去年的案子中我選了這幅參加美國ADC Award,雖然沒有得獎,但報名的時候滿心希望這幅台灣的作品和這個計畫能讓更多人看到。畫中其實有很多細節,有興趣的話下方是參賽時寫的作品描述(我還沒翻中文版):
The illustration visualized an eco-political project that advocates for environmental protection, conservation and encourages people to search for their identity by walking into nature. The image not only depicts the project concepts, but also comprehensively shows 6 primary missions: The Green New Deal, Nature Protection, Carbon Valley, Rite of Passage, Soft Power, and Geopolitical Cornerstone. This enables the client to propose the project to the government, and promote ideas of environmental and political changes to the public.
Taiwan is an island divided by the Central Mountain Range. Located to the west of the range are the large cities inhabited by the majority of the population. In contrast, located to the east of the range are the natural sites and homes of the indigenous population for thousands of years. The 3 hikers depicted on the left are a metaphor for people searching for their identity. By walking through the Japanese Shrine, they cross over Taiwan’s complex history of colonization by many different countries. On the right side is an imaginary city called “Carbon Valley,” which is the idea of a sustainable energy research centre. The Formosan Sika deer is the endemic species in Taiwan but became extinct in 1969. In the illustration, it symbolizes and raises the awareness of nature conservation.
The commission was delivered in August 2020, however the project is still ongoing.
#illustration #illustrationartists #ecofriendly #ecology #greennewdeal #taiwan #nature #taiwanese #mountains #mountainrange #deer #indigenous #culture
同時也有2部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過878的網紅時事英文 Podcast by ssyingwen,也在其Youtube影片中提到,疫情初期,新加坡採取了積極的 「清零」 策略,但在 6 月,意識到 COVID 有可能永遠不會消失,政府宣佈將轉向與病毒共存,用疫苗控制疫情爆發。隨著限制放寬,每日本土病例激增突破一千大關,新加坡能否找到與病毒共存的方式? 📝 講義 (只要 $88 /月):https://bit.ly/ssy...
a rite of passage 在 Eddie Tam 譚新強 Facebook 的最讚貼文
美國能否延續全球Monroe Doctrine?
轟炸敘利亞,幾乎已成為美國總統上任的「成人禮」(rite of passage)。上周拜登派出戰機空襲敘利亞多處被指控為親伊朗的軍事據點,殺戮了20多人。新聞報道篇幅極細小,相信不少讀者根本沒有留意到,真悲哀!大家還記得4年前,特朗普剛上任不久,國家主席習近平去了佛羅里達州海湖莊園(Mar-a-Lago),進行友善「家訪」,在晚宴吃甜品時,特朗普突然告訴習主席美國正對敘利亞採取飛彈襲擊嗎?
全球早已習慣美國在中東殺人,已變得麻木,根本不再是新聞。但我可以擔保,如出擊者變為中國,肯定成為鋪天蓋地的頭條新聞,必被西方傳媒千夫所指,西方將採取報復式制裁,甚至恐嚇軍事行動。其實不用幻想中國在中東採取軍事行動,中國愛好和平,根本不太可能發生。即使如在新疆再出現恐襲,中央採取必要執法行動,拘捕犯案者,相信極偏頗的西方輿論,已必將無理譴責中國在自己境內的執法。
近日美軍在台灣海峽,頻密派出偵察機進行極具挑釁性,非常接近中國領空的危險軍事行動,可隨時重演近20年前在海南島附近出現過的空中撞機事件。如不幸再發生意外,情况將比當年危險十倍,美中關係今非昔比,美國已把中國當為最大威脅的競爭對手。台灣情况亦比海南島更敏感,除歷史原因外,更絕不可小覷台積電的重要性。中國已把加速發展半導體技術的重要性,提升至等同過去發展原子彈的級別。直到完全成功前,台積電無可比擬的最先進技術和產能,仍是全球各國和所有高科技企業的兵家必爭之地。
中國半導體成功前 各國必爭台積電產能
近月不尋常地,美國第七艦隊,竟同時有三艘超級航母在西太平洋執勤:羅斯福號(USS Theodore Roosevelt)、尼米茲號(USS Nimitz)和列根號(USS Ronald Reagan)。第七艦隊母港為日本橫須賀,已駐紮在亞洲近80年,整個艦隊約擁有70艘戰艦、300隻飛機和4萬士兵,是美國海軍中最龐大的「號碼艦隊」(numbered fleet)。
再請各位幻想一下角色對掉,假如是中國航母遼寧號在加州蒙特利半島(Monterey Peninsula)對出數十海里外公海上巡航,派出偵察機執行任務,甚或舉行軍事演習,美國將會如何反應?我相信只要中國艦隊接近夏威夷,美軍已必進入最高戒備狀態,在駛近加州前,已有可能爆發了第三次世界大戰!
