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擁有11枚NBA冠軍戒的塞爾蒂克隊傳奇球星羅素，昨與世長辭，享壽88歲，籃球界齊聲哀悼，從NBA主席席佛、塞爾蒂克球團到「籃球大帝」喬丹都發文緬懷巨星離世。

羅素家屬昨天發表聲明，他在妻子陪伴下安詳辭世，後續安排和相關紀念活動將再行公告。這份聲明沒提及羅素離世原因，這位常居西雅圖的名將，6月就因身體狀況不佳，無法出席NBA總冠軍賽頒獎儀式。

羅素就讀舊金山大學期間，連兩年打下NCAA冠軍，且締造55連勝紀錄；生涯13個球季都穿「綠衫軍」戰袍，率隊12度打進總冠軍賽且拿下11冠，最後兩冠更身兼教練，為首位NBA黑人教練的身分再添傳奇色彩。

title: NBA／傳奇羅素88歲去世


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承載著許多台東人公車記憶的「叮咚、叮咚」-鼎東客運正式走入歷史，從8月1日起正式更名為「東台灣客運」及恢復原名「興東客運」，繼續提供鄉親行的服務，東台灣客運特別於1日舉辦更名揭牌儀式，縣長饒慶鈴應邀參加，並為首發幸福專車廣播發車，台東縣長饒慶鈴感謝鼎東客運服務台東縣民50年，期望未來持續與東台灣客運相輔相成，讓未來台東的公共運輸越來越完善。

鼎東客運前身原為「安榮客運」及「興東客運」，46年前為爭營運路權，為了方便管理，經台灣省政府交通處指示將「安榮客運」與「興東客運」合併，1976年成立了鼎東客運，但內部仍各自經營自己路線、服務旅客，分經營策略上也有不同想法。

由於2家客運分別持有公司各半股份，對於彼此既無監督權利，卻又必須為彼此承擔責任，遇重大議題或爭取承辦標案，另一方不一定支持，可能因此擱置或維持現狀，對於經營徒增不可控制風險，因此，山線第2代負責人施孟宏2014年第1次正式遞交分割申請，病故後由妻子王欽鈴及兒子施凱嚴、施建州接棒努力，歷經8年、3次申請，終於在今年2月獲交通部公路總局核准分割案。

台東縣長饒慶鈴、議長吳秀華及多位議員、立委劉櫂豪、交通部公路總局高雄區監理所長李瑞銘、市長張國洲及地方政商名仕，出席熱鬧揭牌儀式，向董事長王欽鈴、總經理施建州祝賀，感謝鼎東客運陪伴台東人50年，饒縣長也為首發幸福專車發車廣播，希望東台灣客運繼續提供縣民及來台東遊客最好的運輸服務。

(圖／台東縣府交通及觀光發展處交通事務科 )饒慶鈴表示，欽佩斜槓的王欽鈴董事長對分割案的堅持及不屈不撓，由於台東南北狹長，縣民的日常交通都靠鼎東客運串聯起來，不管是接送學生上下課、採買購物，以及台東觀光路線的台灣好行，都要感謝鼎東客運的付出。此外，也必須感謝公路總局，每年補助公路客運的營運虧損，透過公有資源挹注，讓台東也能享有都市地區習以為常的交通服務，實在得來不易。

7年前縣府辦理台東轉運站開幕典禮，由以前的台東車站舊站改建而成，整合了台東的公車路線，並在2015年進駐啟用，解決以前公車資訊紊亂，提供更完善的搭乘資訊。縣府也持續投入經費改造舊站地區，近年來開花結果，成就了文藝音樂氣息濃厚的鐵花村、展現鐵道文物風情的鐵道新聚落，每當假日總是吸引滿滿人潮，成為台東人引以為傲的慢經濟景點。

這幾年我們持續在公路客運無法抵達的偏鄉地區推動幸福巴士，完成偏鄉運輸的最後一哩路，期許未來持續與東台灣客運相輔相成，讓未來台東的公共運輸越來越完善，也祝福東台灣客運未來營運一切順利。

journalist: 地方中心／台東報導

people: 劉櫂豪 饒慶鈴 張國洲

title: 「鼎東客運」走入歷史 「東台灣客運」接力擔負台東在地旅運需求


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The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Confucius Institutes — which former US president Donald Trump vowed to eliminate during his administration — have been trying to make a comeback ever since US President Joe Biden took office, a report published by the US National Association of Scholars said.

In its heyday, the CCP had 118 Confucius Institutes in universities across the US, but today only 14 of them remain. To crack down on Confucius Institutes, which are used by the CCP for ulterior motives, the Trump administration took a number of steps.

First, the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act stipulated that universities that host Confucius Institutes on their campuses would not receive language program subsidies from the US Department of Defense.

Second, the Trump administration categorized Confucius Institutes as “foreign missions” under the provisions of the Foreign Missions Act, restricting the entry and exit of their personnel and the free flow of funds.

Finally, Trump issued an executive order that required US universities to disclose the foreign funds they receive, or their federal subsidies would be suspended.

Although in some aspects, such as the Indo-Pacific strategy, US-China competition remains, but in the field of culture and education, Biden appears to be disinclined to impose restrictions.

This can be seen, first, in the rescinding of the order that US universities must disclose their financial sources, and second, the Department of Defense no longer requiring universities to choose between language program subsidies and Confucius Institutes.

Meanwhile, the CCP adjusted and restructured the Chinese Ministry of Education’s “Hanban” (漢辦, Office of Chinese Language Council International, also known as Confucius Institute Headquarters) under the new name Center for Language Education and Cooperation (中外語言交流合作中心) in July 2020. Beijing also established the Chinese International Education Foundation (中國國際中文教育基金會) under the guise of a private charitable organization, to supervise the Confucius Institutes.

The CCP is, on the one hand, trying to maintain the remaining Confucius Institutes as much as possible, while on the other, adopting flexible approaches to bring back those that have already been closed.

The most common means of achieving this is to change the name Confucius Institute into a name such as “China Research Center,” essentially retaining the original office premises and staff.

If the host US university does not accept this model, the Confucius Institute is transferred to the university as a directly affiliated institution, decoupling funds and personnel from the Chinese side — only the teachers and the provisions of the curriculum remain.

The final solution is to find a new owner — another education institution — to house the abolished Confucius Institute.

Judging by these organizational and practical adjustments, it can be seen that having weathered the Trump administration’s crackdown on Confucius Institutes, China has become shrewder in policy rebranding and shown flexibility.

For example, government organizations have been disguised as non-governmental organizations to survive. Of these, some closed Confucius Institutes have been relocated to high schools or community education institutions, proving they are willing to sacrifice nearly anything to survive.

According to Beijing’s plan, Confucius Institutes should be set up in universities, and Confucius Institute Classrooms should be set up in high schools. Settling themselves up in high schools is tantamount to a downgrading of their status, but under the present difficult circumstances, they have to swallow their pride to survive.

If Taiwan can seize the opportunity while the Confucius Institutes are undergoing transformation and seize the market for overseas Chinese teaching, it would help enhance Taiwan’s soft power and visibility within the international community, and could even enable Taiwan to compete with China’s Confucius Institutes.

Yang Chung-hsin is a civil servant.

Translated by Lin Lee-kai

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title: Filling the Confucius Institutes gap


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English cyclist Matt Walls was on Sunday involved in a horror crash at the Commonwealth Games when he was catapulted over the barriers and into the crowds at the Lee Valley VeloPark.

The Olympic omnium champion, competing in the men’s 15km scratch qualifiers at the London venue, received treatment for more than 40 minutes before being taken away by ambulance.

Spectators were also hurt after Walls and his bike came over the top of the barriers on the high banking of a corner.

England’s Matt Walls, top left, and Canada’s Derek Gee go over the barrier into the crowd during the men’s 15km track cycling qualifying race during the Commonwealth Games at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London on Sunday. Photo: AP

Two other riders — the Isle of Man’s Matt Bostock and Canada’s Derek Gee — were also taken to hospital, while two spectators were treated for minor injuries at the velodrome.

“Following medical treatment in hospital, Matt Walls has been discharged with stitches in his forehead, scrapes and bruises, but thankfully no major injuries,” Team England said in a statement.

The Isle of Man team said Bostock had a computerized tomography scan from which the initial prognosis was positive.

Witnesses said that because of the gradient of the banking, spectators in the front row had been unsighted for the crash.

One man received treatment for cuts to his arm, while a young girl also received medical attention.

Walls had been trying to avoid riders who had fallen. The stricken pair of New Zealand’s George Jackson and Australia’s Josh Duffy slid up the banking, forcing Walls up on to the barrier and then over it.

Gee also surfed the top of the barrier, and managed to avoid following Walls into the stands, but fell heavily.

A Birmingham 2022 spokesman said in a statement that three cyclists and two spectators had been treated by the on-site medical team.

“The three cyclists have been taken to hospital. The two spectators did not require hospital treatment,” the statement added.

Canadian Mathias Guillemette was disqualified from the race for causing the initial crash and the rest of the morning session was canceled.

British five-time Olympic gold medalist Laura Kenny, who is competing for England at the Commonwealths, called for bigger barriers or screens to be fitted in velodromes to improve safety.

Kenny, speaking a day after England’s Joe Truman was knocked unconscious in a crash, fears the sport is growing more dangerous.

“I think the crashes are getting worse and it’s because the speeds are getting higher, the positions [on the bike] are getting more extreme,” she said.

“Some of the pursuit positions people are getting in, you see people crashing into the back of people,” she said. “At some point the UCI are going to have to put a cap on these positions. Maybe there should be screens because Matt should not have been able to go over the top and into the crowd — that’s pretty damn dangerous.”

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title: Horror crash mars Commonwealth cycling


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UNDER PRESSURE: A Hong Kong politician has voiced support for a proposal by Ping An Insurance to spin off HSBC’s Asian operations to unlock shareholder value

HSBC Holdings PLC yesterday said pre-tax profit fell in the first half of this year, but that it intends to resume quarterly dividends next year as its annual outlook remained positive.

The firm said it made US$9.175 billion before tax, down more than 15 percent year-on-year.

Chief executive Noel Quinn said that “it reflected a more normalized level of expected credit losses compared with the COVID-19 releases made last year, as well as the macroeconomic impact of the Russia-Ukraine war.”

The HSBC Holdings PLC headquarters building, center, is pictured in Hong Kong on Friday. Photo: Bloomberg

The annual revenue outlook was positive, he said, as net interest income is expected to reach at least US$31 billion this year and US$37 billion next year as global interest rates rise.

Quinn said the group is confident of achieving its best returns in a decade next year.

“We also intend to revert to quarterly dividends in 2023,” he added.

London-headquartered HSBC was among a number of major banks to cancel their dividends early in the COVID-19 pandemic following a de facto order from the Bank of England — a move that upset some Hong Kong shareholders.

The plan to resume payouts came before HSBC executives are today to meet with Hong Kong shareholders face-to-face for the first time in three years. The executives are expected to field questions about a restructuring bid from its biggest shareholder Ping An Insurance Group Co (平安保險集團).

The lender is under pressure from Ping An, which has a 9.2 percent stake, to spin off its Asian operations in a bid to unlock shareholder value amid tensions between China and the West.

Quinn and chairman Mark Tucker have not publicly commented on Ping An’s campaign, but the bank has hinted that it wants to keep its current structure while continuing a pivot to Asia, Bloomberg reported.

Hong Kong politician Christine Fong (方國珊) on Sunday said that HSBC separating its Asian business and bringing back its primary listing to the territory is the “best way to protect [the interests of] minority shareholders.”

Fong, who reportedly represents 500 small investors in HSBC stock, also voiced support for Ping An getting seats on HSBC’s board, citing the canceled dividends in 2020 as a reason.

Last year, HSBC vowed to accelerate a multiyear pivot to Asia and the Middle East, with ambitions to lead Asia’s wealth management market.

The bank said that it would invest US$6 billion in Hong Kong, China and Singapore and hire more than 5,000 wealth advisers — while slashing 35,000 jobs and cutting its retail operations in the US and France.

HSBC has commissioned Goldman Sachs Group Inc and advisory firm Robey Warshaw LLP to rebuff Ping An’s campaign, according to Bloomberg.

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title: HSBC pre-tax profit falls in first half


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嘉義地檢署查出嘉義市議員戴寧涉利用前男友當人頭詐助理費，昨天追加起訴。本報資料照片嘉義市議員戴寧遭控詐助理費518萬案，檢方另查出她涉以王姓前男友當人頭，保管存摺詐領助理費46萬5千元，王證稱從沒做過助理工作，依貪汙罪嫌追加起訴；全案昨也開庭，前助理溫姓婦人證稱兒子當人頭、按月繳回助理費，但戴寧依舊拒認罪，反駁說「說法不實在」。今預計傳喚戴寧前夫的胞妹等人出庭。

檢方調查，王姓男子稱和戴寧交往10多年，2010年戴寧當選首屆市議員，告知要申報他當助理，因此就交付郵局存摺、提款卡等，卻從沒做過助理工作；戴寧應訊辯稱，助理聘用都是過世父親戴建三處理，沒保管王的存摺、不清楚王有無申報公費助理。

檢方發現，嘉市議會從2010年3月到2011年12月按月匯助理費給王姓男子，議會清冊也記載申報他是公費助理，認定戴寧共詐得46萬5千元私用，涉犯利用職務機會詐取財物罪嫌。

嘉義地院昨傳喚曾擔任助理的溫姓婦人及兒子出庭，溫婦表示，兒子2010到2016年間當人頭助理，她每月都將2萬元交給戴寧，法官詢問被告意見，戴寧說「她的說法不實在！」戴寧委任律師陳澤嘉、王振名說，溫婦對於交錢、相關簽名等關鍵問題，與調查筆錄不同，說詞無法佐證犯罪。

戴寧5月被起訴後繼續羈押禁見，提準抗告被駁回確定後，向憲法法庭聲請裁判憲法審查，主張議會當時召開定期會，羈押侵害議員人身不逮捕特權；憲法法庭認為沒具體說明羈押如何牴觸憲法，裁定不受理。

people: 戴寧 戴建三

taiwan-subdivisions: 嘉義 嘉義市

title: 前男友涉當人頭 議員戴寧遭追加起訴貪汙


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記者蔡宜芳／綜合報導

藝人「麻吉弟弟」周立銘遭控於某假髮店對女店員做出疑踰矩行為，監視器畫面曝光後，立刻引發網友熱議，周立銘也連續兩天出面致歉，坦言是因為躁症發作。而雙胞胎女星依依、佩佩1日也到周立銘的道歉文下留言力挺，直說周是個「自律又懂事」的人，希望大家能夠正視心理疾病，同時也揭露了雙方的關係。

▲依依佩佩出面挺周立銘。（圖／翻攝自Facebook／周立銘 MDD）

佩佩首先現身於周立銘的貼文底下留言，指出對方是個非常善良、孝順，且對妻子相當專一的人，完全顛覆她對於ABC的印象，「甚至幾乎沒有女生靠近得了，因為很自律又懂事，到哪裡都帶著現在的老婆。」

佩佩還提到，周立銘平常除了在家做音樂，就是跟貓玩，幾乎不怎麼出門，她也對於周立銘的病況表示知情，「只是一時病情發作，而且你（周立銘）也樂觀、積極地在努力讓自己恢復健康。」喊話會力挺對方。

▲佩佩留言。（圖／翻攝自Facebook／周立銘 MDD）

接著，依依也留言表態，並在自己的臉書上PO出分享抽獎文，「身為一個母親，有必要站出來，請大家正視『心理疾病』及『網路霸凌』。」她指出，周立銘因出身自醫生世家，家教相當嚴格，對方從來不菸不酒，除了工作必要之外，也不會流連聲色場所，「平時的交友就是『老婆』、『老婆』、還是『老婆』，頂多外加岳父岳母和2隻貓。」

依依直言，周立銘就是個「乖又宅」的人，「很驚訝吧？跟一般人對ABC童星的印象差個十萬八千里！」她透露，周立銘的心理潛在壓力是來自於童年被霸凌，「發生這件事，連老婆、老婆家人都全數支持周立銘、心疼他！酸民沒查證，怎麼能亂說別人嗑藥…什麼的。」最後，依依強調，她是自願PO文、請大家轉發平反，至於為何出面？她說：「因為我是他老婆的表姊！」揭曉雙方之間的關係。

▲依依透露自己是周立銘老婆的表姊。（圖／翻攝自Facebook／雙胞胎 依依佩佩 的 依依）

►快訊／麻吉弟弟2度道歉！ 認8天沒睡「發病」闖店家：剩片段記憶

►快訊／麻吉弟弟爆「詭闖假髮店疑想侵犯女店員」 親道歉：狀況不太好

►詭異男恍惚闖店裡...網猜是麻吉弟弟周立銘 經紀人回應了

references: Facebook 臉書 網友

title: 依依佩佩挺周立銘「自律又懂事」　揭身份還原真相：正視心理疾病


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針對鏡傳媒與國內各大媒體報導刊載「知名藝人周渝民、喻虹淵遭馮瑤華詐騙保險費3,447萬元」一事，公勝保經今（1）日發出聲明，鄭重否認馮瑤華女士為該公司所屬保險業務員；且全案純屬周、喻二人以現金託付馮瑤華，代其向保險公司繳交續期保險費，進而遭受侵占之事。

公勝保經今日指出，針對鏡傳媒與國內各大媒體報導刊載「知名藝人周渝民、喻虹淵遭馮瑤華詐騙保險費3,447萬元」一事，本公司鄭重否認馮瑤華女士為本公司所屬保險業務員。 公勝保經聲明如下：

一、2018年間，知名藝人周渝民、喻虹淵確有透過本公司所屬蘇姓保險業務員投保保險，但所投保保單性質為利率變動型保單，為到期保本，並依保險公司宣告利率配發收益之險種，並非媒體所載之『投資型保險』，媒體對此內容有所誤會。

二、再者，媒體新聞內文所指之馮瑤華女士，始終未曾任職本公司擔任保險業務員；鏡傳媒與其他媒體亦未曾就此事向本公司查證，即逕行刊登，殊屬憾事。

三、經本公司查知，相關保單之投保過程，係由馮瑤華女士向周、喻二人推介保險商品，並出示明載本公司蘇姓業務人員之投保建議書，此後保險公司製發保單也明示保險業務員為蘇姓業務人員，並由周、喻二人簽收確認。

四、綜上所述，顯見本事件核心所繫，在於周、喻二人若堅持原本以自動轉帳扣繳保險費（保單之首期保險費即以自動轉帳方式繳交），本無出事可能；但卻輕信馮瑤華女士「以現金繳納保險費將可獲得較高折扣」之說詞，而將第二年度後之續期保險費託付馮瑤華繳交，導致保險費遭受馮瑤華女士侵吞。且由本公司迄今未曾接受檢調機關傳訊或函查等情可證，本公司於馮瑤華侵占周、喻二人保險費一事，誠屬無辜之第三人。

五、最後，本公司就周、喻二人遭受馮瑤華女士侵占鉅額保險費一事，深表遺憾。並呼籲投保大眾，關於自身保險費之繳交，盡量採取自動轉帳或自行匯款等常規方式辦理，以免徒生憾事！

journalist: 經濟日報／ 記者陳美君／即時報導

title: 周渝民夫婦遭詐保費3,447萬 公勝保經五大聲明澄清


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HONG KONG

Economy contracts 1.4%

The territory’s economy contracted for a second consecutive quarter, with the financial hub facing mounting headwinds as interest rates rise and global trade weakens. GDP declined 1.4 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, according to advance estimates released by the government yesterday. The number was worse than the median forecast for a 0.2 percent decline. Financial Secretary Paul Chan (陳茂波) said exports, consumption and investments have come under pressure, all of which would compel the territory to “inevitably revise down” its full-year forecast of 1 to 2 percent in the middle of next month.

