鮮蝦雲吞: 第一批收成的結果之一

之前講過,我非常討厭香菜的味道. 在台灣吃羹的時候我都會交代老闆不要放香菜,萬一有老闆忘記放了香菜,我會一根根挑出才開始吃羹. 不小心吃到漏網之魚我也會把它吐出來. 我喜歡吃辣,川菜裡也會用到香菜,但即使有辣味,對我來講還是無法掩蓋香菜噁心的味道. 在菜園裡自己長出來的香菜是被我當驅蟲用的, 因為香菜還有茴香有強烈的氣味故. 因為不喜歡香菜的味道, 連把它拔除都不想, 因為這樣手上會有香菜味,會讓我覺得很噁心. 就因為如此, 去年田裡自己長的香菜我一直不理不睬,任憑它開花結果,風一吹,果(種子)掉滿地於是今年才又自己冒出一堆.

這樣知道我厭惡香菜的程度了吧?

香菜因此一直是我的拒絕往來物, 直到上次在密西根去朋友家.　朋友常常找我們去她們家裡吃飯聊天. 某次去的早,問她有什麼可以幫忙的. 她要我們幫忙包鮮蝦雲吞. 當時我看到香菜是內餡材料之一,想說包完要嘛不吃要嘛把香菜挑出來就是了.

出乎意料的, 一口咬下去竟然沒有對我來說噁心的香菜味,反而把蝦子的鮮味提出來. 於是這次菜園裡自己長出來的香菜終於有了驅蟲外的第二個功能: 包雲吞.

先煮幾顆來吃吃

更多照片見MSN版

in memory of 6-4 紀念六四: Twitter Service Blocked in China, Users Say

四月底的時候中國政府全面封鎖Plurk, 那時候我寫了一篇很短的網誌,提到說下一個被合諧掉的也許是twitter.

現在,快要六四了, 中國的Twitter使用者說無法登入twitter. 純屬時機巧合? 應該不是.Times 的報導下的標題是: Chinese censors cut off Twitter, Hotmail and Flickr.

僅轉載此文以紀念六四.

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Twitter Service Blocked in China, Users Say

June 03, 2009
By SKY CANAVES and JESSICA E. VASCELLARO ,WSJ

Twitter Inc. users across China reported that the popular networking service appeared to be blocked Tuesday, two days ahead of the sensitive 20th anniversary of the military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square.

If the site is being blocked by government censors, as many users suspect, it would mark the first time that Twitter has been widely inaccessible to users in China.

The so-called microblogging service, which garnered attention domestically during the immediate aftermath of last year's earthquake in Sichuan, hasn't previously been subject to restrictions in China. As a result, a number of prominent Chinese activists use Twitter regularly, either under their own names or using aliases.

Still, it's often difficult to tell whether a Web site has been purposely blocked by Chinese authorities, if other technical problems are to blame, or if services are blocked only in certain areas.

Officials at the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, China's main media regulator, couldn't be reached late Tuesday, when word of the outages first spread. Chinese regulators in the past have declined to comment on potential stoppages.

A Twitter spokeswoman didn't have an immediate comment and couldn't confirm whether the service was blocked in China.

Sites that include large amounts of user-generated content are intermittently unavailable to users in China, especially around important government meetings or anniversaries. YouTube, Google Inc.'s video-sharing site, has been blocked for several weeks in China and remains so, a Google spokesman said Tuesday.

Some users said it was still possible to use Twitter through certain software applications, such as Seesmic, that allow users to send and receive messages without directly using the Twitter.com Web site. But users trying to access their Twitter accounts through other programs said they encountered problems. Fanfou.com, a popular domestic site that is similar to Twitter, appeared to be functioning normally on Tuesday.

Twitter has given the Internet-savvy in China another new platform to voice complaints and race ahead of state-controlled news media platforms. The development of Internet channels has pressured the government to respond to news faster.

Also Tuesday, a magazine published by the official Xinhua news service called on local governments to respond more quickly and develop a greater online presence to respond to popular online movements.

