was without a doubt strange advice to give his followers, as most politicians would rather have factual information to plan their campaign strategy to try and improve their standing among voters that could eventually lead to victory.

Some members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) called his suggestion to supporters to lie “laughable and ignorant.”

At first sight, this suggestion seemed like a defeatist attitude coming from the opposition candidate that could not only affect morale among his supporters, but also diminish the amount of campaign contributions he could raise from locals and Taiwanese businesspeople abroad.

It is no secret that big campaign donations usually come with strings attached and that the people making them are expecting to be repaid once a candidate reaches office.

Taking that into consideration, and that it sounds unlikely that anybody would be willing to donate significant amounts of money to a candidate with slim chances to win, it is hard to understand why a candidate would go out and publicly ask his supporters to make it look like his main competitor has the upper hand, but Han might be trying to do more than just confuse the pollsters and the general public.

In July last year, I wrote an article that drew a comparison between Han and US President Donald Trump, specifically how both relied on a populist message and enjoyed extensive media coverage.

My opinion has not changed since, as at the end of last month, during a public debate, Han made headlines for taking an aggressive stance toward journalists that asked him questions about his cross-strait position, among other topics. This confrontational style when being questioned is something for which Trump has become notorious since taking office.

Now, right before tomorrow’s elections, is it possible that there was actually a plan behind the seemingly incomprehensible suggestion to his supporters that relies on one of the factors that helped Trump get elected in 2016?

In many of the analyses that were made after Trump’s victory, which came as a shock for experts, pollsters and the majority of Americans, there was a word that was constantly repeated to explain then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton’s defeat: “complacency,” specifically, Democratic voters’ complacency.

After Han asked his supporters to lie to pollsters, the distance between both candidates widened significantly, with some opinion polls showing a difference of more than 30 points. With a divide like that it would be hard to imagine that he has any real possibility of victory.

However, could it be that the real goal of burning down the polls by asking his followers to lie was to make it look like he has no chance of winning to make DPP voters overconfident in being able to defeat him and keep them away from the polls?

Such a strategy would be a risky one indeed, but if he was able to succeed in his gamble, it could end up tilting the needle in his favor.

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title: Han counts on complacent voters

people: 蔡英文 韓國瑜


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Spanish rider Laia Sanz of GasGas Factory Team competes in stage four of the Dakar Rally from Neom to al-Ula in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.Photo: EPA-EFE
They might be few in number, but the women who have traveled to Saudi Arabia to race their vehicles across the sands in this year’s Dakar Rally are making their voices heard.

They believe their presence in the ultra-conservative kingdom, which is accused of infringing upon human rights and repressing feminist activists, can help the cause of Saudi Arabian women.

Many of the 13 women — from Europe, South Africa and South America — who started the race in Jeddah on Sunday feel the need to speak out for their Saudi Arabian sisters.

“I am sure it is positive to show everyone here that women can be competitive and strong, and I am happy to represent women here,” said 34-year-old Spanish biker Laia Sanz, who is taking part in the rally for the 10th time.

Organizers sparked controversy by switching the race from South America to Saudi Arabia, which is regularly accused of human rights abuses and the suppression of dissenting voices, including feminist activists.

“It was surprising, but I think it’s a good thing that we are here in the end,” Sanz said.

Saudi Arabia has started a program of economic and social reform at the instigation of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. These include easing the restrictions against women, such as allowing them driving licenses and the possibility of obtaining a passport without the approval of a male guardian.

However, female Saudi Arabians remain largely subject to male guardianship, and the government has stepped up repression of dissidents and feminist activists, some of whom are imprisoned and, in some cases, subjected to torture, according to their families and non-governmental organizations.

Dakar organizers and drivers “should speak out against the Saudi government’s mistreatment of women’s rights activists for advocating for the right to drive,” Human Rights Watch’s Minky Worden said in a statement.

Italian driver Camelia Liparoti, who is taking part in her 12th Dakar Rally, agreed with Sanz.

“We are fortunate to be female athletes coming [to Saudi Arabia] to compete and able to demonstrate that there are women who do things in a man’s world,” the 51-year-old with the pink Side-by-Side Vehicle told reporters.

Just three years ago, the country’s religious police placed strict controls on men and women, reprimanding anyone who mixed with the opposite sex.

In a change perceived as a new diplomatic strategy designed to change the international image of the country, Saudi Arabian authorities have indicated their desire to open up society by investing massively in staging sporting, cultural and entertainment events.

In the past few months, concerts and sports competitions in front of mixed audiences have multiplied in Riyadh and Jeddah.

In October last year, Riyadh hosted Saudi Arabia’s first female wrestling match when Natalya, a Canadian, took on Lacey Evans, an American. Both wore more discreet outfits than they would normally do in the WWE.

“There have been a lot of changes in recent years, most of them positive,” Prince Khalid bin Sultan al-Faisal, president of the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, told the media. “I am very happy to see women competing on the Dakar.”

Jutta Kleinschmidt, who in 2001 became the only woman to win the Dakar Rally, when it was still run in Africa, said that “a race like this can make a difference.”

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title: Rally’s women racers aim to help their Saudi sisters


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蔡正元9日召開記者會想要指控共諜王立強與民進黨有關，卻被外界認為解釋不清自己在王立強案中的角色。（記者張嘉明攝）

〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕澳洲共諜王立強被爆遭國民黨副秘書長蔡正元與中國商人孫天群聯手威脅、利誘，澳方目前已正式告知台灣政府此事，臉書粉專「王立第二戰研所」指出，這起事件是核彈級的悲劇，而向心在台落網後，中國「整個對台體系幾乎崩掉」。

「王立第二戰研所」表示，蔡正元9日召開的記者會有3個疑點，第1個是孫天群本人引薦蔡正元和王立強聯繫，其實不用透過蔡正元，孫天群自己與王立強連繫、告知可幫忙清償債務即可，並讓事件在國際媒體發酵會更有效果，何必一定要藉由蔡正元當作橋梁？還要蔡正元確保王立強可平安來台？

「王立第二戰研所」指出，第2個疑點為「民進黨找邱義仁給王立強錢、假造共諜案」，從蔡正元公布的錄音檔可聽見，孫天群當下情緒起伏大、焦慮，顯見有巨大壓力，但向心在台僅被限制出境，並沒有被收押，是什麼事情讓孫天群急到要趕快把「民進黨找邱義仁給王立強錢假造共諜案」這個劇本告訴媒體與藍營人士？

第3個疑點是，蔡正元公布與王立強的視訊片段，姑且不談「王立強會主動聯繫蔡正元」這件事情的可疑程度，但王立強的畫面中傳來小孩聲響，還左顧右盼看起來像是正在走路，這是取信於人時常用的伎倆，若蔡正元真能幫到王立強，王立強怎可能不正經談事情，「這真的是王立強本人，還是他也參加了官方設局釣魚的遊戲？」

向心在台落網 中國對台系統崩毀「王立第二戰研所」強調，國際媒體絕對會查證「民進黨假造共諜案」，僅有藍營「願意相信」，這也是為何這劇本會由國民黨人士公布，再加上孫天群有中國國務院背景，背後理由淺顯易懂，但蔡正元未料事件先被澳媒曝光，導致原本要召開的記者會內容來不及修改。

「王立第二戰研所」補充，向心在台灣落網，中國整個對台體系幾乎崩毀，手忙腳亂想找人接手，心腹孫天群情急之下欲藉由影響台灣大選建功，計畫卻被澳方得知，而被牽線的蔡正元到底是被設局陷害、或是自作孽都已不重要，「整件事情連鬧劇都稱不上，根本就是蔡正元的悲劇」。

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title: 蔡正元爆核彈級悲劇！專家：中國對台體系幾乎崩掉

countries: 中國 澳洲 台灣


title: 哪招？烏克蘭邀請英國調查墜機 伊朗：黑盒子都已損壞

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烏克蘭航空1架班機8日在伊朗墜毀，機上176人全數罹難，伊朗方面的最新報告聲稱飛機2個黑盒子都已損壞。（法新社）

2020-01-10 01:05:38

〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕烏克蘭航空1架飛機8日從伊朗首都德黑蘭機場起飛後不久墜毀，機上176人全數罹難，近日有專家懷疑恐是受到攻擊而墜機，烏克蘭要求英國加入調查行列，但伊朗方面聲稱飛機的2具黑盒子都已損壞。

根據《CNN》報導，烏克蘭總統澤倫斯基（Volodymyr Zelensky）透過電話，向英國首相強森（Boris Johnson）邀請英國參加墜機調查，強森也認同這個想法，強調會派出最好的英國專家參與調查所有情況，澤倫斯基也提到，「在與伊朗方接觸時，我們明確堅持要透明、客觀且全面性的調查，以便盡快重建這場悲劇的發生經過。」

