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In mid-February last year, Russian authorities placed then-Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas — now EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy — and several others on a wanted list. The list included government officials, members of parliament and local councilors from three Baltic states, and a history professor. The reason was they supported the removal of Soviet-era monuments in their respective countries.

For the Baltic states, removing symbols of Soviet authoritarianism is part of an ongoing process of transitional justice — bidding farewell to the dark years of Soviet occupation and cleaning up the historical traces of oppression and massacres committed by past invaders. Yet Moscow, claiming that it “rescued” those countries from the Nazis, portrays this as a hostile action against Russia, labeling it as “rehabilitating Nazism” and equating dismantling the removal of Soviet soldiers’ monuments with insulting the Russian military. Russian President Vladimir Putin made similar baseless accusations prior to his invasion of Ukraine.

Kallas was Estonia’s first female prime minister since it gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. After the outbreak of the Ukraine war, she became one of Putin’s strongest and most outspoken critics. Under her leadership, Estonia became a staunch supporter of Ukraine. As Russia’s military threats became increasingly brazen, Kallas said that Estonia would accelerate the removal of more than 400 Soviet-era monuments, earning her a reputation as “Europe’s New Iron Lady.”

Kallas is the first foreign head of state to be placed on a wanted list by Russia — but to her, the list is worth nothing more than the paper it is printed on. If anything, it serves as a badge of honor representing her democratic achievements.

After the Soviet Union occupied Estonia in 1940, many members of Kallas’ family, including her mother and grandmother, were deported to Siberia. She is therefore viscerally aware of the nature of authoritarian oppression, and she firmly believes that Russia has not changed one bit since that time. She dismissed the list as a veiled repression tactic, saying that it only proves that she was “doing the right thing” by supporting Ukraine, that it is, in fact, hurting authorities in Moscow, which is why the Kremlin is making such a dramatic show of silencing her. Kallas stressed that Putin would not succeed: She would continue her strong support for Ukraine and advocate bolstering Europe’s defense capabilities.

The wanted list instead highlighted Kallas’ strong opposition to Russia and boosted her political clout, propelling her into the ranks of top contenders for senior positions within the EU. On Dec. 1 last year, after narrowly missing the role of NATO secretary-general, Kallas assumed office as EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, and vice president of the European Commission. Breaking free from the limitations associated with leading a small, sparsely populated state, she now plays an active role on the broader international political stage as the EU’s chief diplomat.

Global authoritarianism operates in a transnational network, supporting one another with information and imitating techniques for control. Russia placed Kallas on its wanted list for “hostile actions” and “desecration of historical memory,” while China has declared it would pursue Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋) worldwide for “secession-related criminal activities.”

Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) are following the same script, repeatedly exporting the same arguments — it is in no way unjust to label them as an alliance of dictators.

Chen Yung-chang is a freelance writer based in Taipei.

Translated by Kyra Gustavsen


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Experts and delegates are questioning the format’s effectiveness, but reform could come at a risky time  By Kate Abnett, Simon Jessop and Lisandra Paraguassu / Reuters , BELEM, Brazil

An existential question hangs over this year’s COP30 summit in Brazil: What are the annual UN climate negotiations really for?

More than 30 years of talks on global action to tackle climate change have led to progress, including surging renewable energy expansion and scaled-up climate funds — but not enough. Emissions keep building. Temperatures are still rising.

That has brought increasing calls for reform of the Conference of the Parties (COP) summits, particularly as the world’s climate negotiations were designed to agree global goals and review their progress, but not to step in to speed up efforts on the ground.

Reuters interviewed more than 30 experts on the subject, including diplomats, former UN negotiators, government ministers, activists, investors and development bank executives from both wealthy and developing countries.

Many described the UN-led process as needing an upgrade to become fit for the task ahead: turning years of COP pledges into action in the real world.

“We need to turn away from jamborees around negotiations, into really focused efforts to accelerate implementation,” one European negotiator said. “This is probably the last of the old COPs and the beginning of the new.”

However, even those that agree the COPs need a revamp disagree on what that should look like.

Those wary of reform say it could not happen at a worse time. With anti-climate politics taking hold in the US and some others watering down green policies, they fear an overhaul could backfire and lead to something worse.

“In a time in which the climate debate is so vulnerable, to open a reform process could mean that we could be captured by the climate denialists,” former Peruvian minister of the environment Manuel Pulgar Vidal said.

The UN is among those seeking a change. UN climate secretariat head Simon Stiell has set up a group of 15 former world leaders, diplomats, ministers, business and indigenous representatives to advise on how to make COPs fit for the next decade. The group should submit its recommendations in the coming weeks, two members said.

The COP process has delivered real progress, Stiell said, adding that countries’ latest climate pledges would cut global emissions 12 percent from 2019 levels by 2035, marking the first steady decline.

“But in this new era, we must evolve and improve in order to accelerate… But we must also be clear about who can change what,” he said.

One member of the advisory group, climate scientist Johan Rockstroem, said that “nothing was off the table” as they debated options from allowing majority-vote decisions to restructuring the annual summit’s format.

“In the end, what matters is to start delivering against the agreements,” Rockstroem said.

For those seeking change, one central frustration is the COP requirement for decisions to be made by full consensus of the nearly 200 countries involved, a model that has often allowed more ambitious efforts to be blocked.

A deal at Glasgow’s COP26 in 2021 to “phase out” global coal use was watered down to “phase down” after a last-minute objection from India.

One solution would be to shift to a majority-vote model. However, that shift would need a full consensus to happen, underlining that the biggest hurdle to major changes to global climate negotiations is that all countries must approve them.

Some governments have floated ideas such as holding the COP every other year, or siphoning off parts into smaller action-focused gatherings, diplomats told Reuters.

Avinash Persaud, special advisor to the Inter-American Development Bank’s president, cautioned against reducing the frequency of summits.

“I fear that if you have a COP every two years, you will lose some of that momentum,” he said.

Tens of thousands of delegates swarming the summits — including big business contingents — have made some COPs resemble a trade show more than climate policy negotiations.

While some cheer this approach for connecting governments with the banks and companies needed to make climate pledges happen, others want a downsizing.

“There are people that literally just benefit from going to COP to COP, from cocktail to cocktail, from side event to side event, while the world keeps burning,” Panamanian COP negotiator Juan Carlos Monterrey said.

A leaked UN document seen by Reuters showed an internal UN taskforce this year proposed folding the UN climate body into another department and asked “whether COP in current form should be discontinued.”

While the proposal is considered unlikely, it was seen by some diplomats as a warning to “get your act together,” one European country’s UN climate negotiator said.

That includes slimming down unwieldy agendas and time spent on technical bureaucracy.

“The system is not working. We are literally drowning in paperwork,” Monterrey said.

Activists have criticized fossil fuel proponents serving as COP host countries, and urged countries to block summit delegates with conflicts of interest, such as oil company executives seeking to expand fossil fuel use.

Acknowledging frustration over the slow pace of progress, host Brazil has asked COP30 parties to eschew new pledges this year and instead work on how to deliver old promises.

Brazil has proposed creating a UN-backed council to visit and check that countries are following through on their COP pledges.

Governments inside the COP30 negotiations are wrestling with how to evolve global climate diplomacy.

For the first time, countries are considering a final COP deal that would set the intention for the world’s climate diplomacy to “transition from negotiations to implementation,” according to a note published by Brazil’s COP30 president on Sunday.

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Hasina’s death sentence sets stage for volatile Bangladesh vote

A Bangladeshi court’s decision to sentence exiled former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death has done little to heal a nation scarred by her long rule and last year’s bloody crackdown against student-led, anti-government protests.

Families of the victims want her immediate execution. The government demanded her extradition from India, where she fled last year.

Her supporters have threatened unrest if her Awami League party, once the country’s largest, remains banned from elections in February, leaving Bangladesh unable to turn the page on one of its darkest chapters.

Moments after Tuesday’s ruling drew cheers in court, families of protest victims called for Hasina’s hanging. However, repeated attempts to extradite her from India have stalled, straining ties between the once close partners.

Her son, Sajeeb Wazed, has warned of massive violent protests if the ban on Awami League is not lifted — a showdown that could shake the nation of 170 million, disrupt its garment exports to global brands, and jeopardize an economy reliant on a US$4.7 billion IMF bailout. Last year’s protests, which the UN says killed up to 1,400 people, had already brought economic activity to a standstill.

“True justice will come only when the hangman’s rope tightens around her neck,” said Abdur Rab, whose son was killed during the protests, as he held a banner bearing a noose and the words “Killer Hasina.”

“Only then can we wipe this dark stain from our nation’s history,” he said.

Hasina, who ruled Bangladesh for 20 years, including 15 straight before she fled, called the verdict politically motivated “by a rigged tribunal established and presided over by an unelected government with no democratic mandate.”

The upcoming elections would mark a long-awaited return to democratic rule and are widely expected to bring the Awami League’s archrival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, back to power. The two parties have alternated rule for generations.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and representatives of student protesters, faces the task of seeking Hasina’s extradition.

After the sentence was handed down, the government told India that failure to return her would be “a highly unfriendly gesture and an affront to justice.”

“Under the existing extradition treaty between the two nations, this is a binding obligation for India,” the Bangladeshi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

All previous efforts so far to persuade New Delhi to send her back have faltered.

New Delhi said it was committed to “the best interests of the people of Bangladesh, including in peace, democracy, inclusion and stability in that country. We will always engage constructively with all stakeholders to that end.”

An Indian government source said that extradition is a lengthy process requiring review of tribunal documents to ensure due procedure, fair representation and credible testimony.

India cannot act without these records, and exemptions to the treaty apply if the case appears political, the source said.

“They don’t have to be best of friends, but they cannot remain at loggerheads indefinitely,” economist and political analyst Jyoti Rahman said. “And as long as Hasina remains in India, it would be difficult for the Bangladesh government to normalize the relationship. [The] Indian establishment recognizes that as well. Something has to be done here.”

Political violence surged in Dhaka ahead of the Hasina verdict, with several crude bombs exploding on Sunday and 32 blasts reported on Wednesday last week alone, along with dozens of buses torched. Police have detained activists from Hasina’s Awami League over alleged sabotage.

Hasina’s son and adviser Wazed said Awami League supporters would block the national election if the ban on the party was not lifted.

“There will be massive protests ... there’s going to be confrontations,” he told Reuters from Washington. “My mother is in touch with all of our party leaders and activists who are in the country. I am in touch with them. We have hundreds of thousands of activists in the country. We have millions of supporters, tens of millions. They are outraged.”

The interim government said the Awami League remains under “legal proscription” for its role in last year’s violence, and was not doing itself a favor by its “incitement to violence.”

“The administration’s overriding goal is to protect life and property and ensure a peaceful environment ahead of elections,” a spokesperson said. “Law enforcement has been instructed to act with restraint, maintain proportionality and prioritize dialogue to prevent confrontation. The priority now is stability, justice for victims, and restoring democratic governance.”

For Aman Ullah, 24, who lost his sight during the protests, justice would only come with Hasina’s hanging.

“I cannot see anymore, but the day I hear she has been hanged will be a celebration greater than Eid,” he said.


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Chile’s right turn matters less than its democratic stability

Chile’s presidential runoff next month is already being cast as a clash of extremes: on one side, Jeannette Jara, the leftist who joined the Communist Party at 14; on the other, Jose Antonio Kast, the ultraconservative, pro-life Catholic who promises a hard line against immigrants.

Fierce, right? From afar, it looks like just another manifestation of the toxic polarization gripping global politics. Except, it is not.

Behind the lazy labels for the two contenders facing off on Dec. 14 lies something remarkable: Chile’s political system has matured enough to endure the feisty ideological battles of our time without tearing down its democratic institutions. In fact, Chile is offering the world a lesson in political civility.

Consider one of the debates among the eight candidates who competed in Sunday’s election. The final one — a three-hour-plus marathon — brimmed with concrete proposals of all colors and civilized exchanges. During closing remarks, one candidate even paused to hand a rose to center-right contender Evelyn Matthei for her birthday amid rounds of applause.

Sure, you could find the usual populist pitches — calls to send the military to the streets, pledges to drastically cut politicians’ salaries and a hard-left representative arguing in favor of nationalizing copper and lithium production — but even the campaign’s scuffles felt unusually polite by Latin American standards. (Perhaps you missed the live debate last year in which a Sao Paulo mayoral candidate hit a rival with a chair). Unsurprisingly, Chile’s sovereign spread — a measure of country risk — has remained mostly muted throughout the electoral cycle.

Why has Chile resisted the populist virus that has taken hold in the rest of Latin America and beyond? This is, after all, the country that just six years ago erupted in mass protests and public demands that challenged the Chilean system’s very foundations, still resting on the neoliberal reforms of former Chilean president Augusto Pinochet dictatorship’s years.

Amid deep political fragmentation, the 2019 Estallido Social brought to power a new generation led by millennial Chilean President Gabriel Boric — at the time one of the world’s youngest leaders — who promised radical change. Yet that revolutionary fervor soon gave way to skepticism and pragmatism: Voters ultimately rejected two proposed constitutional overhauls, an overreaching left-leaning one in 2022 and another more conservative version in 2023.

As Chilean political analyst and consultant Kenneth Bunker convincingly argues in a new book, policymakers, strategists and experts alike widely misinterpreted the 2019 uprising — “an elite misdiagnosis from the outset,” he calls it.

The unrest reflected the system’s inability to adapt to society’s evolving demands, not a fundamental rejection of the economic and political model that made Chile a beacon of prosperity in Latin America, he said.

Chileans quickly recalibrated, rejecting ideological overreach and demands for total reform.

“We’ve tried the Latin American cure, it didn’t work and now we’ve returned to normality,” Bunker said. “Chile has a democratic memory that is respected. Its institutions and parties are strong and they play by the rules.”

None of this means downplaying the serious challenges the next president would inherit. Insecurity, migration and corruption dominate Chileans’ concerns, and these issues do not come with easy fixes. A striking 92 percent of Chileans say immigration is a major problem — understandable when you consider that the share of foreign-born residents jumped to 8.8 percent last year, up from just 1.3 percent in 2002. The economy is also far from its booming years between late 1980s and early 2010s.

The proposals from Jara and Kast — who advanced to the runoff yesterday with almost 27 percent and 24 percent of the vote respectively — could hardly be more different: While Jara pledges to hike minimum income and expand Chile’s welfare, Kast is vowing to cut corporate taxes, deploy the military to seal the border and deport thousands of undocumented.

It would be a mistake to see these contrasts as existential battles. Democracy’s real strength lies in its ability to accommodate radically different viewpoints without burning down the house in the process. We already saw this in Chile between 2006 and 2022, when the leftist former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet alternated terms with the rightist former Chilean president Sebastian Pinera.

Given the current political climate, public demands and the Boric administration’s poor approval ratings, Kast heads into the runoff with the upper hand. His victory would not only mark a major ideological shift for Chile, but also accelerate the region’s rightward turn after Argentine President Javier Milei’s decisive midterm win in Argentina and the collapse of 20 years of socialist rule in Bolivia. Washington would welcome more like-minded allies in what it now sees as its sphere of influence. Yet the results of Chile’s election should be treated for what they are: the normal alternation of power in a functioning democracy following the changing demands of voters.

Nearly four years ago, in December 2021, Kast lost a similar runoff to Boric by almost 12 percentage points. I was in Santiago following the vote and, accustomed to the political antics common elsewhere in the region, I was struck by the losing candidate’s gracious call to the president-elect hardly an hour after polls closed.

“He deserves all our respect and constructive collaboration,” Kast said about Boric that night.