The Chinese government considers the 1989 pro-democracy protests to have been a counterrevolutionary riot, and further discussion of them remains taboo. The police presence around Tiananmen Square has increased, and on Tuesday the Foreign Correspondents Club of China issued a statement protesting restrictions on journalists attempting to cover the anniversary.

In recent weeks, activist groups have reported a tightening of security in China, linking it to the coming anniversary. Human Rights in China, based in New York, said that authorities detained Wu Gaoxing, a free-lance writer from Taizhou in Zhejiang province, who co-wrote an open letter to China's top leaders recently asking for equal rights and social security for ex-Tiananmen Square prisoners. China's Ministry of Public Security deferred requests for comment to Taizhou's local public security bureau, which declined to answer any questions.

Word of Twitter's outage became a popular subject on the service's site Tuesday. A number of users adopted an obscene variant of a hash tag derived from the acronym for the Great Firewall, the nickname for China's Internet censorship efforts. Hash tags are used on Twitter to mark and link to similar posts.—Loretta Chao in Beijing contributed to this article.

Write to Sky Canaves at sky.canaves@wsj.com and Jessica E. Vascellaro at jessica.vascellaro@wsj.com Printed in The Wall Street Journal, page A4

觀NBA有感

以前我是不看NBA的, 自從開始看NBA, 我的唯一支持隊伍今年第一次沒有打進季後賽. 於是,我成了一個旁觀者.

對一個旁觀者而言, 今年的NBA很有趣.

美國的職業運動一直很興盛. 可能跟民情有關, 可能跟資本主義發展也有關. 職業運動得興盛需要很多周邊的配合--例如媒體轉播,球迷觀賞,周邊商品, 運動用品與明星球員代言以增加商品的市佔率等等.

NBA下的明星球員幾乎是100%為Nike代言.

這場對很多人意外的比賽結果把近年竄起的明星之一LeBron James送去放暑假, 也把他代言的Nike酸了好一下. 很有趣的一篇報導.

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Howard pours in 40 as Magic make 1st Finals appearance since '95

Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Orlando Magic never gave in. They didn't buckle when their starting point guard went down with a season-ending injury. They regrouped when their frustrated superstar called out their coach. They stood up to the Boston Celtics. They sent LeBron James home.

They fought -- all the way to the NBA Finals.

Kobe vs. LeBron?

Not this year.

Dwight Howard dominated inside for 40 points, Rashard Lewis added 18 and the overlooked Magic wrecked the Kobe-LeBron dream finals with a 103-90 victory over James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6 to win the Eastern Conference championship Saturday night.
Fourteen frustrating years since their last appearance, the Magic are back from ruin.

"I don't think people thought we could be at this level," coach Stan Van Gundy said.
The Magic will be making their first finals appearance since 1995, one year before Shaquille O'Neal bolted as a free agent for Los Angeles and wrecked the franchise. Six years ago they won just 21 games, a low point that helped them draft Howard with No. 1 pick.

It's been a long, slow climb back, but Orlando has been rebuilt and will meet the Lakers on Thursday night at the Staples Center in Game 1.

Disney World vs. Disneyland.

Oh, and memo to Nike executives: It's time to break out the Howard puppet. LeBron's can go in summer storage.

For now, the only matchup between James and Lakers superstar Bryant will have to be limited to those cute TV commercials.

With the city's most famous athlete, Tiger Woods, sitting courtside, Orlando dropped 12 3-pointers and made believers of all those who wondered if they were better than the Cavaliers, a team that won 66 games in the regular season, or the defending champion Celtics.

The Magic made both disappear.

"For us as a team, we understand how everybody has talked about us for the last couple of years," Howard said. "We can beat anybody."

James scored 25 in his worst game of the series, but the 24-year-old MVP was magnificent for most of it, adding to a legacy still in its infancy. But Mo Williams lost his shooting touch and Cleveland's bench was badly outplayed by Orlando's reserves.

Afterward, James put on headphones and stormed out of Amway Arena.

He skipped the news conference and briskly walked down the corridor with two security guards as escorts. He plopped into a chair to be scanned for the team's charter plane ride, grabbed his bags and was gone -- a special season ending in stunning disappointment.