伊朗民航局局長阿貝德查迪（Ali Abedzadeh）早先揚言，不會將黑盒子交給美國人，但他目前已在墜機事故的初步報告中寫道，飛機的2個黑盒子都已損壞，「這2個設備都因火災、墜機事故而損壞」，他補充解釋，「可見物理損壞」，其餘內容還有「飛行員墜機前沒有任何音訊，飛機似乎正從機場向西飛行，當問題出現後向右偏轉，在試圖返回機場時墜毀。」

countries: 英國 伊朗 烏克蘭 美國


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2020-01-10 01:04
 〔中央社〕德國今天公布的官方資料顯示，歐洲最大經濟體德國的工業生產於下滑兩個月後，11月恢復增長，較10月成長1.1%，但出口走弱。

德國聯邦統計局（Federal Statistics Office, Destatis）公布經季節性調整後數據顯示，11月工業生產月增1.1%。

同時，統計人員修正10月工業生產，應是月減1.0%，而不是之前公布的1.7%。

11月工業生產如果從不同行業別來看，只有生產者商品業者產出下滑，消費品製造商增長0.5%，資本財企業增長2.4%。

但德國經濟部在聲明中警告，不要太過樂觀。

聲明說，以10到11月及8到9月的兩個月作比較，生產量下滑0.7%。

德國經濟部說：「工業的疲弱經濟表現尚未完全克服，新訂單走穩和各種預期獲改善，指向未來幾個月將會若干好轉。」

title: 德國11月工業生產反彈 月增1.1%


title: 過去30年全球交通事故增加  死亡案例減少

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2020-01-10 00:45:02

〔中央社〕一項全球傷亡評估報告今天指出，隨著發展中國家轉型為更穩定經濟體，道路交通事故於過去30年雖越來越頻繁，但死亡案例減少。

美國華盛頓大學健康計量評估研究中心（Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation）公布年度傷亡原因評估報告指出，擁有完整數據的最新年分2017年，共有5400萬人在車禍中受傷，120萬人喪命。

調查發現，最有可能在車禍中受傷的是25歲至29歲男性，人數是同齡女性的兩倍。

自1990年以來，全球因車禍死亡的機率逐漸降低，但在中非共和國、牙買加、索馬利亞、史瓦帝尼和阿拉伯聯合大公國等5個國家，因車禍喪命的風險則增加。

健康計量評估研究中心研究報告的資深作者詹姆斯（Spencer James）表示，包含車輛、道路安全，以及落實對超速、繫安全帶與酒測執法，有助於降低死亡率。

他說：「過去30年來全球道路事故受傷的死亡率獲改善，令人感到欣慰，但仍有相當大進步空間，因為道路事故受傷理應能夠加以防範。」

在1990至2017年期間，全年齡層的全球道路事故受傷比率增加逾15%。

countries: 史瓦帝尼 美國 牙買加 中國 索馬利亞 中非


countries: 香港 中國 台灣 美國

things: 假新聞 經濟 假訊息

people: 蔡英文 習近平 韓國瑜

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（中央社記者徐薇婷華盛頓9日專電）總統蔡英文去年10月接受時代雜誌專訪，專訪內容今天出刊。時代雜誌引述蔡總統表示，北京緊縮對新疆、香港的控制，並試圖透過選舉在台灣如法炮製，而她會致力阻止這件事發生。

蔡總統去年10月間接受「時代雜誌」（TIME）專訪，雜誌今天以「台灣為華文世界最後一塊自由地，蔡英文總統是否能維護其民主？」為題，於網路刊登專訪內容。專訪預計在本月20日出刊的紙本時代雜誌中刊登。

專訪文章引述蔡總統表示，台灣為華文世界最自由地方，也是美國盟友、亞洲自由民主燈塔，但在北京緊縮對新疆、西藏及香港等周邊領土之際，台灣的未來「頻受攻擊」。蔡總統指出，中共將台灣這次大選視為可緊縮對台控制的機會，但她致力於阻止這件事的發生。

蔡總統說，北京最想看到的是，台灣是一個分裂的社會，台灣的經濟跟各方面的發展遲滯。但她強調：「台灣人對於台灣的主權、民主自由這件事情上，其實意見還算蠻一致的。」

文章指出，在擁抱市場力量後，中國目前計畫在世界上取得領導地位，這使台灣處境日益脆弱。文章表示，北京阻擋台灣加入聯合國或自由貿易聯盟，在蔡總統上任後奪走台灣7個邦交國，也透過經濟手段擠壓台灣，包含禁止中國散客來台觀光。

除此之外，文章表示，蔡總統也意識到假新聞及民粹主義所帶來的風險。文章引述蔡總統指出，假訊息或者民粹主義對於執政者的挑戰非常大，由於有北京潛伏在旁並在幕後控制，台灣所面對的挑戰更大。

文章表示，台灣大選前幾個月，受到排山倒海佯裝成新聞文章的「假報導」襲擊，這些報導大多是衝著蔡總統而來。文章說，蔡政府及多位獨立分析師都指出，大部分這類假新聞都源自中國共產黨統一戰線工作部，雖然中國政府否認有從事相關活動。

蔡總統在專訪中強調，保護台灣民主的關鍵，在於讓民眾參與政府對抗假新聞的努力。

談到香港情勢，文章表示，香港過去6個月來的民主抗爭及持續動盪，可能是蔡總統與國民黨總統候選人韓國瑜支持度差距拉大的原因。文章指出，中國國家主席習近平去年1月暗示，香港「一國兩制」最終也可能適用於台灣，但多數台灣民眾並不支持這想法。

蔡總統指出，香港情勢的發展，導致台灣人在心裡對中國的可信賴度大打折扣。她也強調：「當香港的事情持續在發生的時候，台灣的人民需要一個很堅定的領導者，能夠為台灣堅持台灣應該堅持的事情，而且能夠很清楚地講出台灣人的心聲。」（編輯：徐崇哲）1090110

title: 時代雜誌專訪蔡總統 聚焦中國壓力香港及假新聞


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單兵電源革命 美陸軍研發新電池 質輕容量大

編譯蘇尹崧／綜合外電報導
 美國陸軍「未來司令部」（AFC）2日宣布，其所屬「戰鬥能力發展指揮部」（CCDC）正積極改良

journalist: 編譯蘇尹崧／綜合外電報導

title: 國防部青年日報社 - 軍事新聞網


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美國總統特朗普表示，伊朗似乎正在迴避與美國發生衝突，並暗示美國不會實施進一步的軍事打擊。此前，伊朗對美國軍事基地發動了飛彈襲擊，但打擊手法似乎要刻意避免局勢進一步升級。

伊伊朗飛彈實力到底有多強？ 佩洛西稱眾議院周四投票表決戰爭權力議案 伊朗襲擊美軍基地令整個波斯灣經濟受到衝擊 影片：為何美國和伊朗都不想全面開戰？

countries: 美國 伊朗

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鼓勵青年在屏東發展，縣府推出「屏東好貼薪」、「青創好夥伴」、「縣府挺起家」協助青年就業、創業、安居在屏東！
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taiwan-subdivisions: 屏東縣 屏東

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countries: 中國 台灣

title: 中國廣播公司全球資訊網


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凱特王妃（Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge）向來以絕佳衣品聞名，她在昨天（5）與威廉王子一起在新年到來後的首個週末前往教堂進行禮拜，她以一身紫色調的長版大衣現身。不過這天穿著紫色現身該場合的可不只她一個人，因為英國女王同樣穿上了相似的色彩。...
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countries: 英國 台灣

title: 自由電子報iStyle時尚美妝頻道


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房客小心！商辦空置率史上新低 房租大漲4成
 仲量聯行8日舉行年終趨勢記者會，記者會上指出，近期北市多數大樓趨近滿租，所剩空間不多，信義及非核心商業區陸續滿租，空置率持續下降來到 2.1...〈more〉

title: 地產天下 - 自由電子報


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美宣布對伊啟動新經濟制裁! 為美中貿協鋪路?中國將縮減外商投資負面清單｜主播陳韋如｜【非凡Morning Call】20200109｜非凡財經新聞
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countries: 中國 美國

title: USTV 非凡電視台


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過去30年全球交通事故增加 死亡案例減少

12:30
美伊衝突緩和 美元漲金價回

12:16
網上銀行使用率攀升 華府實體銀行1年近60家打烊

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快看世界／梅根「脫王室」後 英國各報頭版熱議

12:08
烏克蘭客機墜毀伊朗前 疑遭俄製防空飛彈襲擊

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南費城雜貨店遇搶 華男中彈亡 2嫌均為非裔男性

11:55
密州精神病華女 菜刀砍死2歲子

11:50
波士頓免費地鐵報停刊 經營19年讀者不捨

11:42
選前最後直飛 機票逾2000元

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☑投票 蔡英文狂催年輕人投票 「這場選舉為台灣年輕人而打」

