💡你知道什麼是公共外交嗎?你好奇美國在台協會文化新聞組官員的一天嗎?就讓我們跟著文化新聞組組長蘇戴娜 (Diane Sovereign)一起到台中出差吧~!
🚩第一站,Diane與台中的學生見面交流,討論當前的美台關係;這些學生雖然年紀輕輕,但對於外交政策和全球挑戰可是有著非常深刻的見解!
🚩下一站,Diane拜訪了台中遠近馳名的展演中心—臺中國家歌劇院 National Taichung Theater,並討論未來可能的美台文化交流合作計畫。
🚩接著,Diane與台中地區的傅爾布萊特學者會面,進一步了解中台灣的英語教學概況,並討論AIT如何能夠協助台灣達成2030雙語化的目標。
🚩最後,Diane拜訪了全台第一個美國資料中心—台中美國資料中心,自從2005年成立以來,每年都有將近13萬名的訪客入館挖寶。如果你有機會到台中,推薦大家參觀台中美國資料中心,多樣豐富的美國書籍和文化活動等著你探索!
這次的台中出差行雖然行程滿檔,但是非常充實且收穫滿滿!各位現在對AIT文化新聞組是否有更多了解呢?歡迎留言跟我們分享你對美台文化交流的想法和建議!
💡What is Public Diplomacy? Are you curious to know what's a day like for AIT’s Public Diplomacy officer? We had a chance to tag along to Taichung and see Public Diplomacy Section Chief Diane Sovereign in action!
🚩First stop- She made a speech and engaged with students on U.S.-Taiwan Relations. Even though young, they didn’t hold back their thought-provoking hard questions on foreign policy and global challenges.
🚩Second stop- Because she helps establish cultural exchange between the United States and Taiwan, Diane visited the 臺中國家歌劇院 National Taichung Theater National Taichung Theater to explore future collaborations with this prominent art hub.
🚩Third stop- Diane also met with Fulbright alumni to better understand trends related to English language education in Central Taiwan and more importantly how AIT can help Taiwan meet its Bilingual Nation 2030 goals.
🚩Last but not the least, if you are ever in Taichung, make sure to visit Taiwan’s first American Corner, established in 2005. Diane was one of the 130,000 visitors each year to step into a space that helps the people of Taiwan better understand America.
How is that for a productive day? Leave a comment below and let us know what you’re thinking!
同時也有3部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過86萬的網紅Joseph Prince,也在其Youtube影片中提到,GIVE ME THIS MOUNTAIN is a book—no—a guide to faith. Real, raw, and authentic faith. Not the kind of polished, feel-good faith that’s only good on ...
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thought-provoking questions 在 李怡 Facebook 的最佳解答
The silent revolution (Lee Yee)
Before democrats’ primaries, except for one or two Hong Kong government officials jibber-jabbering sporadically, major bureaucrats from Beijing and Hong Kong had been very reticent about it. But afterward, Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government and Carrie Lam denounced in tandem that the primaries were a breach of the Basic Law, the National Security Law as well as the electoral law, yet without uttering which article of them. Why? Perhaps it was due to another wrongly projected scenario by the Chinese Communist Party. In view of the media being nonchalant about the primaries and Tai Yiuting being unconfident in drawing in one-tenth of the pro-democracy electorate(170 thousand voters), they had thought that citizens were apathetic towards the primaries. If that was what it all amounted to, there was nothing to worry about, and they would surely be glad to see it end in fiasco.
Who would have thought that as many as 610 thousand voters who had kept a low profile would have swarmed the polling stations to take the whole world aback? Though the communist China and Hong Kong hastily took remedial actions right away, it was already too late. The primaries already shocked the world.
A wise young man has called on me lately. He put forward a few questions, the first of which was: Which four among all major events in the past year including 6.9, 6.12, 6.16, 7.1, 7.21, 8.31, siege to the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Polytechnic University do you pick to best encapsulate the entire course of the movement?
My answer was: Being a watcher and critic, I’m far from being able to encapsulate the entire movement, but since the start of the anti-extradition movement, there have been a lot of incidents boggling my mind, or more specifically getting me awakened, while changing my perceptual knowledge thoroughly.
The first event is 6.12. Before that day, I had not believed the extradition amendment bill would be laid aside for the communist China and Hong Kong’s resolve was so decided and the pro-establishment faction, the majority in the Legislative Council, had declared support for it, not to mention the government proclaimed on the night right after the 6.9 one million people demonstration that the Second Reading debate on the bill would be resumed. I was concerned about the safety of the protesters who charged, and deemed the radical behaviors useless. Though I understood why the young people did so, I did not find the valiant attempts in the protests desirable. After 6.12, my conception has altered and the five appeals put forward since have been prevailing.
The second event is 6.28. Nothing happened in Hong Kong that day when leaders of various countries converged for G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Less than a week before, some young people had advocated crowdfunding 3 million dollars for advertising on front pages of influential newspapers in different languages all around the world. Fundraising aside, based on my half-a-century experience in news publication, it is hardly possible to pull it off. But they did it jaw-droppingly well beyond doubt. Even though the leaders of G20 did not react forthwith, the global attention being drawn to Hong Kong and the Hong Kong’s story being ushered into the international arena by the advertisement are indisputable facts. The thought-provoking courage of the young people reshaped my appraisal of the new generation of Hong Kong.
The third event is 7.21+8.31. This two-in-one incident totally transmuted my impression on Hong Kong police. Citizens come into contact with police officers more than any civil servants. The complexion of the police is the complexion of the city. When police officers become public security officers, Hong Kong becomes a place I am no longer familiar with.