Delonte West added 22 and Williams, who guaranteed the Cavs would come back and win the series, 17 for Cleveland, which went 0-5 in Orlando.

"We had one goal and we came up short," Cavs coach Mike Brown said.

During the closing minutes, James was mocked by Orlando's crowd singing "M-V-P" as Howard shot free throws.

After Superman muscled underneath for a thunderous dunk with 2:21 left, the crowd moved into finals mode chanting, "Beat L.A.!"

Howard's one flaw has been his free-throw shooting, but he made 12 of 16 in Game 6.
Inside. Outside. The Magic had it all.

Cleveland may have had the best player. Orlando had the better team.

"Everybody's hurting," Cavs guard Daniel Gibson said. "It's hard watching the dream go away with every 3-point shot they made."

The Magic's season hasn't been without its share of turmoil. Jameer Nelson sustained a season-ending shoulder injury in early February, a setback that at the time seemed as if it would prevent Orlando from doing anything this year.

But general manager Otis Smith acquired guard Rafer Alston from Houston. Alston, a former playground legend, fit in perfectly. In the opening round against Philadelphia, the Magic lost the opener before rebounding and winning a close-out Game 6 on the road.

Then, following Game 5 of the Boston series, Howard called out Van Gundy for not getting him the ball enough and challenged his substitution patterns. The Magic shook off that spat, too, winning two straight, including Game 7 on Boston's parquet.

In the conference finals, they beat Cleveland with a devastating mix of inside power and outside firepower.

"This team has fought really, really hard," Van Gundy said. "Our reward is you get to go from preparing for LeBron to preparing for Kobe. I'm not doing that tonight."

This was supposed to be the Cavs' season. But there will be no title, and once again Cleveland fans will feel nothing but heartache as they wait for one of their city's teams to end a 45-year championship drought.

In the first half, the Cavaliers couldn't stop Howard and the shoot-first-ask-questions-later Magic took turns launching 3s while building an 18-point halftime lead.

"When they get it going, they are really tough," Ben Wallace said.

On Cleveland's last possession before the half, James missed a short runner while being knocked to the floor. He sat there in disbelief, looking for a call, looking for help, looking lost.

Cleveland's coaching staff barked at the officials and Brown was assessed a technical.

When the Cavs came back out after halftime, Howard was practicing free throws. As he walked toward Cleveland's bench, injured forward Lorenzen Wright, dressed in a suit, jumped up and grabbed the net and tried to knock out one of Howard's shots.

It dropped in anyway, another symbolic moment.

A little more Magic.

Game notesWoods, who shares a Dec. 30 birthday with James, was back after missing Game 4. Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was also in the house. ... James expects he and Howard -- Olympic teammates -- meeting in the postseason could become an annual event. "It's not the first time we'll see each other on this platform," he said.

Copyright by STATS LLC and The Associated Press

Blowin' in the wind

前言:

四月的時候因為看到一首現代詩(?)聯想到一首美國民歌: blowin' in the wind. 那時寫的草稿埋沒在MSN的草稿裡. 前兩天收到一封電子郵件又是在介紹這首歌,於是想到這篇. 現在把它寫完放上來.

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再過幾天(五月24日)就生日的Bob Dylan, 是Blowin' in the Wind的創作者, Bob Dylan出生在明尼蘇達北邊的Duluth. 很多MN的早期住民都是移民,尤其是那些很冷的國家(北歐啊,前蘇聯啊等)移民過來的. Bob Dylan的祖父母也不例外. 他們原是前蘇聯移民到MN的猶太人. 到了1959年他搬到雙城市並成為明尼蘇達大學的學生.人們總是比較關注自己週遭或是與自己有關聯的消息, 也許如此當我看到文後所附的現代詩才會想到這首歌?

音韻相似也是讓我聯想到這首歌的原因之一. 我把讓感覺音韻相似的部份對照如下:

詩:

一百年的歲月，能留下多少痕跡？

一百年的歷史，能寫下多少故事？


歌:

How many roads must a man walk down 一個男人得走過多少路 ?Before they call him a man 在他被稱為男子漢之前?