為何國際軍事局勢如此超級不對稱?來源出自一段美國歷史,在1823年,美國立國不到50年時,當時總統門羅(James Monroe)已在國情諮文中宣布,美國把整個南北美洲視為她的勢力範圍(sphere of influence),將不再允許歐洲列強,即西班牙、葡萄牙、英國、法國等,干預南北美州任何事務。歷史上此宣言被稱為「門羅主義」(Monroe Doctrine)。如任何外國勢力超越此紅線,美國將把行動視為等同侵犯美國主權的敵對行為(hostile act)。
在美國立國之初,歐洲列強在南北美洲仍有頗大影響力,對美國構成威脅,有些南美國家更仍未成功爭取獨立,所以門羅主義有一定的需要性。此宣言亦代表美國已儼然成為一個可與歐洲列強較勁的新超級強國,亦是美式帝國主義的開始。門羅主義有兩個主要特點,第一是聰明地,美國永遠以聽起來很崇高、很正義,但可以是極度虛無縹緲,甚至與事實完全相反的民主、自由,與和平為任何政策、任何軍事行動,包括非法攻打任何國家的藉口和理由!第二個特點是美國採取任何行動前,當然毋須得到被門羅主義所覆蓋的國家的同意,更當然毋須這些國家發聲向美國要求援助。
行使門羅主義的最重要案例當然是總統甘迺迪年代,1962年10月發生的「古巴飛彈危機」。當時蘇聯計劃在古巴部署核飛彈(回應早前美國在意大利和土耳其設置飛彈),如落實當然將威脅到距離只約100英里的美國。所以甘迺迪視此舉為直接針對美國的嚴重敵對行為,且宣布如蘇聯不馬上撤回所有軍事設施,將不惜與蘇聯開戰。幸而經雙方秘密商討後,蘇聯願意撤退,其實美國亦同意在歐洲讓步,世界才能避過核戰危機!
美國二戰後門羅主義擴至全球
在二戰中,美國當然是打敗軸心國的最大功臣,亦是最大贏家,成為全球超級強國,亦因此取得全球道德高地,從此擔當世界警察角色,更可說是把門羅主義伸延至全球!此角色非常吃重,責任包括保護全球盟友和附庸國,在美國認為必要時,甚至主動出擊,多年來亦自稱有功於維持全球海上航運安全。世界警察此重擔,美國維持全球約800個海外軍事基地,每年軍事支出超過7000億美元,約後面9個國家的總和;第二名的中國,去年軍事支出只約1850億美元,不到美國的三分之一。
請大家不要誤會門羅主義已過時,美國不再承認仍奉行此近200年歷史,充滿帝國主義色彩的外交教義。不到兩年前,在2019年4月,當時美國國家安全顧問博爾頓(John Bolton),宣布制裁古巴、委內瑞拉和尼加拉瓜,竟同時提醒全世界:「Today, we proudly proclaim for all to hear: the Monroe Doctrine is alive and well!」有點愚蠢,但總算坦白!
