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大家都知道台灣半導體產業每年都要招募大批的員工，但其實AI產業也不惶多讓嗎？根據國發會「110~112 年重點產業人才供需調查及推估報告」，人才需求最迫切即為「人工智慧應用服務」，產業新增需求人數占該產業就業人數之比例為13.7%，超過「IC 設計」產業的 11.7%。
https://meet-global.bnext.com.tw/articles/view/47373
The Council of Agriculture (COA) on Friday shared the results of a pilot program in central Taiwan's Nantou County, in which local residents can receive government grants to form patrols to help protect Taiwan's endangered leopard cat population.
https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202103050014
//Tender in the darkness｜Pat To Yan
Published (HKT): 2020.11.22
In the last show of Tat Ming Pair’s concert, Anthony Wong shared a letter from a fan in mainland China. The fan was born in the 2000s. The fan was once misled by the Chinese Government’s propaganda and was puzzled by the images of their beloved Hong Kong in a riot (Anthony has omitted the gender of the fan). Then s/he found that all their favorite bands suddenly disappeared from all music platforms, including Tat Ming, My Little Airport, and C All Stars. Why is it that all of their favorite bands are supporting ‘Hong Kong’s Independence’! Hahaha! (The fan said). Then they searched for more information and found the MV of Tat Ming’s Remembering is guilty. The fan was stunned by the MV and was confronted with the truth finally.
There’s actually a dark side to the Hong Kong resistance movement. On the internet, hate speech toward mainland Chinese was easily found. Some Hong Kongers think they are superior since Hong Kong dares to resist and revolt. I am sure most of them are not frontline fighters. If you have experienced the battles on the streets, you know the protesters are a mix of different kinds of people including new immigrants and mainland Chinese. In the election of the District Council last year, the districts having a high population of new immigrants voted for the candidates of the democratic camp, like Shui Chuen O Estate. Mainland Chinese being cowardly in fighting against the government is just a stereotype. People holding this view fall into the trap of extreme nationalism which I have hated my whole life. On the other hand, they fall into the trap of the Chinese Government. In these ten years, the Government has been hard at work to tear apart mainland Chinese and Hong Kongers. They are afraid of us spreading the seeds of resistance in the mainland. In fact, strategically, we should work closely with Chinese who are willing to resist.
It’s a topic that can’t be discussed thoroughly. Some Hong Kongers would turn a deaf ear when you want to discuss with them. I know Tat Ming shared letters by mainland Chinese fans every night of his show. Anthony just read the letters and did not make any statement. Nevertheless, his sharing was already a combat against the stereotype.
In the show, Tat Ming makes good use of the power of tenderness. Hong Kong is deeply depressed and the show can easily go in the direction of self-indulgence. The mood of suppression was demonstrated in the pauses of the show. People chanted the slogans that were said to be forbidden for five whole minutes. We’re happy to grasp the chance to release and relieve. Tat Ming keeps reminding us to carry on what we’re doing. And most importantly, we should keep our sense of humor. Yes, it’s true. The Totalitarian Government doesn’t like it when people laugh. Taking everything easy and making fun of everything are the strengths of Hong Kong culture. Our right of humor should not be deprived.
I always believe in the power of Art. Not many people can remember the name of the King of the Shakespearean age, but we are still enjoying Shakespearean works. The fan I have mentioned said Tat Ming’s works gave them energy and support, and they said they are ‘the frustrating kid galloping in the light’ (a line of lyric directly translated from a song of Tat Ming). We’re lucky enough to have Tat Ming in the age of darkness.//
(Pat To Yan, Active in Hong Kong and German Theatre. Playwright, Director, Lecturer. Elected Council Member and the Chairman of the committee of Literary Art of Hong Kong Arts Development Council.)