和第二段歌詞的開始
How many times must a man look up 一個人得仰望幾次 ?Before he can see the sky 才能看得見藍天?

另外一個有趣的巧合是現代詩描寫的"偉人"曾經在前蘇聯生活一段時間, 和Bob Dylan出身有關. 也許如此, 看到那首現代詩才會讓我聯想到這首歌?

不僅如此, 當時看到那首現代詩的過後幾天在紐約時報(NY Times)看到一篇很有趣的文章講的是莎士比亞的一些作品被懷疑根本不是莎翁本人所做. Blow in the Wind這首歌也曾經被不實指控是Bob Dylan剽竊一個高中生的作品. 不過後來證實這個指控根本是莫須有的.

那首現代詩放在本文最後.

以下是收到電子郵件的原文:

這是美國民歌史上最重要的作品之一，原作者是被公認為民歌一代宗師的 Bob Dylan，不過第一個把它唱紅的卻是 Peter , Paul & Mary三重唱，並且在 1963年奪得全美排行的亞軍。

第二次世界大戰，使得所有參戰國都元氣大傷，美國也不例外。戰後的新生代由於不願重蹈父兄的覆轍，建立起了新的價值觀，對於上一代所喜愛的一切，幾乎全盤予以否定，甚至開創了全新的搖滾文化。1957年，越戰爆發，美國介入了這場戰爭，投入大量人力、物力，還派遣子弟兵遠渡重洋，前往越南戰場，造成了慘重的傷亡，因此美國社會掀起了一股反戰的熱潮。在這同時，民歌也開始在全美各地校園流行起來，許多知識青年不僅利用他們所創作的民歌發表抗議的聲音，更積極的加入示威的群眾運動。Bob Dylan在傳奇性的民歌宗師 Woody Guthrie啟迪下進入民歌界，很快的以獨特的風格在格林威治村以及各大校園受到注意。1962年四月，他以深具內涵的創作技巧譜出「Blowing in the Wind」的時候，才是個二十剛出頭的小夥子。這是他最早的「抗議歌曲」，對人們傳統觀念中「男子漢」的定義提出了質疑，希望世人能以和平而理性的態度來解決爭端，不要再對世間的不幸視而不見、聽而不聞，更不要再讓無辜的人們繼續喪生在戰火之中。

不過，儘管 Bob Dylan的創作內涵受到了肯定，他的歌喉卻實在不討喜，因此他早期的好些作品都是藉由其他藝人的歌聲才成名的，其中又以 Peter , Paul & Mary功勞最大，連續唱紅了好幾首他的作品。這支三重唱也是美國民歌史上最重要的團體之一，除了完美的和聲之外，三位團員積極參與各種抗議的群眾運動，數十年如一日，堅持的信念跟態度跟他們的歌聲一樣出名。他們成立於 1961年，「Blowing in the Wind」也是他們藉以成名的最重要作品之一。

Blowin' in the wind 飄在風中
How many roads must a man walk down 一個男人得走過多少路
Before they call him a man 在他被稱為男子漢之前
How many seas must a white dove sail 一隻白鴿得飛過多少座海洋
Before she sleeps in the sand 才能在沙灘上安睡
How many times must the cannon balls fly 加農砲還得發射多少次
Before they're forever banned 才會被永遠禁止
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind 答案啊！朋友，就飄在風裡
The answer is blowing in the wind 答案飄在茫茫的風裡

How many years must a mountain exist 一座山能存在多久
Before it is washed to the sea 在它被沖刷入海之前
How many years can some people exist 人們究竟能存活多少年
Before they're allowed to be free 在他們獲得自由以前
How many times can a man turn his head 一個人能掉過頭去幾次
And pretend that he just doesn't see 假裝他視而不見
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind 答案啊！朋友，飄在風裡
The answer is blowing in the wind 答案就飄在茫茫的風裡
How many times must a man look up 一個人得仰望幾次
Before he can see the sky 才能看得見藍天
How many ears must one man have 一個人得有多少雙耳朵
Before he can hear people cry 才能聽見人們的哭泣
How many deaths will it take 還得有多少人死亡
'Till he knows that too many people have died 他才能明白已有太多人喪生
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind 答案啊！朋友，飄在風裡
The answer is blowing in the wind 答案就飄在茫茫的風裡

以下則是讓我聯想到這首歌的現代詩, 燈塔. 不知什麼原因我總覺得和Blowin' in the Wind 很相似啊? 有人和我想法一樣的嗎?