近日西方傳媒,再次發動攻勢,意圖挑撥離間中國與東盟各國感情。上周《經濟學人》封面故事為「The battle for China's backyard」,主要暗藏4個已不新鮮,但仍是陰毒和不正確,針對中國的指控。最離譜的指控是中國願意跟各國分享疫苗的人道立場,竟被抹黑扭曲為疫苗外交,企圖藉此爭取外交好感和令到世人忘記病毒「來自」中國。絕對需要再說清楚一次,西方多國治疫失敗,所以當疫苗研發成功後,美、加和英國等馬上囤積居奇超過自己人口數倍的疫苗,不用說不會真心幫助發展中國家,連親密歐盟國家都未能獲得足夠疫苗,所以不少已樂意開始接種中國疫苗。東南亞的優先權當然更低,何時才輪到印尼等國?所以印尼總統佐科(Joko Widodo)早在1月底已欣然率先公開表示接種了科興疫苗。
中國分享疫苗 遭西方指控為播毒開脫
至於病毒來自中國之說更無理,更陰毒。首先病毒來源仍是個謎,世衛專家都不排除外國凍肉或海產輸入的可能。再者即使來源地是中國,既然世衛專家已完全排除病毒來自武漢實驗所的可能,亦即是病毒產生純屬天然(但可能跟氣候和環境變化有關),那麼中國何罪之有?HIV病毒最初病例都在美國,至今已奪取全球超過4000萬人性命,美國需否為此道歉和賠償?西方仍指控中國在疫情剛出現時,失責沒有完全防止病毒流出中國。此項指控當然同樣無理,最初中國自顧不暇,在不到1個月內公布整個病毒基因排列,已非常了不起,能在3個月內大致控制全國疫情就更值得佩服。至今疫情已蔓延了1年,美、加、瑞典等國,有什麼控制疫情輸出的措施?連有效的本地隔離措施都沒有!散播病毒的罪名不是更重嗎?
第二個指控仍是所謂的經濟侵略。10年內,中國在東南亞投資增加了30倍,升至400億美元,投資範疇包括高速公路、高鐵、港口等有助商貿的基建設施,亦在越南、柬埔寨和馬來西亞等,開設大量工廠,這些都是互利的投資項目,即使有小量投訴僱用太多中國工人,但主要原因是本地工人水平仍未達標,不可能是中國工人工資比當地工人低吧!至於能否應付各基建項目的財務負擔,這主要是當地政府自己衡量的責任。曾看過一段希臘前財政部長瓦魯法基斯(Yanis Varoufakis)的視頻,他憶述當年財政危機時把Piraeus港口賣給中遠集團時,希臘工人覺得條例對他們不夠好,結果中方樂意把部分股份送給工會。我相信在東盟各國,在合理條例下,中方同樣有一定彈性。
西方道德標準常變 昂山素姬再成聖人
第三個無證據的指控是中國賄賂各國政客,和支持專制政權,如剛發生政變的緬甸軍政府。我不清楚實情,但這些指控嚴重,必須拿出真憑實據,不可隨口中傷。而且西方道德標準是可按本身利益而不停改變的,不久前昂山素姬仍被指控為種族滅絕羅興亞(Rohingya)族群的幫兇,差點連諾貝爾和平獎都想收回,但現在又再次開始被西方傳媒捧為逆權「聖人」!對比西方帝國主義下對整個中南半島,在過去200年的侵略、殖民和引起的多場戰亂,導致多少人家破人亡,無論中國有否干預別國內政,簡直微不足道。
第四個指控是中國「霸佔」大部分南中國海的主權,非法建設大量人工島,且把部分島嶼軍事化。根據著名新加坡學者兼前外交官馬凱碩(Kishore Mahbubani)的中立解釋,最先在南中國海建造人工島的是馬來西亞、菲律賓和越南等國,且有些數量比中國還要多,但當然中國能力強大,建造的人工島面積比其他國家大得多。馬凱碩再解釋,在中國把部分島嶼軍事化初期,中國國家主席習近平向反對的美方提出降溫解決條件,只要美國不派出戰艦駛近這些人工島進行挑釁行動,就答應停止軍事化,但不幸美方錯過機會,拒絕答應。
中國須加強國防 爭取南中國海活動空間
中國已成為一個超級強國,是不爭的事實,但中國絕不好戰,是歷史上少有40多年沒有打過仗的超級強國。中國亦非一個擴張型的霸權,更絕不會奉行帝國主義,宣布中國式的「門羅主義」。但無疑愈來愈強大的中國,亦招來美國和西方的猜忌,因此中國必須加強國防,包括爭取在自己「後園」、南中國海的活動空間。在過去,甚至可說美國第七艦隊對中國也有好處,免費為中國商業航運護航,但時到今天,多謝了,中國不需亦不可再接受此「恩惠」,中國已有足夠軍事資源保護自己,更不可把自己的石油和各種礦產資源命脈,交給隨時可封鎖航道的美國海軍手上。
我絕對相信中國在有關南海外交事務上,將盡量忍讓和保持克制,因為時間優勢在中國這邊。中國與東盟國家的經濟關係將繼續發展,時間將證明這是互利的,中國外交政策是和平的,亦即是對美國軍事保護的需要將減低。而美國佔全球經濟的比例亦必繼續下降,40年來已從全球近半跌至現在的約25%,再過10年,可能20%都不到,更大概率已被中國超越,到時如何再負擔 「9 Power Standard」的軍事開支?唯一方法將是迫使全球門羅主義覆蓋的國家,購買大量高昂的武器系統,甚或收取駐軍費用。馬凱碩和所有專家都勸喻美國避免逼東盟各國,在美國和中國兩者中作出選擇,但隨着時間過去,正確選擇將愈來愈明顯。
(中環資產持有台積電的財務權益)
中環資產投資行政總裁
[譚新強 中環新譚]
a rite of passage 在 張光偉 Wayne Facebook 的精選貼文
I did not write this but I am reposting and sharing because it is how I feel right now too!! I hope you will take time to read it. I pray for our country everyday. Only God can heal our land! 🙏🏻
