[轉載] U.S. Congressman's Support in Question 美議員:如臺不支援自由 美無必要支援臺

U.S. Congressman's Support in Question


(美議員:如臺不支援自由 美無必要支援臺)
By William Lowther, Taipei Times


Washington, May 5 - US Representative Dana Rohrabacher is threatening to end his strong legislative support for Taiwan as a result of Chunghwa Telecom’s (CHT) decision to terminate satellite services for “pro--democracy” channel New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV).

“If Taiwan does not support the struggle for freedom of thought within China, I see no need for America to support Taiwan,” Rohrabacher said in a letter sent on Wednesday to President Ma Ying-jeou.

，(美國之音中文網)“作為眾議院台灣連線(Taiwan Caucus)的創始人，我一向認為民主自由是連接我們兩國的紐帶”，“如果台灣不支援在中國爭取思想自由的鬥爭，那麼美國就沒有必要支援台灣。”

自由之家發佈之2011新聞自由 (2011 Freedom of Press by Freedom House)

Asia-Pacific:
A modest decline in the average score for the Asia-Pacific region was driven by negative status changes, as South Korea moved from Free to Partly Free and Thailand from Partly Free to Not Free. Cambodia, Fiji, India, and Vanuatu also saw score declines, while Bangladesh and the Philippines registered modest improvements. This region also continues to be home to two of the survey’s poorest performers, Burma and North Korea, and the world’s largest poor performer, China, where a crackdown on free expression continued in 2010. (Source:Freedom House)