「燈塔」全文如下：

一百年的歲月，能留下多少痕跡？

一百年的歷史，能寫下多少故事？

我卻看見你，一個平凡的生命， 走過最艱難的時光，挺立成永恆的燈塔。在俄羅斯古老的大地，你磨練自己， 像礦工，尋找中國未來的燃煤。

在贛南，你深入最貧困的家庭， 想建設公平幸福的人間。

在上海，你和特權戰鬥， 凸顯清廉正直的價值。

在舟山群島，你帶領軍民大撤退， 在戰火中，保存著最頑強的意志。

在中橫，你夜宿在寒冷的荒山， 用平凡的雙手，開鑿出連結勇氣與毅力的道路。

在全球石油危機的風暴中，你把風雨變成動力， 推動十大建設，創造經濟奇蹟。

在民主改革的道路上，你毅然改寫歷史， 讓自由成為台灣永恆的價值。

在兩岸長久的隔絕中，你開放探親， 讓親情重新連結，讓歷史走出更寬廣的道路。在每一個你曾走過的台灣鄉村， 在每一塊你建設過的土地上， 你不曾留下痕跡，唯一留下的， 是人們擁有了更好的生活。

我們恆久的紀念你，在自己的心中。像一座燈塔，照亮我們奮鬥的方向。

我們會帶著你的智慧、愛心和勇氣，在風暴中成長 。

未來的孩子將會記得你平凡的背影， 你像夕陽，雖然西下，卻留下滿天金色的光芒。 980409

不完美的結局: 學生作弊(revised on 5/20)

話說本人在此學校第一次正式教課竟然是以抓學生作弊為結束, 實在是很無言. 比起之前在另一間不怎樣的學校教書,學生還可愛點.

作弊(1):發現

作弊(2):硬凹

作弊(3):逆轉

作弊(4):尾聲

作弊(5):外篇

發芽

播種三週, 這兩天終於看到動靜. 更新請見

發芽了

南瓜與番茄

（轉載:自由之家）New Study: Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, Italy and Hong Kong Lose Free Status

這對成龍來說應該是好消息吧! 香港首次從自由退到部份自由(Hong Kong slipped to Partly Free ), 而中國維持為最大的媒體自由壓迫者(remain the world's largest repressor of media freedom). 台灣的新聞自由倒退, 因政府壓迫故(Media in Taiwan faced assault and growing government pressure). 恭喜馬政府，不到一年壓迫媒體的努力就得到國際矚目，交出亮麗成績單!果然是有國際觀的人啊！

詳見此.

PS/我要讓齊瑪曼佔據多一點的時間啦!

齊瑪曼 / Zimerman, Krystian

Photo: Krystian Zimerman in 2005. Credit: Kasslara. (source: LA Times)

照片中的齊瑪曼是誰? 齊瑪曼 / Zimerman, Krystian）是波瀾籍的鋼琴演奏家. 雖然有他的ＣＤ，波瀾的鋼琴家我有接觸的實在不多. 除了蕭邦(而且蕭邦的國籍其實是法國)之外, 就是之前的電影鋼琴師(Pianist).

最近他又和美國槓上了! 第一次是在911之後為他客製的鋼琴在他降落於紐約甘迺迪機場後立即被沒收.那鋼琴本來是他要在卡內基演奏廳演奏用。因為不滿布希的對外政策, 布希任內他不再踏上美國演奏. 他讓我想到前年過世的人權音樂家--羅斯托波維奇.