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The Real Threat to the US is the loss of self-confidence
──An Open Letter to Mr. Secretary Mike Pompeo
My name is Wang Ping-Chung, the spokesperson for the New Party, Taiwan’s political party. During the ongoing pandemic of the Covid-19, the enemy of all human beings, including the American people and Chinese people, is definitely the corona virus. However, as Secretary of State of the United States, you seem to consider China instead of the virus to be your enemy. It lets you do little in pandemic prevention but much in blaming the WHO and China. You have even made great efforts to politicalize the issue of public health in order to attack China, which reflects the United States’ prevailing concept of so-called China’s threat. Nevertheless, the real threat to the US is not China but the loss of self-confidence indeed.
As President Franklin Roosevelt once said, “Only thing we have to fear is the fear itself.” The threat you have to fear today is not other peoples but yourselves. Even though you have done your best to shift blames on the WHO and China, the fact is already clear of the US domestic misdiagnosed cases, which had been seen as H1N1 but in fact corona virus since last autumn. It is also your fault in underestimating the severity of the epidemic while China sacrificed itself to let the world have more preparation time. Accordingly, the Covid-19 has killed more than fifty thousand people in America. As China’s population is four times larger than the US, it is quite shocking that America’s death toll due to the Covid-19 has been above China’s.
I feel so sorry for the suffering of your people, yet it is never too late to mend. However, not only did you palm off the responsibility on others, but you also undermined international solidarity against the pandemic. Moreover, you even try to deny the status of the WHO as the coordinator for universal combat against diseases, which in some way means challenging the global institutions under the governance of the United Nations. It is so unbelievable that the United States, viewing itself as the world leader above half a century, is tending to destroy the world order recognized by the international society. The very reason I can think of is the loss of America’s self-confidence. It is the threat to both the US and the whole world.
For Liberalists in the United States, China has been believed either an opponent or a violator to international institutions. As far as it’s concerned, there had been debates whether to keep containing China economically and militarily or engaging it institutionally. Both were resulted from America’s confidence in its leadership. Consequently, the confidence gradually changed into arrogance, luring the United States into aggressions upon other countries as the global superpower without permission from the UN Security Council. It made America exhausted at last. Therefore, the United States has become an isolationist, and even a betrayer to the global institutions they established before. On the contrary, China seems more like a protector of the world order.
On the other hand, for Realists, the predominant thinkers in international politics, China has been seen as the primary rival to America. As they estimate there will be threat if any other regional hegemony occurs, the nation’s fear becomes beyond what its capability can hold. To some extent, this is the real crisis to your people. In fact, different from western nations developing themselves by oppressing and exploiting others, the Chinese people have risen out of poverty at the cost of blood, sweat, and tears of our own. I would like to remind you of Franklin Roosevelt’s self-evident words that nothing to fear but fear itself. The only threat you should conquer is the threat in your mind.
As Henry Kissinger has argued, relations between China and the United States need not – and should not – become a zero-sum game. He also suggested that China and America build a Pacific community with each other. Thinking in the same way, Chinese President Xi also claimed that the vast Pacific Ocean has enough space for the two large countries of China and the United States. Furthermore, I believe the world is large enough to embrace different political and social systems. As western liberalism in recent years has met difficulties in over-consumption and government failure, we should be more open-minded to the superiority of Chinese governance in some fields, especially the high efficiency in defeating the epidemic. The United States should also be more self-confident to have China rising under the global governance of international institutions, sharing with mutual benefits instead of destroying each other. Without doubt, only by doing so can the United States overcome the real threat and bring the world peace and prosperity, the real universal values for all mankind.
The Budapest Bike Maffia is among Hungary’s fastest-growing charitable organisations; it was established at Christmas in 2011 by a small group of young cyclists.
Today, its key mission is the distribution of food and fundraising, focussing on helping those who are homeless and families in need. Each year, the BBM team – made up of over 100 volunteers – take to their bikes to distribute over 100,000 meals, in addition to operating 12 innovative charity projects.
These include Sweet Home, which sees volunteers working to create comfortable homes for local families living in council housing; the Seeds of Hope gardening project; and the BBM 50! initiative, which has the goal of increasing empathy and changing negative attitudes towards Budapest’s homeless population.
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