You might question Kast’s sincerity, but that gesture alone makes the label “ultraconservative” feel reductive and misleading — even if he does sit on the far end of the ideological spectrum. Conceding defeat with dignity is what democrats do. Crying fraud on flimsy grounds is what sore losers do — and we are seeing far too much of that, from Brazil and Mexico to the US.

Which is why I expect that, once polls close next month, the losing candidate would once again concede and move on. Chile shows that a country can be polarized without compromising its democratic norms. That is something worth celebrating and imitating.

J.P. Spinetto is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Latin American business, economic affairs and politics. He was previously Bloomberg News’ managing editor for economics and government in the region. This column reflects the personal views of the author and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.


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WELL-PREPARED:  Chen Nien-chin gave special thanks to a scouting team at National Tsing Hua University for helping her to fully grasp her opponents’ strategies

Taiwanese boxer Chen Nien-chin, a bronze medalist at last year’s Paris Olympics, on Thursday claimed gold in the women’s 65kg division at the World Boxing Cup in India.

Chen defeated reigning champion Dione Burman of the UK (who competed in the 66kg division last year) by a score of 4-1 at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida, earning Taiwan’s first and only gold at World Boxing’s year-ending event.

“I think the key to winning was the team’s great atmosphere, that we shared the dream of winning gold and that we trusted each other,” Chen told the Central News Agency after the gold medal bout.

Only boxers with sufficient ranking points could compete in the World Boxing Cup finals and there were four qualifiers in Chen’s weight class.

In the gold medal bout, Chen fought aggressively despite her height disadvantage, while her English opponent relied largely on ineffective counterpunches.

Chen had a 20-18 lead on the scorecards of four of the five judges (and was tied on the other scorecard) heading into the final round, meaning Burman needed a dominant finish to have a chance to win.

Although she came out as the aggressor in round three, Burman failed to land many effective punches, with the two fighters clinching several times, and Chen maintained her edge for gold.

Reflecting on her journey to gold, Chen said she prepared extensively every day, including reviewing videos of Burman’s previous bouts.

She gave special thanks to a scouting team at National Tsing Hua University for its support, which she said “helped me fully grasp my opponents’ strategies.”

Chen’s gold came after Paris Games bronze medalist Wu Shih-yi and Guo Yi-xuan earlier the same day both lost in the finals of the women’s 57kg and 51kg divisions respectively.

All three were coached by Ko Wen-ming, who described the results as “not satisfying, but acceptable.”

“The two silver medals were a bit of a shame — they did have a chance to win,” he said.

The World Boxing Cup Finals in India was the second edition of the tournament held by the nascent organization. It concluded on Thursday after five days featuring more than 80 bouts in 20 men’s and women’s weight classes.

India topped the medal table with nine golds. Uzbekistan finished second with four.

Taiwan, which also had a bronze medal from Huang Hsiao-wen, came after the UK to rank fourth in the medal count among 18 nations.


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Nineteen wickets fell yesterday on an opening day of carnage in the first Ashes Test, with England’s attack led by skipper Ben Stokes bowling them into a position of strength after Australia dismissed the tourists for 172.

A rampaging Mitchell Starc took 7-58 to put England on the back foot after Stokes won the toss on a fine day at a packed Perth Stadium and chose to bat.

Harry Brook (52) and Ollie Pope (46) offered the only resistance as they crumbled after lunch, but England’s elite fast bowlers, led by an exceptional Stokes with 5-23, fought back to reduce the hosts to 123-9 at stumps, trailing by 49.

Australia’s Mitchell Starc, front left, bowls to England’s Jamie Smith, right, on the first day of the first Ashes Test in Perth, Australia, yesterday. Photo: AFP

Nathan Lyon was on 3 with Brendan Doggett yet to score.

There was early drama in Australia’s reply when Usman Khawaja failed to open with Marnus Labuschagne, instead walking out with debutant Jake Weatherald.

In a brutal introduction to Test cricket, Weatherald went for a second-ball duck, left on the floor by a Jofra Archer bullet and given out leg before wicket.

Labuschagne fended off 41 balls for 9 before he too succumbed to the sheer speed of Archer, bowled by a fuller delivery, and when Steve Smith fell for 17 to Brydon Carse in the next over, caught by Brook at slip, it was game on.

Khawaja, who was feeling stiff, came in at four, but lasted just six balls, blown away by a Carse bouncer that took a nick to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith, leaving Australia reeling at 31-4.

Cameron Green (24), Travis Head (21), Alex Carey (26) and Starc (12) all got starts, but in a reflection of the depth of England’s pace stocks, Stokes removed them when he brought himself on.

Starc bagged three wickets in an intimidating opening spell, including Joe Root for a duck, before returning to send Stokes packing in his first over after the lunch break, then mopping up.

All five previous Tests in Perth have been won by the side batting first, but England did their best to challenge that, getting off to a horror start.

Veteran strike weapon Starc delivered as he has so many times before, enticing a thick edge from Zak Crawley on his sixth ball that Khawaja did well to collect low at slip, the opener gone for a duck.

Starc has now taken a wicket in the first over of an innings 24 times.

At the other end, Ben Duckett settled his nerves with a textbook drive off Scott Boland to bank the first four of the series, but just as he was getting going, Starc pounced again, trapping him leg before wicket for 21 to leave England tottering on 33-2.

That brought Root to the crease in his latest campaign for an elusive first century in Australia.

He only lasted seven balls, edging a seaming delivery into the safe hands of Labuschagne at third slip.

Pope survived the furnace and was composed before Green came on and he was out leg before wicket, leaving the visitors on 105-4 at lunch.

Brook hit Scott Boland for a six in the first over after the break, before Starc again worked his magic, taking out Stokes’ stumps with an inswinger when the captain was on 6.

A fearless Brook raced to his 14th Test half-century before feathering a short ball to Carey, earning Doggett his maiden Test wicket on debut.

Starc then removed Gus Atkinson cheaply to give him the 17th five-wicket haul of his career and with Doggett they ruthlessly cleaned up the tail.

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Tyrese Maxey on Thursday scored 54 points to spark the Philadelphia 76ers in a 123-114 overtime victory at Milwaukee, while San Antonio surged late to beat Atlanta.

In 47 minutes, star guard Maxey made 18 of 30 shots from the floor, six of 15 from three-point range and 12 of 14 free throws while passing out nine assists and grabbing five rebounds.

Milwaukee’s Myles Turner hit a three-pointer with 15 seconds remaining to give the Bucks a 106-104 lead, but Maxey sank two free throws with seven seconds remaining in regulation time to force an extra period.

Tyrese Maxey of the Philadelphia 76ers, top, goes to the basket against the Milwaukee Bucks in their NBA game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Thursday. Photo: Benny Sieu-Imagn Images

Maxey scored six points in overtime and the Sixers dominated for the victory.

Paul George added 21 points for the 76ers, while Ryan Rollins had 32 to lead Milwaukee, who were without injured star Giannis Antetokounmpo just as the Sixers lacked Cameroonian big man Joel Embiid.

In San Antonio, Texas, De’Aaron Fox scored 26 points and Keldon Johnson added 25 off the bench to spark the Spurs over visiting Atlanta 135-126.

The Spurs improved to 11-4 overall and 3-0 since losing star Victor Wembanyama to a calf injury thanks to a group effort filling in for the French big man.

Fox added nine assists, while Johnson had seven assists as well as a season-high in points, 18 of them coming in the first half.

“My teammates, they expect me to score the basketball,” Johnson said. “They believe in me even when I struggle to believe in myself.”

Julian Champagnie scored 20 points, eight of them in a crucial 16-2 Spurs run in the fourth quarter to give San Antonio a 116-103 lead.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored a season-high 38 points and Jalen Johnson added 26 to lead the Atlanta Hawks, who welcomed back center Kristaps Porzingis from a knee injury and forward Zaccharie Risacher from a bruised hip.

Atlanta guard Trae Young remains out with a knee sprain.

Orlando won for the fifth time in six games as Jalen Suggs scored 23 points and Franz Wagner added 20 to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers 129-101.

The Magic were without Paolo Banchero due to a groin injury, but dominated despite a game-high 31 points from James Harden for the Clippers.

Spanish forward Santi Aldama scored 29 points and Australian center Jock Landale added 21 off the bench to spark Memphis over the Sacramento Kings 137-96 as every player scored for hosts the Grizzlies.

Domantas Sabonis will be out for the Kings for the next three to four weeks with a knee injury, the team announced.

Dallas guard Dante Exum needs knee surgery and is to miss the remainder of the season, the Mavericks said.

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Houston’s Calen Bullock on Thursday intercepted reigning NFL Most Valuable Player Josh Allen twice and the league’s top defensive unit powered the Texans over Buffalo 23-19.

Allen was sacked eight times, his most in any game, for 70 lost yards and Bullock’s final pickoff killed the Bills’ last desperate drive with 18 seconds remaining.

The Texans, who have allowed the NFL’s fewest points and fewest yards a game this season, shut down Allen, who produced six touchdowns in a victory over Tampa Bay just four days earlier.

Calen Bullock of the Houston Texans, center, intercepts a pass as teammate Azeez al-Shaair, left, and Elijah Moore of the Buffalo Bills look on in their NFL game in Houston, Texas, on Thursday. Photo: AP

“The defense stayed disciplined,” Houston’s Danielle Hunter said. “We had a game plan to keep him contained in the pocket and I think we did a good job all around.”

Davis Mills improved to 3-0 as a starter for Houston in place of injured C.J. Stroud, completing 16 of 30 passes for 153 yards and two touchdowns.

“He’s just going to keep going and make plays,” Hunter said.

Tim Settle Jr of the Houston Texans, left, sacks Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen in their NFL game in Houston, Texas, on Thursday. Photo: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images

Allen completed 24 of 34 passes for 253 yards, but was intercepted twice and rushed all night by an aggressive Texans defensive unit.

The Bills fell to 7-4, two games behind New England (9-2) in the American Football Conference East Division.

The Texans improved to 6-5, half a game behind Jacksonville for the last American Football Conference wild-card playoff spot.

James Cook ran 45 yards for a touchdown to put the Bills ahead 6-0 after only 5 minutes, 49 seconds of the game, but Matt Prater missed the conversion.

Houston’s Ka’imi Fairbairn answered with a 24-yard field goal, but Prater connected on a 44-yard kick to give the Bills a 9-3 edge.

The Texans responded by marching 77 yards in 12 plays with Christian Kirk’s two-yard touchdown catch from Mills and a Fairbairn conversion giving Houston a 10-9 advantage, which Fairbairn later boosted with a 43-yard field goal.

However, on the ensuing kickoff the Bills reclaimed the lead as Ray Davis returned the ball 97 yards for a touchdown and a 16-13 Buffalo edge.

Mills flipped an eight-yard touchdown pass to Jayden Higgins with five seconds remaining in the second quarter and the conversion gave Houston a 20-16 halftime lead.

“It was a perfect two-minute drive,” Houstoan Texans coach DeMeco Ryans said.“Couldn’t ask for anything better.”

Fairbairn added a 26-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter to boost Houston’s lead to 23-16.

The Bills drove to the Houston 23-yard line, but were stopped on downs, then drove again, but settled for a 38-yard Prater field goal to lift Buffalo within 23-19 with 5:44 to play.

On the final march, Buffalo moved 60 yards in 13 plays only to be undone when Bullock picked off a fourth-down pass by Allen.

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Italy to face Northern Ireland in World Cup playoffs, Ukraine take on Sweden

Four-time World Cup winners Italy are to face Northern Ireland in the semi-finals of the European playoffs for next year’s tournament, while Ukraine face star-studded Sweden.

Italy are to take on Northern Ireland on March 26 next year at an Italian venue that is yet to be confirmed after the draw made in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday.

Five days later the winner is to travel to face the winner of Wales’ semi-final against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso speaks to the media after the draw for the World Cup playoffs at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Despite another error-strewn qualification campaign, Italy still have a chance of reaching the World Cup finals for the first time since 2014 in Brazil, having failed to qualify in 2018 and 2022.

Facing the Azzurri will be a daunting challenge for Northern Ireland, who have only beaten Italy once in 11 meetings, and that was in 1958.

“Let’s concentrate on the first match. Northen Ireland are a team that we can beat,” Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso said. “They’re a team that have their own style, they’re very physical ... they’ll give us a good game, but we can do it. We know about Wales and Bosnia, and playing in Cardiff is difficult for anybody, but for now let’s concentrate on the semi-final.”

War-torn Ukraine are to play a Sweden team that could feature Liverpool’s ￡125 million (US$164 million) forward Alexander Isak and Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres.

Sweden were woeful in qualifying, finishing bottom of their group, and only got into the playoffs thanks to their performance in the UEFA Nations League.

Newly appointed English coach Graham Potter, formerly in charge of Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea, faces a tough task to steer Sweden to the finals in the US, Mexico and Canada.

Potter said Sweden had a “fantastic opportunity.”

“We need to make sure we’re in a good place in March. We need to use our time until then wisely,” he said.

Whoever triumphs in that match is to face the winner of Poland’s meeting with Albania — Albania are bidding to reach soccer’s showpiece for the first time.

Meanwhile, the Republic of Ireland, who reached the playoffs after a dramatic late goal from Troy Parrott earned a 3-2 win in Hungary on Sunday, face a tough trip to the Czech Republic.

The winner of that match is to host the winner of the semi-final between Denmark and North Macedonia.

Turkey are to play Romania, with the winner faces either Slovakia or Kosovo, who are also trying to reach a World Cup for the first time in their history.

All the European semi-finals are to take place on March 26, with the finals on March 31.

In the inter-continental playoffs, New Caledonia — another nation bidding to make a first appearance at a World Cup finals — are to play against Jamaica for the right to face the seeded Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Bolivia are to play Suriname — yet another country seeking a first-ever appearance — with the victor going on to a winner-takes-all game against Iraq.


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DISASTER:  The Bangladesh Meteorological Department recorded a magnitude 5.7 and tremors reached as far as Kolkata, India, more than 300km away from the epicenter

A powerful earthquake struck Bangladesh yesterday outside the crowded capital, Dhaka, killing at least five people and injuring about a hundred, the government said.

The magnitude 5.5 quake struck at 10:38am near Narsingdi, Bangladesh, about 33km from Dhaka, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The earthquake sparked fear and chaos with many in the Muslim-majority nation of 170 million people at home on their day off.

Residents stand next to a fallen scaffolding after an earthquake in Dhaka yesterday. Photo: Reuters

AFP reporters in Dhaka said they saw people weeping in the streets while others appeared shocked.

Bangladesh Interim Leader Muhammad Yunus expressed his “deep shock and sorrow over the news of casualties in various districts.”

At least five people, including a child, had been killed and about 100 people were injured, including university students and factory workers, he said in a statement.

Nine people were taken to hospitals in Dhaka with serious injuries, Bangladesh’s health department said.

An eyewitness said that masonry from an eight-story building in a Dhaka district had fallen onto a busy road below.

“Many people had gathered at the butcher” when the rubble fell, said Sakib Hossain, 50, who rushed out after hearing a loud bang. “I saw vans carrying injured people,” he added.

The USGS warned of potentially “significant casualties” and damage.

Yunus said the government was taking “all necessary measures” and that emergency services were “responding swiftly to the reports of damages” from across the country.

The shaking lasted for 26 seconds, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said, adding that it recorded the magnitude as 5.7.

“The situation is being closely monitored, and all relevant departments have been directed to immediately go to the field to assess any possible damages,” Yunus said.