11:26
星巴克筆電劫案 受害者父母盼嚴懲

11:18
邱義仁指導假共諜誣告？蔡正元：王立強講的不一定可靠
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countries: 中國 台灣 伊朗 烏克蘭 英國

people: 蔡英文 蔡正元

title: 世界新聞網 - 《世界日報》為北美地區最大的中文報紙，結合世界新聞網服務所有海外華人，提供讀者最新、最深入的專業報導。內容囊括移民簽證法律、地方華人社區資訊，以及全球、中國、台灣、港澳、東南亞等國際報導。


content_text: 「這是正義的一刻！」本週一（1/6），好萊塢製片人韋恩斯坦（Harvey Weinstein）的強暴案於紐約開始審判，美國演員蘿絲·麥高文（Rose McGowan）與其他指控者也在曼哈頓法院外高舉「給倖存者一個公道」的手舉牌。韋恩斯坦，這位遭70多名婦女指控性侵與性騷擾並且引爆全球#MeToo運動的製片人，如今面臨五項指控，最高可能被判處終身監禁。

events: 性侵 性騷擾

title: 苦勞網


content_text: 【大成報記者于郁金/臺南報導】為了因應現代人對美食的求新求變，CP值夠不夠、食材好不好、新不新鮮更是關注重點。台南大員皇冠假日酒店元素平日午餐時段自2020年度開始調整營業型態，全面改採輕食自助吧，餐檯上的各式餐點無限供應。行銷公關經理施孟甫表示，12歲(含)以上成人每人只要388元，從11:30-14:30整整3小時，種類豐富的自助吧餐...

title: 大成報 Great News


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遭爆選前急派近80人出差 和碩說話了
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農曆春節將至，起司塔專門店PABLO將推出季節限定口味，且適合春節送禮或自己享用、融合和洋概念新創意的「草莓大福起司塔」（いちご大福チーズタルト），以日式和菓子草莓大福為發想，在2020年新的開始為喜歡起司塔的朋友們帶來全新視覺及味覺享受。

「大福」在古代是寫作「大腹餅」，後來將「腹」字換成寓意吉祥的「福」字，演變成「大福」，PABLO 由1 月開始推出充滿年節喜慶氛圍的「草莓大福起司塔」，讓台灣的甜品控在農曆年期間不用去日本，也可以享用在日本象徵福氣的經典甜食。

PABLO此次推出的「草莓大福起司塔」共有大塔跟迷你塔可供選購，大塔即日起至1/21接受預購，每顆售價588元，但預購可享九折優惠，每顆只要528元，售完為止;此外，將於1/22至2/2於門市年節限定販售(現場售價588元)，每日售完為止。而PABLO 迷你「草莓大福起司塔」也將於1/10於門市販售，每顆88元，提供想一個人獨享或有送禮需求的人，吃出『糬』來寶的好福氣。

季節限定水果起士塔幾乎都是PABLO店內暢銷的人氣款，受日本傳統新年大福的啟發，在鼠年來臨之際PABLO推出的豪華版草苺大福，在6吋直徑15公分的塔面上覆上一層紅豆鮮奶油後，擺上鮮紅耀眼的草苺和藍苺，紅通通的和風與洋風完美結合，讓整個起司塔看上去就如同一顆大大的「草莓大福」，結合Ｑ軟Ｑ軟的和菓子麻糬口感完美的搭配，放在鼠年新年聚會的場合絕對是應景美食，充滿喜氣。

除推出「草莓大福起司塔」外，1月也同步推出草莓結合好朋友藍莓為主的『美莓四重奏巧克力起司塔』，微酸的綜合莓果和濃郁的巧克力之間精緻的平衡，是PABLO為2020年新年開始帶來令人無法擋的美莓魅力，每顆售價658元。

2020年PABLO新推出美莓四重奏巧克力起司塔。

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謝和弦與妻子Keanna因大麻風波鬧翻，沈默多日的Keanna在（7）日首次針對小三莉婭的事情發文並砲轟「心機心醜一次到位」，對此，莉婭也不甘示弱回嗆「心機」一說，直呼Keanna有「被害妄想症」。

根據媒體報導，莉婭透露，「決裂是Keanna一手造成，和謝和弦的感情是最近才發酵，我只是扣哥能夠從墳墓中爬出來的一個出口」」對比先前在ig上表示「全世界此時最傻眼的是我」，已大方認愛這段關係。

此外，謝和弦也已將身上Keanna的刺青通通除去、塗黑，當作與妻子之間的感情已「結束」，並表示「這輩子最後悔就是認識你」，如今兩人不斷隔空交火，看來過往的愛情已經徹底回不去了。

圖：「干貝蘿蔔糕」象徵「好彩頭」及「步步高升」，每組兩入880元。（王朝大酒店提供）

年節將近，還在煩惱送什麼伴手禮嗎？今年過年就靠這一味，台北王朝大酒店主廚團隊聯手打造伴手禮「四大天王」，包括「干貝蘿蔔糕」、「菠蘿鳳凰酥」、「王朝鳳梨酥」和「圓福糕」，主打主廚團隊純手工製作，結合台灣經典食材與創新口感，今年過年送禮最佳選擇，讓您送禮送到心坎裡。

看準年節伴手禮市場，台北王朝團隊推出四大類的伴手禮選擇，由玉蘭軒主廚駱林榮一手打造的「干貝蘿蔔糕」，嚴選日本北海道干貝，依照時令選用日本白玉蘿蔔或是雲林白蘿蔔，再加上臘肉、臘腸與開陽等食材，以黃金比例內餡打造綿密細嫩的口感，「干貝蘿蔔糕」象徵「好彩頭」及「步步高升」，每組兩入880元。

▲今年過年別錯過，王朝超人氣伴手禮讓你送禮送到心坎裡。

由烘焙坊主廚張程翔帶領的烘焙坊團隊，精選台灣在地食材，打造一系列經典、創新的糕餅伴手禮。兼具經典口味與創新口感的「菠蘿鳳凰酥」，嚴選台灣鳳梨、冬瓜、蛋黃製作成內餡，再融合菠蘿酥皮的特色，顛覆傳統市面上鳳凰酥的口感，每一口都讓人驚艷連連。「菠蘿鳳凰酥」每盒六入500元。

經典不敗的「王朝鳳梨酥」深受國內、外旅客的喜愛，「王朝鳳梨酥」嚴選台灣在地土鳳梨，加入麥芽糖、砂糖後，依主廚特調比例中和酸甜度，外皮採用進口純奶油製作，整體口感相當扎實、味道酥香讓人回味無窮。由於鳳梨也象徵著「旺來」，是春節送禮的超夯商品。「王朝鳳梨酥」每盒四入200元。

今年春節限定的伴手禮「圓福糕」，主廚張程翔選用新竹寶山黑糖，提升食材的濃、純、香，張程翔運用法式糕點手藝製作，口感Q彈扎實、味道老少咸宜，吃了諸事圓滿、福氣滿滿。「圓福糕」分別有「黑糖核桃」及「紫米桂圓」兩種口味，每入280元、任選兩入499元。

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在一次出差前往位於中國大陸江蘇張家港的路途上，張家港市政府在高速公路旁豎立了一個巨型看板，上面寫著「化合物半導體的世界之都」。下了車趕緊問了當地的業者，當地政府做了甚麼驚天動地的規畫，要將開發園區作為化合物半導體的全球典範？被問的業者笑著回答，只是開始有些項目要進行，話雖誇大的有點離譜，但畢竟也是想成就些事。

化合物半導體2019年全球的產值約370億美元，約佔整體半導體4,500億美元產值的8%。這其中包括了LED、微波功率放大器(PA)、雷射二極體、高功率半導體元件等。然而由於5G行動通訊、3D人臉辨識、光達、電動車、及終極顯示器Micro LED的推波助瀾下，未來化合物半導體每年的成長率在8~10%，高於整體產業的平均值，因此這是個相對成長比較快速的領域，值得我們加以重視。

化合物半導體雖然在產值上與以矽(Si)為主體的半導體主流產業有一大段的距離，但因為其在特性表現上有其優越性，不僅可作為電子元件，亦可應用於光電元件上；此外大部分產品使用於國防軍事等敏感的用途，因此一直受到先進國家的重視。

化合物半導體產業濫觴於七十年代，而美國一直是執世界之牛耳，但因為長期專注於國防軍事的應用，因此當化合物半導體逐漸為民生所使用，終究不敵以亞洲為主的新興國家。但現今美國仍然有幾家以技術力為主要訴求的化合物半導體公司，屹立於世界競爭之林。

日本在八十年代曾經是世界化合物半導體的領先國家，許多原創於美國的技術，後來都是在日本被幾家電子電機的大商社所發揚光大，並被廣泛應用於民生相關的產業。但是很可惜自九十年代開始，日本進入了失落的10年，這些大商社的半導體公司，被南韓及台灣的後起之秀所取代。而原先表現優異的化合物半導體部門，不幸成為外國公司覬覦的對象，紛紛遭到脫手求售的命運，幾乎全軍覆沒。看著樓起樓落的日本半導體產業，相對於日本在八十年代趾高氣昂的氣勢，令人不勝唏噓。