EUROZONE

Manufacturing activity falls

Manufacturing activity across the eurozone contracted last month, with factories forced to stockpile unsold goods due to weak demand, a survey showed yesterday, adding to concerns the bloc could fall into a recession. S&P Global’s final manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 49.8 from June’s 52.1, just ahead of a preliminary reading of 49.6, but its first time below the 50 mark separating growth from contraction since June 2020. An index measuring output, which feeds into a composite PMI due tomorrow and seen as a good gauge of economic health, sank to a more than two-year low of 46.3. It was 49.3 in June.

SOUTH KOREA

Exports extend gains

The country’s exports extended gains last month, suggesting ongoing resilience in a global economy that is under pressure from elevated energy prices, rising interest rates and China’s COVID-19 restrictions. Overseas shipments climbed 9.4 percent from a year earlier, just shy of a forecast 10 percent gain, government data showed yesterday. Average daily shipments, which take into account one fewer business day than a year earlier, rose 14.1 percent, it said. The country’s overall imports advanced 21.8 percent last month, resulting in the second-largest trade deficit on records dating back to 2000, and the longest monthly streak of shortfalls since the 2008 global financial crisis.

INDONESIA

Inflation approaches 5%

The country’s consumer prices jumped 4.94 percent last month, the most in nearly seven years, the national statistics agency said yesterday. It beat the median forecast of 4.82 percent in a Bloomberg survey of analysts and marked the second straight month that it has breached Bank Indonesia’s 2 to 4 percent target. However, core inflation — the metric watched by the central bank in deciding on its interest-rate policy — crept up to 2.86 percent last month, still in the lower half of the monetary authority’s target range.

AVIATION

ANA returns to profit

Japan’s biggest airline, All Nippon Airways Co (ANA), yesterday posted a quarterly net profit for the first time in two-and-a-half years as the sector recovers from the financial pain of the COVID-19 pandemic. The relaxation of COVID-19 measures in Japan and other countries increased demand for domestic and international travel, ANA said, with a cheaper yen also providing a boost. In the April-to-June period, the company logged a net profit of ￥1 billion (US$7.6 million), following nine consecutive quarters of losses beginning in January-March 2020, when the virus started to cause havoc worldwide.

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title: World Business Quick Take


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不少人都有住旅館或是飯店的經驗，而每個業者主打的特色都不同，有人是推出豐盛早餐，也有人是著重在娛樂設備。一名網友在臉書上發文，透露自己近日在旅館廁所發現「鐵環」，因此相當好奇真實用途，而貼文曝光後也掀起討論。

日前一名網友在臉書「爆廢公社二館」上發文，從照片中可以看見，旅館浴室內的牆壁突出一根鐵桿，上面裝著銀色的圓形鐵環，不過卻沒有放置任何東西。因此，原PO相當好奇真實用途為何，便發文詢問大家「請問飯店的浴室裡面裝這個是做什麼的？」

貼文底下吸引大量回應，不少網友紛紛表示，「地震時搖晃可以拉」、「練手臂肌力用的啊！旋轉還可以調磅數喔」、「敲一敲有暗門」、「往後拉，牆壁會出現一間密室」、「快滑倒時讓妳抓的，上次就是靠這個救了自己一命」、「練體操的」、「古代大門都有啊，敲敲看隔壁會不會開門」、「一看就知道沒有站過公車」。

最後，也有內行網友出面解惑，「擦手毛巾架」、「掛擦手毛巾」、「毛巾環呀，放擦手巾的」、「應該掛毛巾或浴巾的」、「我看過入住時，飯店是掛毛巾的」、「掛毛巾用的，一般住家也可以裝，特力屋和網拍都有賣，價格從一百多到近千元都有」。

浴室毛巾架一般住家也可以安裝。示意圖／ingimage

journalist: 聯合新聞網／ 綜合報導

references: 爆廢公社 網友 臉書

title: 牆上裝鐵環？旅館浴室設計真實用途曝 網笑：以為公車拉環


content_text: 森林護管員是守護台灣森林資源的第一線戰力，為展現山林英雄們平日刻苦訓練的成果，農委會林務局，今（8月1日）在東勢林場舉行第一屆全台護管員專業技能大賽，除了藉此肯定、砥礪森林護管員的專業能力，也向社會大眾展現森林保護的重要性。 　林務局長林華慶表示，森林護管人員的工作常被社會大眾誤會為可以恣意遊山玩水的「爽缺」，但其實護管人員工作辛苦，除了工作環境需要忍受蜂螫蟲咬、惡劣天氣、與家人分隔兩地，還需提防動物攻擊、山老鼠、山崩等帶來的威脅，平時也必須熟稔政策規定、山野知識，熟練森林護管專業技能，才能真正守護宅灣森林資源。 　森林護管員並非全都畢業自森林相關系所，常有各行各業的社會人士，像是退役軍人、資訊技術人員、工程師、攝影師等，基於對山林的熱愛、守護自然的熱情，而投身報酬低於原本薪資的森林護管工作，加入默默守護山林寶藏的森林護衛隊。 　林務局表示，今日專業技能競賽由林務局轄下8個林區管理處各組成一支隊伍，接力完成滅火接線、滅火投水、鋸木等一系列護管工作中出任務很可能用上的技能，每一項都達到檢核標準並最快接力完畢的隊伍獲得優勝，過程不但充滿趣味與張力，也實實在在地考驗所有參賽者的基本功。 　林務局說，每年7月31日是世界巡護員日，除了表達對森林護管人員的肯定，更以輕鬆、活潑的方式向大眾展現平時紮實訓練的成果，並期望藉由活動增加各地森林護管人員的交流、累積團隊情感及默契，讓守護山林的力量更有溫度。

journalist: 彭宣雅

title: 守護山林！第一屆全台護管員專業技能大賽今登場


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Cloud Gate Dance Theatre last week said it would stage its new production Send in a Cloud (霞) as an outdoor event next month, when its free open-air performances resume after two years.

The “visually stunning” production is a panorama of changing colors across the horizon, brought to life through “animated projections, beautiful costumes and lighting design,” the dance troupe said on its Web site.

Cloud Gate said it hopes the colorful piece, to be presented outdoors as a free performance, will inspire Taiwanese to “move forward bravely” in a rapidly changing world.

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre dancers rehearse their Send in a Cloud show in New Taipei City’s Tamsui District on April 7. Photo: CNA

Send in a Cloud, which premiered in April with a tour of Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung, is first to be staged outdoors at Changhua County Stadium on Sept. 10, the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the dance troupe said in a statement.

The second outdoor performance is on Sept. 17 in the square between the National Theater and Concert Hall in Taipei, where Cloud Gate had been giving free annual performances for 20 years, before the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to stop.

The most recent outdoor show, held in 2019, honored the group’s founder Lin Hwai-min (林懷民), who retired that year.

Cloud Gate artistic director Cheng Tsung-lung (鄭宗龍) in April said that he began creating Send in a Cloud when the pandemic started and the dancers were working from home.

The dance is set to 12 songs from an album by the Japanese artist Yasuaki Shimizu and The Saxophonettes, which interprets Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suites 1-6, Cheng said.

As a prelude to the two free outdoor performances, a series of community events are to be held this month, with attendees able to join the dancers at some point during their performances, Cloud Gate said.

People planning to attend are required to register on the Cloud Gate Web site, the group said.

The community events are to be held on the four weekends of this month, starting at Hualien Railway Station, followed by Yunlin County Stadium, Siangshang Visitor Center near Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County and, lastly, Tainan Public Library’s new main site in the city’s Yongkang District (永康).

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title: Cloud Gate announces first outdoor event in two years


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MANAAKITANGA’: Tourism operators, businesses and universities welcomed the news, despite Immigration New Zealand cautioning not to expect a flood of visitors

New Zealand’s borders yesterday fully opened for the first time since they abruptly snapped shut to keep COVID-19 out in March 2020.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the nation was “open for business” after the final stage of the phased reopening, which began in April, was completed on Sunday night.

Visitors from around the world are once again allowed into New Zealand, including maritime arrivals, those on student visas and those from non-visa waiver countries, such as China and India.

The reopening was “an enormous moment” Ardern said yesterday in a speech at the China Business Summit.

“It’s been a staged and cautious process on our part since February, as we, alongside the rest of the world, continue to manage a very live global pandemic, while keeping our people safe,” she said.

“New Zealanders are hosts. Manaakitanga [hospitality] streams through our veins and we open our arms to tourists and students, including from China, which prior to 2020 was New Zealand’s largest source of international students, and second-largest source of tourists,” she said. “For those looking to make their journey here, haere mai, we welcome you.”

Cruise ships and foreign recreational yachts would also be allowed to dock at the country’s ports.

New Zealand Minister of Tourism Stuart Nash said the return of cruise ships — whose guests spent NZ$365 million (US$231 million onshore a year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic — would be a big boost for local economies.

“Most cruise visits are during the warmer months of October to April... It will be full steam ahead for the industry, who can plan with certainty for the rest of the year and beyond,” Nash said in a statement.

Tourism operators, businesses and educational providers have welcomed the news, despite predictions from Immigration New Zealand that visitors are more likely to trickle — than flood — in over the next few months.

“I think it’s safe to say we’re not expecting the same level of demand we saw pre-COVID. That’s probably for a number of reasons,” Immigration New Zealand head Simon Sanders told Radio New Zealand.

“We know that China, who’s a larger visitor visa-required country, is still subject to a range of travel restrictions so we’re not expecting large demand from there, at least initially,” he said.

He encouraged students who have offers of study to apply immediately for their visas, and urged those looking to study in the country next year to hold off for a couple of months “so we can assure that those that need to arrive this year will be able to do so.”

The full reopening comes as New Zealand is sitting within the top seven countries in the world for average daily confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people, Johns Hopkins University data showed.

A University of Auckland study released last week warned that the border reopening could see foreign-seeded COVID-19 cases rise four-fold — and that could put further strain on an already creaking health system.

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title: New Zealand’s borders fully reopen


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國民黨副發言人、台北士林北投區議員參選人林杏兒日前在臉書說自己的論文是真的，今天卻遭媒體踢爆，她的碩士論文涉嫌抄襲政大傳播學院特聘教授教授林日璇的期刊論文。政大對此表示，有關論文認定的相關問題，尊重畢業生所屬學校後續處理；林日璇稍早也回應，論文抄襲比對認定，尊重銘傳大學的比對與認定。

民進黨桃園市長參選人林智堅近期論文爭議不斷，林杏兒先前也在臉書大酸林智堅，要誠實面對自己的學術成果及選民，沒想到今天卻被踢爆，她2020年在銘傳大學的碩士論文「FB網路媒體使用與政治參與關係之研究」，與政大教授林日璇2016年於亞洲傳播雜誌上發表的英文論文雷同，且幾乎一半都複製貼上。

林杏兒稍早表示，論文每字每句都是本人所寫，並向銘傳大學要求召開「論文審查會議」，自請調查，並呼籲有心人，別拿真論文，轉移論文門焦點，並請林智堅效法林杏兒，正面面對論文爭議。

政治大學稍早發表簡短聲明，表示論文認定的相關問題，依照《學位授予法》權責單位為原授予學位的學校（指銘傳大學），政大尊重該畢業生所屬學校後續處理；林日璇稍早受訪也回應，論文抄襲比對認定，尊重銘傳大學比對與認定。

林日璇專長為元宇宙科技、虛擬實境VR、媒體心理、心理幸福感、數位遊戲、社群媒體行銷，授課領域是社群媒體行銷、數位遊戲與社會、虛擬實境與元宇宙統計、社交與娛樂媒體。本學年起也接下政治大學國際傳播英語碩士學位學程系主任一職。

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journalist: 聯合報／ 記者趙宥寧／台北即時報導

taiwan-subdivisions: 桃園 北投區 士林

title: 藍副發言人林杏兒遭爆論文抄政大教授期刊 「被抄者」回應了


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詐團高薪誘民眾赴柬埔寨工作事件頻傳，航警局昨天在桃園機場勸退一名準備前往柬埔寨工作的蘇姓男子。圖／讀者提供詐團高薪誘騙民眾赴柬埔寨工作事件頻傳，航警局昨天清晨在桃園機場攔下準備前往柬埔寨的蘇姓男子，懷疑他遭詐騙，關懷勸阻；蘇男一度執意前往，還堅稱這是「上帝給的機會」；員警見他是教友，開口一句「遇到我們才是上帝最好的安排」，蘇才打消念頭。

航警局刑事大隊與刑事局國際科昨天清晨在桃園機場執行關懷提問與攔阻勤務，在飛往柬埔寨金邊的航班旅客報到櫃台前，發現蘇姓男子看著警方所舉防詐標語，上前關心，蘇男當時已辦完登機手續，他稱受暱稱「芳芳」女子遊說，邀請到柬埔寨賭場擔任荷官，薪資優渥還能分紅抽成。

警方認為他是被詐騙集團「高薪工作」話術誘惑，拿出新聞報導剪報、影片勸阻，但蘇男說「芳芳」同是基督教教友，不會騙他，一直來電邀約，還寄來一張單程機票，也約定在金邊機場接機。

蘇男還說，芳芳勸他這是「上帝給的機會，要好好把握」，家人和教友也阻止他隻身前往柬埔寨，但他認為不可以錯過這次機會，所以決定前往柬埔寨工作。

航警苦口婆心仍無法改變蘇男心意，最後嚴肅告訴他，「是不是上帝給你的機會我不知道，但你辦完登機手續還遇見我，一定是上帝最好安排」；蘇男聽完頓了一下，最後放棄搭機。

警方十天共攔截十七名前往柬埔寨的旅客，提醒國人慎防國外「高薪工作」、「海外代購」、「親友團」，及「包吃、包住、包機票」等詐騙手法。

title: 赴柬埔寨打工 登機前被警勸退


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（中央社台北1日綜合外電報導）美國眾議院議長裴洛西（Nancy Pelosi）是否即將訪問台灣尚待觀察。不過中國智庫在推特發文稱，美國航空母艦「雷根號」離開南海後即一路向北行駛，從上述部署態勢看來，裴洛西確實可能親自來台。

長期關注南海動態的中國智庫、北京大學海洋研究院「南海戰略態勢感知計畫」（SCSPI）今天在推特發布「雷根號」（USS Ronald Reagan）7月份的行進軌跡圖。

圖像顯示，雷根號日前在南海短暫停留3天後，於7月30日經菲律賓以東的聖伯納地諾海峽（San Bernardino Strait）離開，並持續向北進入菲律賓海。另據雷根號艦載C-2A「灰狗」（Greyhound）運輸機的活動軌跡，推測雷根號打擊群目前已抵達巴士海峽（Bashi Channel）以東的海域。

據SCSPI說法，尼米茲級核動力航艦雷根號同行的打擊群陣容還包括「希金斯號」驅逐艦（USS Higgins）、「安提坦號」巡洋艦（USS Antietam），以及「蒂珀卡努號」補給艦（USNS Tippecanoe）。

除了雷根號打擊群，目前位處台灣周邊地區的美國海軍資源還包括沖繩附近的黎波里號（USS Tripoli）兩棲突擊艦，以及前沿部署在日本佐世保附近的美國號（USS America）兩棲攻擊艦。