Strong tremors were felt as far as in Kolkata, India, more than 325km away from the epicenter.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or significant damage in India.

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The US’ health agency has updated its official Web site to reflect vaccine skepticism, a move that medical and public health experts widely condemned.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday revised its Web site with language that undermines its previous, scientifically grounded position that immunizations do not cause the developmental disability autism.

Years of research demonstrate there is no causal link between vaccinations and autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders, but US Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr has long voiced anti-vaccine rhetoric and inaccurate claims connecting the two.

A protester takes a photo of an inflatable duck during a march calling for the removal of US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr outside the US Department of Health and Human services in Washington on Nov. 5. Photo: AFP

The CDC Web page on vaccines and autism previously stated that studies show “no link between receiving vaccines and developing autism spectrum disorder,” citing a body of high-quality research, including a 2013 study from the agency itself.

That text reflected medical and scientific consensus, including guidance from the WHO.

However, the Web site now states, “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim, because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”

The revised language accuses health authorities of having “ignored” research supporting a link and said the US health department “has launched a comprehensive assessment of the causes of autism.”

A purported connection between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and autism stemmed from a flawed study published in 1998, which was retracted for including falsified data. Its results have not been replicated and are refuted by subsequent research.

Amid the rewrite, one header remained: “Vaccines do not cause Autism.”

A footnote explains that the line was not cut due to an agreement Kennedy had made with US Senator Bill Cassidy, a medical doctor who chairs the US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

Cassidy on Thursday insisted on vaccine safety and efficacy in a post on X, saying “any statement to the contrary is wrong, irresponsible and actively makes Americans sicker.”

“What parents need to hear right now is vaccines for measles, polio, hepatitis B and other childhood diseases are safe and effective, and will not cause autism,” he said.

The CDC Web site edits were met with anger and fear by career scientists and other public health figures who have spent years combatting such false information, including from within the agency.

“I feel like we are going back to the Dark Ages. I feel like we are undermining science by tying it to people’s political agendas,” Boston University Center for Autism Research Excellence director Helen Tager-Flusberg said. “We’re going to see a significant increase in these childhood diseases.”

American Academy of Pediatrics president Susan Kressly said, “we call on the CDC to stop wasting government resources to amplify false claims that sow doubt in one of the best tools we have to keep children healthy and thriving: routine immunizations.”

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DO NOT YIELD: China adopts an intimidating attitude toward those who appear weak, but it treats strong opponents with politeness, lawmaker Hei Seki said

Japan should leverage its alliance with the US to counter China’s threats rather than seeking quick compromises alone that will lead to long-term losses, said a Japanese lawmaker whose entry into China has been banned.

If Beijing signals wielding rare earths restrictions as a weapon, Tokyo should hint that it could join forces with Washington to curb China’s access to semiconductor-making devices over which Japan retains supremacy, Japan Innovation Party lawmaker Hei Seki said on Thursday.

Seki said he sees chances for China to use that card like it did more than a decade ago against Japan, as the two nations verbally spar over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent remarks on Taiwan.

Many nations now see Beijing’s dominance over the critical minerals as problematic and a full-scale trade war with Japan would worsen China’s economic standing given its fragile trade truce with Washington.

“Japan is smaller in size than China and militarily, they might be superior. But Japan has an advantage China lacks,” Seki said. “Japan has allies. The Japan-US alliance is for a situation like this.”

Chipmaking devices accounted for about 12 percent of Japan’s exports to China last year, the second-biggest market after the US, Japanese government data showed.

Washington has been asking Tokyo to join forces to cripple Beijing’s ability to make advanced semiconductors, which are critical for economic security and defense capabilities.

Takaichi must not retract her remarks as requested by China, Seki said, adding that the remarks made it clearer to China that Japan is ready to help the US preserve Taiwan’s independence.

“When it comes to a Taiwan contingency, I believe it’s actually good that Japan’s prime minister made somewhat bold statements,” he said. “This serves as a form of deterrence against [Chinese President] Xi Jinping [習近平] and China.”

While China’s rhetoric shows no sign of easing, actual actions it has taken so far fall short of hard brakes on its economic activities with Japan, Seki said, pointing to China giving a travel warning, instead of a complete ban.

It also knows the limits to what it can do against Japanese companies in China, he said.

“What would happen to Japan if China expelled all Japanese companies out of China?” Seki said. “Japanese companies would suffer losses, but the Chinese government couldn’t possibly do that. Why? Because those Japanese companies employ a large number of Chinese people.”

There is no need for Japan to seek compromises in a rush, as China would eventually find a timing to tone down threats, he added.

“Having studied the Chinese Communist Party regime for many years, I understand their habits well,” he said. “They always become arrogant and adopt an intimidating attitude toward those who yield or appear weak. Conversely, they treat strong opponents with politeness. That’s China.”

Japan should not overreact to every single rhetoric from Beijing, but it should consider expelling Chinese Consul General in Osaka Xue Jian (薛劍), Seki said, referring to Xue earlier this month threatening to cut off Takaichi’s head in a now-deleted post on X.

title: Japan should use US ties to counter China: official


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Ukraine peace plan would cede chunks of territory, grant key Russian demands

A 28-point peace plan floated by US and Russian envoys would force Ukraine to cede large chunks of territory taken by Russia, cap the size of its military and lift sanctions on Moscow over time, acceding to many of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s wartime demands.

Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk would be “recognized as de facto Russian, including by the United States,” the proposal says, a copy of which was seen by Bloomberg News. Ukraine would also be required to hold elections in 100 days and give up any hope of NATO membership.

Kyiv’s forces would withdraw from parts of Donetsk that Russia does not occupy and that area would become a “neutral demilitarized buffer zone, internationally recognized as territory belonging to the Russian Federation,” it states, adding that Russian military would not enter this demilitarized zone.

A paramedic provides first-aid to a man during an overnight Russian drone strike in Odesa, Ukraine, yesterday. Photo: State of Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa via Reuters

Ukraine would receive a US security guarantee — albeit one that Washington would be compensated for. The US would also get 50 percent of profits to rebuild and invest in Ukraine, and enter an economic partnership with Russia once sanctions are lifted.

While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was reviewing the idea, there is little indication he would be prepared to accept many of its terms. NATO members would also object, given that the plan would curtail the alliance’s ability to expand as it sees fit. Such a move would need the buy-in of all 32 of its members.

The latest proposal was worked out between US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev, people familiar with the matter said.

While White House officials said the plan had Trump’s backing, one person familiar with the matter said conversations remain fluid.

A delegation of top US military officials, led by US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, was in Kyiv this week discussing avenues for progress, and options include ramping up military support, the person said.

The scale of the concessions to Moscow and the US is massive, and would need buy-in from other countries not involved in the latest discussions. Not only would Ukraine have to promise not to join NATO — it would have to enshrine such a vow in its constitution. Russia would be brought back into the G8 nations, a symbolic move that would end its international isolation and is opposed by other members of the group.

It is not clear how much leeway Zelenskiy has to push back against the plan, or whether the US would use its supplies of weapons and intelligence as leverage to push Kyiv to accept.

The response from Ukraine’s allies has been swift and negative.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said any proposal for a peace agreement with Russia must have Ukraine’s consent. So did Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

“A lot of the points that I saw are quite problematic,” Mitsotakis said. “We’ve also made it quite clear that at the end of the day, the most important security guarantee for Ukraine is a strong Ukrainian army.”

His remarks echoed EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, who said that any attempt to bring peace to Ukraine must involve Kyiv.

While the document gives Russia much of what it wants, some vague limits would be imposed on Russia. It would be expected not to invade other countries and enshrine non-aggression toward Europe into law.


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Former Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik is banned from running in the elections tomorrow, but as he walked into a packed sports hall alongside his chosen replacement, the only name the crowd chanted was his.

Swamped by well-wishers during the campaign rally last week, Dodik, an ardent nationalist, retains undeniable political stature in the statelet, Republika Srpska (RS), despite being removed from office months ago.

“He will always be our president,” 52-year-old supporter Biljana Kuvelja said. “He is the bulwark defending the Serb people and Republika Srpska, a true leader, the one we need.”

Former Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik gestures during a news conference in Moscow on Sept. 9. Photo: Reuters

Dodik, 66, was removed from the presidency in August after being convicted for flouting rulings by the international envoy who oversees the peace treaty that ended the Bosnian War in 1995.

Bosnia has been split between Serbian and Bosnian-Croat political units since the end of the war, in which tens of thousands died. The country is held together by weak central institutions.

As part of his conviction, Dodik was banned from holding public office for six years.

After decrying the sentence and threatening to block elections, he reluctantly picked Sinisa Karan, a close ally, as his successor.

Surrounded by tricolor RS flags at the rally in the entity’s east, Dodik — or “the boss,” as his supporters call him — strode out in front, warmly shaking hands with supporters.

“They wanted to get rid of one Dodik, but now they’ll have two Dodiks!” Karan told the crowd.

Rally attendee Spiro Pljevaljcic said he stood by the former president despite some “bad policies” that drove his own children to seek work abroad.

“He fears no one,” he said.

On the other side, the opposition has entered the presidential race with a near-unknown, Branko Blanusa, an electrical engineering professor who has promised to govern differently and accused Dodik of dividing society.

“On one side, we have the wealthy members of the ruling regime. On the other hand, it’s you, the people, who live very modestly,” Blanusa said during a rally.

Gavro Mandic, an 86-year-old opposition supporter, said Blanusa’s lack of profile did not matter after nearly two decades of Dodik’s party being in power.

“Blanusa will win, because the people are fed up and want change.”

East Ilidza Mayor Marinko Bozovic, a fierce Dodik critic, said he sees the snap election as “an opportunity for RS to take a new path.”

Dodik’s term had been marred by “corruption” and scandals, he said, adding that “if his mission since coming to power was to weaken RS, then he has accomplished it well.”


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Using long iron tongs, artists Victor Uinmwen Aduwe and Matthew Mathias pick a blazing pot from a fire and pour a thick golden liquid into a partly buried mold, using a centuries-old technique that still flourishes in Nigeria’s south.

After a short cooling period, the mold is dug up and opened, revealing three small bronze heads fashioned after an ancient monarch of the erstwhile kingdom of Benin in Nigeria’s Edo State.

The Edo capital, Benin City, has been renowned for centuries as the heart of bronze and brass craftsmanship.

A tourist looks at bronze art pieces on display for sale in a shop on Igun Street, in Benin City, Nigeria, on Nov. 10. Photo: AFP

Its most famous emblems are statues and plaques that adorned the royal palace and were looted after British forces captured the city in 1897.

They are scattered in museums and private collections across the world and Nigeria is now trying to get them back. Museums in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands have already returned several hundreds of the artifacts to Nigeria.

Igun Street in Benin City houses the historic Guild of Benin Bronze Casters, an influential but declining body whose members still make bronze and brass objects using traditional methods.

The 3km street is dotted with shops displaying statuettes of all sizes, mostly royal figures from the ancient kingdom.

They are crafted by guild members who have passed down their expertise from father to son for generations.

Aduwe, 45, was trained by his father from the age of six. Although he is capable of “making anything” in bronze to meet the varied demands of customers, he loves nothing more than casting objects in the image “of our king or queen.”

Two years ago, he was part of a team that made a 10m statue of Queen Idia that overlooks one of the city’s roundabouts.

Queen Idia, the first Queen Mother of Benin, was a powerful warrior and influential figure in the 16th century, known for her role in securing the throne for her son, Oba Esigie.

The statue took six months to complete and was carried out in utmost secrecy as the oba, the local traditional ruler who commissioned the statue, did not want anyone to see it before it was finished.

Once flourishing and funded by the oba, who remains a very influential figure in Edo State, the guild now has only 120 members.

Guild head Kingsley Osarhenhen Inneh, Aduwe’s uncle, said that “many have left for greener pastures.”

Inneh lamented the soaring cost of materials, with a kilo of brass rising “in less than four years” from 600 naira (US$0.41) to 8,000 naira — often salvaged from the carcasses of vehicles.

Inneh said he would welcome financial aid to buy modern equipment to increase output and ease the work. After working as an engineer all his life, the retiree is counting on his two sons, one of whom is a lawyer, to take over from him.

Matthew Mathias, originally from northern Nigeria, arrived in Benin City about a decade ago and met a bronze caster who trained him to be a bronze artist.

“I have become like their adopted son,” he said.

Handling fire and boiling materials, lifting heavy loads, digging the earth under a scorching sun — the work of a caster on Igun Street is grueling and has changed little, except that stoking the embers is now done with an electric blower rather than manually.

The fire “brings out the ability in a man... The fire that is coming out here is the hardship of life. If I can overcome this fire, I can be able to endure the heat of society,” Mathias said.

In another part of the city, Kelly Omodamwen also casts bronze using age-old techniques. However, the 32-year-old has carved out his own path: minimalist sculptures inspired by local mythology and history to tell “the same story, but in simpler forms.”

“Every time I tried to do different things, I came back to these stories,” said Omodamwen, whose works have sold in Europe and the US.

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Offering one of the more unique cuisines in Taipei, Divadlo serves up family recipes and homespun hospitality to warm the soul in winter

Divadlo feels like your warm neighborhood slice of home — even if you’ve only ever spent a few days in Prague, like myself.

A projector is screening retro animations by Czech director Karel Zeman, the shelves are lined with books and vinyl, and the owner will sit with you to share stories over a glass of pear brandy.

The food is also fantastic, not just a new cultural experience but filled with nostalgia, recipes from home and laden with soul-warming carbs, perfect as the weather turns chilly.

A Prague native, Kaio Picha has been in Taipei for 13 years and opened Divadlo six years ago. I only learned that Czech cuisine was offered in Taipei with its growing social media presence in recent months.

We begin as everyone should, with a proper half-liter stein of beer that requires two hands to drink. Divadlo import kegs of Czech Pilsner from the homeland, and we opt for a Rezany (NT$280), half light beer and half dark beer, to sample the best of both.

For starters, we grab a traditional Czech “beer snack,” the Nakldany Hermelin (NT$220).

Camembert is marinated in-house with olive oil, herbs and spices, then sandwiched with a paprika-based garlic paste and topped with pickled onions. We slather it on chewy slices of bread from a local German bakery. It reminds us of a cold European Christmas, with tangy hits from the onion and a pickled red chili offering a bit of extra spice.

For the mains, the stand-out signature dish is the Gulas (NT$460).

Perhaps lesser-known than the Hungarian or German goulash, Divadlo’s Czech take is a rich stew packed with chunks of melt-in-the-mouth beef shin, braised for two hours. The sauce is rich, complex and carries a strong meaty flavor using all the juices from the pan, almost reminiscent of a slow-cooked beef curry.

title: Restaurant review: Divadlo: Soul-warming Czech cuisine


people: 李登輝 鄭麗文 盧秀燕 陳水扁 連戰 宋楚瑜 江啟臣

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Donovan’s Deep Dives: The origins of Taiwan’s blue-green politics

Even the most casual followers of Taiwan politics are familiar with the terms pan-blue and pan-green. The terms are used so casually and commonly with the assumption that everyone knows what they mean, that few stop to really question it.

The way these terms are used today is far broader and extensive than what they were originally created to represent. Are these still useful shorthand terms, or have people become so obsessed with them that they color perceptions to the point of distortion?

LEE TUNG-HUI WAS NO SMURF

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chair Cheng Li-wun at a rally last month. The blue in the KMT’s emblem has come to be used as a blanket term for those politicos that are pro-China. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times

People often assume that these terms have been around forever, or at least as long as Taiwan has had democratic elections. They are treated as an immutable, permanent, and intrinsic to Taiwan’s politics, as if they were a force of nature.