最近這一次是他用這種不尋常的方式來宣告這將是近年最後一次他在美國的演奏. 原因是他不滿美國在波瀾的飛彈部署, 這句"別染指我的國家"(“Get your hands off of my country,” )簡短卻清楚. 巧的是, 羅氏過世剛好是4/27, 和齊瑪曼在洛杉磯演奏時發表評論這件事情同一天.

看到這篇新聞, 心裡湧起兩個感概. 一個和台灣有關, 另一個和美國有關.

第一個是: 全世界對於飛彈指向自己國家的人不生氣,還心存感激的有馬先生, 可悲的是他竟然是這個被他國飛彈威脅受害國之領導人; 先後用會談, 用主權向中國乞得用Chinese Taipei之名得一年參予WHA之後, 似乎以為全國百姓都不知道這一年觀察員的資格如何取得, 還要向全國人民發表得意洋洋的演說，表示這是莫大的成就。頗有齊人之味: "卒之東郭墦間之祭者，乞其餘；不足，又顧而之他", "而良人未之知也，施施從外來，驕其妻妾。 "



第二個和美國有關的感概又有兩部份. 第一部份和歐巴馬的政策有關. 雖然歐巴馬說這個飛彈部署的目的, 但事實上和布希政府的政策有多少差別呢? 這個在去年十一月他當選後我在不開放的部落格寫了兩篇分別講我對經濟,社會與國際關係的想法, 就不多說了. 第二個是我對美國台下觀眾的敬佩. 不管是那些為他喝采者, 或是要他閉嘴者. 前者和他一樣,認為美國不該到處干預, 認同他的評論, 後者和他愛波瀾一樣--愛戴自己國家--美國.

我不知道這種事情如果發生在台灣, 台灣的觀眾會做何反應? 台灣的主辦單位又是做何反應? 大概會很不同吧? 不是台灣人的成龍(Jackie Chan)發表那種中國人, 不是台灣人,需要被管的言論都可以繼續當聽障代言人, 台北市也繼續挺這種自己下半身都管不住的戲子,還能期待什麼呢?

以下為洛杉磯時報接連兩天的報導.

LA TIMES



What led to Krystian Zimerman's surprising comments, walkouts
6:03 AM, April 28, 2009

Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman, who is widely admired for his virtuosic performances and who famously tours with his own custom-altered Steinway, created a furor at Disney Hall on Sunday night when he stopped his recital to announce that this would be his last American appearance -- in protest of the nation's military policies overseas.In a low voice that could not be heard throughout the auditorium, Zimerman, universally considered among the world's finest pianists, made reference to Guantanamo Bay and U.S. military policies toward Poland. "Get your hands off my country," he said.
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這是前一天洛杉磯時報的報導--
Krystian Zimerman's shocking Disney Hall debut
12:24 AM, April 27, 2009

Poland's Krystian Zimerman, widely regarded as one of the finest pianists in the world, created a furor Sunday night in his debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall when he announced this would be his last performance in America because of the nation's military policies overseas.

Before playing the final work on his recital, Karol Szymanowski’s "Variations on a Polish Folk Theme," Zimerman sat silently at the piano for a moment, almost began to play, but then turned to the audience. In a quiet but angry voice that did not project well, he indicated that he could no longer play in a country whose military wants to control the whole world.

“Get your hands off of my country,” he said. He also made reference to the U.S. military detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

About 30 or 40 people in the audience walked out, some shouting obscenities. “Yes,” he answered, “some people when they hear the word military start marching.”
Others remained but booed or yelled for him to shut up and play the piano. But many more cheered. Zimerman responded by saying that America has far finer things to export than the military, and he thanked those who support democracy.

For the first half of the recital, Zimerman had played a Bach Partita and Beethoven’s last piano sonata, Opus 111, with firm determination. After intermission he made a last minute substitution, exchanging late Brahms works for a 1953 sonata by Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz. The Szymanowski variations, which closed the program, was played with an astonishing ferocity that brought nothing but tumultuous cheers. There was no encore.
The pianist was not available after the concert for further comment.