The forth event is siege to the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Polytechnic University plus the District Council election. Before the District Council voting, young people had kept on charging valiantly with support from the public, and some citizens had complained about traffic inconvenience caused by the protests. When the day of election was nearing, the society was surprisingly peaceful. Would ordinary citizens, mostly self-absorbed, support the protest? In the end, the turnout and results of the election were dumb-founding. The misjudgement by communist China and Hong Kong became laughingstock. The Chinese officials in charge of Hong Kong affairs stepped down or got demoted.
Every time my mind was boggled, I came at something in one way or another and was somehow awakened through self-reflection. Looking at the primaries of democrats under the threat of the National Security Law, I realized that Hong Kongers on the whole have completely mutated in the past year. All the events that all citizens can take part have been undergoing fundamental changes. Those who keep a low profile will creep into our view to take us aback.
A silent revolution is ongoing. There is no turning back for Hong Kong. When Hong Kongers reminisce about the current “darkest hour” in future, they will find out that in fact that was the “best time”.
(Lee Yee, a prominent political commentator in Hong Kong who embarked on a career of writing and subediting in 1956, has been contributing unremittingly political commentaries to the local press.)
thought-provoking questions 在 Jeremy C. Photography Facebook 的最佳貼文
專訪下集出爐 😃
補充:當中說到關於「初衷唔需要100%捍衛」,可以喺呢度解釋多少少:想講嘅係,當初開始攝影,好似喺茫茫大海中搵所謂自己嘅題材或風格,所謂「初衷」可能比較膚淺,或者可能連自己都唔知係乜。
但係經過唔同嘅歷練或者exposure,自己嘅攝影觀可能會不斷微調(甚或大執),與當初嘅想法或approach可能已經不盡相同了。畢竟,我地都要接受人生係非常dynamic嘅。
如果要舉下例子,可能係... 何藩嗰時影咗幾年相之後走咗去做導演、布列松到老年竟然放棄攝影走咗去畫油畫、中平卓馬都曾經推翻provoke時期嘅攝影作品而轉向去人性化嘅紀錄式攝影...
其實佢地都係回應返嗰個階段嘅自己,亦冇俾過去成名嘅「標籤」綁住創作之路,然而佢地都有一顆不斷創作嘅「初心」。所以,對我來說「初心」比「初衷」更加值得捍衛 💪
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thanks Project RAW for the interview again
& William @ 香港公共屋邨圖片集 Hong Kong Estate Gallery for the thought-provoking questions 😃
【RAW Dialogue】
當香港國際攝影節徵召衛星展覽的參展人時, 香港公共屋邨圖片集 Hong Kong Estate Gallery主理人William Leung及 Jeremy C. Photography香港攝影師Jeremy Cheung還素未謀面,但原來這兩位從心熱愛香港的攝影師,一直都有留意對方的作品,但只差一個緣份正式會面。
是次訪問特設一個對談環節,希望從William 及Jeremy眼中出發,互相訪問對方。到底這兩位一同舉辦聯展的創作人,會想了解對方甚麼?
#ProjectRAW #Art #Culture #Photography #HongKong #Dialogue
thought-provoking questions 在 Joseph Prince Youtube 的最佳解答
GIVE ME THIS MOUNTAIN is a book—no—a guide to faith.
Real, raw, and authentic faith.
Not the kind of polished, feel-good faith that’s only good on the good days and vanishes the moment life turns up the heat.
We’re talking about faith for when and where it really matters— in the face of adversity, disappointment, anxiety about the future, and the seemingly impossible odds we’re up against that the world and our culture remind us of 24/7. Faith that doesn’t sidestep the issues, but with chutzpah, grit, and a lot of grace, confronts and takes on every mountain—whatever it might be.
Above all, this book is about faith in a good God and His ability to hold on to us even when our faith fails.
Over 4 weeks, this young adults resource will help you:
• Lean in to the life of Caleb and other inspiring men and women in the Bible.
• Discover powerful truths about God’s ways of faith that will cause you to take ground in life and start thriving.
• Engage with thought-provoking reflection prompts, questions, and compelling activities that will help you own and apply these keys in your own life and begin to go from barely surviving to actually thriving!
Visit https://josephprince.com/mountain to read the first 2 days of Give Me This Mountain. Get your copy today!
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thought-provoking questions 在 Joseph Prince Youtube 的最佳貼文
GIVE ME THIS MOUNTAIN is a book—no—a guide to faith.
Real, raw, and authentic faith.
Not the kind of polished, feel-good faith that’s only good on the good days and vanishes the moment life turns up the heat.
We’re talking about faith for when and where it really matters—in the face of adversity, disappointment, anxiety about the future, and the seemingly impossible odds we’re up against that the world and our culture remind us of 24/7. Faith that doesn’t sidestep the issues, but with chutzpah, grit, and a lot of grace, confronts and takes on every mountain—whatever it might be.
Above all, this book is about faith in a good God and His ability to hold on to us even when our faith fails.
Over 4 weeks, this young adults resource will help you:
• Lean in to the life of Caleb and other inspiring men and women in the Bible.
• Discover powerful truths about God’s ways of faith that will cause you to take ground in life and start thriving.
• Engage with thought-provoking reflection prompts, questions, and compelling activities that will help you own and apply these keys in your own life and begin to go from barely surviving to actually thriving!
Visit https://josephprince.com/mountain to read the first 2 days of Give Me This Mountain. Get your copy today!
Find us at:
https://www.facebook.com/JosephPrince
https://twitter.com/JosephPrince
https://instagram.com/JosephPrince
#josephprince #givemethismountain #gmtm28
thought-provoking questions 在 Kento Bento Youtube 的最讚貼文
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