隸屬第七艦隊的雷根號於5月離開母港日本橫須賀基地，開始執行春季巡邏任務。該艦自2019年以來首度在新加坡港口停靠5天後，7月26日從樟宜海軍基地出發，前往南海執行任務。

美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）日前也報導，為因應裴洛西可能的訪台計畫，美國國防部、尤其海軍已在相關區域維持可觀軍力。關鍵單位像雷根號航艦及艦上搭載的作戰與偵察飛機皆可藉由進入南海來更靠近台灣；美國空軍則可負責監測空域及偵察敵軍動向。（譯者：施施/核稿：陳政一）1110801

journalist: 譯者：施施/核稿：陳政一

countries: 台灣 美國 新加坡 中國 菲律賓 日本

title: 雷根號航艦一路向北行駛 顯示裴洛西可能訪台 | 國際


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南韓大膽升息對抗通膨，火熱的房市急凍轉跌！首爾房價已經連續9周下跌，成交量也暴跌70%。為了刺激房市買氣，南韓政府祭出一系列新政策，除了把首購族房貸比例調升到8成，也同步提高貸款額度，更提供固定利率房貸方案，希望減輕家庭債務負擔。

首爾民眾：「物價不斷飆升，但薪水都沒有漲，我是不會為了買房子去貸款，這樣每個月將近一半的薪水，都要拿來還貸款。」

高通膨壓力下，生活成本飆升，南韓上班族根本無心存錢買房！今年上半年，南韓首購族數量創近10年來新低，成交量也大減70%，原本火熱的房市急轉直下。

韓媒記者全延南：「首爾房價已經連續第9周下跌，創2年3個月以來最大跌幅，不只首爾瑞草區，其他地區的房價也下跌，尤其是蘆原區、道峰區和江北區。」

南韓大舉升息，打擊買房意願，首都圈房價直直落！雖然有專家指出，這只是暫時性現象，但就怕房市低迷拖累經濟復甦，南韓政府最新把首購族房貸比例，從5成調高到8成，最高可貸6億韓元、折合約1380萬台幣。

南韓建設政策研究院研究員李殷衡：「即使政府放寬房貸比例，但真正受惠的群體，只限於首購族，這樣的小幅改變，不會影響整體房市趨勢。」

分析師認為，新政策只限於首購族，刺激效果恐怕有限！為了減輕民眾債務負擔，南韓政府也拍板，較低房價的房貸族，從9月開始，可以用固定利率來還房貸。

韓媒記者：「購買4億韓元以下房屋的民眾，可以把浮動利率房屋貸款，換成4%以下的固定利率，不需負擔任何預付款項。」

在通膨和升息環境下，向來不斷打房的南韓，也罕見開始下猛藥、救房市。（記者 王 絜、李芷螢／綜合報導）

journalist: 王 絜、李芷螢

title: 首爾房市急凍!房價連9跌 成交量暴跌7成


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美國眾院議長波洛西專機將來台，中國大陸會不會「伴飛」進入台灣領空，引起討論。自由亞洲電台報導，台灣前民航局長張國政分析，大陸一定不會讓波洛西進入台灣飛航情報區，所以波洛西專機會從新加坡到菲律賓馬尼拉的飛航情報區，到台灣東邊美國奧克蘭管制區，到日本管制區，如果專機進入台灣領空，大陸勢必伴飛，屆時台灣是否予以擊落，「這件事情要很有智慧」。

台北醫學大學通識教育中心教授張國城則認為，解放軍陪著波洛西專機飛進台灣領空，這個可能性幾乎是零，理由是如果解放軍現在就能飛進台灣領空，何必跟著美國飛機？

張國城說：「中共處理兩岸問題，向來都希望美國越遠越好，不要介入。因為它在台灣的實力，它有絕對優勢。加進一個對它不利的因素，它怎麼會希望美國多介入呢？」

journalist: 聯合報／ 編譯李京倫／即時報導

countries: 台灣 美國 新加坡 中國 菲律賓 日本

title: 波洛西專機怎麼飛進台灣 牽動美中台部署


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美國眾議院議長裴洛西1日飛抵亞洲行首站新加坡訪問兩天，首日會晤星國總統哈莉瑪、總理李顯龍與多名內閣部長。星國外交部表示，李顯龍與訪團討論區域情勢，並強調美中關係穩定對區域和平安全的重要。

裴洛西1日在星國的行程包括出席新加坡美國商會在香格里拉飯店舉辦的酒會，活動時間為下午4時至7時。中央社報導，媒體在場等候三個多小時後，裴洛西於晚間6時40分左右才搭車抵達現場。面對在場媒體詢問是否將訪問台灣，裴洛西並未回答，直接走進會場。

海峽時報報導，根據星國外交部聲明，星國總統哈莉瑪與美國國會代表團會晤時，肯定兩國之間良好和長期的夥伴關係。她接見裴洛西後於臉書發文道：「我們討論加深兩國教育與民間聯繫的方式，並歡迎在氣候變遷等新興前瞻領域進行合作。我們還針對促進社會凝聚力和為女性創造更多機會交換意見。」

代表團還在星國總統府會晤總理李顯龍和外長維文，並跟副總理兼財長黃循財、國務資政兼國家安全統籌部長張志賢及國務資政兼社會政策統籌部長尚達曼會談。

裴洛西2日將轉往馬來西亞。馬國華文媒體「中國報」報導，知情人士表示，她在馬國預計只會短暫停留數小時。

countries: 馬來西亞 美國 中國 新加坡 台灣

taiwan-subdivisions: 和平 新興

title: 李顯龍：美中關係穩定很重要


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雲林縣潘姓男子不滿同居女友七個月大男嬰哭鬧不止，二度單手抓起男嬰拋摔在地板，男嬰頭部撞擊床頭櫃角身亡，生母目睹來不及阻止。最高法院依家暴傷害致死罪判刑十年定讞。

潘與女友、女友與前夫所生男嬰同居，女友工作時，男嬰委由他照顧；二○二○年十月廿八日，男嬰喝完奶後哭鬧、爬行到房間門口，潘安撫無效，情緒失控，單手抓住包裹男嬰身上的浴巾猛力拋摔，女友見親生兒子遭虐，來不及制止；潘二度抓起男嬰朝地面拋摔，男嬰頭部撞擊木製床頭櫃櫃角，當場失去意識。

潘察覺不對，對男嬰施行人工呼吸，再交女友送醫急救，男嬰因顱內骨折出血、中樞神經性休克身亡。潘稱兩次都是雙手抱住男嬰腋下，彎腰輕丟到有棉被、枕頭軟墊上，沒有將男嬰直接摔到地上，男嬰可能是第一次輕拋時彈到旁邊撞到櫃子才受傷。

潘否認以單手將男嬰拿起來再拋出去，他沒有傷害男嬰的意思，否則女友不可能在他入監時常寫信給他，主張自己只構成過失致死罪嫌。

法院審酌潘多次前科，自身情緒控管不佳，見男嬰哭鬧，將負面情緒發洩在毫無反抗能力男嬰身上，手法惡劣，且始終否認傷害致死犯行，一、二審皆判十年徒刑，最高法院駁回上訴，全案定讞。

title: 拋摔女友男嬰致死 判10年定讞


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There was no reported damage in a western Philippine region where debris from a rocket that boosted part of China’s new space station reportedly fell, a Filipino official said yesterday.

Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) official Marc Talampas said that authorities have been advised to be on the lookout for the rocket debris, which might have splashed down into waters off Palawan province.

“We are monitoring the situation and have also issued an advisory to the public to be vigilant, avoid contact with any suspected floating debris and to report to local authorities immediately,” Talampas said.

People watch a Long March 5B rocket, carrying the Wentian laboratory module, lift off in Wenchang, China, on July 24. Photo: AP

The China Manned Space Agency on Sunday reported that most of the final stage of the Long March 5B rocket burned up after entering the atmosphere. It said the booster would be allowed to fall unguided.

The Chinese agency announcement gave no details of whether remaining debris fell on land or sea, but said the “landing area” was at 119° east longitude and 9.1° north latitude. That is in waters southeast of Palawan’s capital, Puerto Princesa.

PhilSA did not receive any notifications from its Chinese counterpart about the rocket debris.

China has faced criticism for allowing rocket stages to fall to Earth uncontrolled twice before. NASA accused Beijing last year of “failing to meet responsible standards regarding their space debris” after parts of a Chinese rocket landed in the Indian Ocean.

The country’s first space station, Tiangong-1, crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2016 after Beijing confirmed it lost control. An 16 tonne rocket fell uncontrolled in May 2020.

China also faced criticism after using a missile to destroy one of its defunct weather satellites in 2007, creating a field of debris that other governments said might jeopardize other satellites.

The July 24 launch of the Long March 5B, China’s most-powerful rocket, carried the Wentian laboratory into orbit. It was attached to the Tianhe main module, where three astronauts live.

The remains of a separate cargo spacecraft that serviced the station fell into a predetermined area of the South Pacific after most of it burned up on reentry, the Chinese government announced earlier.

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title: PhilSA reports no damage from Chinese debris


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美國6月建築開支意外下跌1.1%，市場原本估計上升0.1%。

5月建築開支則向上修訂至增長0.1%。

title: 美國6月建築開支意外下跌1.1%


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自從央行實施土融限貸令以來，建商又遇上營造成本高漲，已經出現許多小型建商資金斷鏈的狀況；有建商透露，目前市場上已經有許多小建商盤售手中都更案、合建案，還較以往多出五成至一倍。更強調此情形持續下去，接下來不僅消費者房屋選擇性變少，恐怕會出現中大型建商壟斷市場的現象。

整個工地在施工期間卻冷清清，明明建案才蓋到一半，央行實施土融限貸令以來，部分小量體案營造成本高，過去從每坪8-13萬漲到18-23萬，很多小建商遇上這樣工料雙漲的夾殺，資金出現斷鏈情況，而市場上盤售建案，也較過去多出至少五成，甚至一倍的數量。

不動產董事長 王棟隆：「目前來說，我手上資料就有蠻多間，基本上都是基地比較小的，可能基於他們談的條件，本身因為金融緊縮情況，必須無奈拿出來盤，但是大建商對於小案子，沒有超過20億以上的案子，完全沒吸引力。」

建商透露台北市目前，屬於大建造的基地拿出來盤售的像是在，信義區莊敬路90幾坪、中山區市民大道100多坪、新北市土城永和100-200多坪，及商業區的土地，信義南路80幾坪的小案子。甚至許多還開出，超出市場行情的高價要賣，或是本身條件受限的案子，建商表示若狀況持續，小建商若消失，將出現中大型建商壟斷市場現象。

住展雜誌研發長何世昌：「這兩年台灣的建造核發量，都在歷史高峰上，可是並沒有看到推案潮，台北市的松山大安區都有聽說，危老建案在市場盤售，不過沒成交是因為市場價格，還是開的蠻貴，最主要原因就是建商找不到營造商，現在不動產業是走向大者恆大的局面。」

中小型業者被土融限貸卡出市場外，而中大型建商財團競爭者減少，享受生存紅利，市場供給水位變得更低，因此消費者未來想撿便宜將變得更不容易。（記者 徐芷婕、方劭丞／台北採訪報導）

journalist: 徐芷婕、方劭丞

taiwan-subdivisions: 中山區 永和 信義區 新北市 大安區 松山

title: 小建商資金斷鏈"盤售"增5成!市場恐大者恆大


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華爾街日報引述知情人士說法報導，美國眾議院議長波洛西將按計畫於本週訪台，預定會見台灣政府官員等人士。此行適逢中國政局敏感時刻，可能導致美中緊張情勢升溫。

報導援引這名未具名人士表示，波洛西（Nancy Pelosi）預定在台灣會晤的人士已被告知她即將抵達，但部分細節尚未確定。波洛西會見的人士包括、但不限於台灣政府官員，部分行程安排在2日晚間，多數安排在3日。

這名人士說：「她肯定會來，唯一變數是她是否會在台北過夜。」

報導寫道，波洛西此行幾乎肯定會激怒北京。中國政府近期多次警告波洛西不要訪台，並揚言她一旦訪台，中方將採取反制措施。

波洛西1日飛抵新加坡，展開眾所矚目的亞洲行。與此同時，中國慶祝八一建軍節，在台灣附近舉行軍事演習。

波洛西1日和其他4位民主黨籍國會議員一同會見新加坡總理李顯龍。根據新加坡外交部，李顯龍在會晤期間強調美中關係穩定對區域和平與安全的重要性。波洛西接著出席當地美國商界一場閉門接待會，在會場外未回應問題。

根據波洛西辦公室7月31日聲明，代表團行程還包括在馬來西亞、日本、韓國的高層會晤。聲明未提及台灣。

即使如此，中國政府1日仍持續警告波洛西訪問亞洲期間不要在台停留。中國外交部發言人趙立堅在例行記者會說，如果波洛西訪台，中共解放軍「絕不會坐視不管」，將採取堅決應對和有力反制措施，捍衛自身主權和領土完整。

趙立堅提到，中國國家主席習近平上週與美國總統拜登視訊通話時強調，堅決維護中國國家主權和領土完整是14億多中國人民的堅定意志，「民意不可違，玩火必自焚」。

根據白宮，拜登上週通話時告訴習近平，美方對台政策沒有改變，華府反對片面改變台海現狀。

報導寫道，波洛西一行可能在台停留，令拜登政府坐立難安。波洛西代表團若不訪台，共和黨籍議員預料將批評民主黨退縮；若波洛西依計畫訪台，美中原本就十分緊張的關係預料將更加緊繃。

波洛西如成行，將是繼1997年金瑞契（Newt Gingrich）後首位訪台的聯邦眾議院議長。

25年前，金瑞契訪問中國後訪台。這項計畫起初激怒北京，中國當局揚言採取軍事行動。但在金瑞契答應中方提出先從北京飛到東京、再赴台北的條件後，這次訪問成行。

報導寫道，當時中國領導人優先要務是確保香港主權順利移交，這次波洛西計劃訪台對北京及習近平的風險高得多。習近平過去10年鞏固權力，有望在今年秋季的中共第20次全國代表大會上取得打破傳統的總書記第3任期。

journalist: 中央社／ 紐約1日專電

countries: 香港 韓國 新加坡 中國 馬來西亞 台灣 美國 日本

title: 波洛西確定明晚抵台 華爾街日報曝唯一變數


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▲111年新北市原住民族文化會議登場 侯友宜盼原住民文化永續傳承。（圖／新北市政府提供）

生活中心／新北報導

111年新北市原住民族文化會議日前於淡水登場，市長侯友宜出席表示，定期召開原住民族文化會議有助於落實原住民族權益保障，並讓傳統文化永續傳承。同時侯市長也感謝原住民朋友給他起名為「馬耀」，他會帶著這個名字所賦予的意義，帶著勇敢的精神繼續向前行。

侯市長表示，8月1日為原住民族日，藉此凝聚各族領導人共識，針對族語、歲時祭儀、傳統工藝及文化創新等面向進行討論，盼以政策延續原住民傳統文化。尤其「語言」是代表族群文化最重要的精神，新北市境內約有5萬7000位原住民朋友，市府透過族語發展委員會、原住民語言能力認證獎金及原住民實驗學校等措施積極鼓勵族語傳承。

此外，原民局將於板橋435特區舉辦「Betunux lukus 織·藝·憶：16族原住民娃娃風華再現」特展，16族服飾娃娃精彩亮相。侯友宜表示，這次請到田宇寧及阮志軍老師指導輔仁大學學員共同製作服飾娃娃，融合各族文化並展現各族傳統服飾特色，8月4日起歡迎市民至板橋435特區欣賞。

原民局表示，本次原住民族文化會議不僅有各族群領導人及團體代表出席，更首度邀請原住民族語言文化相關團體代表及專家學者、本市列冊的文化資產實踐者、族語推廣人員、文化健康站執行單位負責人、文化藝術團培力團隊代表、精實創業獲獎者、部落大學講師及長年關注原住民族事務發展之地方仕紳等近200位與會者，共同就四大面向（族語、歲時祭儀、傳統工藝與原民文化創意）進行分組討論，提供新北市原住民族政策推動方向建言，作為未來執行政策參據。

taiwan-subdivisions: 淡水 新北市 板橋

title: 「馬耀」市長獲光榮印記　侯友宜：原住民日多面向延續文化


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The commander of the US military in the Pacific yesterday said he wants to expand and bolster its ties with New Zealand.

The visit to Wellington by US Indo-Pacific Command Commander Admiral John Aquilino came as the US seeks to increase its presence in the region amid deep concerns over China’s growing ambitions in the Pacific.

They include most recently the Solomon Islands, where the US and several Pacific nations expressed deep concern about a security pact Honiara signed with Beijing in April, which many fear could result in a military buildup in the region.

US Indo-Pacific Command Commander Admiral John Aquilino accepts a challenge by a Maori warrior during his powhiri (welcome) to the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington yesterday. Photo: AP

Aquilino was greeted with a traditional Maori welcome ceremony and laid a wreath at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. He spoke briefly to media ahead of meetings with top New Zealand defense force and government officials.

“Our partnership runs very deep,” Aquilino said. “We are doing many things together to continue to ensure peace and prosperity for both of our nations and for all the nations in the region.”

Aquilino said he wanted to identify new areas where the US could work with New Zealand, adding that the leadership of Australia and New Zealand in the Pacific was “critically important.”

“The one thing you will never hear out of me is big or small. This is a partnership,” Aquilino said. “All nations deliver those things that they can deliver.”