I’m so confused right now. I see signs all over saying black lives matter. I’m just trying to figure out which black lives matter. It can’t be the unborn black babies. It’s not black cops. They don’t seem to matter. It’s not my black conservative friends. They are told to shut up if they know what’s best for them by their black counterparts. It’s not the black children in Chicago that were killed last weekend with not the first protest or sign of rage. It’s not the black business owners.Their property does not mean anything. It’s not blacks who fought in the military. Their statues are destroyed by the black lives matter protesters with disdain. So which black lives matter again?
Black Lives Matter. OF COURSE THEY DO! Then when multiple black police officers and individuals were killed during the “peaceful protests”, I didn’t see any outrage? Black individually owned businesses burned to the ground. Silence. Deadliest weekend in Chicago. NOTHING!!
I can’t keep up. I just can’t. I’m exhausted trying to figure out what we’re all supposed to do, believe, and be offended and outraged by next.
Two months ago, First Responders were all the rage. In fact, they were heroes. We gave them free coffee, meals, and cheers as they drove by. Today, we hate them and want them defunded because they can’t be trusted. 4 weeks ago a taser was considered a deadly weapon in Atlanta and caused 6 officers to be fired. 2 weeks ago taser was stolen from a police officer and fired at him, but now it’s not a deadly weapon anymore.
Two months ago, truck drivers were the heroes, as well, for keeping America moving and the grocery stores stocked. Today we block the roads with protesters, drag them out of the cabs and beat them half to death.
Nurses and Doctors are still cool, for now. But they may be unemployed. They too are heroes, unless of course they truly believe all lives matter. Then they’re filled with hate and are part of the problem like so many others.
Just 45 days ago protests weren’t “essential” and were considered criminal, selfish and a murderous activity. Today they are gloriously critical and celebrated. All of the obvious criminal and murderous activities are simply ignored. If you protest about lock downs for freedom, you are selfish and you will spread a virus. If you protest, loot, and riot for social justice, you are a warrior and the virus fades to the background.
Trust the experts. No, not those experts. Don’t wear masks ... wear masks, but only good ones. Wait, don’t wear masks, wear anything as a mask. Never mind on the masks. Not sure, but if you don’t, you hate people because you could be an asymptomatic spreader. Wait. That's not a thing anymore?