Zimerman has had problems in the United States in recent years. He travels with his own Steinway piano, which he has altered himself. But shortly after 9/11, the instrument was confiscated at JFK Airport when he landed in New York to give a recital at Carnegie Hall. Thinking the glue smelled funny, the TSA decided to take no chances and destroyed the instrument. Since then he has shipped his pianos in parts, which he reassembles by hand after he lands. He also drives the truck himself when he carries his instrument from city to city over land, as he did after playing a recital in Berkeley on Friday.

MONDAY UPDATE: Review: Krystian Zimerman's controversial appearance at Disney Hall
TUESDAY UPDATE: What led to Krystian Zimerman's surprising comments, walkouts
-- Mark Swed
Photo: Krystian Zimerman in 2005. Credit: Kasslara.

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英國衛報Ｇｕａｒｄｉａｎ：　In praise of ... Krystian Zimerman
白夜, 悼羅斯托波維奇

轉載: China to let Taipei attend WHO assembly(中國讓台北參與WHO)

這是英國媒體的報導, 標題用字不同, 但意義相同-- 中國讓台北參與, 連台灣都不見了!只剩下台北. 這種身份下的參與, 值得沾沾自喜嗎?

文中指出, 中國阻撓(block)12年了, 現在竟然還要感謝? 好像一個打你巴掌打了12年的人,現在只是不打你了,你得對他說謝主隆恩一樣, 不被打不是應該的嗎? 何需感謝? 馬先生還好意思說這是人權。

人權是天賦的! 　不是中國施捨的！謝中國是什麼意思?

現在感謝中國善意只是正面且公開的向中國稱臣而已啊!

最"貼切"的是, 直接稱呼馬先生而已,而不是馬總統....
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China to let Taipei attend WHO assembly
By Robin Kwong in Taipei and Kathrin Hille in Beijing
Published: April 30 2009 03:00 Last updated: April 30 2009 03:00

China has dropped its long-standing opposition to Taiwan participating in the World Health Organisation's annual assembly, paving the way for the island to attend a United Nations meeting next month for the first time since it was expelled in 1971.

Margaret Chan, the WHO's director-general, has invited Yeh Ching-chuan, Taiwan's health minister, to participate in the World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva as an observer from "Chinese Taipei", the name the island uses to participate in the Olympics and the World Trade Organisation.

The move, which comes as the world is struggling to contain Mexican swine flu, is the latest sign of improving relations across the Taiwan Strait and is a political victory for Ma Ying-jeou, the island's president, of the ruling Kuomintang party.

Beijing and Taipei have signed several economic co-operation deals since Mr Ma's election last year, but issues such as Taiwan's participation in international bodies had been deemed too politically sensitive.

Beijing claims sovereignty over Taiwan - to which the Kuomintang's Chinese nationalist forces fled in 1949 - and has threatened to invade the island if it declares formal independence.

Yesterday, Mr Ma welcomed the WHO's invitation, saying that goodwill from China was a reason for the breakthrough. "Participating in WHO activities is not simply a political issue. It is more importantly a human rights issue. And Taiwan's 23m people's right to medical care and health should not be ignored," he said.

China had blocked Taiwan's efforts to join the World Health Assembly for 12 years. The island's officials have long argued that its exclusion restricted its access to key medical information and hampered moves to tackle disease outbreaks. The issue became a flashpoint during the 2003 Sars epidemic.

In 2005, Beijing agreed to the limited participation of Taiwan's technical experts in certain WHO meetings. But until now it has shut Taiwan out of meetings attended by government representatives. The World Health Assembly brings together ministers and senior health officials from all 193 member states.

Mr Yeh said he thought Taiwan would now be invited every year. A Beijing official said the arrangement showed China's goodwill towards Taiwan's people.

Additional reporting by Frances Williams
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009


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延伸閱讀:
China Demonstrates 'Goodwill' to Taiwan
只摘錄部份如下:

The decision to let Taiwan attend the World Health Assembly meeting helps address what has been one of the more emotionally charged issues dividing Taiwan and China. Taiwanese have long been frustrated by their inability to participate in international groups -- especially the WHO, given its important role fighting outbreaks of disease such as the current swine-flu outbreak. During the 2003 SARS epidemic, which killed 37 people in Taiwan, restrictions on interaction with Taiwan meant that WHO officials didn't arrive on the island until more than a month after the first infections began appearing -- a delay that angered many in Taiwan.