He said the US understood the security implications of climate change in Pacific island nations, including for food security and water security, and the importance for island nations to be able to fish in exclusive zones.

“The United States has been a Pacific nation our entire life. We will continue to operate in the Pacific no matter what else you might hear,” Aquilino said.

New Zealand Defence Force Chief Air Marshal Kevin Short said the relationship with the US had been strong for decades, and it regularly interacts with US forces so they can both operate better in the region.

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The number of people diagnosed with lung cancer each year has tripled in the past two decades, the Formosa Cancer Foundation (FCF) said, urging people to try to prevent lung cancer using five steps.

To mark World Lung Cancer Day, held annually on Aug. 1, the foundation on Saturday last week launched a campaign inviting participants to test their pulmonary function by climbing stairs and sharing a photograph of the activity with a hashtag to raise public awareness of lung cancer.

Cancer has been the leading cause of death in Taiwan for 15 consecutive years, killing nearly 10,000 people every year, the foundation said, adding that lung cancer is the second-most commonly diagnosed cancer behind breast cancer.

Representatives from the Formosa Cancer Foundation pose for a picture at a news conference in Taipei on Thursday. Photo: CNA

A total of 16,233 people were diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019 alone, which is about 45 new cases a day, it said.

FCF chief executive officer Lai Gi-ming (賴基銘) said the number of people diagnosed with lung cancer each year in Taiwan has tripled in the past 20 years.

There are three common features of lung cancer — it is the leading cause of cancer mortality, it is often diagnosed at later stages and its treatment takes a heavy proportion of National Health Insurance expenditure, he said, adding that there are typically no signs or symptoms in the early stages of lung cancer.

Lai said that although about 90 percent of female patients with lung cancer are non-smokers, they might have neglected other risk factors.

For example, the foundation said a 50-year-old woman surnamed Tan (譚) received a low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scan to monitor her lung condition after her father was hospitalized with tuberculosis. The first scan revealed that she had chronic inflammation of the lung, which developed into a 6mm solid nodule two years later.

The foundation said that although Tan is a non-smoker, she uses incense to worship her household deity and ancestors three times a day, and cooks in a confined kitchen with a very old extraction fan.

While smoking rates are declining, Lai said many people often neglect risk factors such as exposure to fumes given off by cooking, burning incense, secondhand smoke, vehicle exhausts and other fine particles in the air.

He said the FCF recommends five tips to prevent lung cancer, including avoiding cigarette smoke, as well as cooking oil fumes and other harmful substances.

Regular exercise is also advised, as studies show that exercising for at least 15 minutes per day can reduce the risk of lung cancer death by 10 percent, Lai said.

Other tips include having regular screening tests, as lung cancer survival is higher if a lobectomy or sublobar resection is conducted when the tumor measures less than 1cm, Lai said, adding that the screening tests can catch early-stage disease as LDCT scans detect abnormalities with a diameter as small as 3mm.

The Health Promotion Administration offers a free LDCT scan every two years to adults considered at high risk of lung cancer. This includes men aged 50 to 74 and women aged 45 to 74 with parents, children or siblings who have been diagnosed with lung cancer; heavy smokers aged 50 to 74; and individuals who have smoked for at least 30 years.

“Avoid long-term occupational exposure to hazardous substances,” such as asbestos, radiation and paint, and “keep a healthy diet,” with less red meat, more fiber, foods with a lower fat content, and more fruit and vegetables, Lai said.

The stair climbing test can be used to evaluate pulmonary function — “zero to 30 steps” per minute indicates weakness of the lungs which should be followed-up with a screening test if other respiratory symptoms are present, the foundation said.

“Thirty to 40 steps” per minute indicate normal lung function, while “50 to 80 steps” indicate strong and healthy lungs.

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STABILIZING: Confirming 16,352 local and 232 imported COVID-19 cases, the CDC’s director-general said that daily case numbers are declining more slowly than before

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported two new local cases of the Omicron BA.5 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 in northern Taiwan, and a new imported case of the BA.2.75 subvariant.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director-General Chou Jih-haw (周志浩), head of the CECC’s disease surveillance division, said 16,352 new local COVID-19 cases and 232 imported cases were reported, as well as 36 deaths.

The local caseload was the lowest it has been in 93 days — since April 30, he said.

Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo, deputy head of the Central Epidemic Command Center’s medical response division, speaks at the center’s daily news briefing in Taipei yesterday. Photo courtesy of the Central Epidemic Command Center

Daily case numbers are dropping more slowly than before, but the local outbreak has reached a stable level, Chou said.

CDC Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy chief of the CECC’s medical response division, said that 36 new moderate-to-severe cases were confirmed — the lowest number since May 3.

However, two new BA.5 cases were found in northern Taiwan, a man and a woman, who are both in their 30s and have not visited another country in the past six months, Lo said.

He said the man, who had received vaccines and a booster, tested positive with a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on July 24 after experiencing a fever, and genome sequencing later found that he had the BA.5 subvariant.

One of the man’s family members tested negative, while another tested positive, he said, adding that genome sequencing is being conducted to identify the virus strain.

The other BA.5 case, a woman who had received two vaccine doses, tested positive with a PCR test on July 24, after experiencing a fever the day before, Lo said.

While her six family members tested negative for COVID-19, one of her three close contacts at work tested positive, and the virus sample is being sequenced to identify the virus strain, he said.

Lo gave an update on a case involving a shipyard worker in southern Taiwan who has the BA.5 subvariant.

Genome sequencing on one of his coworkers failed due to their low viral load, while another coworker had the BA.2 subvariant, he said, adding that the limited evidence cannot prove a workplace cluster.

Lo said the two new cases indicate that the BA.5 strain might be spreading in local communities to a small extent.

However, the four locally acquired BA.5 cases — the shipyard worker, the two new cases and a previous case in northern Taiwan — have slightly different viral gene sequences and have no connection to each other, indicating that the “immunity firewall” in local communities is somewhat effective, he said.

Lo also reported a new case of BA.2.75, a man in his 40s who arrived from Thailand on July 20.

The four companions who traveled with him are being tested, he added.

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title: CECC reports two new local BA.5 cases


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工總今（1）日表示，通貨膨脹問題是目前產業界最關心的議題，呼籲央行與政府相關部門都須審慎因應通膨帶來的嚴峻考驗，並以政策工具協助中小企業穩定發展。

工總指出，政府在今年5月決定將汽油、柴油與水泥貨物稅應徵稅額及牛肉、奶粉、奶油與小麥等貨品關稅稅率調降方案展延三個月，產業界給予相當大的肯定。建議政府應全面掌握全球物價之波動情形，同時確保能源、原物料、糧食供應之穩定；並且檢討政府總體金融及財政政策配合調整之可能性。

在行政部門方面，工總也建議政府可考慮利用大數據資料庫，建立原物料價格變動模型，俾利產業預測重要物價指數波動情況。產業界也希望政府採購環境能夠更加符合社會發展現況，並應依物價滾動式修正，修正相關政府採購規定，以符合實際物價波動情形，讓廠商能保有合理利潤。

全球供應鏈重組，產業界在海外發展愈來愈重視在地經營與軟硬體整合，並且趁勢將台灣的製造與商業模式輸出，但在國際經營上面臨的問題與以往也有所不同，對於產業海外發展帶來更多與以往不同的挑戰。政府在對外經貿政策上，除了協助產業探尋新的生產基地、商機媒合，也應積極參與國際數位貿易規範的制定，讓我經貿版圖更加完整，確保我方利益。

除此之外，政府與民間應思考有組織、有計畫的海外投資。藉由籌建海外台灣工業區，提供完整配套措施，促進上中下游供應鏈的完整，強化全球生產基地、供應鏈的多元性，並加強與在地供應商之夥伴關係，強化海外供應鏈的韌性。

title: 應對通貨膨脹與供應鏈重組 工總提醒政府協助中小企業


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One year ago, sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya’s life was upended when she refused to board a plane back to her native Belarus after being kicked out of the Tokyo Olympics by her team.

What began as a controversy over Tsimanouskaya’s entry in the 4x400m relay snowballed into a defection that became one of the biggest stories of the Games and highlighted the pressure Belarusian athletes face for challenging authority.

Forced out by her national team after criticizing coaches for entering her in an event that was not her customary distance, Tsimanouskaya feared for her safety if she returned to Belarus and sought refuge in Poland.

She is in the process of receiving Polish citizenship and the necessary documents to compete at national team level there.

The 25-year-old also wants another chance to compete at the Olympics and hopes to run at the 2024 Paris Games in the 200m, the event she had been set to run the day after Belarus removed her from the team.

“I’m disappointed that I didn’t compete in the distance I had prepared for,” Tsimanouskaya said in a video interview from her home in Warsaw. “But I’m not losing hope. I’m still training here. I dream of going back to the Olympics and this time run my distance and show decent results.”

She has only been able to run in lower-level meets as she awaits citizenship.

“I’m grateful to Poland for having let me enter some competitions,” she said. “But as an athlete who competed at the Olympics, it was tough to realize that I now was running at competitions with children.”

Belarusians and Russians are barred from competing at international athletics meets because of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Tsimanouskaya became a symbol of resistance in Belarus, where opposition figures and those critical of the authorities have been prosecuted, jailed or fled since mass protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in 2020.

“I didn’t go to the Olympics to represent Lukashenko’s authority,” she said. “I went to the Olympics to represent Belarus. And for me, Belarus does not equal Lukashenko or the authorities.”

Tsimanouskaya is slowly building a new life for herself in Poland, where she plans to study and hopes to open a gym with her husband Arseni, a fitness trainer.

In addition to being sidelined as a Belarusian national, Tsimanouskaya said some who had pledged their support since her defection had not followed through.

“I don’t see myself as a hero, but maybe my actions will serve as an example for someone,” she said.

“Over time, my life has started to fall into place. I’m continuing my career and making plans for the future. It shows that people shouldn’t be afraid,” she said.

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NBA star, civil rights pioneer Bill Russell dies at 88

Bill Russell redefined how basketball is played, and then he changed the way sports are viewed in a racially divided country.

The most prolific winner in NBA history, Russell marched with Martin Luther King Jr, stood with Muhammad Ali and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from then-US president Barack Obama. The centerpiece of the Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years, Russell earned his last two NBA titles as a player-coach — the first black coach in any major US sport.

Russell died on Sunday at the age of 88, with his wife, Jeannine Russell, at his side, his family said in a statement posted on social media. No cause of death was immediately available; Bill Russell, who had been living in the Seattle area, was not well enough to present the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) trophy in June due to a long illness.

Then-US president Barack Obama awards the 2010 Medal of Freedom to NBA basketball hall of famer and human rights advocate Bill Russell during a ceremony in Washington on Feb. 14, 2011. Photo: AFP

“We hope each of us can find a new way to act or speak up with Bill’s uncompromising, dignified and always constructive commitment to principle,” the family said. “That would be one last, and lasting, win for our beloved #6.”

A hall of famer, five-time MVP and 12-time All-Star, Russell in 1980 was voted the greatest player in the NBA history by basketball writers. He remains the sport’s most decorated champion — he also won two college titles and an Olympic gold medal — and an archetype of selflessness who won with defense and rebounding while others racked up gaudy scoring totals.

“Bill Russell was the greatest champion in all of team sports,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said.

“Bill stood for something much bigger than sports: the values of equality, respect and inclusion that he stamped into the DNA of our league,” he added.

Reaction poured in on Sunday, from Obama to Michael Jordan, from Magic Johnson to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

“Today, we lost a giant,” Obama said. “As tall as Bill Russell stood, his legacy rises far higher — both as a player and as a person. Perhaps more than anyone else, Bill knew what it took to win and what it took to lead.”

A Louisiana native, Russell also left a lasting mark as a black athlete in a city — and country — where race is often a flash point. He was at the March on Washington in 1963, when King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, and he backed Ali when the boxer was pilloried for refusing induction into the military draft.

“To be the greatest champion in your sport, to revolutionize the way the game is played, and to be a societal leader all at once seems unthinkable,” the Celtics said on Sunday. “But that is who Bill Russell was.”

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【健康醫療網／記者黃心瑩報導】青春期是每個人一生中青澀又充滿活力的時期，理所當然的花樣年華，對異位性皮膚炎病友卻是一種奢求。現年三十歲的陳小姐，從小即確診異位性皮膚炎，同學看到都怕會傳染，碰到她就快去洗手，體育老師不理解，游泳課無法下水就被當；國高中時跑遍二、三十間醫療院所，也試過口耳相傳的「獨家秘方」皆無效果；直到近年接受健保全身性標靶治療的治療，才開始感覺到睡眠品質改善、皮膚狀況逐漸變好，臉上有了光彩連同事都稱讚變漂亮了，青春來遲了，但永遠不嫌晚。

升學壓力大 皮膚除了「看天吃飯」還要「看人臉色」

從小就有過敏體質的陳小姐，集氣喘、過敏性鼻炎、異位性皮膚炎「過敏三兄弟」於一身，異位性皮膚炎在國三正式找上門。那時從桃園搬回氣候較潮溼的宜蘭，在環境變遷與升學壓力的雙重誘發下，爆發全身紅癢搔抓，一發不可收拾，原以為這個疾病只是變天導致，沒想到緊接在後的是整個青春期都得活在同儕師長的異樣眼光中。

那段日子皮膚總是掉屑、流湯流膿，身體總是充滿深淺不一的傷口疤痕，求學時期的陳小姐飽受同儕間的歧視與排擠，有人怕被傳染、有人因為不了解產生排斥。這些日子都讓當年的陳小姐備感煎熬，亦有老師當眾嘲諷她「你這是被火燒到嗎？」，甚至因為碰到泳池的水就會全身刺痛，導致無法上游泳課而被體育老師直接當掉。不論是惡意的霸凌，還是同情的憐憫，皆讓青春期的陳小姐覺得無法當個「正常人」，只想成為平凡無奇、不被注目的學生都很難。

洗硫磺、喝符水，當急病亂投醫遇到全身性標靶治療

國中剛開始嚴重發作時，母親時常帶著陳小姐請假從宜蘭跑到台北就醫，母女攜手跑遍台北、宜蘭共二、三十間醫療院所，但治療方式大多只能使用類固醇藥品，不僅效果不彰，還得忍受副作用帶來的體態臃腫，使得陳小姐的青少年時期更沒自信。求助無門的情況下，陳小姐與母親只得開始嘗試各家偏方，不論是喝符水還是洗硫磺澡，管它是神祇顯靈還是祖傳秘方，只求能夠真正解決異位性皮膚炎帶來的痛苦，可惜最後仍沒能見效，陳小姐的青少年時光逐漸黯淡。

在醫學急速的發展進步下，現已30歲的陳小姐終於等到新的治療方法──全身性標靶治療，也因病況嚴重而迅速申請到健保給付進行治療。療程後，陳小姐的皮膚狀況大獲改善，逐漸恢復健康的體態，疤痕也消失了，從前一天只能睡兩小時，現在可以一覺到天亮，外宿不再需要擔心傷口會弄髒旅館的寢具，這些看似平凡無奇的小事，對陳小姐來說卻彌足珍貴，氣色愈發光彩的她，家人同事都很有感，彷彿在青春期遺失的自己都回來了。

不讓青少年跟我一樣有「如果」，希望他們也有快樂歲月

陳小姐期盼，希望生長在這個世代的異膚青少年們，能夠早日獲得協助，不需要跟自己一樣去遙想那些「如果」，而是能直接獲得生物製劑治療的成果。她想鼓勵所有異膚青少年：不用理會別人的異樣眼光，學著跟病症共處，至少我們都還可以活蹦亂跳，即便有這樣的小缺陷，也總會等到希望的曙光，期許人人都能綻放自己的花開歲月。

【延伸閱讀】

異膚女遭關廁所淋水霸凌、產後6年住院逾35次

五成異膚患者未滿20歲，嚴重影響身心發育 健保放寬用藥標準8月上路

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taiwan-subdivisions: 宜蘭 桃園

title: 「你是被火燒到嗎？」 異膚發作被當傳染病


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歐洲多國政府由於高度憂慮能源短缺及通膨升高，已經將禁止俄羅斯進入倫敦Lloyd's海事保險市場的計畫延後，並允許俄羅斯進行一些國際性的運油業務，顯示歐盟正在放鬆制裁俄油的油門。

倫敦金融時報（FT）報導，兩個月前，歐盟宣布禁止保險業者對載運俄油的船隻提供保險服務，並期待英國政府也一致行動，但英國迄未採取類似行動。英國是否參與，是這項禁令是否有效的關鍵，因為倫敦是全球海事保險業務的中心；一旦歐、英聯手，將對俄油出口造成重大打擊。

但美國官員擔心立即實施保險禁令，將使每日數百萬桶的俄羅斯原油及石油產品無法流入市場，從而帶動油價飆漲。

另外，歐盟於7月底時也修改了一些與俄羅斯石油公司（Rosneft）等俄羅斯國營企業進行交易的限制，使俄油能夠銷往歐盟以外地區，並強調這是考慮到全球能源安全。

歐盟執委會發言人表示，歐洲企業若是購買原油或石油產品銷往第三國，「如果這些交易極度必要」，則歐洲企業將不再被禁止付款給俄羅斯國營石油公司。

歐、英官員5月時表示願意合作，但英國國會7月通過的最新制裁法案中，只禁止保險業者對運往英國的俄油提供海事保險，但並未禁止對運往其他國家的俄油提供保險，而且這項法律要到今年12月31日之後才生效。

Lloyd's市場協會董事戴維森表示，目前英國的禁令並不會影響俄油的全球運油業務。

英國財政部表示，仍將研擬最佳的行動路線，隨時準備對俄羅斯進行進一步的制裁行動，並與盟國合作，以確保各項制裁能對俄羅斯經濟造成最大的衝擊。

歐盟從6月4日起實施保險禁令，禁止內部保險業者對載運俄油的油輪簽訂任何新保單，目前仍然有效，到今年12月5日為止，屆時所有保險業務都將被禁止。

國際油價1日走軟，因中國大陸和日本的製造業數據疲軟，拖累原油的需求前景。布蘭特原油10月期貨盤中一度大跌4.1%至每桶99.7美元、西德州中級原油9月期貨重挫5.33%報每桶93.36美元。

自俄羅斯2月24日出兵烏克蘭至今，布蘭特大漲約13%，6月上旬一度漲破118美元。

countries: 歐盟 烏克蘭 日本 俄羅斯 中國 美國 英國

things: 油價 經濟

title: 歐盟制裁俄油 力道小了


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南港社區大學副校長曹錫智說:第四屆南港傳奇音樂舞台劇，因為我們南港在地的一個情況，我就邀請了各個老師，是不是我們能夠重新創作一個新的元素讓這樣的新的元素注入到這個舞臺音樂劇當中，於是由高燈立老師作詞由我們林育誼老師作曲，在去年我們把我們的舞臺音樂劇，注入了一個新的元素。是我們我們學校的師生所作詞，所作曲的一個詞曲，賦予了我們南港傳奇舞臺音樂劇的新生命，在未來當中我希望透過這樣的方式能夠讓這樣的舞臺音樂劇，能夠深入我們南港在地人心目中，接下來就讓我們用最熱烈的掌聲歡迎我們第四屆南港傳奇舞台音樂劇的演出。

高燈立老師我請他透過他是南港在地土生土長的，請他來為我們南港傳奇舞台音樂劇做一個道地南港味的劇本，於是我們的劇本在107年產生的，也就是所謂的戀戀南港茶山情挽茶相褒到快樂的炭坑夫。因此我們在108年就在這個場地，重新找到更多的班級來粉末登場獲得當時非常熱烈的迴響，我們希望能夠在這樣的場地當中，把我們南港的在地情懷表現的淋漓盡致！

title: 南港傳奇的傳奇


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Israel’s prime minister on Sunday promised an investigation into allegations by a female former guard at a maximum security prison that she was repeatedly raped by a Palestinian inmate after being forced to work as a “sex slave” by her superiors.