In the 1996 presidential election, was Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) candidate Lee Tung-hui (李登輝) pan-blue, or was he secretly pan-green all along? At the time, the question would have made no sense, and asking that question would have earned puzzled looks.

Yet, today it is not uncommon to see writers — especially younger ones — framing the politics of the era in these terms.

At the time, the question would have been whether he was a secret supporter of Taiwan independence and sympathetic to the fledgling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), or whether he was the anti-communist, pro-unification Chinese nationalist stalwart that he and his party presented him as.

Amazingly, in polling at the time, both sides assumed he was one of theirs, a rare feat in the history of politics. He won in a landslide, and to the shock of many in the KMT, he was a lot less one of theirs than they had anticipated.

No one called him “green” at the time; he was not a noted environmentalist or a member of the Green Party. No one called him “blue” because he was not a Smurf.

CRUCIBLE OF TUMULTUOUS TIMES

The turn of the century was a tumultuous time in Taiwan politics. The KMT split in the 2000 election, handing victory to the DPP’s Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) after a bitterly fought race.

The KMT’s rising star at the time, James Soong (宋楚瑜), felt spurned after Lee passed him over to get the uninspiring and uncharismatic Lien Chan (連戰) nominated to represent the party. Soong ran as an independent and lost to Chen by less than 2.5 percent of the vote, leaving Lien in the dust as a distant third.

Post-election but prior to Chen’s inauguration, two big political changes occurred. KMT politician Su Chi (蘇起), a former Secretary-General of the National Security Council, pushed for the adoption of the term “1992 consensus.” The term had been used prior to this in a more vague sense, but he popularized the term and helped form the KMT’s current definition of what it means.

The other was Soong formed the People First Party (PFP), which attracted widespread support and was for a time more popular than the KMT. Soong’s popularity, charisma, and new vision caused significant defections from the KMT, swelling the PFP’s ranks.

As far as I can determine, the phrase “green terror” to attack the new Chen administration as being as bad or worse than the KMT’s 1950s “white terror” began to appear by at least late 2000, and appears to be the first instance of using this color in this political sense to distinguish it from “white.” The phrase remains popular today among KMT and TPP supporters.

Ahead of the December 2001 legislative elections, another splinter group broke away from the KMT and formed the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU, recently renamed Taiwan Solidarity Party). Though he never joined the party, the TSU named Lee Tung-hui as their “spiritual advisor” and campaigned on a stronger Taiwan independence stance than the DPP.

In that election, the KMT lost their legislative majority for the first time. Taking office in February 2002, the new legislature lacked a single dominant party.

Of the 225 seats, the DPP caucus was the biggest with 87 seats, the KMT was second with 68, the PFP third with 46, the newly formed TSU had 13, the fast-fading New Party (NP) had one seat and independents picked up nine seats.

In an already bitter and tense political environment, the legislature formed into two broad ideological coalitions of Chinese and Taiwanese nationalists. To stymy the Chen administration’s efforts, the KMT, PFP, and NP together held a one-seat 113 majority, bolstered by independents. Similarly, to support the administration the DPP and TSU also voted as a bloc.

As these two warring camps went at it in the legislature, a shorthand was needed in place of “KMT-PFP-NP coalition” and “DPP-TSU coalition.” Politics often uses martial analogies, so my best guess is they picked the colors of the two coalition leaders’ banners spearheading the charge on each side, taking “blue” from the primary color on the KMT flag and “green” from the most prominent color on the DPP’s flag.

Regardless of the exact origin, it stuck.

WHERE BLUE/GREEN GETS MURKY

The original narrow shorthand for legislative coalitions began to expand to apply to the parties themselves and their ideological camps. Green represented support for Taiwanese identity, nationalism, and sovereignty, while blue represented Chinese versions of the same.

These new expansions of the terms remained useful, but they did obscure considerable ideological variation between the parties, and even between different camps within the parties.

Eventually, this was extended to individual politicians, with “light” and “deep” used to add a crude nuance. The terms are used to denote how far on the spectrum ideologically they are, with “light” being closer to a mainstream position and “deep” closer to the ideological core of what “green” and “blue” are supposed to represent.

For example, former KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) is considered light blue, while current Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) is usually labelled deep blue. However, many KMT politicians do not neatly fall into either category.

Today, there is only one green party of any significance, the DPP. The term is only useful in contrast to blue.

Even “light” and “deep” are not very useful when it comes to DPP politicians today. The party has become so homogenous ideologically in the last decade it is hard to definitively identify any major politician as broadly either.

The usefulness of the terms grows even blurrier when applied to individual voters and some districts. For example, Hakka and indigenous voters often lean blue, but this does not necessarily mean they are particularly blue ideologically. There are historical reasons they distrust the DPP.

The reasons for voting one way or another can be for a wide range of reasons having little to do with ideological affiliation. Family, social, and historical ties can play big roles.

Voters also “lean” one way or the other by type of election. In local elections, the KMT has won the last two in landslides. Here in Taichung, Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) is very popular with voters, but not because — or in spite of — any ideology, but rather because she is widely perceived as being good at running the city.

What about the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP)? In the original sense of the term, based on how their legislative caucus votes, they are unambiguously in the pan-blue camp. The party has sided with the KMT in the recent referendum, in the recalls, and is in negotiations on forming a unified front in next year’s local elections.

It is when examining TPP (and NPP) supporters’ responses to polling on issues that typically define pan-blue and pan-green ideology that the messiness of using the blue/green framework becomes apparent. Stay tuned for that deep dive.

Ultimately, people pick shorthand terminology for convenience. That these terms are still widely in use suggests people still find them useful.

The risk is that they color people’s perceptions to the point of blindness and obscure more than they illuminate.

Donovan’s Deep Dives is a regular column by Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) who writes in-depth analysis on everything about Taiwan’s political scene and geopolitics. Donovan is also the central Taiwan correspondent at ICRT FM100 Radio News, co-publisher of Compass Magazine, co-founder Taiwan Report (report.tw) and former chair of the Taichung American Chamber of Commerce. Follow him on X: @donovan_smith.


taiwan-subdivisions: 新北市 蘭嶼 花蓮縣 太平

countries: 台灣 尼泊爾 印度 中國 孟加拉 緬甸

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我們想讓你知道…唯有真正讓原住民族文化成為國家故事的起點，而非象徵附屬，台灣才能成為以南島文化立身的國際行動者，而非仍在殖民敘事中尋找自我定位的文化邊緣者。

▲台灣目前已登錄逾六千件文化資產，原住民族僅約三百餘件，不足五％，問題不是族群文化匱乏，而是制度仍以殖民時期所延續的知識與行政框架定義文化價值。（示意圖／新北市教育局提供）

●魯瑪夫博士／中原大學副教授、布農族學者

近日立法院就原住民族文化資產政策進行的跨黨派質詢，揭示了台灣文化治理長期受殖民式制度框架束縛的結構性現實。作為一位原住民學者、建築與文化資產研究者，同時也是長期深度參與跨國人道救援與NGO國際合作的行動者，我深刻感受到，當文化政策仍以漢本位行政體制作為價值判準時，不僅削弱原住民族文化的主體性，更阻礙台灣在國際舞台上建立獨特文化連結的可能。

台灣目前已登錄逾六千件文化資產，原住民族僅約三百餘件，不足五％，問題不是族群文化匱乏，而是制度仍以殖民時期所延續的知識與行政框架定義文化價值，使部落族人必須以非原生語言、非部落邏輯的文書與證據，向政府證明自身文化「值得被保存」，形成文化必須先通過殖民系統認可才能成立的荒謬現象。

國家競爭力進入「文化主體敘事」比拼 必須將原民文化從敘事邊陲提升至核心

我在過去二十年的人道工作中，曾在蒙古、緬甸、印度、尼泊爾、孟加拉等地推動國際救援、教育與文化跨界合作，與多國原住民族、少數民族及國際NGO建立長期夥伴關係，也多次受邀分享台灣原住民族在跨文化保存與社會行動上的經驗。

這些國際現場經驗讓我更加確信：唯有以原住民主體觀重新建構文化治理與國家敘事，一個國家才能建立具有辨識度的文化定位與國際話語權。

在全球多元文化治理趨勢中，國家競爭力已從「文化展示」進入「文化主體敘事」的比拼。當原住民族文化無法在台灣內部獲得制度性正當地位時，台灣便無法以此向世界發聲，更難在國際文化外交中形成識別性。

在許多南亞與太平洋地區的文化議題交流中，我常被問及：「台灣的文化定位究竟是什麼？」若台灣仍以漢文化作為對外敘事核心，不僅與中國話語重疊，也無法建立真正屬於太平洋南島文化圈的國家身份。

台灣文化治理不透明與補助式治理邏輯，也反映缺乏文化權利視角的制度轉型。文化部與原住民族委員會雖投入經費，但因文化政策仍以「補助、核銷、申請、審查」為治理主軸，而非以文化權利、部落自治與國際文化公約為基礎，使政策停留在「資源分配」階段，而無法進入「文化正義」層級。

國際上，UNESCO《2003非物質文化遺產公約》與《聯合國原住民族權利宣言》（UNDRIP）、SDGs 10「降低不平等」及SDGs 11.4「強化文化與自然遺產保護」皆強調文化治理須以原住民主體性、知識系統與口述傳統為合法根基。

然而，台灣現行制度對原住民族文化的評量仍以西方學術規範與華人行政治理模式為基準，顯示殖民思維已內化為制度慣性並持續再製。若缺乏結構性去殖民改革，文化將被制度性消耗，而非獲得活態保存與世代傳承。

我在國際NGO與多國政府合作的經驗中，清楚見證「文化透明治理」如何強化族群信任、促進社會和解並提升國家形象。因此，若台灣的文化政策無法先完成去殖民化，便無從建立真正的文化平權，也難以形成跨文化互信與國際對話的基礎。

因此，台灣必須走向文化去殖民化，將原住民族文化從國家敘事邊陲提升至核心，並以南島視角重新定位台灣於世界的文化坐標。

蘭嶼—巴丹群島三百年航道復振並非民俗事件，而是文化主權的復歸，是跨越殖民國界、重建南島語族文化共同體的重要歷史契機。台灣如能以原住民族海洋文明、南島遷徙史觀與多語文化宇宙觀為國家對外敘事核心，方能建立區隔於漢族、並連結太平洋與全球原民網絡的文化外交模式。這不只是文化政策改革，更是國家身份重構。

唯有真正讓原住民族文化成為國家故事的起點，而非象徵附屬，台灣才能成為以南島文化立身的國際行動者，而非仍在殖民敘事中尋找自我定位的文化邊緣者。

▼當原住民族文化無法在台灣內部獲得制度性正當地位時，台灣便無法以此向世界發聲，更難在國際文化外交中形成識別性。（示意圖／花蓮縣政府提供）

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title: 文化若不去殖民何來國際連結？　台灣應以原住民族文化重寫國家敘事


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▲過於內耗的感情會讓你離幸福越來越遠。（圖／翻攝自FB/公視、人浮於愛、MyVideo影音隨看，以下同）

記者曾怡嘉／綜合報導

感情並不是付出，就一定有收穫，當了長時間在一段關係中無力、內耗，不知道該如何下去時，以下7條金句，字字穿透人心，讓你不再為愛所困。

#不要怕失去任何人，就像他們都不怕失去你一樣。

你一直委屈，是因為你太怕失去；但對方之所以這麼輕鬆，是因為他從沒把失去你視為成本。當你開始有底氣，關係才會回到平等。

#對一個人太好，時間久了就變成理所當然，反而偶爾對別人好一次，人家就受寵若驚、

你的好請留給對的人，千萬別選錯對象，讓一竊得付出變得不值得。

#你以為他慢熱，其實他只是對你沒興趣。

真正在乎你的人，會忍不住靠近你，而不是丟給你一堆冷淡、曖昧不明的反應。

#錯的人教你成長，對的人讓你安穩。

不對的人永遠只會帶來混亂、焦慮、猜忌；真正的愛，是讓你更像你自己，而不是更不安。

#你捨不得拒絕的人，最捨得傷害你。

因為你不設界線，他不會替你設界線。傷害常發生在你最心軟的地方。

#感情裡最難的不是放手，是承認他沒那麼愛你。

真正卡住你的不是他，是你的幻想。接受真相，比拖延更能救你。

#你在意什麼，什麼就會折磨你；你計較什麼，什麼就會困擾你

很多困擾其實是自己給自己，放開心胸，別去在意，該來的就讓他來，一切都是最好的決定。

title: 「7條通透金句」必收藏！別怕失去任何人，就像他們都不怕失去你一樣


countries: 義大利 韓國

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▲Buccellati銀質聖誕裝飾品，24,500元。（圖／Buccellati提供，以下同）

記者陳雅韻／台北報導

韓星G-DRAGON（GD，權志龍）愛牌之一、義大利珠寶品牌Buccellati，除了精緻珠寶吸睛，近期為即將來臨的聖誕節與跨年推出節慶限定作品，以銀器、珠寶與家飾創作展現義式工藝的典雅與節日魅力，約萬元出頭即可擁有優雅杯盤，送禮自用兩相宜。

▲Buccellati推出可愛擺飾FURRY銀鍍金鴨子，92,000元。

今年Buccellati以銀器、陶瓷與威尼斯玻璃島Murano的玻璃作品為主軸，為居家宴席增添節慶風情，款式包括Rouche系列銀質餐盤與魚子醬酒杯、以山林為靈感的Nature系列座位名牌夾與碗盤，以及多款銀質餐具；居家裝飾部分則推出全新聖誕吊飾，運用銀色與金色細節呈現傳統節慶風格，最俏皮的擺件是Furry 系列金羽鴨擺飾，為空間增添活潑又不失高雅的氛圍。

▲Buccellati MACRI銀質和金質鑲碧玉袖扣（右）81,000元，ROUCHE 白色陶瓷咖啡杯2件套裝11,500元。

▲模特兒食指戴著Buccellati MOSAICO白金和黃金鑽石ETERNELLE戒指 1,200,000元，無名指鑽戒640,000元。

Buccellati節慶系列新珠寶則主打靈感源自拜占庭馬賽克的Mosaico系列戒指、耳環與手鍊，以幾何拼接設計呈現鑽石光影。同樣來自義大利的珠寶品牌DAMIANI，則由擔任全球品牌大使的南韓國超人氣男子團體STRAY KIDS成員I.N及義大利超模Mariacarla Boscono示範節慶穿搭，他們分別戴上閃耀迷人光芒的Mimosa含羞草系列、呼應電影藝術的Belle Époque美好年代系列珠寶，都是佳節獻禮的熱門選擇。

▲DAMIANI全球形象大使I.N演繹Mimosa含羞草系列鑽戒。（圖／DAMIANI提供，以下同）

▲DAMIANI全球形象大使Mariacarla Boscono疊搭Belle Époque美好年代系列項鍊、手環與戒指。

title: GD珠寶愛牌聖誕擺飾吸睛　優雅杯盤萬元入手


title: 「7條通透金句」必收藏！別怕失去任何人，就像他們都不怕失去你一樣


title: GD珠寶愛牌聖誕擺飾吸睛　優雅杯盤萬元入手


title: 高雄市政府要告陳菁徽！譴責「栽贓嫁禍」：惡質抹黑

events: 參選 選舉

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▲陳菁徽稱陳其邁力挺涉案男子，高雄市政府提告。（圖／記者賴文萱翻攝）