Taiwan's participation in the WHO will still be limited: Its observer status means it won't have a vote on policy, and it appears that Taiwan's invitation may need to be renewed every year, leaving the possibility that Beijing could withhold consent in the future. WHO officials didn't respond to requests for comment.

But Taiwanese officials were pleased at the invitation. Mr. Ma, the president, said the invitation represents "goodwill" from China's leadership.

看清楚沒啊! 之前SARS 死了37人,激怒了很多台灣人. 而現在馬先生卻說這是中國展現善意, 真是夠了啊

轉載: Taiwan president: China approves island WHO role (馬總統: 中國批准台灣以觀察員身分參與WHO)

沒時間翻譯,先轉載全文如下.
標題是我翻的, 台灣總統現在是馬先生,所以直接翻為馬總統.至於island當然指的是台灣島,所以就直接翻為台灣了.這裡的角色是的是以觀察員的身分.所以囉...

標題的approves這個字是關鍵.馬先生以中國為馬首是瞻, 美聯社是這麼講的啊!!

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Taiwan president: China approves island WHO role
By PETER ENAV – 1 day ago

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan said Wednesday it had persuaded China to allow it to participate in a key U.N. body, offering a victory for President Ma Ying-jeou's campaign to win greater international recognition for the democratic island.

China, which for almost six decades has struggled against Taiwanese participation in international bodies, confirmed that Taiwan will attend next month's meeting of the World Health Assembly in Geneva as an observer.

The WHA is the decision-making authority for the World Health Organization.

Agreement on the issue is a major achievement for Ma, who took office 11 months ago amid promises to turn the corner on his predecessor's anti-China stand, and work for better relations with Beijing.

Taiwan and China split amid civil war in 1949. China continues to claim the island as part of its territory and normally objects to Taipei's participation in international organizations as a symbol of national sovereignty.

Wednesday's announcement comes amid rising worldwide concern over the spread of swine flu, which is believed to have claimed more than 150 lives and sickened thousands in Mexico and infected people in several other countries.

Speaking to staffers at the Presidential Office in Taipei, Ma said Beijing had lifted its longtime objections to Taipei's participation in the WHA, calling it a victory for his China engagement policy.

"The mainland authorities have made a friendly gesture," he said.
Ma spokesman Wang Yu-chi said the island would participate in the assembly under the name Chinese Taipei, the same title it uses in the Olympics.

In Beijing, the official Xinhua news agency said the agreement on the WHA issue reflected China's desire to promote better relations with Taipei.

"Such an arrangement shows our goodwill to achieve practical benefits for Taiwan people and indicates our sincerity to promote peaceful development of cross-Straits relations," it quoted Health Ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an as saying.

Relations between China and Taiwan have improved significantly since Ma's election last March. Predecessor Chen Shui-bian was reviled by Beijing, because of his support for formal Taiwanese independence.

Taiwan — including under Chen — pushed hard for WHA participation, because of the access to key medical information it provides. It used the SARS outbreak in 2002-2003 as an example, saying that Beijing's refusal to let it participate undermined its ability to deal effectively with the deadly epidemic.

(看到沒啊, 還記得之前的影片嗎? 直接說出: 誰理你啊! 中國眼裡根本沒有台灣人民啦, 現在有馬先生以主權交換,被美聯社看破手腳了啦! 否則何必"China approves"?)

Chiu Ya-wen, a researcher at Taiwan's National Health Research Institutes, said that Taiwan's WHA participation would provide the island practical benefits if and when the swine flu crisis affects it.

"Becoming an observer at the WHA will help us combat the swine flu better as we will be able to communicate our needs to the WHO directly, and WHO may be able to send experts to Taiwan if necessary," she said.
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved


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台灣入衛 中國假好心／外交部證實：秘密備忘錄未廢