南韓也是個由大商社所主導的半導體產業，從八十年代開始就以矽為主體的VLSI及DRAM的研發及生產，造就了三星電子(Samsung Electronics)及SK海力士(SK Hynix)這兩家半導體產業的巨擘。在九十年代南韓半導體產業也開始投入化合物半導體的發展，但畢竟在以矽為主體的大樹下，新的樹苗不容易滋長。在亞洲金融風暴及網路泡沫之後，化合物半導體在南韓也就鳴金收兵了。

台灣則在當今世界化合物半導體領域佔有舉足輕重角色，而最重要的原因在於人才，30年前在電子電機及相關領域最優秀的人才，幾乎都被吸引到半導體領域，其中專研於化合物半導體者亦不在少數。尤其在九十年代開始，不少在海外工作多年傑出的歸國學人，紛紛回台創立公司。在海歸派及本土派通力合作下，歷經了十年生聚及十年教訓，逐漸在世界舞台上嶄露頭角，並脫穎而出。此外化合物半導體的晶圓製造都在六吋以下，相對投資的金額不像以矽半導體為主的晶圓廠，因此很適合於台灣以中小型企業為主的產業生態。

中國大陸應該是台灣未來在化合物半導體產業上的最大競爭對手，在幾回的五年國家計劃都明定了其發展的策略方針，並將砷化鎵(GaAs)訂為第二代半導體，而碳化矽(SiC)及氮化鎵(GaN)定為第三代半導體，以別於以矽為基礎的第一代半導體。除此之外更提供大筆研發經費，供產業所使用。以化合物半導體最重要的磊晶機台「有機金屬化學氣相沉積」(MOCVD)，在十年前就補助了超過三十家的公司從事該設備的研發，雖然其中絕大多數都以失敗收場，卻也造就出一家目前世界前三大的MOCVD設備公司。除此之外中國大陸大規模的購併海外半導體科技公司也時有所聞，直到各國政府開始注意到此嚴重性，才開始收斂。

化合物半導體的世界之都，最後會花落台灣或中國大陸？而台灣叢薾小島如何跟中國大陸競爭？台灣在此領域已經深耕有三十年的基礎，而中國大陸的發展也不過是最近十多年的事。但是對岸在企圖心及資源的投入遠超過我們。再加上幾年前台灣此領域優秀的人才，不斷地被中國大陸以高薪挖腳，造成技術嚴重外流。所幸我們的基礎算是厚實，但是未來的確需要加大投資力道，這包括年輕人才的培養以及先進技術的研發。

台灣化合物半導體的產業都是中小企業，企業主每天忙於應付生存的壓力，很難有餘力去思考大的戰略。因此有賴於政府機構或法人，引領並主導資源的投入及整合，才有可能超越中國大陸的追趕。台灣已經擁有世界領先的矽半導體晶圓產業，在此基礎之上可以與化合物半導體，相互輝映並產生綜效，為台灣創造出另一個枝開葉散的半導體產業！

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走進台北板橋中華電信學院，步行繞到主建築綜合大樓後面，映入眼簾卻別有另一番天地。一袋又一袋的袋裝土壤整齊排列、綠油油的薑黃葉片閃閃發亮向上生長，呈現都市難得一見的田園景色。但圓弧狀的高架燈管、感測器、捕蟲罐等設施景觀，似乎又和印象中傳統耕種方式有點不同，多了點尖端科技感。

霎時間，撒水系統自動啟動噴撒，有時紫外線燈管自動啟動補光，燈管下自動噴灑生物抑制劑，原來這個秘境是全自動化的智慧農場，很難想像三個月前這裡還是一塊閒置的戶外階梯教室。階梯教室內擺設羅丹(Auguste Rodin)著名作品「沉思者」(Le Penseur)雕像造景，因此這個農場命名為「羅丹智慧農場」，是中華電信與交通大學新創公司農譯(AgriTalk)合作下的結晶。

當農場落成時，我望著前面這片美麗的田園景色，再回頭望著「苦瓜臉」沉思者，不禁陪著苦笑。

沉思者最早是羅丹安置在群雕「地獄之門」橫楣上的一座銅雕。這個雕像描述的是偉大詩人但丁(Dante Alighieri)在地獄的門前構思詩句。但丁構思詩句，完成《地獄》巨著，而三年前我設計及實作AgriTalk物聯網設備時，則如同走入地獄，煎熬了好幾趟。最初用Arduino和樹莓派3(Raspberry Pi 3)，在田間惡劣環境天打雷劈幾次就壞掉了。直到我請廣達的張嘉淵兄幫忙，採用新唐(nuvoton)的控制晶片(MCU)量產了田間感測器QoFA之後，才練成金剛不壞之身，能在惡劣氣候正常運作。

我和陳文亮及林勻蔚教授設計田間感測器時，設定的目標是，農夫操作這套系統，必須像換燈泡一般容易。而「羅丹智慧農場」的打造，正要告訴新世代農民，有機無毒種植也可以很簡單。運用高科技，種植薑黃也可以如此輕鬆，打造科技農場是可以立即實現的夢想。

「羅丹智慧農場」的誕生，源於中華電信學院洪維國院長的願望，想在學院打造智慧農業示範農場，向農民介紹物聯網與人工智慧可以如何協助農業，輕鬆打造安全無毒的農作物生長環境。洪院長找我討論，希望透過智慧農業技術，大幅降低農業門檻，為返鄉青農創造新一代務農環境，協助推廣農民種植無毒高經濟作物、創造收入，同時保障食安。因此構想建置示範農場，主要用途是培訓人才，要透過實際田園實作體驗，培育有機農業生力軍。

洪院長基於人與土地和平共處的概念，高標準的要求打造以「無毒、有機」為前提的智慧農業。在此前提下，我們很努力地建置一個智慧農業系統，透過插在土中感測器蒐集的資料，送回到中華電信的雲端伺服器，分析土壤與含水量，達成自動精準施肥和澆水的「智慧耕種」，解決水分、光線、溫度、蟲害、病害與土壤肥力等常見的農業問題，以實現更精準的智慧耕種。例如傳統農業高度依賴使用化學農藥，是因為農藥除蟲害效果「快速」。而AgriTalk透過偵測收集與人工智慧分析田間數據，即可以有效預測病蟲害的可能性，避免農藥的「快速」需求，而可以提前預測並施用安全無毒的生物抑制劑，一樣達成病蟲害防治的效果。

「羅丹智慧農場」的薑黃種植技術打破了原本種1年休3年的農收模式，可以每年持續耕種、土壤不會酸化。栽種出來的「AI薑黃」薑黃素高達一般的5倍，並且通過SGS各項檢驗，無重金屬、無毒、無農藥，成果超越一般傳統種植法。

羅丹說：「如果你明智地運用經驗，做任何事都不會浪費時間 (Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely)」。智慧農業就是如此。羅丹農場將老農的經驗轉換成人工智慧的預測，產生出AI薑黃。而沉思者則默默地守護羅丹農場，見證AI薑黃的成長。智慧農業應該大家一起來做，AgriTalk的技術也不應該弊帚自珍。我們將所有技術詳細公開在下列論文，希望能為農業聊盡棉薄之力，能讓更多人為無毒有機農業打拼。

現為交通大學資工系終身講座教授暨華邦電子講座，曾任科技部次長，為ACM Fellow、IEEE Fellow、AAAS Fellow及IET Fellow。研究興趣為物聯網、行動計算及系統模擬，發展出一套物聯網系統IoTtalk，廣泛應用於智慧農業、智慧教育、智慧校園等領域/場域。興趣多元，喜好藝術、繪畫、寫作，遨遊於科技與人文間自得其樂，著有、。

taiwan-subdivisions: 板橋 和平

title: 台北市中心閒置戶外教室　搖身一變成AI智慧農場


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故事要從一張照片說起。前幾天我收到同學-成大副校長吳誠文寄來的照片，裡面有我的另幾位同學：中研院院士戴聿昌、前Intel資深副總暨實驗室執行總監王文漢、及麻省理工學院資深研究員楊穎青博士。

我看到照片非常高興，因為吳誠文教授從清華大學回到故鄉台南的成功大學， 而且把我們在美國幾位傑出的同學請過去，為了新設立的「智慧運算學院」獻策，並且可能因此而引領台灣風潮。這是「世界人才」回饋鄉里最好的方法， 也是最接地氣的方法！

除此之外我也想到兩個人，一個是我自己的博士指導教授—美國北卡大學的Frederick P. Brooks，也是1999 Turing Award得主。他是美國南方的精英家庭出生，讀私立的杜克大學，然後再於私立的哈佛大學拿到博士學位。

之後，他進入IBM，以Chief Architect 角色研發IBM 360、370這兩型非常成功且著名的電腦後，選擇回到家鄉北卡州，而且是選擇回到公立的北卡大學，建立一個電腦學(Computer Science)系所，這在當年可說是美國產學界的創舉。