記者吳奕靖、柯振中／高雄報導

高雄月世界垃圾山偷倒案件延燒，立委陳菁徽指控市長陳其邁「力挺涉案男子」，引發爭議。高雄市政府表示，相關照片經查為涉案李姓男子於2021年從網路擷取後自行合成，並未經陳其邁市長同意，雙方也無任何往來。市府強調，虛構影像栽贓市長已屬惡質抹黑，將正式提告，以正視聽並捍衛名譽。

高雄市政府指出，涉案的李姓男子過去曾任國民黨籍里長，2018年參選市議員期間因違反黨紀遭開除，之後才以無黨籍身分投入選舉。市府重申，該名男子與陳其邁市長並無任何關係，網路流傳的合成照片亦屬虛構，相關誤導性指控不僅偏離事實，更已造成公眾誤解。

▼高雄市政府宣布提告。（圖／記者吳奕靖翻攝）

陳其邁表示，對於任何違法傾倒垃圾行為，市府態度一致且嚴正，無論涉案者為何人，都將依法追查並徹底究辦，不會寬待。對於外界以惡意言論將其描繪成「力挺傾倒垃圾者」的指控，已嚴重損害名譽，因此將依法提告，藉由法律程序澄清事實，守護個人清譽。


countries: 台灣 尼泊爾 中國 印度 孟加拉 緬甸

taiwan-subdivisions: 蘭嶼 新北市 花蓮縣 太平

title: 文化若不去殖民何來國際連結？　台灣應以原住民族文化重寫國家敘事


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記者王靖淳／綜合報導

女星陳美鳳18日透過臉書發文分享，她在外出購物的過程鬧烏龍，表示自己辦卡被要求驗明身分時，以為刷臉就能過，差點當眾脫口罩自清，為此她自嘲：「我真的是少一根筋，真是傷腦筋！」

▲陳美鳳。（圖／翻攝自Facebook／陳美鳳MeiFen）

陳美鳳透露她在晚上外出添購冬天睡衣，結果在結帳時，被櫃檯人員告知，原本持有的百貨公司卡片消費累積已達門檻，可以升成金卡，這讓她與助理隨即前往樓上服務台辦換卡手續。然而，就在櫃檯小姐依規定詢問她：「有沒有什麼照片或文件可以證明是本人？」的時候，她天真地把手機的桌面照片給對方看，試圖用桌布來驗明正身。

▲陳美鳳會在社群分享生活。（圖／翻攝自Facebook／陳美鳳MeiFen）

不僅如此，陳美鳳坦言，自己差點把口罩拿下來證明她就是本人，結果身旁的助理趕緊出聲阻止，接著對她解釋說：「他們要的是身分證或是健保卡之類的啦！」原來櫃檯人員索取的是單純的身分證明文件，而非要她現場「刷臉」認證，這才讓陳美鳳恍然大悟，為此她也忍不住在文末自我調侃：「啥米，我真的是少一根筋，真是傷腦筋！」

references: 臉書 Facebook

title: 陳美鳳辦卡「拿手機桌布刷臉」　下秒差點脫口罩：少根筋


title: 快訊／國1大雅段死亡車禍！副駕男遭拋飛邊坡慘死　駕駛受困送醫

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▲國道1號大雅段傳出死亡車禍。（圖／記者許權毅翻攝，下同）

記者許權毅、閔文昱／台中報導

國道1號北上176公里大雅路段（21）日晚間22時06分發生死亡車禍，一輛營業大貨車不明原因失控自撞外側護欄及隔音牆，強大衝擊力造成車頭嚴重毀損，副駕駛座男子更被拋飛至邊坡，當場明顯死亡，場面悚然。

國道公路警察局第三公路警察大隊說明，25歲吳男駕駛大貨車行經中線車道時，疑似因不明因素導致失控，車輛猛烈撞擊外側護欄及隔音牆。吳男受困車內，由消防隊破壞救出後送往中國附醫治療，所幸生命跡象穩定。

副駕駛乘客詹男（32歲）則因撞擊瞬間被拋飛至外側邊坡，救援人員抵達時已明顯死亡，並在現場發現其手部疑似斷裂，相關殘肢仍在邊坡區域搜尋中。

事故發生後，占據外側車道並造成北上路段一度回堵約1公里。警方已完成現場初步處理，詳細肇事原因仍待進一步調查釐清。

events: 車禍 死亡


title: 被圖齊讚能加入中華男籃　宋昕澔對挑戰職籃旅外不設限

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▲宋昕澔對於挑戰旅外想法不設限。（圖／大專體總提供）

記者杜奕君／綜合報導

21日率領政大男籃完成「跨季57連勝」，個人也寫下UBA生涯900分里程碑的政大主力雙能衛宋昕澔，出色表現日前甚至獲得中華男籃主帥圖齊盛讚，已經具備加入國家隊實力。本季結束即將投身職業舞台，宋昕澔強調，「旅外確實會是可能選項，但不會太快做決定，要先把本季UBA賽事完成才是重點。」

身高185公分的宋昕澔，從國、高中時期就嶄露頭角，得分破壞力十分驚人，進入UBA冠軍勁旅政大後，也在總教練陳子威栽培下，轉型成為控球、得分雙挑的雙能衛，上季甚至也拿下UBA助攻王頭銜。

中華男籃現任主帥圖齊就給予宋昕澔高度評價，他在昨日世界盃男籃資格賽記者會上就表示，「宋昕澔已經準備好穿上中華隊球衣，他的表現很出色，可惜此次未能加入效力。」

對此，宋昕澔透露與中華隊國手們還是有差距，但也強調如果有機會加入團隊練習，會努力針對不足之處進行補強。

今日率隊擊敗健行科大，宋昕澔也成為隊史繼林彥廷、張鎮衙、游艾喆和莫巴耶之後，第5位達成UBA生涯900分里程碑好手，宋昕澔強調，「對於隊史得分王這件事，我沒有多想，幫助球隊贏球是重點，先以團隊為主再去想個人。」

談到未來，宋昕澔也透露，「旅外一定是考慮選項，看到游艾喆學長打得那麼好，我也會想挑戰看看，也有問過林彥廷學長關於中國CBA聯賽的狀況，目前都還在了解中，不會太快做出決定，先以完成本賽季為目標。」

宋昕澔本賽季至今平均能繳出13.6分、2.9籃板、3.1助攻、1.7抄截，整體三分球命中率來到40.5%。

▲中華男籃主帥認為宋昕澔已經有接近加入國家隊的實力。（圖／大專體總提供）


title: 勞斯萊斯客製化新作「致敬復古街機電玩」！大量手工滿滿像素風

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圖文／7Car 小七車觀點

Rolls-Royce 發表全新 Black Badge Ghost Gamer，以 8-bit 復古遊戲文化為靈感打造，成為品牌首款以早期電玩美學為主題的客製化作品。此車是專為一位熱愛街機文化的客戶量身訂製，從車身細節到座艙氛圍皆融入經典街機時代的色彩與視覺語彙。透過大量手工工藝與創意設計，這台 Ghost 不僅是一台豪華房車，更像是一部以懷舊元素構築的可乘坐收藏品。

Black Badge Ghost Gamer 採用獨特的雙色塗裝，車體以 Salamanca Blue 為主調，上半部則選用 Crystal over Diamond Black，以高金屬質感呈現經典街機機台的霓虹風格。最具辨識度的亮點是手繪 Coachline，「Cheeky Alien」圖案以 89 個 3mm「像素」組成，左右兩側搭配不同配色的爆炸圖騰，向早期 8-bit 遊戲畫面致敬。此外，車頭還具備 Illuminated Pantheon Grille，再加上黑色卡鉗與 22 吋 Black Badge 輪圈，使整體造型在復古與現代科技之間取得鮮明對比。

車室以 Black 與 Casden Tan 搭配營造數位懷舊氛圍，「Player 1」、「Player 2」、「Player 3」、「Player 4」字樣以 8-bit 字體繡於座椅上方，頭枕上的 Cheeky Alien 同樣以像素方式呈現。中央後座 Waterfall 區域採用 Technical Fibre 材質，上面手繪飛碟與月面場景，靈感來自早期機台側板藝術，整幅圖像歷經兩週以上打樣調色才完成。部分區域還暗藏「彩蛋」，例如後方餐桌的金屬像素外星人鑲嵌，以及前座空調出風口背面刻畫的 8-bit 圖騰，讓車內成為一場探索遊戲。

為呼應遊戲主題，Ghost Gamer 在車內照明部分也進行全面再設計。中控台的 Illuminated Fascia 透過專屬圖案重現「Laser Base」風格，並以 85 顆光點組成太空戰機意象。頭頂的 Starlight Headliner 則化身「Pixel Blaster」場景，以 80 艘像素戰艦與光纖光點組成的動態星空，品牌標誌性的流星效果也被重新編程，模擬雷射射擊的畫面，營造沉浸式的街機氛圍。迎賓踏板則以 8-bit 字體呈現「PRESS START」、「LEVEL UP」等訊息，使每次開門都像重新啟動遊戲。

Black Badge Ghost Gamer 是 Rolls-Royce 對新世代收藏文化的回應，展現品牌 Bespoke 設計高度自由與工藝極限。這項委製作品成功將早期遊戲美學轉化為奢華語彙，不僅具備極高鑑賞價值，也呈現豪華車品牌與科技、文化之間的新交會。隨著更多客戶展現獨特興趣與創意需求，Rolls-Royce 亦持續證明其在客製化領域的領導地位，並以更大膽的作品迎接新型態的收藏族群。


title: 李多慧被拍「衣服穿超貼」高鐵站辣舞！　16秒片震撼萬人

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記者王靖淳／綜合報導

南韓啦啦隊女神李多慧來台發展兩年多，平時會透過社群與粉絲互動的她，今（21）日在IG上傳一段自己站在台中高鐵站16秒的熱舞片，火辣畫面曝光後，立刻吸引大批網友朝聖按讚。

▲李多慧。（圖／翻攝自Instagram／le_dahye）

透過李多慧發布的短片內容可見到，她以一套俐落又性感的穿搭現身。她身上穿著一件合身的膚色微高領長袖上衣，布料貼合身形，完美展現她的傲人身材，同時又展現出優雅且不失活力的形象。李多慧下半身則搭配一件黑色長褲，腰部以小巧造型扣點綴，讓整體造型多了一些俏皮感。

▲李多慧在台中高鐵站跳舞。（圖／翻攝自Instagram／le_dahye）

畫面中，李多慧站在台中高鐵站隨著音樂扭腰擺臀，不過她跳到一半突然跑向高鐵，為此她在影片底下透露：「差點錯過末班車.. 」，並附上一個哭笑不得的表情符號，短短16秒的辣舞影片曝光後，立刻吸引超過6.9萬的觀看次數，同時也湧入大批粉絲紛紛留言讚道「太可愛」、「好好看」、「冬天也好辣」、「多慧越來越漂亮」，掀起不小的討論。

▲李多慧跳到差點錯過末班車。（圖／翻攝自Instagram／le_dahye）


title: 陳美鳳辦卡「拿手機桌布刷臉」　下秒差點脫口罩：少根筋

references: Facebook 臉書


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香港2025年11月21日 /美通社/ — 2025香港資訊及通訊科技獎頒奬典禮今晚（十一月二十一日）舉行，財政司司長陳茂波向思謀集團有限公司頒發全年大獎。勝出隊伍憑「SMore ViMo – AI視覺模型開發與部署平台」繼獲得商業方案獎大獎後，亦勇奪今年比賽的最高殊榮。

財政司司長陳茂波今日（十一月二十一日）出席2025香港資訊及通訊科技獎頒獎典禮暨晚宴。圖示陳茂波（左二）、2025香港資訊及通訊科技獎最終評審委員會主席、香港都會大學校長林群聲教授（右二）與得獎者合照。

在頒獎典禮上，陳茂波表示：「香港資訊及通訊科技獎為卓越表現樹立了新標準，激勵資深專業人士和新一代人才發揮想像力，突破科技界限，提出創新方案以應對社會的痛點和挑戰。」

陳茂波指出，今年香港資訊及通訊科技獎的八個獎項類別中均再次設有最佳人工智能應用獎，反映人工智能在各行各業日益重要的地位。他表示，政府已將人工智能列為創新科技策略發展的重點，致力發展其為核心產業，以賦能傳統產業升級轉型。

香港資訊及通訊科技獎旨在表揚及推廣優秀的本地資訊及通訊科技創新和應用，自二○○六年首辦以來，一直是本地業界的年度旗艦盛事，除給予得獎者鼓勵和肯定外，亦是得獎者再創新階、走進內地和海外市場的跳板。

這項年度盛事由數字政策辦公室舉辦，並獲八個籌辦機構、督導委員會、標準保證小組委員會、最終評審委員會、市場推廣小組委員會、各評審和支持機構及業界組織的協力支持，今屆賽事得以圓滿結束。最終評審委員會主席，香港都會大學校長林群聲教授祝賀所有得獎者，並讚揚他們的創新作品和意念非常優秀，致力改善人們生活，為社會帶來福址。

林群聲教授說：「本屆的得獎者憑藉嶄新意念和先進技術，結合行業專業知識，以創新思維針對多項社會及商業議題，提出切實可行的應用方案。我期待見證這些創新意念成功落地實踐，深信它們必將為企業與社區帶來深遠裨益，造福社群。」

創新科技及工業局局長孫東教授在頒獎典禮上頒發獎座予八個獎項類別的大獎得主，嘉許他們的傑出表現。各大獎得主為：

title: 2025香港資訊及通訊科技獎表揚業界科技創新和應用


title: 商米CPad商業平板全球應用半年報：以「模塊化設計」「一體化集成」革新行業智能終端體驗

countries: 韓國 新加坡

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新加坡2025年11月21日 /美通社/ — 今年下半年，全球領先的智能商用設備與物聯網解決方案提供商商米科技，相繼推出了開創商業平板新品類的商米CPad及深度集成支付的商米CPad PAY。上市半年來，該系列產品以其「模塊化設計」與「一體化集成」的核心理念，迅速獲得全球市場認可，在零售、餐飲、金融等多個高頻商業場景中成功替代傳統拼湊方案，成為驅動商戶數字化升級的「生產力引擎」。

從概念到驗證：破解商業場景的「拼湊」難題

商用終端設備長期面臨「消費平板+外接設備」帶來的體驗割裂、運維成本高與功能受限等痛點。商米CPad系列自推出之初，便旨在徹底解決這一難題。商米創始人兼CEO林喆表示：「我們發布CPad的初衷，並非簡單增加一個硬件品類，而是希望用’一體化集成’的設計哲學，重塑商業交互的基礎設施。市場在短短幾個月內給予的積極反饋，驗證了這一方向的正確性。」

核心價值全球驗證：三大優勢成就市場競爭力

在過去的幾個月中，商米CPad系列所確立的三大核心優勢，已成為其在全球市場中脫穎而出的關鍵：

磁吸生態的靈活性獲多場景青睞：創新的Quick Lock磁吸生態，使一台設備能在手持移動點餐、桌邊支架收銀、壁掛菜單展示等多種形態間無縫切換。這種「一機N形態」的靈活性，不僅降低了商戶的初次投入成本，更極大地提升了設備利用率和運營效率，滿足了現代化商業對終端設備「隨需而變」的迫切需求。商業級性能保障運營穩定與連續：搭載高通八核處理器與AI算力，結合商米Hyper Wi-Fi和智能訂單緩存技術，CPad系列在商場高峰、網絡波動等嚴苛環境下展現出卓越的穩定性。尤其是其確保後廚訂單「零遺漏」的能力，已成為餐飲行業用戶選擇它的重要理由。集成支付與智能中台，構建數字化核心：作為系列中的金融及級產品，商米CPad PAY以多種支付方式無縫內嵌，提供從NFC、二維碼到雙向刷卡的一站式解決方案，符合全球支付標准，真正實現了「支付無感、服務無縫」。同時，商米DMP設備管理平台讓全球運營者得以實現高效的遠程管理與運維，大幅降低綜合成本。