Reports that female guards had been abused by inmates at Gilboa prison have circulated in Israeli media for several years, but management of the prison came under fresh scrutiny in September last year, when six Palestinian prisoners broke out of Gilboa by tunneling out of their cells through the drainage system, an escape that captured global headlines.

The past year has seen a series of revelations regarding what some Israeli media call the Gilboa “Pimping Affair,” a reference to widespread reports that male supervisors ordered female guards into situations where they were vulnerable to assault by inmates.

A woman who identified herself as a former Gilboa guard, and who remained anonymous, last week posted testimony online saying that she was repeatedly raped by a Palestinian prisoner.

She said she was “handed over” to him by her superiors and became his “private sex slave.”

“I didn’t want to be raped, to be violated again and again,” she wrote.

The woman’s lawyer, Keren Barak, subsequently affirmed the anonymous testimony on Israel’s Channel 12 at the weekend, saying her client needed mental health support following the ordeal.

Reacting to the developments, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid told his Cabinet on Sunday: “It cannot be [tolerated] that a soldier is raped by a terrorist during her service.”

“It must — and will be — investigated. We will make certain that the soldier receives assistance,” Lapid said.

In a separate statement on Sunday, Israeli Minister of Public Security Omer Barlev said the “affair that happened a few years ago in Gilboa prison” had “shaken the Israeli public.”

“I read the testimonies that are published and I am simply shocked,” Barlev said.

Lapid said aspects of the case were under a gag order, but that he was holding discussions with Israel Prison Service Commissioner Katy Perry “to ensure that such an incident never happens again.”

Gilboa prison, in northern Israel, is where Israel holds a number of Palestinians convicted of involvement in attacks against Israelis.

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title: Israeli PM vows to probe ‘sex slave’ case at prison


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美國白宮醫生奧康納表示，總統拜登當地星期一的新冠病毒檢測結果仍然呈陽性，但身體狀況良好，會繼續採取隔離措施，並在官邸工作，白宮醫療團隊正監測拜登的身體狀況。

79歲的拜登在上月21日首次對新冠病毒呈陽性，在上星期二和三的檢測結果呈陰性後解除隔離，但到上星期六再次檢測呈陽性。

有專家估計，拜登完成為期5日服用抗病毒藥物的療程後復陽，可能與藥物設定的療程長短有關。

title: 拜登的新冠病毒檢測結果仍然呈陽性


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一日我在廚房洗碗，外子也在廚房修理抽油煙機的燈泡。忽然他停下手邊的工作跟我說話，我有一搭沒一搭地邊洗碗邊聽他說，後來看他臉色愈來愈凝重，趕緊把水龍頭關了，專心聽他說話。

外子問我知道割禮嗎？我說知道啊！又問我男生有割禮，女生有割禮，妳知道嗎？我搖頭了，很難想像女孩子的割禮要如何進行。之後外子說明女孩子的割禮既不人道，也對婦女極度的不尊重，可悲的是，在現今還有些國家仍舊有這樣的習俗存在。接下來，外子向我娓娓道來女孩子割禮是怎麼一回事，聽得我驚詫不已，而外子臉上的表情既是不捨又是無奈。我的心情也跟著快活不起來，雖然不是在自己的國家，但是為同樣是女人的她們，感到悲哀和不捨。

待外子說完，我定定看著眼前這個已半百的男人，這是跟他毫不相關的事，但是他竟然可以如此的感傷。轉而一想，這就是他啊！打從我認識他開始，他就是一個深具惻隱之心的人：猶記多年前，為了醫治遠道而來的病患，竟然任憑大腹便便的老婆足足在外餵了兩個小時的蚊子，事後滿頭大汗趕來時，不是急著跟我道歉，而是如釋重負的對我說老伯不用再大老遠跑一趟了。

現在的他依然如此，公立醫院萬年R（編註：指住院醫師，Resident）的他，領的是固定薪水，又是家用，又是孩子的生活費、補習費，和給婆婆的孝親費，其實已所剩無幾，自己都過得不寬裕，卻還能以孩子的名義認養了三個海外的孩子，又不定期捐錢給慈善團體。近年來還屢屢「拋妻棄子」，利用周休二日自掏腰包遠赴台東偏鄉去義診，回來之後，沒有任何的疲憊，反而眉飛色舞地與我分享其中的點點滴滴。看著外子愉悅的表情，「為善最樂」，我想就是如此吧！

但是這個老婆眼中的大好人，卻是不得志的啊。因為個性木訥，只會埋頭苦幹，加上嘴不甜腰不軟，踏入杏林已三十載，仍是個R，同學都當了他的頂頭上司，可以對他發號施令了。眼看著即將退休了，仍舊是穿著短衫的住院醫師，不是穿著長袍的主治醫師，不免有些失落與遺憾。

但是老公啊，身外的名利都不重要，繼續你的菩薩心腸，做你的善事，我會一直當你的後盾。

title: 【夫妻之間】紫堤／慈悲心腸的外子


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記者蔡宜芳／綜合報導

大陸知名男星胡軍出道多年，曾獲得多座獎項，更兩度入圍金馬獎，在影壇占有一席之地。近日有媒體爆出他代言過的理財APP「悟空理財」疑似捲款跑路，涉及金額高達人民幣390億元（約新台幣1755億元），網友也為此憤怒湧入胡軍的社群平台、留言狂喊「還錢」。

▲胡軍是資深演員。（圖／翻攝自微博）

根據《深圳商報》報導，胡軍代言的理財APP「悟空」為玖富數科科技集團開發的理財產品，悟空APP於2014年9月正式上線，因高報酬率吸引大票客戶投資，首日交易即突破人民幣100萬元（約新台幣450萬元）、用戶數量3天破萬。不過，該APP在2020年就被投資人爆料有「回款逾期」的現象；從投訴平台中，也可以看到有投資者投訴悟空APP的回款無進展，而且投資的本金竟被轉換成金豆（APP幣）或禮品卡，只能在該公司旗下的商場購物。

▲胡軍代言的理財APP驚傳涉嫌詐騙。（圖／翻攝自微博）

據悉，悟空APP的投資受害人數多達34萬人，金額牽涉超過人民幣390億元，而母公司玖富於6月30日因勞務糾紛，被北京市朝陽區人民法院列為被執行對象，另外還存在上百條訴訟案件，其中大多是借貸糾紛。

由於悟空APP的用戶至今仍未等到款項入帳，於是紛紛將矛頭指向代言人胡軍，不但湧入胡軍的相關社群平台大喊「還錢」，更有人向北京人民藝術劇院要求取消胡軍一級演員的資格，在網路掀起極大爭議。

▲玖富日前成為被執行對象。（圖／翻攝自微博）

對此，胡軍工作室於1日發出聲明，內容指出胡軍是在2018年接到代言邀約，當時曾委託律師及專業團隊針對玖富和悟空APP的資格進行核實，胡軍本人也有註冊成為APP用戶，「並在體驗後僅是簽署了代言協議，履行了代言人的相關義務。」

工作室強調，胡軍的代言合約已於2020年6月結束，「之後因相關要求，其產品在做出調整過程中出現的清退緩漫等相關問題，我們得知後，一直在與相關部門積極溝通並嘗試幫忙推進。」也對於沒有在第一時間出面回應表達歉意。

▲胡軍工作室聲明。（圖／翻攝自微博／胡軍工作室）

胡軍的聲明發出後，有網友認為胡軍早在2年前就卸下代言人身份，已經和玖富的爭議無關；但也有人指出，明星身為公眾人物的影響力大，代言任何產品都應該親身體驗過、擔起部份責任，而不是隨時解約切割。

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title: 胡軍代言理財APP「公司涉捲款1755億」　34萬人受騙灌爆留言討債


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MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF: The corn is headed to Lebanon, which is in the grips of what has been described as one of the world’s worst financial crises in more than 150 years

The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain yesterday set off from the port of Odesa under a deal brokered by the UN and Turkey that is expected to release large stores of Ukrainian crops to foreign markets and ease a growing hunger crisis.

The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni left Odesa for Lebanon, the Turkish Ministry of Defense said.

A statement from the UN said that the Razoni was carrying more 23,500 tonnes of corn.

The Razoni leaves the port of Odesa, Ukraine, yesterday. Photo: Reuters / Press Service of the Ukrainian Naval Forces Command

Data from the ship’s Automatic Identification System, a safety tracker for ships at sea, showed the vessel slowly coming out from its berth at Odesa port yesterday morning alongside a tug boat.

Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov posted a video of the long cargo ship sounding its horn as its headed out to sea.

“The first grain ship since Russian aggression has left port,” Kubrakov wrote on Twitter. “Thanks to the support of all our partner countries and the UN we were able to full implement the Agreement signed in Istanbul. It’s important for us to be one of the guarantors of food security.”

The ship was expected to reach Istanbul, Turkey, today, where it was to be inspected before being allowed to proceed, the ministry said.

The corn would then head to Lebanon, a tiny Middle East nation in the grips of what the World Bank has described as one of the world’s worst financial crises in more than 150 years.

A 2020 explosion at its main port in Beirut shattered its capital city and destroyed grain silos there, a part of which collapsed on Sunday following a week-long fire.

As the Razoni moved toward the open water of the Black Sea, it changed its destination from Istanbul to Tripoli, Lebanon.

The Turkish ministry statement said other ships would also depart Ukraine’s ports through the safe corridors in line with deals signed in Istanbul on July 22, but did not provide further details.

Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements with Turkey and the UN clearing the way for Ukraine to export grain and other agricultural goods that have been stuck in Black Sea ports because of Russia’s invasion.

The deals also allow Russia to export grain and fertilizers.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure said that 16 more ships, all blocked since the beginning of Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24, were waiting their turn in the port of Odesa.

Kubrakov said the shipments would also help Ukraine’s war-shattered economy.

“Unlocking ports will provide at least US$1 billion in foreign exchange revenue to the economy and an opportunity for the agricultural sector to plan for next year,” Kubrakov said.

The UN welcomed the development, saying in a statement that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hopes it would be just the first of many commercial ships carrying Ukrainian grain abroad and “bring much-needed stability and relief to global food security especially in the most fragile humanitarian contexts.”

The resumption of the grain shipments came as fighting raged elsewhere in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s presidential office said that at least three civilians were killed and another 16 wounded by Russian shelling in the Donetsk region over the previous 24 hours.

Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko repeated a strong call for all residents to evacuate. He particularly emphasized the need to evacuate about 52,000 children still left in the region.

In Kharkiv, two people were wounded by Russian missile strikes yesterday morning.

One was wounded while waiting for a bus at a stop and another was hurt when a Russian shell exploded near an apartment building.

Mykolaiv also faced repeated shelling, which triggered fires near a medical facility, destroying a shipment of humanitarian aid.

Analysts said that the continuing fighting could threaten the grain deal, making clients nervous.

“The danger remains: The Odesa region has faced constant shelling and only regular supplies could prove the viability of the agreements signed,” said Volodymyr Sidenko, an expert with the Kyiv-based Razumkov Center think tank. “The departure of the first vessel doesn’t solve the food crisis, it’s just the first step that could also be the last if Russia decides to continue attacks in the south.”

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title: First ship carrying grain leaves Odesa


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Ｕ12世界盃棒球賽預賽進入尾聲，中華隊昨天由柯邵捷、邱允洲聯手讓南非隊的安打數掛蛋，打線則是局局都有分數進帳，提前在5局以12：0結束比賽，中華隊取得3勝1敗，確定收下超級循環複賽門票。

第3棒的葉宇翔3安打、2盜壘，貢獻2分打點、跑回3分，中華隊首局連4安串聯攻下3分，就是葉宇翔的安打幫助中華隊首開紀錄。

葉宇翔第2局二壘打再度建功，中華隊第3局雖錯過滿壘形成大局的機會，只攻下1分，但進入第4局後南非開始失誤連發，讓中華隊持續擴大優勢。

中華隊擊敗南非隊，柯邵捷、邱允洲（圖）聯手獲勝。圖／中華棒球協會提供柯邵捷先發3局未被敲安，送出6次三振、1次保送，邱允洲第4局接手，2局送4K、6上6下結束比賽，兩投手聯手完成無安打比賽。

南非全場出現7次失誤，但歡樂指數爆表，不僅為中華隊的美技驚呼、鼓掌，總教練之子、捕手格里本諾頻頻大秀舞技，還試圖帶動場邊球迷跟著跳起來，純真模樣讓球迷看了都被萌翻。

中華隊贏球後，在A組預賽3勝1敗，確定與4勝的委內瑞拉、3勝1敗的墨西哥一起晉級，3隊之間的對戰成績帶入複賽，中華隊將帶1勝1敗進入下一階段。

countries: 南非 委內瑞拉 墨西哥

title: U12世界盃／12：0大屠殺 中華隊闖進複賽


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記者杜冠霖／台北報導

美國聯邦眾議院議長裴洛西（Nancy Pelosi）1日展開亞洲行，是否來台也成為國際關注焦點。據了解，訪團約20餘人搭乘專機，預計2日晚間10點多降落松山機場。對此，台師大政研所教授范世平爆料，據說裴洛西是以「私人身分」訪問台灣，而副總統賴清德才以「私人身分」前往日本悼念安倍晉三前首相，「私人身分」對台灣來說真是個好東西。

▲裴洛西。（圖／達志影像／美聯社）

裴洛西1日展開亞洲行，是否來台也成為國際關注焦點。據了解，訪團約20餘人，預計2日晚間10點多，搭乘專機降落松山機場、隨後直接入住君悅飯店；另外，規劃3日上午將拜會立院藍綠黨團、與我政府高層會晤，並於當日中午前後搭機離開，火速結束訪台行程。

對於裴洛西訪台，中方不斷跳腳，更頻頻釋出「嚴正警告」，中國大陸外交部1日再度強調「解放軍絕不會坐視不管」，稱裴洛西若赴台將導致嚴重後果；至於陸軍方會有什麼樣的反應？趙立堅僅回答：讓我們拭目以待。

對此，范世平指出，若裴洛西真的來台，美國戰機肯定伴飛她的專機至台灣ADIZ，然後交接給台灣空軍，直到落地；而等到她離開台灣，國軍繼續伴飛到日本琉球的ADIZ，然後交接給日本航空自衛隊。

范世平分析，如此台、美、日的空中「指、管、通、資、情、監、偵」系統，勢必要整合，以防止中國的蠢動與保護裴洛西的安全。原本這件事還要拖個一陣子，沒想到現在就開始了，「真的要感謝習近平對裴洛西的『文攻武嚇』，他真不愧是『總加速師』。」

范世平透露，裴洛西一定會在訪日前訪台，否則她在日本會被媒體問是否訪台，而且被問到爆。且據說裴洛西是以「私人身分」訪問台灣，賴清德才以「私人身分」前往日本悼念安倍晉三前首相。「私人身分」對台灣來說真是個好東西，今年的「關鍵詞」。

countries: 美國 中國 台灣 日本

people: 賴清德 習近平

taiwan-subdivisions: 松山 琉球

title: 裴洛西2日晚間抵台　學者曝是以「私人身分」訪台：加速台美日系統整合


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改造槍氾濫，警方認為與坊間模擬槍易改造有關。本報資料照片黑槍問題嚴重，槍擊事件頻傳，警方發現，槍枝、零件取得太容易，司法欠缺嚇阻力量，多年來一直是問題關鍵，仍待相關部門共同解決。法務部長蔡清祥昨天說，有需要修正現行法令不足之處，法務部會全力配合。