另外一個是台大李琳山教授，他是中研院士，也是我的碩士班指導教授。他從台大畢業後，進入史丹佛大學拿到博士學位。1979年中華民國退出聯合國的風雨飄搖時期，他回到台灣大學教書。他的理由簡化成一個「回家需要理由嗎？」 （此處借用他今年在台大因服務滿40年而受獎的得獎感言）

我之前寫過一篇專欄文章〈做世界的人才〉，當時我問自己一個問題：台灣有三代的留學生，什麼時候這三代的留學生才能夠建立起本土學術科技人才，讓他們表現跟在國外接受的訓練是一樣的？

我看到了一個很好的實例：現任科技部部長陳良基就是本土博士，他的指導教授是張俊彥教授，也是台灣第一個本土博士，而張俊彥當年的博士指導教授是施敏(註1)。

從我的提問與實例延伸，我們可以進一步思考，台灣科技實力的養成與攬才、留才，到底有什麼最佳方法？ 但從我前面舉的各個例子，不得不由說，其實還有一種很有力的方法：回家需要理由嗎？

註1： 已故的張俊彥教授培育無數傑出半導體產官學界人才，造就台灣半導體領先國際。施敏教授1957年畢業於國立台灣大學，1963年取得史丹福大學電機博士學位，發現了浮閘記憶體效應，台灣前三位工學博士張俊彥、陳龍英與褚冀良都是他於交大指導的學生。

台大電機系1981年畢業，獲北卡大學教堂山分校電腦科學博士，曾任職美國貝爾實驗室，後返國任教於台大資訊工程系。曾兼資工系、所主任、電機資訊學院副院長，現為網路與多媒體研究所及資工系教授，並為台大和碩講座教授。研究專長為電腦圖學、虛擬實境(Virtual Reality)，為國際上VR領域研究先驅。1995年與資工系同事黃肇雄、吳家麟、陳文進在國科會(現為科技部)產學合作計畫架構下研發出視訊壓縮軟體─第一代「Power DVD」的原型，並衍生出台灣最成功的軟體公司之一的訊連科技。25年教學所指導碩博士遍及產業界與學術界。

countries: 台灣 中華民國 美國

title: 回家需要理由嗎？兼論台灣科技實力與人才養成


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近日網際網路上網軍猖獗，放假消息帶風向，甚而影響國家元首的選舉。誰是第一位利用資通訊網路放假消息，因此改變國家的命運？答案是俾斯麥(Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck)，而當時的「網路」指的是電報(telegram)網路。

十九世紀初主要通訊方式是電報。拍送電報，要到電信局進行。電報的中文字有特別編碼，要轉換成摩斯碼才能發送。當年電報相關的廣告都會加上一句： 「電信局代譯不收譯費」，似乎是給客戶特別好處。以今日的眼光，有點不可思議。電信局不代譯，難道要收件人自己讀摩斯電報碼？早年電報盛行時代，的確是由收件人自己譯碼，因此家中必備電報譯碼簿。有趣的是，電報的廣告很少說「忠實傳達代譯」，因為傳送及拍發代譯過程可能有疏忽，造成失真，更有可能被變造內容。有名的例子是埃姆斯電報(Ems telegram)。

埃姆斯電報是一封經鐵血首相俾斯麥巧妙篡改的電報，放假消息帶風向，成為普法戰爭(Franco-Prussian War)的導火線。1870年法國駐普魯士大使轉達拿破崙三世的密函給在埃姆斯(Ems)療養的普魯士國王威廉一世(Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig)。密函書寫的態度無禮，令威廉一世感到驚愕。之後威廉一世就發出一份急電到柏林，將法國大使交談的內容告知俾斯麥。

俾斯麥接到急電，大喜過望，詢問參謀總長，如果普魯士和法國戰爭，是否有全勝的把握。俾斯麥得到了肯定的答覆，就拿起筆來修改威廉一世的電文，刪去電文中「還可在柏林從長計議」的溫和說法，改成刺激法國的語句：「國王陛下以後拒絕接見法國大使，並命令值日副官轉告法國大使，陛下再也沒有什麼好談的了」。

這封急電的內容在法國國慶日7月13日(Bastille Day)傳到巴黎，輿論一片譁然，更激怒了拿破崙三世。7月19日，法國向普魯士宣戰，爆發了普法戰爭。這場戰爭導致法蘭西第二帝國(Second Empire)的垮台。最後法國投降，簽訂法蘭克福條約(Traite de Francfort)，法國賠款50億法郎給德國，並割讓阿爾薩斯(Elsass)和摩澤爾省(Mosel)。經此條約，德國統一，成為歐洲第一大國，但也埋下爆發第一次世界大戰的伏筆。

在普法戰爭期間，有一位法國女性電報員道多(Juliette Dodu)搭線竊聽普魯士軍隊的電報，拯救不少法國士兵的生命。道多被普魯士軍隊逮捕，判處死刑。戰後釋放，獲得法國勳章，是普法戰爭的一段佳話插曲。而俾斯麥為了統一德國，無所不用其極，令人歎為觀止！

俾斯麥擅改埃姆斯電報的內幕，直到他去世前出版回憶錄《思考與回憶》，世人才知其真相。就我所知，俾斯麥是第一位以資通訊技術放假消息，達到帶風向的目的。因此我封俾斯麥為「假消息之父」。

現為交通大學資工系終身講座教授暨華邦電子講座，曾任科技部次長，為ACM Fellow、IEEE Fellow、AAAS Fellow及IET Fellow。研究興趣為物聯網、行動計算及系統模擬，發展出一套物聯網系統IoTtalk，廣泛應用於智慧農業、智慧教育、智慧校園等領域/場域。興趣多元，喜好藝術、繪畫、寫作，遨遊於科技與人文間自得其樂，著有、。

countries: 德國 法國

events: 放假 選舉

title: 網路假消息之父：俾斯麥


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公民電廠2.0」 所擔綱的角色，不單只是提高再生能源產能比率，而是成為具備反應能力的電力蓄洪池。Pixabay

 在上兩篇文章中提到，面對「持續成長的電力需求量與尖離峰差」與「能源比重移轉至高波動性的再生能源」，這兩大趨勢將大幅提升現行電網穩定營運調度的難度。過去僅依靠備載容量，移轉集中式電網風險的作法不再可行。因此近年來智慧電網、新公民電廠等概念，從美中日德等能源大國快速發展。

FIT 政策終止 舊公民電廠全額躉售模式受衝擊

日本自1993年至今已建立千餘個地方公民電廠，過往搭配固定躉售FIT (Feed-in-tarrif)售電補助，讓銀行更願意提供融資，而市場因有FIT制度形成完善的產業結構與服務，再加上相關資訊的透明化與公開化，減少公民電廠資金取得問題。然而隨著再生能源佔比逐漸達成政策目標，日本政府也每年調降FIT補助金額，甚至正商討是否於2021年終止FIT終身固定躉售政策。促使電力公司、太陽能相關企業開始嘗試除全額售電外，其他可靠的電力商業模式。

能源轉型的第二個里程碑 電力調度尚有 3 大挑戰需克服

過往FIT政策成功使日本2017年再生能源佔比提高至16%水準，並矢言在2030年落實綠能佔比22~24%目標。然而若依照日本「能源基本計畫」，將再生能源定位為「主要電力來源」，面對未來電力供給與需求的高波動性，「即時監控電力需求與供給」、「預測電力需求與供給趨勢」、「彈性即時的調度」三大環節缺一不可。

比如，若僅是一再提升再生能源佔比，卻未有彈性的調度系統，將白天超額供給的再生能源有效儲存，或調度至其他地區用電，再生能源將因電網滿負荷運轉而被迫停機。因此日本也開始討論如何從地產地消(註1)的「公民電廠」，走向以自發自用(註2)為導向的「公民電廠2.0」型態。

公民電廠2.0新趨勢 打造智慧電網的未來雛形

公民電廠與公民電廠2.0的區別在於，電網是否具備「反應能力」。自1997年開始，日本公民電廠開始有談論能源地產地消的概念，但因過往FIT售電價格優惠，再生能源的電力商業模式都是先售予電力公司，由電力公司在區域內輸配電。區域電網的電力供給與需求相互獨立，因此雖說是電力地產地消，實質上電力還是需要回到中央電網調度。

這邊定義的公民電廠2.0，是指地區再生能源與地區用電需求相結合，由產電地區消費後再將餘電躉售給電力公司。因有先將再生能源導入區域，在太陽能供應充足的情況下，搭配儲能設備，公民電廠2.0具備電網孤島運行的反應能力，在未來有緊急事故時，區域與區域間可以分區降載，扮演電力調度的調節樞紐。

為同時完善電力數據的監控、預測、調度，「公民電廠2.0」除了建設太陽能外，也需導入區域能源管理系統與儲能設備。藉由智慧電表與物聯網技術，打造具備「反應能力」的智慧電網，區域內不同的用電單位，如學校、農地等等，亦可共同參與電力公司契約容量、需量反應、電力輔助計畫。而社區集結了區域大量電力的供給與需求，自動成為電力公司可靈活調度的小型「虛擬電廠」。