全球場景落地生根，典型案例遍及多行業

產品價值最終通過實際應用得以彰顯。商米CPad系列已在全球范圍內快速部署，展現出廣泛的適應性：

在韓國超過1000+家的連鎖餐飲，CPad成為桌邊自助點餐的核心。其集成的多元功能和配件的組合，有效應對了高峰時段的點餐與服務需求，提升了餐廳的服務效率。在埃塞俄比亞銀行，CPad PAY嵌入銀行自助櫃台，在該地率先推出全數字化銀行服務，告別傳統漫長的等待與繁復的流程，支持埃塞俄比亞銀行引領本地金融數字化變革。在7-Eleven全球便利店體系，CPad系列成功整合了原先分散的庫存盤點、每日工作管理和外賣接單等功能，通過一體化管理簡化了門店運營，實現了「降本增效」的切實目標。

展望：從成功產品到持續進化的平台

商米CPad系列的成功，標志著商業終端市場正從「工具組合」邁向「生態集成」的新階段。商米承諾的三年質保與五年穩定供貨，也為企業的長期數字化投資提供了堅實保障。

基於CPad系列打下的良好基礎，商米正持續拓展該產品線，未來還規劃商業一體機等新品，致力於將商米CPad從一款成功的產品，進化為一個能夠持續賦能全球商業、連接無限場景的智能生產力平台。


title: 節氣「小雪」發發發！  12星座「招財守財」必收

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星座老師塔妮婭提醒，把握節氣「小雪」的財運，別再錯過今年最後一檔致富契機了！（塔妮婭老師提供）

〔娛樂頻道／綜合報導〕 11/22這一天除了迎來24節氣中的「小雪」，從西方占星學來說，也是12星座財運「含金量」相當高的一天，一直到！

星座老師塔妮婭表示，小雪這天，太陽、水星和金星都落在天蠍座，在占星學中，天蠍座涵蓋了投資、保險、借貸、遺產等金融相關領域；而太陽、水星、金星則與日常生活裡的所思所想所見所聞，並與金融、財富、富豪、企業家等關鍵字息息相關，有機會在這些領域得到好處，千萬別錯過小雪這天的財富能量，借力使力抓住屬於自己的致富契機。

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♈牡羊座→出去闖闖能得財

．星象影響：對於金錢分配與投資理財特別有興趣，能遇到這方面的專家。

．招財秘訣：出外能得財，接觸不同文化領域的人事物，越動越有錢。

♉金牛座→財星就在你身邊

．星象影響：合夥運極佳，出現含金量高的合作機會，簽約合夥帶來穩定財源。

．招財秘訣：夥伴關係或另一半是財星，溝通和意見交流能得到可靠商業資訊。

♊雙子座→注意！財星職場

．星象影響：工作運強，績效管理和業務成績突顯出自我價值。

．招財秘訣：長官與同事帶財，在職場上提供情緒價值，發揮照顧力和服務熱忱。

♋巨蟹座→緊抓桃花人緣財

．星象影響：展現出創造與表現力，發光發熱易受矚目的一段時期。

．招財秘訣：桃花人緣財，爭取好感度和曝光量，人流將會帶來財運。

♌獅子座→親朋好友是財星

．星象影響：房產運家庭運很好，有機會在不動產買賣上得到不錯的回饋。

．招財秘訣：父母與親近的家人是財星，儘管多付出或給予將會有意想不到的回報。

♍處女座→平輩同儕有財星

．星象影響：寫作、說話，表達運極佳，發揮絕佳說服力與影響力。

．招財秘訣：手足或朋友同學帶財，向他們學習和請益能得到財運上實質的幫助。

♎天秤座→投資健康準沒錯

．星象影響：財運極佳，工作收入與定期投資收益雙雙看漲。

．招財秘訣：健康財是最長期的投資！規律運動及飲食！身體是最強聚寶盆！

♏天蠍座→自己是自己的貴人

．星象影響：擴張撒網的財務計畫進入收斂階段，精準對焦財富座標。

．招財秘訣：自己就是自己的財富貴人，靜心與深呼吸連結內在力量帶來招財決策。

♐射手座→增進心靈智慧旺財

．星象影響：行善布施，投身公益捐款，收穫源源不絕的福報功德值。

．招財秘訣：接觸身心靈或宗教信仰提升智慧，在最適當的時間得到財務指引。

♑摩羯座→回饋財超乎預期

．星象影響：人脈運佳，社群媒體中得到關注，融入志同道合的團體。

．招財秘訣：參加社交與社團活動，發揮親和力與分享力得到回饋財。

♒水瓶座→接觸專業人士助運

．星象影響：事業運強，能見度高，擴張版圖提升地位的好運時期

．招財秘訣：長輩與專業人士是金貴人，接觸自身領域的菁英與權威者提升財富格局。

♓雙魚座→進修累積知識財

．星象影響：學習運佳，擁有旺盛的求知慾，能得到名師的教導。

．招財秘訣：進修與學習的知識財，報名課程或實地遊歷增廣見聞，奠定財富基礎。

【塔妮婭老師 專家小檔案】

．專長：靈魂占星（星座）、塔羅占卜、寵物溝通、生命靈數、數字占卜、盧恩符文占卜、五感頌缽調頻、催眠療癒、七脈輪精油療癒、臼井靈氣能量療癒．經歷：美國NGH國際催眠師、美國IACT催眠治療師、臼井靈氣高階療癒師、美國NAHA國際芳療師、五感調頻頌缽音療師、潔客幫專任寵物溝通師

．命運好好玩官網：看這裡．命運好好玩FB：看這裡

☆民俗說法僅供參考☆


title: 沒在怕中國！沈伯洋現身國際刑事法院：台灣與民主同盟站在一起

countries: 台灣 中國 荷蘭

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民進黨立委沈伯洋赴荷蘭出席國際自由聯盟會議，在臉書發他在荷蘭海牙國際刑事法院的影片。（擷取自沈伯洋臉書）

民進黨立委沈伯洋、范雲赴荷蘭出席國際自由聯盟會議。沈伯洋今天透過臉書發布影片表示，他現在人在荷蘭海牙（Hague）的國際刑事法院，此行會努力拓展外交，讓各界知道台灣處境，也讓大家知道台灣與所有民主同盟站在一起。

范雲今天晚上公布最新發文，提及她與沈伯洋站在對世界人權有著重要意義的國際刑事法院前，也說國際仍有正義，他們會站在正義的一方持續努力。

沈伯洋也透過臉書發布他在國際刑事法院前的影片，他表示，知道很多台派最近的心情都比較失望，畢竟很多爛法案不斷被通過，但中國的劇本就是要大家失望，失望以後仇恨、仇恨之後冷漠、冷漠之後恐懼。

沈伯洋指出，中國對他做過這些事情，但這些劇本對他沒有效果，相信這對台灣人也不會有效果，希望大家留著氣力，這會是一場長期抗戰。

沈伯洋說，他現在人在國際刑事法院，這邊是獨裁者在戰爭罪或大屠殺被審判的地方，非常諷刺的是，作為民主的守衛者，結果他現在反而被獨裁政權所通緝，但他不會感到畏懼。

沈伯洋指出，稍後他要進去國際刑事法院，此處是自由世界跟獨裁政權對陣的最後法治界限，深具意義。

關於此行，沈伯洋表示，他是受國際自由聯盟的邀請前往荷蘭，在此聯盟中，自由世界的政黨會討論身在與獨裁政權對抗的時代，到底應該要怎麼做；他會努力拓展外交，讓各界知道台灣處境，以及讓大家知道台灣與所有民主同盟站在一起，希望把這個勇氣帶給台灣民眾。


title: 台南烏樹林災後廢棄物暫置場全面燃燒 恐要1週才能撲滅

taiwan-subdivisions: 樹林 後壁區

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台南後壁區丹娜絲災後廢棄物暫置場今晚（21日）發生大火，約近20公尺高的垃圾山、廢樹枝山全面燃燒，火光衝天，50公尺外都能感受到高溫襲來，依據過往經驗，以如此垃圾山量體，恐怕要花1週時間才能撲滅。

台南市環保局長許仁澤、立委賴惠員、後壁區長李至彬趕到現場關切救援行動，許仁澤說，目前先侷限火場不再延燒出去，暫置場周邊幸好都是水圳、農田、樹林。

在賴惠員爭取下，台南市清除丹娜絲災後的廢石綿瓦獲得環境部補助10億元，但仍不夠用，在災後廢棄磚石瓦、廢樹枝也有獲得中央3億元補助，許仁澤說，後壁暫置場去化清理向中央再申請4億元補助還未核准。

烏樹林暫置場原預定明年最遲5月要歸還給海軍海鋒大隊，用以建置飛彈基地，場內分為廢棄磚瓦、廢木、垃圾、波浪板4區，堆積數量數以萬計，但環保局還沒開始去化清運，今晚就發生大火。

暫置場晚上無人看守，推測廢木堆山可能因堆積數量太多，內部產生沼氣，近日又日夜溫差大，導致自燃，火勢一發不可收拾。

大火延燒2座垃圾山，火舌竄燒加上高溫，又延燒右邊廢木山，現場用3輛怪手開挖防火牆幾乎守不住。

台南市消防局出動大批消防車、水庫車灌救，只能從場外載水進來，面對垃圾山大火顯得杯水車薪，火場的高溫在5、60公尺外都讓人受不了，火場不時傳來爆裂聲、高漲的火舌，景像駭人。

相關新聞：台南後壁烏樹林廢棄物暫置場大火 火光衝天畫面曝


title: 節氣「小雪」發發發！  12星座「招財守財」必收


title: 台南烏樹林災後廢棄物暫置場全面燃燒 恐要1週才能撲滅


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一本 1939 年出版的「超人」第一期（ Superman #1）初版漫畫被譽為漫畫收藏界極品，昨天它以 912 萬美元拍賣價格售出，比先前的漫畫拍賣最高成交紀錄要多出超過 300 萬美元。

美國國家廣播公司新聞網（ NBC News ）報導，這本漫畫昨天以 912 萬美元（約新台幣 2 億 8600 萬元）的拍賣價格成交，據信是漫畫的最高成交紀錄。

「傳統拍賣公司」（ Heritage Auctions ）指出，「超人」第一期為「漫畫收藏的極品」。

這本珍貴漫畫是美國加州北部一個家庭的 3 兄弟在母親去世後清理遺物時所發現，位置是在房子閣樓的一個箱子內。

此本漫畫能高價售出，也是因為保存狀況相當良好， 漫畫書況認證機構「鑒定保證公司」（ Certified Guaranty Company ）對它給出評價 9 分，而最高分為 10 分。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社，芋傳媒編輯）

title: 漫畫收藏極品　超人1939年首期漫畫912萬美元成交創紀錄


title: 韓國網紅「金針菇」領普發1萬  貼錢宣傳台灣

countries: 台灣 韓國

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在台發展多年的韓籍 YouTuber 「金針菇」近日拿到永久居留證，並領到普發 1 萬元，她今天驚喜發文表示，利用這筆錢加上自己補貼，在韓國首爾街頭投放自己拍攝的台灣宣傳 MV 。

在 YouTube 上擁有 135 萬追蹤的金針菇，日前拍影片分享自己終於拿到台灣永久居留證的消息，還公開了「獻給台灣的第一首歌」 Taipei Love 作為自己來台 10 年的紀念，影片中走遍台北 101 、台北藝術中心、棒球場等地及大街小巷。

金針菇今天在 Instagram 上傳影片，透露自己因為拿到台灣的永居權，可以領到政府普發的新台幣 1 萬元現金，她決定用這筆經費做更有意義的事，就是到韓國買廣告欄位，投放她的 MV 片段，希望藉此宣傳台灣，為了完成計畫，她還自掏腰包補貼。

金針菇在影片中表示，她選擇了外國人最多的梨泰院、明洞兩個點投放廣告，希望可以讓路過的行人「因為這一眼、對台灣產生多一點好奇」，進而去了解台灣。從今天起至 23 日都可以看到她精心準備的廣告影片。

影片上傳後 9 小時，已得到近 16 萬點讚，許多網友紛紛留言稱讚與道謝，直呼「金針菇真的有資格拿到台灣永久居留證」、「台灣有你真好」、「謝謝你愛台灣」。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）


title: 肺癌 KRAS G12C 突變抑制劑遭遇瓶頸，研究揭示延長療效新策略

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KRAS G12C 突變是肺癌最棘手基因突變之一，會讓癌細胞像「放不開油門」不停生長，傳統治療幾乎束手無策。雖然現有此突變標靶藥物（ sotorasib、 adagrasib 等），但臨床資料顯示，腫瘤常迅速產生抗藥性，療效難持久。最近佛羅里達州莫菲特癌症中心（Moffitt Cancer Center）提出兩種有效延長 KRAS G12C 抑制藥物療效策略，論文 10 月底刊登於《癌症研究》（Cancer Research）期刊。

KRAS G12C 抑制劑雖能暫時封鎖癌細胞主要生長開關，但腫瘤很快展現驚人適應力。當突變 KRAS 被抑制，部分癌細胞會「喚醒」其他 KRAS 家族成員，重新啟動細胞增殖；另一部分癌細胞則啟動 DNA 修復基因，加速修補受損基因。這些改變讓癌細胞在藥物壓力下還能活下去，甚至衍生新基因突變，使 KRAS G12C 抑制藥失去功效。為了延長療效，科學家必須思考將 KRAS 抑制劑與其他新藥物結合，以有效延緩抗藥性。

更廣效的 KRAS 抑制藥物關鍵突破之一，是一類能同時抑制正常型與突變型 KRAS 的藥物。這類藥物不只針對單一突變，而是直接鎖定活化狀態的 KRAS 蛋白，阻斷傳遞生長訊號。這能防止腫瘤在突變型 KRAS 抑制後，改用正常 KRAS 或其他相關路徑重新啟動訊號。代表性藥物如 RMC-7977，研究顯示有效壓制腫瘤細胞再度活化與增殖。

蛋白激酶抑制劑，有助對抗 KRAS G12C 抗藥性另一方面，一旦腫瘤長出 KRAS G12C 抑制劑抗藥性時，癌細胞通常會更依賴 DNA 修復機制。尤其 CDK12 與 CDK13 兩種蛋白激酶，變成耐藥腫瘤的「罩門」。研究顯示，使用 CDK12 / 13 抑制劑（如 SR‑4835），可導致抗藥細胞無法順利細胞分裂，最終走向死亡。將來若能掌握這個弱點，便有機會從不同面向壓制癌細胞抗藥性。

組合療法的潛力與臨床挑戰有研究指出，將 KRAS G12C 與 CDK12 / 13 抑制劑合用，動物實驗能延緩抗藥癌細胞出現。但臨床兩種或更多藥物同時使用，可能增加副作用與交互作用風險。此外，同步抑制 KRAS 與 CDK12 / 13，可能波及正常細胞，尤其修復能力弱或分裂頻繁的組織。組合療法雖具潛力，仍屬前瞻性研究，還需要更嚴謹臨床實驗驗證。