根據刑事局統計，去年全國發生一百件槍擊案，是五年來新高，今年一至七月發生四十九件，其中南投生技公司四死一重傷案，行刑式殺人手法震驚社會，全民恐慌。

全台槍響 掀起模仿效應

警方說，槍擊案常有模仿效應；今年四月台北市開發公司被衝鋒槍掃射七槍，五月屏東民宅即傳步槍掃射廿多槍，起因幫派利益糾紛。南投槍殺案、台中滷味攤槍擊命案則是個人糾紛，均行刑式奪命。

調查近年查獲槍械八成是改造槍，主要來源為操作槍、模擬槍等金屬玩具槍。內政部前年推動槍砲彈藥刀械管制條例修法，將操作槍納入模擬槍管理，提高改造槍刑度，信誓旦旦可有效遏制黑槍。但各地頻傳槍響，黑槍依舊氾濫，修法效果不如預期。

警方說，模型店、網路就能買到操作槍，修法後業者因成本提高，會將操作槍槍身、滑套等零件分開寄給買家規避罰責，每把約一萬五千元，改造後漲價至五、六萬元。

找人開槍 幫派逍遙法外

一名刑警曾從生存遊戲店花一萬八千元買操作槍實驗，帶回辦公室貫通槍管、放置撞針，只花兩分零二秒就完成。而操作槍雖禁止生產內銷，但卻可能轉地下化，且黑市有庫存。

另近年幫派常找外圍分子當槍手，開槍後即自首、投案，找好律師，完全不怕刑責，幕後主使者更逍遙法外。這些都是政府亟需克服解決的問題。

taiwan-subdivisions: 屏東 南投

title: 熱議題／易改造、罰太輕 槍案5年新高


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日期 : 2022 年 8 月 18 日 (四)

時間 : 13:00 - 17:00

地點 : 台北遠東香格里拉酒店或線上直播德州儀器 (TI) 將於 8 月 18 日 舉辦 2022 工業應用研討會，本研討會廣聚多位 TI 資深技術應用工程師為您的工業應用設計提供新方向與完整解決方案。

本場研討會涵蓋多種工業應用主題：工廠自動化、電源供應、馬達驅動、隔離，內容包含 Arm 架構處理器、增加功率密度、減少靜態電流、自動扭矩 (Auto-Torque)、提高工作溫度與降低輻射影響等常見設計挑戰。精彩議程全都濃縮在 8 月 18 日的下午。TI 誠摯邀請您參與現場研討會，近距離與講師互動、聆聽講師們的實務知識與經驗，同時現場將提供精緻餐飲和小禮物。因座位有限，請盡速報名！

本研討會除了提供現場活動之外，也將同步線上直播，不克前往現場的貴賓亦可在線上與講師進行互動問答式的交流和探討。活動免費報名中！ 詳細議程請點擊上方紅色報名按鈕進行查看，快來參與吧！

title: DIGITIMES EDM


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隨著週末氣溫飆升，葡萄牙和法國今天忙著對付森林大火。葡萄牙里斯本北方的馬夫拉（Mafra）地區發生大火，而在法國，至少有4名消防員身受重傷且部分公路關閉。

法新社報導，大約400名消防員出動到里斯本北方約40公里處救火。電視畫面顯示，居民拿水管對花園澆水試圖減緩火勢蔓延，大火還席捲了鄰近的森林。

民防首長桑托斯（Paulo Santos）告訴Renascenca電台，當局已採取預防措施，疏散了1間可容納30人的長照中心人員。

葡萄牙北部和中部也爆發大火，出動1000多名消防人員救火。

根據路沙新聞社（Lusa）消息，當局為了預防起見，另疏散葡萄牙中部奧蘭（Ourem）1處海灘的民眾，有兩人吸入煙霧。

氣象單位指出，葡萄牙北部和中部部分地區週末「氣溫驟升」至攝氏40度以上，預計高溫至少會持續到8月2日。

專家將氣溫飆升歸咎於氣候變遷，並警告更糟的情況還沒有到來。

葡萄牙2017年野火奪走100多條人命的陰影猶存，今年7月初的高溫也引發一系列火災。

根據自然與森林保護研究所（ICNF）提供的最新臨時數據，年初以來，已有超過5萬8000公頃土地慘遭祝融。

與此同時，法國東南部今天也爆發新火災，加爾省（ Gard）350公頃土地陷入火海，1名消防員受重傷，馬賽（Marseille）附近35公頃地被燒毀，導致公路部分關閉。

法國內政部長達馬南（Gerald Darmanin）表示，下午3時左右尼姆（Nimes）南邊城鎮奧拜（Aubais）的松樹林爆發火災，「4名消防員受傷」，其中1人「重傷」，手部和臉部都有灼傷，必須由直升機送到蒙貝列（Montpellier）的醫院。

countries: 葡萄牙 法國

taiwan-subdivisions: 樹林 新社

title: 法國葡萄牙飆高溫 多處爆森林大火


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專程去學口音

●馬翊航

上次在景美考族語認證測驗的時候，出現了一個口說題目：你會怕蜘蛛嗎？為什麼？我回答：「是的，我怕蜘蛛。因為有毒，而且有毛。」走出試場的時候你說：「剛剛口說題你答得很有自信齁，因為你的『mitok』講得很大聲。」mi-是能夠表示「帶有」、「穿著」、「使用」等狀態的前綴，tok是台語「毒／to̍k」的借詞。族語課堂練習的時候我特別喜歡這個詞，mitok的蜘蛛，mitok的蛇，未來說不定可以延伸成抽象的句子：mitok的念頭，mitok的男子氣概等等。因為選考語別相同，即使在同樣試場應考，我們的座位其實並不相鄰，空間安插了瓦楞紙隔板與其他語種。但即使這樣，仍然被你辨識出來：多色混雜的積木粒裡，浮出一顆暗紫的百香果。對我來說是浮球，對你來說是失效的牆。也許聽－說關係，不是只發生在對話的兩端。

類似mitok，自從學會了幾個比較長的卑南語詞彙，例如muviivii（飛來飛去）、sirusirupan（蝴蝶）、markamelrimelri（各式各樣），在對話練習中就會食髓知味、頻繁使用，它們成為了我的「主動詞彙」（太主動、會嚇到人那種）。與主動詞彙相對的是被動詞彙，亦即不會主動使用，但看／聽時，仍可以辨識出意義。但被動字彙若沒有經過書寫符號記錄，一個世代沒有使用的主動詞彙，就不可能傳給下一代——念及此事，主動一點、嚇人一點，恐怕還是好的。

有一次去初鹿外婆家，跟光蘭媽媽的朋友聚餐。香蘭阿姨說，姓馬不好捏，我們卑南族的話裡面ma開頭很多不好的，maliyay啦（酒醉）、maratrang啦（懶惰）、mavutri’啦（瞎眼）、matungatung啦（打瞌睡）、malingatr啦（頭暈），大家在板凳上撈捕拼貼這些ma氏家族的不良成員，搖晃到下一個好笑。當然開始上族語課之後，知道ma開頭也很多好字：matemuy（滿）、maderu（熟）、madalram（知道）。但即使後來學了族語，應該也不會去「糾正」這些玩笑。不只是嚴肅會破壞幽默、知識會干擾日常這樣的判斷，而是似乎有一些不那麼「古典」的使用（mi-族語？），正在生活裡發酵。

作為我的族語班同學，你聽到的ngai／話，是什麼樣的呢？

●陳柏煜

那我也分享一下我最喜歡的mi-單字好了。它們後頭連結了markamelrimelri的交通工具：搭火車midinsia、坐汽車mipaliding、騎機車miotobay——我把midinsia放進壓克力盒子當成寶貝呵護。喜歡它們的原因，出於一種難以重來的體驗。最先學會的mi-單字是服裝系列，mi-因而敷上布料的質地（日本時代的洋裁！）與穿戴的體感。在mi-的多義性尚未溶解之前，midinsia在我的腦中啪一聲打開瓶蓋，大小問號如濃密的氣泡爭先恐後：mitalupung是戴帽子，在月台接到新旅客，火車就戴了新帽子；mikavang是穿衣服，要搭上火車，只需將火車模型放進口袋。隨著新增知識「眼界打開」，我告訴自己別把它忘記，這可是母語使用者享受不到的「錯頻美感」啊！

可能好比你在試場洪亮的應答，mitok這個詞對我也有神奇的穿透力，因為台語「毒／to̍k」對生於閩南家庭的我來說，是一個「自然詞彙」，吐出它總伴隨一種忍不住的放鬆，就像清宮劇裡出現智慧型手機，恐龍裝底下瞥見肉色的人皮。

使用借詞，有個不成文的規定，那就是「要有口音」。

聽過一個（內容很可疑）的笑話。小美路過阿綢新開張的店面。小美說：「綢姊，開越南小吃店欸～」阿綢：「對啊，我還專程去越南學哩！」小美：「真的嗎，學什麼呢？」阿綢：「學口音！」說笑話的人這時會用表演刻意放大新住民「具東南亞色彩的中文會話」。口音洩漏了你的來處。可能因為當時的情境，讓我不感覺表演者意圖挖苦、貶損口音的來處，我一直以為笑話的梗，在於「不學越南文，只學越南口音」的投機取巧。

沒想到有天我能光明正大使用這個技術。練習族語篇章朗讀，老師特別囑咐：可別一遇到中文單詞就突然「字正腔圓」啊。字典要念zitēng，圖書館是tusukuwan。同樣成立的是，族語對答中，如果不得已要用中文表達你不會的詞，記得，「加上口音」！把握這個原則後，我們可樂的，把所有設想得到的日常會話都「加上口音」，幻想自己的卑南語程度一步登天——但那品味，大概不超過平時胡鬧扮演劉嘉玲、梁朝偉胡謅的粵語，以及為菜肴增添派頭的法式發音。

你專程去Kasavakan學什麼呢？學口音。那小吃部的笑話我讀來竟有點玄機。從腔體的共鳴到舌頭的鬆緊，到這些特徵引發的種種聲音習慣，不正是一種暫時擱置智識，「身體對身體」的基本練習？（聲樂老師也會提醒學生，不把氣息共鳴練到位，就直攻艱深名曲，只會落得力不從心。）匆匆兩個月的生活，族語進步幅度有限，我倒是發現，你從街坊鄰居間學到了口音。建和人說話，「這是我的」會說「這是我得（ㄉㄟˇ）」。回到台北，你處處我得你得她得。有時我覺得可愛，有時也覺得心煩：好像某些小孩會刻意模仿班上風雲人物的口頭禪，為了打入他們的小圈圈。但這樣有什麼問題呢？我自我反省。可能是因為模仿拙劣的時候，看起來很可憐。我不想你看起來很可憐。

關於學口音，我有一件不堪的童年往事。在我讀小學的年紀，學習英文普遍推崇「美式口音」，社區家長流行送孩子們到全外師的補習班上課。有一天，班上來了一位澳洲籍的女老師，陌生口音令小朋友心中「生疑」。洋娃娃（doll）成為可怕的炸彈。「Yvonne老師說的『豆』是什麼啊？」一個小男生將嘴巴豎成誇張的橢圓形。「哪有什麼『豆』，她要說的是『道』吧！」另一個小女生用講相聲般的語調搭腔。孩子們竊竊私語，煞有介事地皺眉、點頭，對Yvonne老師的「正確性」感到憂心。隔周，家長們聯合提出希望更換教師的要求。我不知道Yvonne心裡，怎麼看這群可怕的孩子。我記得最後一堂課的末尾，年輕的Yvonne老師忍不住紅了眼圈，說不出話來，負責補習班的Peggy老師出現了，一邊安慰她一邊扶著她的肩離開教室。多年後回想，我覺得自己做了一件非常卑劣的事。

文學作品裡怎麼表達口音？

●馬翊航

談口音這麼危險，這麼容易踩線，是不是要告訴你先不要？你知道的是，我七歲時候，跟著父親加入了池上戴家。有天我陪小我四歲的小表弟看書，我福至心靈、天地感通地，想用我在這個家族中接收到的「口音」念故事給他聽。念了半本，舅媽經過跟我說：「也不用刻意這樣子念。」（可能覺得我很可憐，他兒子更可憐。）

「一時改不掉」與「模仿」是關於口音的兩個狀態，口音的危險，因為它與當下的「位置」、過去的「境遇」、未來的「走向」糾纏在一起，也常常連接不善意。我到現在打球、游泳、丟掉，發的音還是有點偏移。但我喜歡口音，口音是接觸與記憶。當然我念故事書的例子不是一個很好的例子，可我才七歲啊——不過這可能比建和式的「的」，更貼近你說的「加入」某圈圈的期待。

文學作品裡怎麼表達口音呢？王禎和〈嫁妝一牛車〉裡的簡底，是鹿港腔的，阿好說他「說話伊伊哦哦，簡直在講俄羅！」；楊牧《山風海雨》裡的外省女老師，氣流摩擦唇齒，「『去去去，去遊戲。』一連四個蹙嘴音，我瞪著她好看的唇角，很快就入迷了。」高英傑《拉拉庫斯回憶》裡寫從前部落裡外省司儀的口音，總把「鞠躬」念得像「郭恭」，聽起來像「kokongu」，是鄒語裡的攀木蜥蜴，公家集會常因為族人的笑聲而卡頓；黃崇凱《新寶島》把部分對話直接转换成简体字，不神奇，但看上去就有声音了。朱惠足翻譯目取真俊的〈水滴〉，也花了許多工夫把沖繩話的語感「翻」出來……想得到的例子有很多，但使人感覺「沒有口音」的文學作品也很多嗎？

大一語言學概論的時候，某次課堂有關於口音、腔調的討論。一位中文系的德國同學發言了。（他華語極好，在台北打電話給房東約看房，現場見到他本人，房東總是一臉詫異再三確認。）德國同學說，「你沒有口音」是他在台灣最常聽到的一句話。但理論上，每個人都有自己的口音，所以並沒有「你沒有口音」這回事。回到去越南學口音的笑話——梗在投機取巧，可能也在大費周章。

張亦絢《永別書》的附錄，她回應孫梓評，關於《永別書》是否可以是某種國族寓言以「代言」台灣，她說與其是「寓言」不如「欲言」；更接近「帶言」而非「代言」，「因為我關心的是語言的可能性，而不是完好的論述」。我們在此談論「口音」，我也希望是「帶言」的：夾帶、走私、暗藏、導流。比起聽覺，也許更接近觸覺。你在「地下室錄音」系列裡的〈陽台的投稿〉不就是這樣？「在那些停頓裡，他的心中有一名不通人情的批評家正重聽著方才的嘗試。他彷彿捧著碰了許多小凹洞的鐵鍋子。手指經過一個凹洞，心口就痠一下。消失的東西總比它原有的維度再多一個維度。」

如果能被這樣理解就太好了

●陳柏煜

關於暗藏、走私和夾帶。

來到Kasavakan，我一直沒辦法有效回答旁人的提問：為什麼來學卑南語？我的標準簡答是：為了寫作。倘若「太高深」的作答冷卻了對方的興致，我會趕緊補充，「有點像是收集資料啦」。這樣模稜兩可的報告，像是「施工中」的告示牌，阻擋來人繼續前進；我會不會聽起來，太像個Payrang，漢人aka歹人（台語）？他們為什麼要提供資料、交出知識，如果我無法證明自己足以信任。如果我看起來像是暗藏凶險的鈍色水面。也許，我會暫時被歸為「來部落做語言學、民族學田調的研究生」？也許，暗藏在叔叔阿姨心中的答案是：身為你的男朋友，我是「為了你來」？如果能被這樣理解就太好了。因為在日常中談論「寫作」是羞恥的，解釋它不是讓它顯得虛情假意，就是讓它顯得虛無縹緲。我們也不談論「色情」。因為它們攪動說話與感官暗藏的水面。想想這麼說該有多滑稽：不是為了你，也不是為了卑南語，我關心的是語言的可能性啊！

結束Kasavakan兩個月的短住，馬爸從池上開車來幫我們載行李，生活雜物大大小小拼七巧板般擠進後車廂，我們在叔叔家吃餞別的午餐。席間，喝過小米酒的叔叔出其不意拉住馬爸，前言不搭後語的拉高聲調：哎呀，也是kituruma'an，我們現在都很OK的。馬爸紅著臉舉杯呵呵笑。他當然知道ruma'是「家」，而kituruma'an是指成為家人的「配偶」。（不知道叔叔是不小心說溜了嘴，還是故意趁著酒意說給他聽？）祖先的智慧沒讓男婚女嫁限制造字的法則，迅雷不及掩耳，kituruma'an順利走私過關了。

夏天我和你去初鹿的家探訪外婆，摩托車轉進有楊桃樹的小院子，車才熄火，熱天的蟲鳴馬上填滿多出的空隙。屋裡傳來外婆高聲喊eman（誰）？我們看見她從紗門內狐疑探查，猜測是郵差、社工還是其他人。「滾滾啦！」你回以小名。視力聽力退化的外婆，像鼴鼠般困惑警戒，直到你拉開紗門才展露笑容。獨自在家又無力照顧菜園的植物，看電視是外婆每天唯一的正事。它就像天線寶寶肚子上的螢幕在恆久不變的藍天草原中剝出整個現實世界。在屋裡陪她看電視時，電視也是招待我們的一塊鳳梨酥，周圍崩裂發亮的碎屑。可怕的寂寞使我們侷促不安，提早向外婆說再見。外婆不捨，抱住滾滾，也抱住我（滾滾的同學），皺巴巴的眼角濕潤起來，說不知道什麼時候才能再見。這時你記起要給外婆的零用錢，把事先準備好的小紅包羞澀地塞進她手裡，彷彿那是一疊情書。外婆連忙搖手說不用啦你不要給我錢。不知道哪來的靈感，你摟住她的肩告訴她：ulra ku paisu（我有錢）！突然夾帶的族語像是給驚訝的外婆注入了力量，好多凝滯的、講不清楚的情感，都變得簡單明瞭；此時你才把正確的東西放進手裡。捏著的小紅包就不推回來了。這是我關於夾帶的小故事。

九月《文學相對論》 黃春明vs.羅智成 將於9月5-6日登場 敬請期待！

countries: 日本 澳洲 台灣 越南 德國

taiwan-subdivisions: 池上 卑南 鹿港

title: 【文學相對論8月 二之二】馬翊航vs.陳柏煜／你沒有口音


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Pelosi visit to Taiwan causing tension? 美國會議長裴洛西訪台計畫為何引發緊張局勢？

China is warning it will respond forcefully if US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi proceeds with a visit to Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory. Pelosi is second in line to the presidency and would be the highest ranking US politician to visit Taiwan since 1997. China has threatened unspecified ”resolute and strong measures” if she goes ahead, which analysts say could cause tensions to spike in the Taiwan Strait, considered a major Asian powder keg.