其中智慧電表所蒐集的住戶電力數據，可共享給情報銀行與第三方協力企業，應用於社區安全、老人照護、物流運送等領域，共同創造比過往全額躉售案場更高的「社會價值」。如此一來不僅提高了銀行融資意願，也使電力在地生產、在地消費，避免運送過程中電力線損。

多元的商業模式也讓公民電廠，不再單純依靠案場規模獲得報酬。即使是分散式的太陽能場域，在具備了蒐集用電數據與調度能力後，也另外開拓了更多建置再生能源的潛在市場，有效解決過往公民電廠適合投資之案場不足的問題。

藉由公民參與串起電力的供給與需求，未來「公民電廠2.0」 所擔綱的角色，不單只是提高再生能源產能比率，而是成為具備反應能力的電力蓄洪池。以往負載追隨(Load Following)的概念，藉由區域調度調節，也能變成根據發電狀態來用電，能源轉型不單是政府的政策，而是落實到每個人生活中的價值。

註1：日本公民電廠的地產地消，指的是區域產電區域消費，過去因 FIT 躉售價格高，區域所產生的再生能源會先全額躉售給電力公司，再由電力公司輸配回用戶端使用。

註2：自發自用是指產電端的電力需求，優先以自身發電供給，有別於地產地消的概念，自發自用的電力會先提供發電場域所使用，剩餘電力才會再躉售至電力公司。

NextDrive 聯齊科技創辦人兼執行長，產品榮獲日本 ET/IoT Technology 大賞特別獎與 Good Design 產品設計獎。曾任 Ninecom 創辦人兼執行長、美商 Fresco Logic 台灣區總經理，亦為 DIGITIMES 專欄作者，專注於能源管理服務與分散式能源議題，期望透過物聯網、雲端和大數據，創造每度電都被善加利用的智慧生活。

countries: 台灣 日本

title: 淺談新能源市場現況(下)：從公民電廠2.0　思考智慧電網新趨勢


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折疊機時代來臨了嗎？韓國大廠在CES秀出新款折疊機，裏頭竟然配有「虛擬鍵盤」，透過AI技術，只要在輕敲桌子就能打字，而筆電大廠則是推出「一機三折」的筆電，只要輕輕一凹就能變成家用電腦或平板，現在就跟著我們的鏡頭一起到美國拉斯維加斯現場實測給您看！

美國CES特派記者洪珮瑜：「CES展第二天登場，其實今年消費電子產品，手機大廠紛紛推出，這個未來概念機款，到底長什麼樣子，一起來直擊。」指尖敲敲打打，內容一字不露，難道手機也有讀心術。

▼這股折疊熱潮似乎也燒到筆電大廠，聯想新款筆電能夠「一機三折」。（圖／東森新聞資料畫面）

美國CES特派記者洪珮瑜：「AI的眼睛真的，什麼都難不倒，只要透過手機的鏡頭，他就能偵測你手部的動作，任何平面上都能輕鬆打字。」虛擬鍵盤成功掀開話題，三星不只秀科技，還要打機海戰術，端出新機S10 lite 和Note 10 lite，還傳出即將推出，全新貝殼式折疊機售價更是殺到 2.5萬台幣。比折疊技術當然不能忘推出全球首台折疊機的柔宇，現在竟把柔性oled變成大樹上閃耀的片片樹葉。

美國CES特派記者洪珮瑜：「後面你看到的這棵樹，怎麼長得好像不太一樣，原來每片葉子都是採用OLED柔性面板製成的，而這也是柔宇每個產品的重要元素。」這股折疊熱潮似乎也燒到筆電大廠，聯想新款筆電能夠「一機三折」。

▼這樣看就像是一台家用電腦，不過其實這個螢幕可以拆起來，變成像平板一樣使用。（圖／東森新聞資料畫面）

美國CES特派記者洪珮瑜：「這樣看就像是一台家用電腦，不過其實這個螢幕可以拆起來，變成像平板一樣使用，厲害的是這個螢幕還能夠凹折變成像是一本小書一樣，甚至我今天想要讓他變成筆電，只要放上鍵盤，它就是一台筆電。」

美國CES特派記者洪珮瑜：「各個你想的到，想不到，最新最酷炫的黑科技在CES的舞台上，任何天馬行空都能夢想成真。」

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title: 東森財經直擊CES！ 三星、柔宇對尬折疊機


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綜藝天后利菁今（9日）與知名藝人沈玉琳共同主持韓國瑜凱道造勢晚會，她在台上感慨民眾到場支持的理由，並公開她力挺韓國瑜的2大原因，讓台下百萬支持者都非常動容。而主持人沈玉琳則表示，自己透過錄節目結識韓國瑜，發現他親民的一面，因此決定力挺韓到底。

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▼利菁在台上自曝，臉書粉絲團被灌爆。（圖／東森新聞）

利菁在造勢舞台自曝，最近臉書粉絲團經常被人灌爆，只因她力挺老同學韓國瑜，不過她表示自己並不畏懼外在的壓力，還笑著補充「藝人基本上都希望和平就好」。

利菁更進一步透露，她支持韓國瑜的原因，第一、希望愛與和平，「畢竟覆巢之下無完卵，我們若沒有兩岸和平，連談經濟都談不成，我們的錢很重要」；第二、公婆叫她一定要投韓，「因為現在的生意實在太不景氣了，連長輩都看不下去了」。

▼利菁指出2大關鍵原因，力挺韓國瑜到底。（圖／東森新聞）

此外，沈玉琳也表示，去年在進行市長選舉時，他曾為了節目錄影，找韓國瑜幫忙，意外發現韓國瑜私底下心直口快、善良的一面，讓他印象深刻。尤其，韓國瑜熱愛庶民的方式，讓他大讚「就像鄰居阿伯這麼親切、自然，宛如朋友一般好相處」。

最後，沈玉琳一針見血地點出，造勢晚會湧入百萬人支持的原因，「這3年來的經濟成長數字讓人民覺得賺不到錢」，並再度呼籲現場民眾「台灣安全！人民有錢！」凝聚全場百萬民眾氣勢，積極進攻1月11日總統大選。

（封面圖／東森新聞）

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journalist: 責任編輯 周恬瑄

title: 利菁挺韓遭灌爆！她曝2大關鍵堅定主持


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行政院長蘇貞昌今天晚上到新北市樹林區興仁夜市，為選前造勢的立法委員蘇巧慧站台，希望續留國會。他強調民進黨是會做事的政府，面對美國與伊朗的紛爭，一早就主持國安會議。

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民進黨立委蘇巧慧今天晚上在樹林興仁夜市舉辦選前造勢大會，現場搖旗吶喊，選戰氣氛濃厚。蘇貞昌站台致詞時說，要謝謝40年前民主前輩打開民主大門才能有現在的台灣，希望國家的主人用選票展現不要被中國統一的決心，不可以失去以往打拚的民主成果。

蘇貞昌說，以前他擔任人權律師，在軍事法庭為民主前輩辯護，也因此走向政治之路，希望勇敢的台灣人繼續走向民主。一代一代的台灣人愈來愈堅強，不放棄主權。蘇貞昌也述說他擔任行政院長把關非洲豬瘟等政績，且作為政府很不簡單，近日美國與伊朗間的衝突引起國安單位的重視，他與總統蔡英文都要一早就開國家安全會議。蘇貞昌也盼望大家要支持總統蔡英文繼續連任，讓國會議員在立法院守護預算，讓蔡總統可以順利執政。

蘇巧慧表示，選前倒數衝刺，很高興地方鄉親站出來加油打氣，也透過造勢晚會誠懇的向大家報告過去做的成果和未來努力想做的，期待大家給她機會繼續留在國會，以全力為樹林、鶯歌、新莊地區的鄉親努力。蘇巧慧說，希望要守住她在國會這一席，也相信選民是有智慧的，可以一起守住民進黨在國會的席次。

造勢晚會請到歌手詹雅雯現場演唱，與選民博感情。蘇貞昌與蘇巧慧都說，大家的心意都一樣，就是希望能讓台灣更好，2020台灣要贏，希望票票入匭。

（封面圖／中央社）

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title: 蘇貞昌強調政府會做事 挺蘇巧慧續留國會


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談戀愛頭昏腦漲，做了好多傻事怎麼彌補？一不留神被分手，失戀了，自己走不出來該怎麼辦？這時，身邊若有知心貼心還睿智可靠的星座，你是有多幸運！摘星工廠解密：專治各種失戀的星座，還不來領取？

天蠍座

天蠍座看問題、分析問題往往是一針見血，失戀後的傷心人，往往有怎麼都想不通的關節，不容易看明白的「劇情」，而這些，讓天蠍座一分析就豁然開朗，但一般天蠍座不多事，若你是天蠍座的好友，天蠍座會直言你為何會失戀的原因，還會及時叫醒執迷不悟的你，給你分析失戀的利弊。