總結這次研究揭示兩種延長 KRAS G12C 抑制劑療效的策略：一是廣效型 KRAS 抑制劑，能防止腫瘤繞道復甦；二是 CDK12 / 13 抑制劑，打擊抗藥細胞靠 DNA 修復與分裂這條路。若能將兩類新策略與 KRAS G12C 抑制劑合理組合，有機會延緩 KRAS G12C 抑制劑的抗藥性。不過，多藥聯合使用的安全性與適用族群仍待確認。如何確保副作用可控前提下，找出最能延長病患生存的組合，為後續研究主要挑戰。

Studies uncover complementary strategies to overcome resistance to KRAS G12C inhibitors in lung cancerTargeting CDK12/13 Drives Mitotic Arrest to Overcome Resistance to KRASG12C InhibitorsRAS-GTP Inhibition Overcomes Acquired Resistance to KRASG12C Inhibitors Mediated by Oncogenic and Wildtype RAS Activation in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

（首圖來源：Pixabay）


title: AI 時代如何培養孩子面對未來？增加挑戰難度或是好事

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人工智慧（AI）迅速發展的時代，父母面臨重要挑戰：如何讓孩子學到未來所需的技能。專家意見，過度保護和監控，可能會對孩子成長造成不利影響，不僅會形成不好的回憶，且是對成長過程的獨立思考和解決問題能力的深刻反思。

Singularity University神經科學與效能專家Misha Byrne為，指出，當孩子獨自面對問題，大腦會自我調整，為成年生活做好準備。這些發展需要挑戰和挫折，而不是舒適環境。父母如果總是介入，試圖消除孩子每個困難，其實是剝奪他們鍛鍊韌性的機會。

而AI自動化越來越多重複性工作，雇主更重視人類合作、創造力和問題解決能力。如果學生過度依賴AI做作業，思維能力可能退化，當需要回答問題或為自己辯護，就會面臨困境。過去例子顯示，依賴AI產生法律文件出現假案例，或顧問公司因AI產生內容不實而需要退款，都突顯問題的嚴重性。

此外，現代青少年每天花費大量時間消費短影音等內容，閱讀時間大幅減少。智慧設備隨時可用，孩子幾乎不會無聊，但無聊能激發創意，促使人們尋找娛樂方法。Byrne強調，無聊時光對大腦其實很珍貴，因能迫使大腦做計畫和思考。

父母或照顧者應如何幫助孩子發展技能？專家建議，鼓勵孩子自由遊戲，尤其與他人一起玩耍，他們遇到困難時不要立即介入。提供解謎和邏輯問題，教導他們將AI視為工具，而非依賴支柱，並與教育者合作，確保測試重點在理解，而不只是評分可能AI產生的文章。

社群媒體影響、疫情干擾及無監督遊玩機會減少，年輕世代性格特徵也不斷變化，雖然微小，卻顯示現代生活可能讓孩子情感和認知技能練習都面臨挑戰。

Want Futureproof Kids In The Age Of AI? Make Things Hard For Them.

（首圖來源：Pixabay）


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微軟（Microsoft）正推動 Windows 11 轉型為「AI 原生」作業系統計畫，最新測試版本加入名為 Agent Workspace 實驗性功能，允許 AI 代理在背景運行並存取用戶桌面、音樂、相片及影片等個人資料夾。這項功能讓 AI 代理擁有獨立運行環境、桌面介面、用戶帳戶，並可持續在背景執行任務。

獨立工作空間設計Agent Workspace 為 AI 代理建立獨立 Windows 會話環境，每個代理擁有專屬帳戶、桌面和權限設定。當用戶在 Windows 11 Build 26220.7262 版本「系統」→「AI 組件」設定頁面開啟「實驗性代理功能」開關後，AI 代理便能在獨立空間運作，同時存取用戶指定應用程式和本機資料夾。

這個設計概念類似 Windows Sandbox，但重點並非安全隔離，而是讓 AI 代理模擬人類操作方式執行任務。例如代理可開啟應用程式、點擊介面、輸入文字，甚至使用儲存登入資料完成預訂機票等複雜操作。每個代理權限範圍獨立設定，一個代理存取權限不會自動套用至其他代理。

需授予廣泛檔案存取權限啟用功能時 Windows 會警告可能影響效能及隱私安全控制，因為代理需要存取用戶下載、文件、桌面等個人資料夾才能代為執行任務。雖然代理在獨立帳戶運行，但仍需獲得存取個人資料夾權限，用戶可透過監察記錄追蹤代理活動。

微軟表示代理工作空間採用輕量化設計，記憶體和處理器用量會根據活動程度調整，但未具體說明資源消耗上限。測試顯示部分代理可能占用較多系統資源，由於代理持續在背景運行，確實會耗用記憶體和處理器效能。

安全風險引發關注微軟在官方支援文件中警告，AI 代理功能可能帶來新型安全風險，特別是跨提示注入攻擊（XPIA），惡意內容可能嵌入介面元素或文件中，覆蓋代理原有指令，導致數據外洩或安裝惡意軟體。因此功能預設關閉，只有裝置管理員才能啟用，啟用後會對裝置上所有用戶生效。

公司強調代理必須能產生活動記錄，Windows 應能透過防竄改稽核日誌驗證這些操作，並要求代理做出任何決策都需經人類批准。微軟也採用 Model Context Protocol（MCP 標準化協議，讓代理能安全連接第三方工具，同時在不同供應商間維持安全界限。

代理作業系統願景這項功能在微軟 Ignite 2025 大會宣布後推出，表示公司將 Windows 從應用程式啟動平台轉型為「代理作業系統」策略。AI 代理將在工作列獲得專屬位置，配備狀態指示器和獨立工作空間。微軟更推出 Windows 365 for Agents 雲端服務，讓 AI 代理在虛擬機器上處理企業級任務。

目前此功能僅開放給 Dev 或 Beta 頻道 Windows Insider 測試用戶，尚未有支援 AI 應用程式。微軟確認 Copilot 將率先支援代理工作空間，其他 AI 應用程式預計隨後跟進。儘管功能屬實驗性質且可選用，但顯示微軟不會停止在 Windows 11 投資 AI 技術決心。

安全風險引發關注微軟在官方支援文件中警告，AI 代理功能可能帶來新型安全風險，特別是跨提示注入攻擊（XPIA），惡意內容可能嵌入介面元素或文件中，覆蓋代理原有指令，導致數據外洩或安裝惡意軟體。因此功能預設關閉，只有裝置管理員才能啟用，啟用後會對裝置上所有用戶生效。

公司強調代理必須能產生活動記錄，Windows 應能透過防竄改稽核日誌驗證這些操作，並要求代理做出任何決策都需經人類批准。微軟也採用 Model Context Protocol（MCP 標準化協議，讓代理能安全連接第三方工具，同時在不同供應商間維持安全界限。

代理作業系統願景這項功能在微軟 Ignite 2025 大會宣布後推出，表示公司將 Windows 從應用程式啟動平台轉型為「代理作業系統」策略。AI 代理將在工作列獲得專屬位置，配備狀態指示器和獨立工作空間。微軟更推出 Windows 365 for Agents 雲端服務，讓 AI 代理在虛擬機器上處理企業級任務。

目前此功能僅開放給 Dev 或 Beta 頻道 Windows Insider 測試用戶，尚未有支援 AI 應用程式。微軟確認 Copilot 將率先支援代理工作空間，其他 AI 應用程式預計隨後跟進。儘管功能屬實驗性質且可選用，但顯示微軟不會停止在 Windows 11 投資 AI 技術決心。

Microsoft warns Windows 11’s upcoming AI upgrade has security and performance implications.

Microsoft says Agentic Workspace in Windows 11 will not only have access to some personal folders, but also your apps.

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— Windows Latest (@WindowsLatest) November 18, 2025

Windows 11 to add an AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders, warns of security risk

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Maryland Sues FBI Over Relocation of Headquarters馬里蘭州提告FBI總部遷址變卦

Maryland sued the Trump administration Thursday for ditching a Biden-era agreement to move the FBI from its crumbling headquarters in Washington to Prince George’s County, accusing the White House of defying congressional approval of the deal.

馬里蘭州周四對川普政府提起訴訟，指控他們拋棄拜登時代將聯邦調查局從華府破舊的總部，遷往喬治王子郡的協議，違抗國會批准的遷建計畫。

The Maryland attorney general, Anthony G. Brown, and county officials claimed that Trump appointees at the FBI, Justice Department and General Services Administration violated a legal requirement to consult with them before scrapping the plan, according to a filing in federal court in Maryland.

根據遞交馬里蘭州聯邦法院的訴狀，州檢察長布朗與郡官員主張，川普政府任命的FBI、司法部與總務署官員，在廢止該計畫前未依法諮詢地方當局，已違反法定程序。

In the 30-page filing, the state and county accused the administration of seeking to “unlawfully” divert about $1 billion allocated by Congress for a vacant lot in Greenbelt, Maryland, saying it had illegally selected an alternative site in downtown Washington, the Ronald Reagan Building. That building, once occupied by the U.S. Agency for International Development, is not far from its current headquarters, the J. Edgar Hoover Building.

在這份30頁的訴狀中，州與郡指控川普政府「非法」挪用國會撥給馬里蘭州格林貝爾特一處空地的約10億美元資金，改將新總部選址於華盛頓市中心的雷根大樓。該棟大樓先前為美國國際開發署使用，距現有的胡佛大樓總部不遠。

The move prolongs the dispute over the FBI’s headquarters, an aging colossus veiled in netting to keep concrete from falling on passersby.

此舉讓關於FBI總部去留爭議持續延燒，這座老舊的龐然大物被網子籠罩，防止水泥剝落砸中經過的民眾。

“The Greenbelt FBI headquarters project thus grew out of more than a decade of deliberation, planning and collaboration with Congress and state and local authorities,” Brown and the other plaintiffs wrote in the lawsuit.

布朗與其他原告在訴狀中指出：「格林貝爾特FBI總部計畫源自逾10年的討論、規畫與國會及州、地方政府的協調合作。」

“The FBI and the GSA announced they were casting all that aside,” they added.

他們補充說：「但FBI與總務署宣布將這一切全盤推翻。」

Brown said at a news conference in Largo, Maryland, on Thursday that his state had been chosen after thorough vetting.

布朗周四在馬里蘭州拉戈召開記者會時表示，該州是經過嚴格審查後才獲選為新址。

“Maryland earned the new FBI headquarters through a fair and transparent selection process that took more than 10 years — a rigorous evaluation that identified Greenbelt as the site best suited to meet the FBI’s security, operational space and mission needs,” he said.

他說：「馬里蘭州經過超過10年的公平透明評選過程，憑實力取得新FBI總部的資格。嚴謹的評估結果顯示，格林貝爾特最能符合FBI在安全、空間與任務上的需求。」

Trump has long opposed the move to Maryland. Since the start of his second term, he has made it clear that he would ignore a 2023 pact negotiated by the Biden administration that would relocate the bureau to a campus near the Greenbelt Metro station in a county with one of the nation’s highest concentrations of middle-class and affluent Black residents.

川普長期反對FBI總部遷往馬里蘭州。自他第二任期開始以來，便明言將無視拜登政府2023年所達成的協議—該協議計畫把FBI遷至格林貝爾特地鐵站附近的園區，該區所在的喬治王子郡是美國中產階級與富裕非裔居民密度最高的郡之一。

“They were going to build an FBI headquarters three hours away in Maryland, a liberal state. We’re going to stop it,”Trump said in March, exaggerating the time needed to commute to a Washington suburb with access to the city’s Metro train system.

川普3月時曾說：「他們打算把FBI總部蓋在馬里蘭，一個自由派州，離這裡要3個小時，我們要阻止它。」這番話誇大了通勤時間，實際上該郊區可透過華府地鐵系統直達市中心。

文／Glenn Thrush，譯／羅方妤

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title: 紐時賞析／馬里蘭州提告FBI總部遷址變卦


events: 發電 停電 死亡

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After Jamaica's Disastrous Storm, Solar Power Is a Bright Spot颶風強襲後 牙買加太陽能發電成效顯現

The morning after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, Jennifer Hue, a retired tax auditor living close to hard-hit Treasure Beach, woke up to devastation from 180 mph winds. There was water everywhere.

梅莉莎颶風肆虐牙買加後的第二個早晨，住在重災區寶藏海灘附近的退休稅務稽核員珍妮佛．休伊醒來時發現周遭被時速180英里的陣風破壞，到處都是積水。

But her roof was intact and so were the solar panels she had installed two years ago. Most of her neighbors didn’t have electricity. But she did.

不過，她的屋頂完好無損，兩年前安裝的太陽能板也是。她的鄰居大多數無電可用，但她有。

“The wind was like a tornado, and water came through every crevice,” Hue said. “But we didn’t lose any solar panels, and the next morning, the sun was shining bright and early,” she said. “We had our power back.”

休伊說：「風就像龍捲風一樣，水從每個縫隙灌進來，但我們一片太陽能板都沒損壞，隔天早上太陽又早早升起，光照耀得很亮，我們的電力也恢復了。」

A small but vibrant market for rooftop solar panels in Jamaica has long been seen as a promising way to wean the nation off imported fossil fuels. The country is reliant on oil and gas from abroad for its power plants, which not only is polluting but also makes Jamaica’s electricity some of the priciest in the world per kilowatt-hour.

牙買加屋頂太陽能發電市場小但充滿活力，長期以來被認為是該國擺脫依賴進口化石燃料前景看好的途徑。該國仰賴海外進口石油和天然氣，供發電廠發電。這不僅造成汙染，也使牙買加電價成為全球每度電價格最貴的國家之一。

But now, solar power is also seen as a way for Jamaica and other nations in one of the world’s most hurricane-prone regions to become more resilient to ever-intensifying storms.

如今，太陽能也被視為牙買加及其他位於全球颶風多發區國家，面對日益強烈風暴時提升韌性的一種方式。

Rooftop solar has grown significantly in Jamaica over the past decade, from less than 1.4 megawatts in 2015 to nearly 65 megawatts in 2023, a significant amount for a small island, experts say.

專家指出，過去10年牙買加的屋頂太陽能發電快速成長，從2015年不到1.4百萬瓦，增加至2023年的近65百萬瓦，對一個小島國而言相當可觀。

The hope is that growth will start to cut down on Jamaica’s dependence on imported oil and liquefied natural gas, which is shipped in tankers to the island nation, at a time when ports, refineries, power plants and transmission lines are becoming vulnerable to extreme weather worsened by a warming planet.

人們期望這種成長能減少牙買加對進口石油與液化天然氣的依賴，這些需經由油輪運抵島上；而在暖化加劇的情況下，港口、煉油廠、發電廠與輸電線路正愈來愈容易受到極端天氣威脅。

Wide swaths of the country remain without electricity after Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica as a Category 5 storm last week, killing at least 32 people and destroying an untold number of buildings and homes.

5級強度的梅莉莎颶風上周襲牙買加後，造成至少32人死亡、無數建築物和房屋被破壞，牙買加大片地區仍無電可用。

The solar panels must survive the high winds, of course. Jason Robinson, who runs Solar Buzz, an installer based in Kingston, Jamaica’s capital, has been surveying the damage this past week, navigating roads on the west side of the island strewed with downed trees and power lines. “With nearly 200 mph winds, you’re in the universe’s hands,” Robinson said.

當然，太陽能板必須經得起強風的考驗。羅賓森經營總部位於牙買加首都京斯敦的太陽能板安裝商。他過去一周一直在勘察災情，在這座島國西部的道路穿梭，這裡散落倒塌的樹木和電線。羅賓森說：「風速接近時速200英里，一切只能聽天由命。」

But so far, none of his nearly 300 clients have reported extensive damage, he said.