Here’s a look at what’s happening.

WHY DOES PELOSI WANT TO VISIT TAIWAN?

US House or Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a statue dedication ceremony honoring Amelia Earhart at the US Capitol in Washington on July 27.美國眾議院議長南希‧裴洛西，七月二十七日在美國華盛頓國會大廈舉行的愛蜜莉亞‧艾爾哈特紀念雕像揭幕儀式中發言。 Photo: Reuters 照片：路透

Pelosi has been a staunch critic of China throughout her more than three decades in Congress, once unfurling a banner on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square memorializing those killed in the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1989. She was also a strong supporter of 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, making her a target of caustic criticism from Beijing. Taiwan enjoys strong bipartisan support in Congress, and Pelosi said last week it was “important for us to show support for Taiwan.” Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has defied Beijing’s threats and her administration has favored core democratic values and liberal policies close to Pelosi’s heart, including same-sex marriage and a strong social security net.

WHY WOULD THE VISIT CAUSE A RISE IN TENSIONS?

China claims Taiwan as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary and its military buildup in recent years has largely been oriented toward such a mission. Beijing objects to all official contact between Taipei and Washington, and routinely threatens retaliation. This time, the stakes appear to be higher. China launched military exercises and fired missiles into waters near Taiwan in response to a 1995 visit to the US by Taiwan’s then-president Lee Teng-hui, but it’s military capabilities have advanced massively since then. While experts say it’s unlikely China would use force to prevent Pelosi’s US government plane from landing in Taipei, its response remains unpredictable. Threatening military drills and incursions by ships and planes are considered potential scenarios that would set the entire region on edge.

US House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, speaks with Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui at a meeting in Lee’s office in Taipei on April 2, 1997. In 1997, Beijing grumbled but swallowed its irritation when Gingrich visited Taiwan. A quarter-century later, news reports that the current speaker, Nancy Pelosi, might visit Taiwan, Beijing is warning of “forceful measures,” including military action, if she does.美國眾議院議長紐特‧金瑞契（右），與台灣總統李登輝會談。一九九七年四月二日攝於台灣台北總統府。金瑞契於一九九七年訪台時，北京表示不滿，但忍住了憤怒。四分之一世紀後，據報現任議長南希‧裴洛西可能會訪問台灣，北京警告稱，若她訪台，將採取包括軍事行動在內的「強力手段」。 Photo: AP 照片：美聯社

WHY IS THE TIMING SENSITIVE?

The administration of US President Joe Biden, who spoke to Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday last week, is keen to keep the US’s crucial but often turbulent and highly complex relationship with China on an even keel. Pelosi had planned to visit in April but postponed after getting COVID-19. She has declined to discuss reported plans to travel to Taiwan in coming weeks. That could coincide with China’s celebrations of the Aug. 1 anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army, the military wing of the ruling Communist Party.

A more robust Chinese response could also be driven by Xi’s desire to bolster his nationalist credentials ahead of a party congress later this year at which he is expected to seek a third five-year term in office. Xi’s expansion of his powers into every sphere and his hardline zero-COVID response to the domestic epidemic has sowed a degree of resentment and appealing to raw patriotism, particularly over Taiwan, might help him fend off criticism.

WHAT IS TAIWAN’S ATTITUDE TOWARD A VISIT?

Tsai has been welcoming of all foreign dignitaries, serving and retired, from the US, Europe and Asia, using such visits as a bulwark against China’s refusal to deal with her government and relentless campaign of diplomatic isolation. Still, her rhetoric on such occasions has generally been relatively low-key, reflecting her own calm demeanor and possibly a desire not to further antagonize China, which remains a crucial economic partner, with around a million Taiwanese residing in China.

(AP)

中國警告說，如果美國眾議院議長南希‧裴洛西到訪台灣，中國將作出強力回應。對於台灣這民主自治的島嶼，中國聲稱為其領土。裴洛西是美國總統職位的第二順位繼位人，若她果真訪台，將是自一九九七年來到訪台灣位階最高的美國政治人物。中國威脅說，若她進行訪台，將採取某種「堅決及強力的手段」，分析家表示，這可能導致台灣海峽緊張局勢加劇，台海被認為是亞洲一大火藥庫。

以下來看看目前情勢。

裴洛西為何要訪問台灣？

裴洛西在任職國會的三十多年中，一直堅定批判中國，她曾在北京天安門廣場展開橫幅，悼念在一九八九年民主抗議血腥鎮壓中喪生的人。她也是二○一九年香港民主抗議活動的堅定支持者，這使她成為北京嚴厲批評的對象。台灣在美國國會得到民主、共和兩黨的大力支持，裴洛西上週表示，「對台灣表達支持，對我們來說是很重要的」。台灣總統蔡英文無視北京的威脅，蔡政府支持對裴洛西所重視的核心民主價值與自由政策，包括同性婚姻及強大的社會安全網。

為何訪台會導致緊張局勢升高？

中國聲稱台灣為其領土，必要時將以武力併吞台灣，中國近年來的軍事建設主要便是針對此目標。北京反對台北和華盛頓之間所有的官方接觸，並經常威脅要進行報復。而這次的風險似乎更高。一九九五年台灣總統李登輝訪美，中國發動軍事演習並向台灣附近海域發射導彈做為回應，而此後中國的軍事能力大幅提升。儘管專家表示，中國不太可能使用武力阻止裴洛西的美國政府專機降落在台北，但中國的反應仍是無法預測。威嚇的軍事演習及船隻與飛機的入侵為可能狀況，會使整個區域陷入緊張。

為何此刻時間敏感？

上週四與中國領導人習近平通話的美國總統喬‧拜登，其政府欲維繫與中國間之關係──這是極重要的關係，但往往動盪且高度複雜──使之平穩。裴洛西原計劃在四月訪台，但因感染COVID-19而延期。據報她計畫在未來數週前往台灣，對此她拒絕討論。這可能與中國慶祝八月一日中國人民解放軍（執政的共產黨之軍事部門）成立紀念日時間相符。

習近平在今年稍晚召開的中共黨代會中預計將尋求第三個為期五年的任期，他希望在此之前加強其民族主義作風，這也可能促使中國做出更強硬的回應。習近平將權力擴大到各個領域，且他對中國的COVID-19疫情採取強硬的清零措施，已種下一定程度的民怨，訴諸赤裸裸的愛國主義，尤其是將台灣納入版圖的愛國主義，可能有助於他抵禦批評。

台灣對裴洛西來訪的態度為何？

蔡英文總統一向歡迎所有來自美國、歐洲及亞洲的在職及退休的外國政要，並利用這些訪問作為堡壘，反制中國對蔡政府的拒絕溝通，以及不斷的外交孤立。儘管如此，她在這些外賓來訪場合的言辭總體而言都比較低調，反映出她自己冷靜的舉止，可能是不想進一步激怒中國。中國仍是台灣重要的經濟夥伴，大約有一百萬台灣人居住在中國。

（台北時報林俐凱編譯）

countries: 美國 中國 香港 台灣

people: 李登輝 習近平 蔡英文


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▲很難衡量自己是否開心，但幸福有5個指標可以觀察。（圖／unsplash、pixabay、PAKUTASO）

編輯／借借

下班時我們時常會跟朋友喝酒抱怨，「我工作怎麼這麼辛苦，別人都過的超爽」、「錢好難賺，為何上司動動嘴就能賺錢」、「生活好苦悶不知怎麼能快樂起來」，其實有時候你自己早已經過著快樂生活，但卻不自知，那不是很浪費嗎？有5種指標能告訴你，你正在幸福裡。

▲學習不要為小事懊惱。（圖／pixabay）

不會懊惱些小事

沒趕上那班捷運、咖啡在桌上翻倒了，這些其實可以簡單處理、或是「只是有點可惜」的小事，你不會為它勞神費心，念念不忘，代表心態健康，人生總有高低起伏，這些小事對比人生而言，不需要耿耿於懷，每日的好心情也不會為了這種事而毀於一旦。

▲常說謝謝對大腦有正向幫助。（圖／unsplash）

常說謝謝時常說出「謝謝」這句話並不僅代表你的禮貌，對心理狀態也有正向的幫助，因為表達感激能為大腦帶來正面的效益，潛意識的呈現出常受到別人恩惠的狀態，不僅能活化思緒、也能產生興奮感，讓整體態度帶動起來，呈現比較積極的樣態。

▲專注在當下生活。（圖／PAKUTASO）

活在當下所謂活在當下，並不是指「過著沒有明天」的日子，而是你總是專注於現在這個時刻，不會常想到過去我犯了什麼錯、運氣有多差，或是未來如果這樣怎麼辦？浪費時間杞人憂天，時常想著「把現在做好」的人自然比較快樂。

▲學會享受生活小幸福。（圖／unsplash）

享受小幸福幸福這種事其實不用太大條，不是說中了1億樂透頭獎才能叫做幸福，下班後跟朋友小聚、看完一場好看的電影，吃到自己想很久的餐廳，買到很想試的化妝品，都是生活中點點滴滴的「小幸福」，能夠好好體會，就是幸福生活的基礎。

▲好友不用多，幾個就好。（圖／Pixabay）

有幾個知心的朋友長大了之後朋友會越來越少，這是自然的，但留下的幾個好友，會建立起更深與更強烈的連結，或許不會常見面，但永遠能對他吐露心事，這就是快樂的要素之一「良好的人際關係」。在生活上不是所有的人都會合頻率，只要找到幾個就足夠了。

title: 5項指標顯示你「正在幸福裡」　別總為小事傷心


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一艘載有烏克蘭糧食的船於當地時間1日上午順利離開敖德薩港，目的地是黎巴嫩，這是五個月前俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭以來的第一艘。烏克蘭外長形容，對全世界來說都是如釋重負的一天。

一艘懸掛非洲國家獅子山國旗、載有2.6萬噸玉米的「Razoni號」於8月第一天順利啟航。自俄烏戰爭開始以來，俄國一直封鎖烏克蘭的港口，造成全球糧食短缺、迫使聯合國警告迫在眉睫的「飢餓災難」。

國際小麥與玉米價格1日應聲下挫，芝加哥小麥1日盤中跌約2%，是連續第二天下跌，芝加哥玉米則跌逾2%，都已跌回俄烏戰爭前水準。

路透報導，烏克蘭外長1日表示，全世界都覺得這是如釋重負的一天，烏克蘭基礎建設部部長庫布拉科夫則在聲明中指出「今天烏克蘭與合作夥伴在防止世界飢餓方面又邁出一步」。他還透露，自俄入侵開始來已有16艘滿載船支滯留在烏克蘭港口，他們計劃在未來數周內讓港口恢復全部運輸能力。

烏克蘭是世界上最大的糧食生產國之一。據報導，約有2,000萬噸糧食滯留在烏克蘭等待出口，導致全球糧食短缺和價格上漲，使一些依賴糧食進口的國家如中東和非洲皆面臨飢荒。

華爾街日報報導，小麥或玉米這類大宗商品價格持續回落，有助減緩消費食品價格的上漲步調，減輕使全球通膨上揚的食品物價壓力。但經濟學家警告說，抗通膨這場仗不宜太快宣布勝利。農產品市場依然劇烈波動、俄烏戰爭尚未休兵，加上歐洲及美國部分地區面臨不尋常的炎熱和旱季，這三大不利因素將是糧食供應的受擾程度升高。

新冠疫情造成的供應鏈問題已在去年推升糧價飆升。今年2月爆發的俄烏戰爭更提高糧價上漲壓力，因這兩國對全球小麥和玉米總出口各占28%和15%，且俄羅斯和烏克蘭分別是肥料和葵花油的出口大國。

據聯合國農糧組織（FAO），俄烏戰爭使3月的全球糧價比2月攀升13%，但糧食價格價格此後開始回落，且6月價格比3月還低3%，儘管仍高於俄烏開戰前的水準。

countries: 烏克蘭 俄羅斯 黎巴嫩 獅子山 美國

title: 烏克蘭糧食 恢復出口了


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Khaled Bahlawan hammers nails into a traditional wooden boat he built by hand, toiling under the scorching sun on Syria’s Mediterranean coast to preserve a disappearing ancient skill.

“We are the last family that makes wooden ships and boats in Syria,” the 39-year-old said on the shores of Arwad island, near the city of Tartus.

“This is the legacy of our ancestors... We are fighting to preserve it every day,” he said.

Khaled Bahlawan builds a wooden boat at his boatyard in Syria’s Arwad Island on July 24. Photo: AFP

Located about 3km off the coast, Arwad is Syria’s only inhabited island and a haven of peace in a nation torn by 11 years of war.

Hundreds of workers, residents and visitors commute to and from there every day in wooden boats, mostly built by the Bahlawan family, but demand for a craft that dates back to ancient Phoenician times has dropped to all but a trickle.

The eight members of the Bahlawan family now share the work, making boats for fishers, resorts and passenger transport.

The tradition of building and repairing wooden boats has been in their family for hundreds of years.

Long power cuts due to years of conflict mean that Bahlawan cannot use his electrical equipment. Instead he works with his grandfather’s manual tools, smoothing the wood by hand rather than with an electric plane.

“It’s a hard task,” he said, standing inside the hull of a boat and tapping each nail carefully.

He heads to his narrow, open-air workshop near the beach every day, despite the low demand and modest means.

“We are doing our best to overcome difficulties,” said Bahlawan, his face covered in sweat and sporadic wood shavings.

Building boats has been a village tradition since Phoenician times, said Noureddine Suleiman, who heads the Arwad municipality.

In the past, the majority of Arwad’s residents made boats, he said.

“Today, only the Bahlawan family remains,” Suleiman said.

Thousands of years ago the Phoenicians, renowned for their ships and boats, laid the foundations of marine navigation.

The skilled sailors and traders roamed the seas, bringing their knowledge, craftsmanship and their alphabet to other parts of the Mediterranean, but traditional boatbuilding now risks disappearing altogether, Suleiman said, as young people emigrate or search for easier, more profitable work.

Farouk Bahlawan, Khaled’s uncle, said his family had preserved the original shape and structure of ancient Phoenician boats, with a few modifications.

“We mainly make ships from eucalyptus and mulberry wood from the Tartus forests,” said the 54-year-old, a skilled carpenter.

Young children played hide-and-seek in the boats’ hulls at the workshop, while an elderly man smoked in the shade of a large ship.

Close by, more than 40 wooden boats were moored at Arwad port.

“We used to manufacture four big ships and several boats every year that we would export to Cyprus, Turkey and Lebanon,” Farouk Bahlawan said. “This year, we only worked on one ship and it still needs a lot of work before it is done.”

He gazed at the beach, where the children ran in the sand.

“We must continue this journey,” he said, his voice welling up with emotion. “We bear a historic responsibility on our shoulders.”