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處女座

身邊親友可能有的感情問題，只要處女座有心，都能被提前預告，不過，處女座不想找麻煩，只是偶爾隱晦又善意地提醒。當你失戀了來找處女座，處女座不僅能把你為何會失戀分析得頭頭是道，還會告訴你，有沒有複合的可能，甚至還會提供分手後，最適合你走出失戀的方法！

魔羯座

冷靜看問題、嚴肅處理問題的魔羯座，是典型的理性派代言人，對於分手的問題，魔羯座不會幫著分手的人逃避現實，魔羯座會有理有據地分析分手是好是壞，不能再續情緣的，不會有「不拆一段情」的濫好心，面對分手後陷入低谷的人，魔羯座會幫助對方打開眼界，看到更多可能。

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title: 知心貼心！專治各種失戀的星座


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立法委員候選人蔡適應今天晚間舉辦造勢晚會，總統蔡英文壓軸登場致詞除力挺蔡適應，更對年輕人溫情喊話，在她和民進黨最低潮時，是年輕人把她拉起來，讓她相信改革是值得。

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蔡適應晚間6時20分起在基隆市六合停車場舉辦「萬人愛基隆之夜」，副總統陳建仁、民進黨副總統候選人賴清德、行政院副院長陳其邁、基隆市長林右昌等人將到場力挺，晚會壓軸則邀請總統蔡英文致詞，蔡總統一進場，台下支持者搖旗高喊「蔡英文凍蒜、蔡適應凍蒜、民進黨凍蒜」。

蔡總統表示，基隆是台灣頭，台灣要贏台灣頭一定要贏，蔡英文一票，蔡適應一票，總統和立委都衝出最高票，票數衝越高台灣的主權就越安全。過去4年政府可以拚出成績，是因為民進黨在國會過半，蔡適應在國會表現第一名，軍港遷移、輕軌興建、城際轉運站、快捷公車等建設，市長林右昌和立委蔡適應黃金組合，基隆建設一樣又一樣到位。

蔡總統說，有人拿著牌子說她是台灣隊長，但台灣隊長也需要有隊友，在基隆，請大家支持蔡適應繼續連任，和她一起再拚4年。蔡總統指出，對手在選戰最後幾天資源全部撒下，媒體說他們最後關頭下了鉅額廣告費，電視、網路撲天蓋地廣告，「連我身邊的幕僚都接到語音拜票電話，而且不止一次」，支持者如果很緊張就積極幫忙拉票，如果焦慮就要站出來，明天在高雄在凱道拜託大家站出來，11日也要去投票，總統票、立委票、政黨票沒有一張選票可以輕忽大意。

蔡總統表示，2018年11年24日，對她和民進黨都是非常難忘的日子，她參選過新北市長落敗，第一次參選總統也落敗，不過兩次落敗心中的失落感覺加起來都沒有2018年9合1敗選來得多。蔡總統說，在她和民進黨最低潮時，是台灣的年輕人把她拉起來，是年輕人讓她相信改革是值得，也是年輕人讓她相信改革雖然必要付出代價，但總有一天，「當成果慢慢出現後，原本不認同你的人會認同，原本看輕你的人會肯定你」。

蔡總統指出，過去一年威權獨裁的聲音很大聲，香港的情況大家都看到，台灣的捷運站內年輕人每天在裡面自由自在通勤，但香港的捷運站卻上演警察逮捕嚮往自由民主的年輕人。「有民主真好」，蔡總統說，不要把民主和自由視為理所當然，11日就是守護民主自由最關鍵的時刻，不去投票就等著被別人決定自己的未來，不去投票就眼睜睜看著最不願意看到的事情在眼前發生，11日拜託大家3張選票顧台灣，總統支持蔡英文、立委投蔡適應，政黨票不要猶豫，集中選票唯一支持民主進步黨。

（封面圖／中央社）

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title: 蔡總統溫情喊話 年輕人讓她相信改革是值得


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2020總統大選進入最後關鍵倒數，不僅候選人卯足全力造勢拉票，支持者們情緒也相當激昂。這次的選舉，也讓社會出現了世代對立，不少爸媽和孩子政治理念不符，導致家庭失和案例頻傳。就有一名韓粉媽媽透露，為了求兒子們投韓國瑜，導致她整晚輾轉難眠，甚至還寫家書，希望孩子能回心轉意。

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▼韓粉們在韓家軍臉書社團討論。（圖／翻攝自臉書韓家軍）

一名韓粉媽媽在「韓家軍」社團PO文，直言為了向孩子和媳婦拉票，以致她徹夜難眠，還留淚寫家書，她透露，「媳婦回答，一位說好，一位說OK，二個兒子已讀不回。」她表示自己平日對媳婦不錯，相信媳婦最後會票投韓國瑜，只是兩位兒子卻讓她相當擔心，忐忑不安地說「今天又睡不著，我好緊張，這漫長的三天很難熬，怎麼辦？」

另外也有網友在PTT上PO出和媽媽的對話，媽媽表示近日要住院，擔心選舉當日無法請假，希望孩子能替她投韓國瑜一票，媽媽甚至溫情喊話，「看在你爸份上，快80了還自己坐車到台南參加活動，我知道這種要求不對，真是不行我也無話可說。」

▼網友PO出與媽媽的對話。（圖／PTT）

也有不少網友心有戚戚焉表示，「耍賴、裝死、哭天搶地、不孝、當沒你這孩子全部都來一遍，搞得我昨天完全不能做事，最後還打開藥包要吞。」讓他不知該如何是好。對此，不少網友們相當感慨，「情緒勒索真的很麻煩」、「老人家認為，晚輩就是要乖乖聽話」。也有不少人建議，「善意的欺騙是為父母親好」、「表面上敷衍過去就好」、「就答應啊，真去投誰知道你投誰」。

（封面圖／翻攝pakutaso免費、東森新聞）

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title: 哭到睡不著！韓粉媽淚求投韓 2兒竟這樣表態


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夜店是許多年輕人的休閒去處，但狂歡當下，很容易出現狼爪吃豆腐。台中一名人妻到夜店幫朋友慶生，過程中，一位男性友人故意靠近，不但多次搭肩、摟腰，還伸手捧人妻的臉作勢親吻，甚至一度硬拉她到廁所，雖然未得逞，但人妻內心留下陰影，還因此早產，事後決定提告求償20萬元。

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▼人妻到夜店遭伸鹹豬手。（示意圖／翻攝自Pixabay）

判決書指出，人妻於2017年11月某日深夜到幫朋友慶生，當時她坐在2樓包廂旁的吧檯，包廂中有多位男女，沒想到，其中牟姓男子覬覦人妻美色，竟主動湊近，接連搭肩、摟腰，人妻不斷閃躲拒絕，但牟男卻不以為意，還直接用手捧住人妻的臉，作勢親吻，並藉機碰觸胸部、臀部等身體隱私部位，更誇張的是，牟男還將人妻硬拉到廁所，色問「妳要不要看我的大蟒蛇？」

▼人妻內心留下陰影，導致早產。（示意圖／翻攝自photo-ac）

眼看對方不斷做出越矩行為，人妻趕緊用眼神向旁邊的2名友人求助，友人見狀才上前阻擋，人妻才脫離狼爪，但她事後走不出內心陰影，晚上睡覺常做惡夢，因此罹患輕微憂鬱症，並多次前往醫院身心科就診，後來因為懷孕不得不停用躁鬱症藥物，導致情緒起伏過大，不但工作沒了，寶寶還早產，她的老公曾找牟男對質，卻反被罵惡劣，人妻最後決定報案，提告請求20萬元的精神慰撫金。

▼台中地方法院。（圖／翻攝自Google map）

不過針對指控，牟男否認犯行，還稱跟人妻感情「友達以上、戀人未滿」，兩人先前也曾相約參加派對，「我明明有很多機會對她下手，我都沒對她下手，為何要在當日那麼多人的情況下對她做什麼？」另外，他也辯稱，人妻的老公先前涉及妨害自由案件，剛好和性騷擾案時間重疊，所以罹患精神疾病不一定和自己有關。

對此，台中地方法院法官認為，牟男違反性騷擾防治法被判刑屬實，該行為也的確會造成人妻產生焦慮，影響身心健康，且他犯後否認犯行，難認有悔意，且未與告訴人和解或調解，人妻請求精神慰撫金並無不妥，考量牟男為百貨公司專櫃人員，名下無任何財產，最後判他應賠償8萬元，其餘部分不應准許，全案仍可上訴。

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journalist: 責任編輯 楊孟涓

title: 人妻夜店幫友慶生 狼友狂摸嚇早產


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2020總統大選倒數計時，各政黨集中火力催票，還有許多粉絲團及網紅紛紛呼籲民眾站出來投票，甚至連成人網站「AV01.tv」也在官網呼籲，「請為國家投下生存的一票」，並表態支持總統蔡英文連任，讓民進黨立法委員在國會過半。