他說，但目前為止，他的近300名客戶還沒有人通報遭受大規模災損。

文／Hiroko Tabuchi，譯／羅方妤

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【張佑生】

聯合國氣候峰會COP30剛落幕，化石燃料(fossil fuels)看來一時間不會退場，轉型(transition)到再生能源(renewable energy)之路依舊漫長。報導介紹的rooftop solar panels(屋頂太陽能板)即為其中一種，但是安裝(install)必須穩固，否則強風一吹就報銷，不但用戶停電，面板對環境也造成嚴重汙染。

能源需要進口，就受制於人，近年來很流行的字彙包括energy sovereignty/autonomy/security/independence概念相通。源自政治經濟學的「能源主權」，意指「掌握自身能源供應決策的主導權」。

報導用hurricane-prone形容牙買加是常為颶風所苦的地區，字尾-prone是比正常情況更容易遇到問題的，常出事的(accident-prone)或容易受傷的(injury-prone)，甚至mistake-prone.

珍奧斯汀的《傲慢與偏見》：...that human nature is particularly prone to it...聚會上以達西先生為例，討論傲慢特質，認為他過於自負。班奈特家最愛掉書袋的瑪麗冒出這句，認為「自滿」(self-complacency)是人性普遍弱點，非達西獨有。

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title: 紐時賞析／颶風強襲後 牙買加太陽能發電成效顯現


title: 教育部增補助 大學學費有望緩漲

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大學學費有望緩漲，教育部常務次長朱俊彰昨說，教育部已爭取到特別預算六十五億元，用於未來三年補助各大學，這筆經費將以學生人數及未來學雜費預估漲幅為基礎，進行換算補助，公私立大學均無需額外申請計畫，可憑既有數據快速撥付。

教育部預估，一一七學年度大一新生入學數降至十七萬人，被形容將是「私校決戰序幕曲」。私立大學校院校長會議昨在輔大登場，面對少子化現象，不少校長都提到私校的招生問題。

輔大校長藍易振表示，面對全球高等教育挑戰及國內少子化的情況，國際化已經是私校永續經營的核心議題。淡大國際事務副校長陳小雀也表示，有人以為提供獎學金會是吸引國際生來台最重要的因素，但根據調查，獎學金只排名第七，良好的學術品質及聲譽才是最重要的關鍵。

靜宜大學林思伶校長則是分享去韓國的考察經驗，她發現韓國在國際招生有突破性的躍進，關鍵是韓國投入大量的數位化資源。

朱俊彰表示，台灣一年有六、七千位國際生入學，很多校長也希望這部分彈性增加，包含招生方式及名額，教育部會讓大學有些鬆綁空間。

朱俊彰還提到，面對國內調整學雜費的社會敏感性，以及教師薪資、基本營運成本不斷攀升的壓力，已爭取到六十五億元經費，希望在國際情勢未明之際，為學校營運提供三年的穩定支持。另針對私立學校法第六十二條租稅優惠問題，已提出修法版本，朝向比照國立大學爭取百分之一百租稅優惠的方向努力。

針對大學法修法，朱俊彰說，雖然目前外界多聚焦於校務會議學生代表比例等議題，但教育部更希望能與大學校長們共同聚焦於更具宏觀視野的議題，如人才延攬、教師與學生權利義務、以及學生招生等。

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程意晴考公職第一年落榜、第二年的最後衝刺時刻，她每天都去補習班報到，某天在陽台休息時，發現躲在停車場裡一隻流浪很久的浪貓，找到了主人正要被接回家。這個景象激起了她的「求生意志」，很想逃離「關在小小教室裡讀書」的備考狀態。幾個月後，她同時考上高普考一般民政雙料金榜。

程意晴大學念中文系，曾修過華語教學課程，發現對教書沒有興趣，不過確定自己不想當老師後，卻感到茫然、不知未來想做什麼。大三時，她決心考公職，希望先進入薪水穩定、又可朝九晚五的工作，再慢慢探索自己想要什麼。

程意晴大四投入準備，白天在大學上課、晚上到補習班備考公職，幾乎一年三六五天都沒休息。但她第一次上考場，打開考卷卻愣在那裡「一個字都寫不出來」，政治學甚至只拿了十八分。

她認為自己「太喜歡看詳解」、背誦別人的解答，但考題不會一模一樣，應該理解的是題目的邏輯和精神。因此第二年備考時，她把讀書方法倒過來，從「完全抄擬答」翻轉成「從擬答找答案」，從「背書」改成「把書本蓋起來」，慢慢摸索寫出自己的答案。

因國考的申論題非常重視標題，她在最後衝刺的四個月，刷考古題時不再寫一整題，而是用五分鐘的時間，快速寫下每個題目的大小標，訓練自己在五分鐘之內想清楚答題的脈絡與結構。

程意晴給考生的建議是「沒有人可以把所有的書讀完，但也要避免僥倖的心態」，建議考生一定要「實際做實際寫」。此外，考公職一定設停損點，不要存著「明年還可以再來」的心態。

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title: 一隻流浪貓激起考公職求生意志 她勤練5分鐘下標法考上高普考雙料金榜

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程意晴考公職第一年落榜，第二年的最後衝刺時刻，她每天都要去補習班報到。某天在陽台眺望休息時，發現躲在停車場裡一隻流浪很久的浪浪貓，找到了主人正要被接回家。這個景象激起了她的「求生意志」，很想逃離「關在小小教室裡讀書」的備考狀態。幾個月後，她同時考上高普考一般民政雙料金榜。

程意晴大學念中文系。她修過華語教學課程，發現自己對教書沒有興趣。確定自己不想當老師後，她感到茫然、不知未來想做甚麼。大三她決心考公職，希望讓自己先進入薪水穩定、又可朝九晚五的工作，再慢慢探索自己想要什麼。

決心考公職後，程意晴大四投入準備，白天在大學上課、晚上到補習班備考公職，幾乎一年365天都沒有休息。但她第一次上考場，打開考卷卻愣在那裡「一個字都寫不出來」，政治學甚至只拿了18分。她困惑於哪個環節出了問題，開始檢討自己的讀書方式。

她做了徹底的分析，認為自己「太喜歡看詳解」、背誦別人的解答，刷題的方式完全不對。因為考題不會一模一樣，背誦詳解沒有意義，應該理解的是題目的邏輯和觀念。她認為這就是自己的盲點──只想跟隨解題老師的擬答。

因此第二年備考時，她把讀書的方法倒過來，從「完全抄擬答」翻轉成「從擬答找答案」，從「背書」改成「把書本蓋起來」。在沒有標準答案的情況下，慢慢摸索寫出自己的答案，從而找到最適合自己的讀書方法。

她也找到寫申論題的訣竅。因為國考的申論題非常重視標題，她在最後衝刺的四個月，刷考古題時不再寫一整題，而是用5分鐘的時間，快速寫下每個題目的大標、小標，這不僅可以快速練題、也訓練自己在5分鐘之內就能想清楚答題的脈絡與結構。

走過兩年的備考路，程意晴給考生的建議是「沒有人可以把所有的書讀完，但也要避免僥倖的心態」。她以自己的經驗為例，看到考題時以為自己會寫便沒動手做題，等到真的上考場，才發現其實自己根本寫不出來，建議考生一定要「實際做實際寫」。此外，考公職一定要設停損點，不要存著「明年還可以再來」的心態，如此會陷入備考的循環。

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title: 紐時賞析／颶風強襲後 牙買加太陽能發電成效顯現

events: 發電 死亡 停電


title: 一隻流浪貓激起考公職求生意志 她勤練5分鐘下標法考上高普考雙料金榜


title: 觀察站／雲縣長選戰 藍營深耕優勢、綠整合存變數

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明年地方選戰逼近，有意參選人摩拳擦掌，雲林藍綠對壘漸浮上檯面，民進黨立委劉建國隨黨中央選對會可能名單曝光將再戰，藍營不分區立委張嘉郡被視為張麗善接班人，隨張嘉郡鬆口爭取提名，政壇認為2人交鋒已成定局。

近月民進黨中央選對會陸續公布縣市提名人選，劉建國被認為是雲林提名第一人選，對此，不僅劉建國不願證實，最近又傳出選對會可能還在討論，甚至傳出前立委蘇治芬可能被列入名單，搞得政壇霧煞煞。

目前綠營可戰之人寥寥可數，除非空降另有變數，否則劉建國不選縣長可能性幾乎是零。蘇治芬鮮少在公開場合出現，對外傳參選多次在臉書否認，只是被視為超級戰將的她「根底還在」，明年選戰扮演什麼角色，與劉建國是否化解心結重新整合，關係綠營選戰勝負。

反觀藍營目前政治占優勢，不僅藍白合態勢形成，縣長張麗善7年交出亮眼成績單，被譽為「五星級縣長」，鞏固張家政治地位，更把光芒延續下屆接棒人。立委張嘉郡為立委丁學忠打贏大罷免，立下戰功，取得下屆縣長提名門票，但國民黨主席選舉，父親張榮味號召挺郝龍斌失利，支持者憂心是否動搖張嘉郡提名。

以張派2代深耕，張麗善執政7年跨黨派擴展政治版圖人脈，雄厚政治實力，一般認為張嘉郡獲提名不會有太大變化。只是張嘉郡能否在藍營全盛之際入主縣政，仍得步步為營，不敢掉以輕心。

賴清德總統拜廟贈匾，劉建國未陪同，綠營出席踴躍頗有宣誓2026意味，也讓處於「暗戰」的藍綠交鋒浮上檯面，只是綠營未來要迎戰擁有雲林縣長、3席立委及立法院長的藍營，恐陷苦戰。

taiwan-subdivisions: 雲林縣 雲林

people: 郝龍斌 張榮味 丁學忠 張嘉郡 蘇治芬 劉建國 張麗善 賴清德


title: 福島核食管制全解禁 食藥署稱無關中日爭議

countries: 台灣 日本 中國

people: 郭國文 李彥秀 蔡英文 黃國昌 賴清德

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日本首相高市早苗日前在國會答詢「台灣有事」言論引發中日關係緊張，中國大陸對日本水產品下禁令，我國執政黨力挺日本。賴清德總統前天才秀出吃日本海鮮照，衛福部食藥署昨公告福島五縣核食管制全面解禁，比照一般食品查驗。

綠委：台日盟友關係更融洽

由於時間點巧合，國民黨立委李彥秀質疑，前總統蔡英文八年不敢做的事，賴總統全做了，賴政府在敏感時機全面開放福島食品，是繼核食「正名」為福食後，再次政治算計凌駕民眾權益；民進黨立委郭國文也說，解禁是本於科學與行政流程處理，但時逢中日關係緊張，在政治上有正面積極意義，讓台日盟友關係更加融洽，樂見其成。

民眾黨立院黨團總召黃國昌說，民進黨政府既然做了政策決定，應負起責任，妥善為人民把關食安，不是讓人民自己承擔風險，解禁後將考驗食藥署等相關單位對人民承諾。

食藥署長姜至剛強調，廢止規定基於科學實證，與「台灣有事」風波無關。

食藥署八月廿九日預告解除日本福島五縣食品需檢附產地、輻射檢測「雙證」規定，廢止「停止輸入查驗之日本食品品項別及其生產製造地區」，預告六十日到十月廿八日止，但時隔快一個月後，在中日緊張之際，才正式公告。姜至剛表示，一切法規修正皆依行政程序，預告兩個月，完備行政程序才正式對外公告，且規定本於科學實證，與中日爭議無關。

林口長庚臨床毒物中心主任顏宗海表示，解禁後，國內輻射安全標準仍維持每公斤銫｜一三四與銫｜一三七總和不得超過一百貝克限量規範，建議食安管理採滾動式調整，若未來日方釋出監測資訊，或國內再次驗到福島五縣食品輻射超標，主管機關就應立即調整政策。

我對日食輻射檢驗全合格

根據國際原子能總署，日本政府已採取監測及因應措施，並依監測結果滾動式更新其國內食品管制措施，管控食品供應鏈安全性，我國自二○一一年開始，針對日本食品實施輻射檢驗，共檢查廿七萬批次，不合格率為零；福島、茨城、櫪木、群馬與千葉縣「福島五縣」截至今年十一月共檢驗二萬四三○四批次，全數合格。

姜至剛說，輻射食品檢驗基準並無改變，僅把管制機制回歸常態邊境管制，食藥署在邊境對國人所有進口食品，均實施輻射抽驗，依風險分級把關，且日本國內禁止流通產品，包括福島五縣鳥獸肉、菇類等目前仍禁輸台。未來一旦抽驗發現輻射食品將公告，並依規調升抽驗比率。

日媒稱賴政府挺高市早苗

日本農林水產大臣鈴木憲和及福島縣知事內堀雅雄昨均表示歡迎。日媒報導說，值中國大陸日前再禁日本水產品之際，台灣賴政府廿一日的作法形成明顯對照，展現其對日友好的姿態，透過進口日本水產品表達對高市早苗政府的支持，並希望藉此強化賴政府與日本的關係。


title: 公投恢復綁大選 有機會明年選舉適用

people: 黃國昌 鍾佳濱

events: 公投 選舉 敗選 放假

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現行公投法規定公投與大選脫鉤，遭批「鳥籠公投」，立法院會昨三讀通過修正公投法部分條文，明定主管機關應於公民投票案公告成立後三個月起至六個月內舉行公民投票，該期間內有全國性選舉時，應與該選舉同日舉行。公投可綁大選，再次衝破「鳥籠」，中選會表示，將依法、審慎積極研議選務規畫，務求維持選務運作的安定與順利。

民進黨二○一七年以國會多數通過公投法修法，大幅降低公投提案及通過門檻，並規定公投應與選舉同一天舉行；但兩年後，卻以公投綁大選造成選務大亂為由，再度修法讓公投與大選脫鉤，並訂定公民投票日定於八月第四個星期六，自二○二一年起每兩年舉行一次。

今年八月重啟核三公投，同意雖超過不同意票數，但比率未達門檻，公投案不通過。藍白立委提出公民投票法修正草案，恢復公投綁大選，盼增投票率。

立法院會昨天表決公投法修正案時，民進黨團提案「公投前一天放假」，遭藍白立委反對不通過；最後在藍白人數優勢下，三讀通過民眾黨團、國民黨團提案，未來公投可與全國性選舉同日舉行、公民投票日為應放假日。

行政院表示，立院通過的修法，恐怕縮短公投議題的理性討論時間，無法展現真正民意，更可能再次重演邊投票、邊開票亂象。官員指出，公投投「事」，選舉選「人」，如果同時進行，公投恐怕會受到政黨或候選人競爭的影響，模糊公投議題焦點，混淆公投案意旨，無法有效進行社會溝通及理性辯論。

中選會表示，將依法、審慎積極研議選務規畫，務求維持選務運作的安定與順利。公投案相關預算的編列皆有往例，皆會依法及循往例辦理。

目前有四項正進行的公投提案，攸關選罷法的三案，若通過連署，有機會與明年十一月舉行的九合一大選同日登場。對於連署中的公投提案是否綁明年選舉？中選會表示，選務機關會依法辦理選務，無其他評論或回應。

民進黨立委鍾佳濱表示，二○一八年九合一選舉的經驗顯示，公投與選舉同一天舉行，會導致選務亂象，當時還出現一邊投票、一邊開票的狀況。

民眾黨立委黃國昌說，綠委恫嚇人民，聲稱公投綁大選會影響選務，中選會行政廢弛，把責任退推給制度。國民黨立委陳菁徽說，公投曾是民進黨神主牌，但二○一八年敗選後因害怕民意，強行將公投與大選脫鉤。