For 3 months, NOTHING was more important than social distance. In fact, we gave up all of our liberties for it. We canceled schools, medical and dental procedures, canceled activities, closed businesses, eliminated every spring rite of passage from prom to graduation, denied people funerals, even at Arlington, and we wrecked the economy for it.
Then came social justice, and social distance was no more. Now things are more cut and dried though. A thousand people at three memorials for someone they never even met. It's a matter of "respect". But you can only assemble 100 or less people. I have friends who have lost family members but we’re not allowed to have a funeral.....
I’m really confused now. Look at the data, NO, not that data. Do the math. No, you can’t do the math like that. Only the experts can understand the data and math. What do you mean other cities/states/governors are interpreting the data differently? Pools are safe in Indiana, but not Michigan? Playgrounds are safe in your town but not mine? Amusement parks are safe in Florida but not Ohio, nor Michigan.
If you are silent you are part of the problem. If you speak, you are part of the problem. If you have to ask, you don’t understand. If you don’t ask, you don’t care.
It’s all so predictable, tedious, and exhausting. Nothing adds up. It’s one gigantic Math life problem, with ever changing denominators that I’m sure the media and politicians are eagerly ready to solve for us...until the next "crisis".
So, for now I pray. I pray God will heal our land and bless the United States of America! Bless us with Wisdom, Kindness, Gentleness, Mercy, Love, Peace, Healing. Things that Really Matter! We all Matter in God's Eyes!
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a rite of passage 在 時事英文 Podcast by ssyingwen Youtube 的最讚貼文
疫情初期,新加坡採取了積極的 「清零」 策略,但在 6 月,意識到 COVID 有可能永遠不會消失,政府宣佈將轉向與病毒共存,用疫苗控制疫情爆發。隨著限制放寬,每日本土病例激增突破一千大關,新加坡能否找到與病毒共存的方式?
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0:56 第一遍英文朗讀
3:24 新聞 & 相關單字解說
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朗讀內容參考了
Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/20/can-we-live-with-covid-19-singapore-tries-to-show-how
CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/07/asia/singapore-covid-19-restrictions-intl-hnk/index.html
CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/20/singapores-daily-covid-cases-breach-1000-levels-over-the-weekend.html
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本集提到的單字片語:
Singapore 新加坡
Aggressive 積極手段的
Social distancing 社交距離
Eradicate 根除
Strategy 策略
Policy 政策
Covid zero
Living with Covid
Restrict 限制
Vaccines 疫苗
Outbreaks 疫情爆發
Monitoring 監測
Hospitalizations 住院 (狀況、人數)
Denmark 丹麥
South Africa 南非
Chile 智利
Thailand 泰國
Pandemic 全球大流行病
Epidemic 疫情、流行病
Endemic 地方性流行病
Ease off 放鬆
Impose 推行、 施加
Re-impose 重新推行
Lockdown-weary 厭倦了封鎖的
Virtual 虛擬的、線上的
A rite of passage
Asymptomatic 無症狀的
Mild symptoms 症狀輕微
Free up 釋放空間
General practitioner (GP)
Vaccine passport 疫苗護照
Skeptics / sceptics 持懷疑態度的人
Booster jabs
Deja vu 似曾相識
Handout 講義
Flyer 傳單
Catalog
Brochure / pamphlet
Autumn / fall equinox 秋分
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a rite of passage 在 MingSir English Youtube 的最佳解答
Wedding photos are sacred mementos. They immortalise a significant rite of passage—your wedding. This day is like no other. You take her hands, look her in the eye, and make the vows—for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part. You PROMISE to take care of her for life and never walk away, no matter how sick and ailing she may become. You PROMISE to abrade your own sharp edges, learn to be a good husband and always put her first. You PROMISE to be faithful and not do anything that could hurt her terribly. I love the quote "Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." Years after your marriage, when you look at the photos again, not only will you take a stroll down memory lane, but remember the Holy Trinity of promises. You will love her more, more and more.
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