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▼「AV01.tv」在其官網公開聲明，支持總統蔡英文連任。（圖／翻攝自AV01.tv官網）

「AV01.tv」在其官網公開發表聲明，「台灣的年輕人，不想被腦殘韓粉代表你嗎？想拒絕所謂『一國兩制』嗎？請立即準備0111返鄉投票！我們支持總統蔡英文，副總統賴清德及立委民進黨成員，請為國家投下生存的一票，感謝！」

▼「AV01.tv」在臉書呼籲民眾，1月11日要為看片自由投票。（圖／AV01.tv臉書粉專）

事實上，「AV01.tv」成人網站在2018年6月就曾為了香港反送中爭議挺身而出，「6月11日晚開始，本站香港區將關機停播，如有不滿請於6月12日上午11時前，親身到香港立法會尋求解答」，讓大票老司機內心崩潰，可見該網站對於政治表態的不遺餘力。

除了在官網公開呼籲外，「AV01.tv」也在臉書粉絲團發文表示，「今日不站出來投票，明日看片就要翻牆，維護你的看片自由，AV01網真心相勸。」貼文曝光後，許多網友紛紛湧入留言「成人網站都有台灣價值，蔡總穩惹」、「各位真男人1/11一定要出門投爆它」、「本來我不投的，但為了看片，我決定要投下神聖的一票」。

（封面圖／東森新聞）

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title: 成人網站力挺民進黨！呼籲支持蔡賴配


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去年因為在投票所前公然大喊票投某位候選人慘遭警方口頭警告的女星劉樂妍，今年適逢總統與立委選舉年，她卻因為正在中國大陸拍戲而無法返台投票，還因此在臉書飆罵國民黨總統參選人韓國瑜及立委參選人蔣萬安「你自求多福吧！」但她生氣的更不僅於此，向來反台獨立場鮮明的她自爆，親弟弟竟然加入民進黨，讓她傻眼。

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圖/劉樂妍臉書

劉樂妍向本刊透露，日前返台省親時突然發現家中信箱裡，竟然有一封來自民進黨黨部的信件，收信人是弟弟。她一時好奇打開來一看，竟然是繳交黨費通知書，原來弟弟加入了民進黨。這讓劉樂妍當場大為光火，轉身立刻質問弟弟「我在這邊反台獨，你在那邊給我加入民進黨，你是怎麼回事？」

圖/劉樂妍臉書

劉樂妍的弟弟看著姊姊氣到就差沒脫口而出要斷絕姊弟關係，趕緊解釋自己是在朋友的邀約下加入民進黨，並表示無需繳交黨費，只是為了讓朋友選黨代表充人頭用。聽到弟弟這樣說，劉樂妍氣總算消了一大半，但她仍感嘆，「聽了其實覺得很難過，因為國民黨搞這個事，民進黨也搞這個事，這樣不是變相的賄選嗎？」更認為這樣的選舉風氣實在很糟糕。

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看準淡江大學校區附近學生租客多，有民眾想拿200萬左右買小套房投資，但大部分網友卻不看好，因為投資套房恐怕不是你想像這麼簡單！為什麼呢？

東森財經記者曾于馨：「看準學校附近學生租客多，有人想買小套房來當包租公，但其實可沒這麼好賺。」

▼看準學校附近學生租客多，有人想買小套房來當包租公。（圖／東森新聞資料畫面）

民眾：「我覺得不好，你有維修的問題，你如果說這個走了，然後下一個要來的時候，沒有房客你可能空個一年半載，你就會這個損失很大。」、「應該不好賺吧，主要是少子化啦，學生都少很多啊，當然你要租出去就沒那麼容易啊。」有民眾在網路PO文，說預算兩百萬，想投資低價位小套房，但台北市實在太貴了，於是看準淡水區學府路，180萬就可買到又離捷運站不遠，沒租出去自用也能接受，只是網友卻不看好，有人說地點太偏遠價格卻不夠漂亮，也有人建議，不如拿兩百萬當自備款，貸款買六百萬的套房再拿租金繳房貸。

以淡江大學附近商圈來看，學生租屋以北新路、學府路和大忠街為主，二十年以上的舊屋每坪16.17萬不等，要是十年以內的新屋，則要20～25萬，雖然位於學區空屋率低，但因生活機能佳投報率卻只有3%左右，以一間10坪兩百萬的房子為例，每個月租金六千元要將近28年才能回本。

▼生活機能佳投報率卻只有3%左右。（圖／東森新聞資料畫面）

民眾：「保險的那個每個月有五趴，一百萬就是四千五，這樣子會比較乾脆一點。」

當地房仲業者謝宗賢：「其實住家型的跟套房，它投報率是差不多，但是住家型的未來在轉手更容易，現在喜歡郵購，那你有管理員幫忙收，方便，所以以現在的生活一定要有電梯有管理員。」看來想當包租公賺租金，功課也得做足。

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「我真的搞不懂，到今天怎麼還會有『國民黨比較會拼經濟』這種都市傳說。」數學補教老師王希在臉書語重心長地PO文，他公布台灣近20年實際薪資變化圖，直指馬英九執政時期台灣經濟最差，蔡英文最好，希望選民能想清楚。

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▼數學補教老師在臉書PO文。（圖／翻攝自王希臉書）

王希8日在臉書發文，他表示，韓國瑜和一些國民黨政治人物、甚至部分媒體，直言台灣實際薪資倒退16年，「這句話只講了一半，卻故意不題在國民黨馬英九執政期間，台灣實際薪資是如何跌入谷底。」

王希分析，真正造成台灣青年的低薪問題，是從馬英九2009年提出22k政策，導致大學畢業生起薪直接腰斬。「22K政策已經是11年前的事，當時的大學畢業生現在已經33歲，算上當兵、延畢、重考等等因素，廣泛來說現在35歲以下的青年，都深受其害。」

王希直言，單憑22K這點，「所有35歲以下受到影響的青年，都不應該支持國民黨，怎麼還會相信國民黨可以讓你『發大財』？」他指出，馬英九時期的台灣經濟顯然比蔡英文時期差得多，他也呼籲韓的支持者，別幻想韓國瑜比馬更強，畢竟他團隊中就有不少馬朝成員。不僅如此，他也說，韓國瑜簽了一堆MOU但執行率相當低，「說韓國瑜很會拼經濟，你真的敢信？」，

▼王希PO出台灣20年實際薪資變化圖。（圖／翻攝自王希臉書）

貼文一出，立刻引發網友熱議，「22k受害者+1」、「這對35以上軍公教沒轍。但我支持你的論點」，但也有人持不同看法，「那時候金融海嘯欸.…這樣牽拖有點不公平」。

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急診室為緊急救治病患的第一線單位，要面對各式各樣的情況，也常遇到離奇的案例。急診科醫師田知學日前在節目分享曾遇過的案例，一名18歲的年輕人與一群人相約在頂樓談判，雙方在過程中起了衝突，年輕人從3樓高的頂樓被推下去，而建築物旁邊是一處工地，剛好有鋼筋裸露出來，他當場被插在兩根鋼筋上。

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急診科醫師田知學在東森節目《醫師好辣》中表示，當時急診室接到聯絡，該名受傷的年輕人被鋼筋穿過身體，一根貫穿胸部，另一根則是貫穿頭部，因為不可能直接將鋼筋拔出，只能在現場先用機器鋸掉後送醫，花了不少時間，急診室方面還因此啟動了創傷小組。

▼一名年輕人被兩根鋼筋穿過身體。（圖／翻攝自醫師好辣 YouTube）

當傷患被送到醫院後，氣色意外的好，沒有低血壓的情形，也能正常對話，但因為「一根鋼筋從肚子穿入、由肩膀穿出，另一根則是從肩膀穿入、通過臉，最後從頭部出去」，導致他無法動彈而且會痛，傷口還在滲血，也有部分血跡乾掉，但是傷患狀態卻好到讓在場的醫護人員相當驚訝。

▼鋼筋沒有傷及傷患腦部跟內臟。（圖／翻攝自醫師好辣 YouTube）

之後安排傷患照電腦斷層，一照才發現，兩根鋼筋雖然穿透身體，卻沒有傷到任何內臟，也沒有傷及腦部，「全部都避開了」，最後只找一般外科的醫師協助開刀，將鋼筋取出，傷患甚至在第二天就出院了，真的是既離奇又幸運。

▼傷患甚至在第二天就出院。（圖／翻攝自醫師好辣 YouTube）

外科醫師江坤俊接著補充，他也遇過類似案例，一群人在喝酒時起了口角，其中一方的人拿出武士刀從對方的肚子捅過去，甚至刺穿身體，幸運的是刀子全部閃過內臟，傷患送到醫院後，醫師將其肚子打開、刀子拔出來，洗一洗再縫合即可。

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