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title: Syria’s last boatbuilders keep ancient craft afloat


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▲伴侶的性愛過程中，有些行為千萬不能做，以免影響兩人的感受。（示意圖／取自免費圖庫Pexels）

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兩性之間不管是情侶或夫妻，除了溝通與相處很重要之外，另一個重點就是愛愛了。良好的性生活不僅可維持男女間的和樂關係，還能有更多的生活情趣。但您知道有些行為在愛愛時是大NG嗎？以下分享幾點在前戲以及愛愛的過程中，千萬記住不要做的NG行為，才能讓彼此一起享受最高的歡愉！

1. 不要宣洩負面情緒您今天或許在工作上有些不如意，或有壓力，因此心情不太好，但千萬不要把這些烏煙瘴氣出在床伴身上，這可能讓對方立即「冷」卻。研究顯示，人(特別是女人)若想感受性刺激的話，腦中是要平靜的；所以，若不小心讓床伴受到您的心情影響，可以考慮到別的地方睡，讓兩人冷靜一下，過一晚再談，會比較好。

2. 不要隱藏自己內心的幻想專家發現，很多男女都很注重性愛本身或前戲，卻不清楚對方有什麼想法。有些人對於性有些幻想，會幻想某種場景或角色扮演，讓自己更興奮，但必須說出來，相信對方愛您的話，就會和您討論。

3. 不要批評對方長時間相處後，或許會覺得對方身材走樣了、禿了、肚子變大、長皺紋，但請不要說出傷害對方的話，不要肆意批評，人在沒穿衣服時，內心是十分脆弱的。

4. 不要談到以前交往的對象拿前任來比較，對現任關係的殺傷力最大！相信大部分的人，都不喜歡伴侶講到前任的事情，尤其在性方面，前後任的喜好、習慣可能都不同，不要拿來比較，而且對方應該也不希望在愛愛時，您是想著前任的。

5. 不要給自己壓力若生活中的壓力讓自己開始對性產生冷感，不要因此在上床時感到有壓力，這會使性行為變得無趣。專家建議，伴侶間可以試著先花15分鐘彼此愛撫，按按摩，或是一起洗澡，這樣比較能提起「性」趣。

▲大部分的人都不喜歡伴侶講到前任的事情，尤其在性方面，前後任的喜好、習慣可能都不同，不要拿來比較。（示意圖／記者劉維榛攝）

以上是想愛愛之前，正在培養情緒的一些禁忌，如果已經開始進行了，就要避免以下的行為：

1. 不要假裝高潮這是沒有必要的。如果沒有感覺到高潮，就誠實地表達自己的感受，和對方討論可以如何改善，兩人必須溝通才能得到適當的解決方式。

2. 不要不接吻很多情侶在愛愛時是不親吻的，但其實接吻在愛愛的過程中，會讓彼此的整體感受更加分。

3. 不要不在乎愛愛以外的細節請不要只專注在愛愛本身，人的膝蓋、手腕、背、腹部，都是敏感地帶，溫柔地撫摸這些區域可以刺激伴侶，讓對方更加興奮。

4. 不要太狂野有些人在床上是很放縱的，會嘗試一些比較「粗暴」的愛愛行為，但請務必先告知伴侶，而且要確認對方能接受才做。

5. 不要沉默不語愛愛不只是動作，也要有言語上的溝通，如果對方表現好，請給予一些讚美，這樣可以讓對方心理的感受更好。

6. 不要沒有變化不要讓愛愛變得像公事，打卡上下班，了無新意，該快的要快，要慢的就不要急躁，不同的創意可以交替發揮。適時地給予一些變化，會讓愛愛更有樂趣。

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title: 「11個愛愛地雷」別踩！床上談前任秒GG　性幻想記得說出來


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A Japanese video journalist has been detained by security forces in Myanmar while covering a protest against military rule in the country’s largest city, pro-democracy advocates said on Sunday.

Toru Kubota, a Tokyo-based documentary filmmaker, was arrested on Saturday by plainclothes police after a flash protest in Yangon, said Typ Fone, a leader of the group Yangon Democratic Youth Strike, which organized the rally. Like many advocates, he uses a pseudonym for protection against the military authorities.

The Burmese military seized power in February last year by ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, and has since cracked down on dissent.

A group of advocates chant slogans to free Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota, who was detained in Myanmar, during a rally in front of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on Sunday. Photo: AFP

A detailed tally compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, at least 2,138 civilians have been killed by the security forces and 14,917 arrested since the military takeover.

Last week, the military government drew sharp international criticism after announcing that it had hanged four advocates convicted of terrorism in secret trials.

Typ Fone said that two protesters in Saturday’s march were also arrested and detained in a township police station. The arrests were also reported by several other anti-government groups.

Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara yesterday said “a Japanese male citizen in his 20s” was arrested on Saturday while filming a demonstration in Yangon and that he has since been detained by local police.

Kihara said that Japanese embassy officials have been requesting his early release, while “doing utmost” for his safety and information gathering.

Pro-military accounts on the Telegram messaging app said a Japanese man was arrested not for taking pictures, but for participating in the protest by holding a banner.

Typ Fone said that photos of Kubota with a banner uploaded to the Telegram channels were taken after he had been arrested, indicating they were done under duress.

During the march, about a dozen protesters chanted slogans opposing the military takeover, and shortly after, scattered into the crowds in the surrounding streets.

“He was taking a picture with his camera from a short distance from our strike yesterday,” Typ Fone said of Kubota. “When we finished the strike and dispersed, he was arrested by the security forces in plainclothes and put into a Probox car.”

The vehicle is typically used by taxis in Yangon, and Typ Fone said the car in question also had the markings of a taxi.

According to a portfolio of Kubota’s work online, his primary focus was on ethnic conflicts, immigrants and refugee issues, and he has tried to highlight the conditions of “marginalized, deprived communities.”

It says he has worked with media companies such as Yahoo News Japan, VICE Japan and al-Jazeera.

Virtually all independent journalism in Myanmar is carried out underground or from exile. The military government has arrested about 140 journalists, about 55 of whom remain detained awaiting charges or trial.

Kubota is the fifth foreign journalist to be detained, after US citizens Nathan Maung and Danny Fenster, who worked for local publications, and freelancers Robert Bociaga of Poland and Yuki Kitazumi of Japan, all of whom were eventually expelled.

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title: Japanese journalist detained at Myanmar protest


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兆豐銀今宣布到7月底，承作高資產客戶數衝破500戶，資產管理規模破800億元，兩個月內客戶數翻倍，客戶數和資產管理規模躍居公股首位，可望擠入前三大「坐二望一」，僅次於中信銀，成為高端財管業務的大黑馬。

據了解，第一銀7月底客戶數逾350戶、資產管理規模估約600億元，僅次兆豐銀。目前共七家銀行開辦高資產財管業務，其中僅兆豐銀、一銀和合庫三家行庫。

為何2個月內客戶數可翻倍增？據透露，主因是兆豐銀開戶流程簡化，過去要成為兆豐銀高端客戶，得另開一個「專戶」，5月後取消，高端戶可申請「原戶升級」，免再另開戶，加上分行業務推展，自然客戶數暴衝。

兆豐銀也透過5面向拓高資產業務，包括6月底成立私人銀行處、完備規章以有效管理業務、引進國際系統支援、培育人才、完備高資產相關商品上架，如兆豐銀6月自行發行外幣結構金融債，募資近2000萬美元，在市場發行量獨占鰲頭。

第一銀行也宣布，8月起首對高資產客戶，發行2檔100%保本的美元結構債，首年均採固定配息，一檔1.5年期固定配息逾3.5%、另一檔5年期固定配息逾5.2%，第二年起則視連結標的採區間配息，投資滿一年時、發行機構得在每季配息日提前贖回，以商品面額還本。

銀行主管直言，各行庫近期狂衝高資產業務、發行新商品，有三大原因，一、金管會最快將在明（2023）年重新考核該業務，「續牌」與否的考核關鍵點，包括設計商品能力、人才培育等，兆豐銀、第一銀等積極展現「續牌」決心，也提前打響了「續牌」前哨戰。

目前包括中信銀、兆豐銀、上海商銀、國泰世華銀、第一銀、合庫銀、UBS等7家銀行已在2021年陸續獲准開辦「新財管方案」，試辦期3年，最快2023年又得重新遞件申請執照。

二、各銀行發行外幣結構債引富豪大戶資金回流或重新配置。一銀主管說，過去富豪戶都買國內銀行「代銷」的海外債，若本土銀行有自行開發能力、利率也不差，爭取富豪戶將資金挪到本土銀行來做，提升與富豪戶黏著度。

三、升息階段中，各銀行透過發外幣債、吸收客戶資金後，可做投資操作，尤其是台美利差擴大、有機會搶賺swap（換匯點）機會財，賺的比成本更高的收益。

journalist: 經濟日報／ 記者廖珮君／即時報導

title: 這關鍵讓兆豐銀「億級」財管戶兩個月翻一倍 拚前三大


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ARRANGEMENTS MADE: Sources told the ‘Liberty Times’ that Nancy Pelosi could visit the legislature tomorrow and she might also meet with President Tsai Ing-wen   By Su Yung-yao, Lu Yin-hsuan and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff Reporters, with staff writer and CNA and AP, KUALA LUMPUR

If US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi comes to Taiwan, she would likely arrive this evening or tomorrow morning after visiting Malaysia, a US analyst said yesterday.

According to the China Press, a Malaysian Chinese-language newspaper, she is to arrive in Kuala Lumpur today for her second stop.

Although the Malaysian government has not announced an official itinerary, the paper cited a person familiar with the plans as saying she would only stay for a few hours.

Singaporean President Halimah Yacob, right, shakes hands with US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Istana Presidential Palace in Singapore yesterday. Photo: AFP / Singaporean Ministry of Communications and Information

Meanwhile, South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo’s office yesterday said he would meet with Pelosi on Thursday morning before holding a news conference and eating lunch together.

Based on Pelosi’s itinerary thus far, Josh Rogin, a political analyst for the Washington Post and CNN, on Twitter yesterday predicted that “the Taiwan stop would likely be after her Malaysia stop, meaning Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.”

Sources yesterday told the Chinese-language Liberty Times (sister paper of the Taipei Times) yesterday that the time of Pelosi’s arrival in Taiwan would be close to what others have speculated.

Arrangements are being made, including a public appearance with a visit to the Legislative Yuan tomorrow, they said, adding she would also meet with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文).

However, given the sensitivity involved, plans would change according to situations, they added.

Meanwhile, local media quoted other sources as saying that Pelosi could possibly stay at the Grand Hyatt Taipei in Xinyi District (信義) or the Marriott Taipei in Zhongshan District (中山).

Asked about the potential visit, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) did not confirm or deny the possibility, but said Taiwan welcomed all foreign guests and promised to make the best arrangements with respect to their itineraries.

Pelosi arrived in Singapore early yesterday for the first stop on her Asia tour.

Pelosi met with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (李顯龍), President Halimah Yacob and other Cabinet members, the Singaporean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Lee welcomed a US commitment to strong engagement with the region and the two sides discussed ways to deepen US economic engagement through initiatives such as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, the ministry said in a statement.

Lee and Pelosi also discussed the war in Ukraine, tensions surrounding Taiwan and China, and climate change, it said.

Lee “highlighted the importance of stable US-China relations for regional peace and security,” it added, in an apparent allusion to reports that Pelosi could visit Taiwan.

In Beijing, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian (趙立堅) reiterated earlier warnings, saying “there will be serious consequences if she insists on making the visit.”

He did not spell out any specific consequences.

“We are fully prepared for any eventuality,” he said. “The People’s Liberation Army will never sit by idly. China will take strong and resolute measures to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Washington has tried to assure Beijing there is no reason to “come to blows” and that if such a visit occurred, it would signal no change in US policy.

people: 蘇貞昌 蔡英文

taiwan-subdivisions: 中山 信義

title: Pelosi could arrive today: analyst


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高雄市81歲陳王姓老婦人，上個月30日下午至雞母山健走失蹤，警消組搜救小組，出動搜救犬和空拍機搜尋，由於正值農曆七月，老婦失蹤2天，讓家屬擔憂不已，所幸下午傳出好消息，救難人員在陸軍官校靶場找到身體虛弱的老婦，讓大夥鬆了一口氣。

警消指出，家住鳳山區的陳王姓老婦人7月30日下午前往俗稱「雞母山」的鳳凰山健走，當天傍晚未返家，家屬向轄區鳳山警分局報案；家屬向警方表示，老婦人有輕微失智現象，警消接獲報案，組搜救小組救援，因當天傍晚下了一場大雨，未尋獲人。

救難人員昨天上午持續出動14車33人及義消10人，另加入2隻搜救犬及2台空拍機，持續搜尋失蹤的老婦人，但直至昨晚因天色灰暗，暫時收隊。

救難人員今天上午持續在雞母山周圍進行搜救，並擴大搜索範圍至陸軍官校遮板靶場，在下午3時傳出好消息，老婦人身體虛弱地躺在草地上，救護人員檢視她生命徵象穩定，老婦人在農曆七月失蹤2天，人平安無事被尋獲，令聞者均嘖嘖稱奇。

救難人員今天上午持續在山區搜救，當時仍未尋獲老婦人。記者石秀華／翻攝高雄市81歲陳王姓老婦人至雞母山健走失蹤2天，在陸軍官校遮板靶場被救難人員尋獲，生命徵象穩定。記者石秀華／翻攝

journalist: 聯合報／ 記者石秀華／高雄即時報導

taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄 鳳山區 高雄市

title: 農曆7月驚魂 高雄老婦健走失蹤2天終尋獲人平安


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搶攻寵物商機，台中市中科特區最近出現一間結合喵星人與咖啡的「MEOW Cafe喵屋」專業咖啡店，在這裡有寵物美容、還有咖啡甜點，業者打造寵物網美天堂，吸引許多網美前來拍照打卡，也在市場造成話題。

「MEOW Cafe喵屋」，今（1）日還特別邀請唐寶寶來擔任一日店長，體驗喵星人的療癒世界。

「MEOW Cafe喵屋」店長徐逢澤表示，看著他們用心學習的態度，以及送餐點時的認真，也讓他們學習到不同的領域層面，更體驗到與喵星人的療癒世界。徐逢澤還代表致贈獎學金給唐氏症基金會，鼓勵他們繼續學習成長，快樂一夏。

現代人喜愛寵物，各類型的寵物店，大街上比比皆是，有寵物美容、寵物寄宿、專業動物醫院、寵物公園、水族系列等，有的以專業美容為主，有的是寵物的周邊商品食品，應有盡有，非常豐富多元。

而這間位於台中市西屯褔科路的「MEOW Cafe喵屋」，除了一樓有專業的寵物美容，二樓為專業咖啡餐飲區。徐逢澤表示，咖啡是店裡面的主力強項，老闆本身也喜愛品嚐咖啡，對甜點的熱愛更是投入。

和一般寵物咖啡店不同的是，店裡特別強調清潔的部份。徐逢澤說，餐飲區與貓咪互動區做出區隔，所以不會在餐飲區看到貓毛四處出現，或是聞到貓咪的味道。

由於業主飼養十幾隻不同品種的喵星人，來店裡消費的都會與喵星人一同玩耍，非常療癒，每次一組人可以和貓咪互動15分鐘，吸引許多喵星人網美來拍照打卡。

徐逢澤表示，疫情期間，貓咪價格三年翻三倍，以店裡最受人注目的緬因貓為例，現在一隻就要十餘萬元。但他也提醒大家，每種貓都有不同特性，想要養貓的人可以先來和貓互動，準備好了再把貓寶貝帶回家。

「MEOW Cafe喵屋」邀請唐寶寶擔任一日店長，體驗喵星人的療癒世界。記者宋健生/攝影「MEOW Cafe喵屋」結合寵物美容及咖啡甜點，打造寵物網美天堂。記者宋健生/攝影店長徐逢澤表示，咖啡是店裡的主力強項，老闆本身也喜愛品嚐咖啡。記者宋健生/攝影

title: 「喵屋」專業咖啡結合公益活動 體驗一日店長熱情登場


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衞生防護中心轄下聯合科學委員會，同意下調新冠疫苗接種年齡至6個月大。

其中一個委員會主席、政府專家顧問劉宇隆表示，兩款疫苗安全、有效，但當局要洽購嬰兒版本復必泰疫苗，或者嘗試克服技術層面的挑戰。

他又表示，接種復必泰有心肌炎風險，建議首兩針的時間間距為8個星期。

title: 劉宇隆建議當局洽購嬰兒版復必泰或嘗試克服技術挑戰


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INDUSTRY CLUSTER: The company was invited to a groundbreaking ceremony for an industrial park in the city, where officials hope to establish a semiconductor hub

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday said that the construction of a planned 12-inch wafer plant in Kaohsiung would start later this year.

The chipmaker’s comments came after the Kaohsiung City Government invited the company to attend a groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday at the Nanzih Technology Industrial Park (楠梓科技產業園區), where the new plant is to be built.

The park would sit on the former site of a naphtha cracking plant owned by state-owned oil refiner CPC Corp, Taiwan (台灣中油).

A computer-generated image shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s planned fab in Kaohsiung’s Nanzih District. Photo courtesy of the Kaohsiung City Government Economic Development Bureau

Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) yesterday did not confirm whether work on the Nanzih industrial park would begin on Sunday, but said it would start this month.

The city government said in a statement that TSMC’s presence in the industrial park is expected to help the city establish a semiconductor cluster within five years, which would boost high-end semiconductor technology development and cultivate a talent pool for the industry.

The semiconductor supply chain in Kaohsiung is expected to create more than 45,000 jobs, and speed up the pace of development not only in the manufacturing sector, but also in the service and commercial sectors, it said.

The world’s largest contract chipmaker unveiled its plans for the Kaohsiung plant in November last year.

The plant is to use the advanced 7-nanometer process and the mature 28-nanometer process to produce chips, with production scheduled to begin in 2024.

Chips made using the 7-nanometer process are expected to be used in emerging technologies such as high-performance computing devices, while chips made with the 28-nanometer process would likely be destined for automotive electronic applications, analysts said.

While TSMC has not disclosed any financial terms for the new facility, analysts said it could cost NT$200 billion to NT$300 billion (US$6.67 billion to US$10 billion).

The proposed plant passed an environmental impact assessment in April. It is expected to create 1,500 jobs, with an annual production value of NT$157.6 billion.

The city government said that since Chen assumed the post of Kaohsiung mayor in August 2020 after winning a by-election, the city had as of the end of April attracted NT$498.1 billion in investments.

Other major technology companies, such as Win Semiconductors Corp (穩懋半導體) and Germany-based Merck Group, have pledged to invest in Kaohsiung.

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title: TSMC to break ground for Kaohsiung plant this year


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