台灣將持續以民主良善力量，在後疫情時代扮演印太區域積極可靠的角色

「凱達格蘭論壇－2021亞太安全對話 」剛落幕，有16位政要與專家線上視訊討論 #台海局勢對印太區域的挑戰、#四方安全對話、#灰色地帶脅迫、#後疫情時代建立可信賴供應鏈 等議題。

來，小編幫大家整理重點：

#蔡英文總統

蔡總統說，威權體制在COVID-19疫情中竄起，民主國家在後疫情時代更堅定捍衛共享價值和體制；她也強調台灣在民主、再生能源及半導體都是美日印澳的「四方安全對話」及歐盟「歐亞連結策略」 #不可或缺的夥伴。台灣願意承擔確保區域穩定的責任，我國盼與 #鄰國 在和平、穩定及互惠的原則下共存，並堅持捍衛民主和生活方式。

#克拉芙特大使

美國前駐聯合國常任代表克拉芙特大使說，#美國從川普政府到拜登總統都重視台灣，強調一旦台灣失守，太平洋的安全也就消失。她表示台灣具有與中國獨特的互動經驗，可提供QUAD參考，希望台灣成為QUAD+的成員。

#田中光政務次長

田次長在閉幕致詞中引用美國開國元勳富蘭克林的名言：「放棄自由以換取短暫安穩的人，既得不到自由，也得不到安穩」(中肯又重要)，強調台灣自我防衛的決心，扮演捍衛民主價值、保障印太安全及全球供應鏈等戰略角色。

遠景基金會

The Ketagalan Forum—2021 Asia-Pacific Security Dialogue drew to a successful close yesterday. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the forum was held online this year, addressing a range of topics including developments in the Taiwan Strait, how QUAD are meeting the challenges of the #IndoPacific, #GrayZoneCoercion in the East and South China Seas and the reconfiguration of global supply chains in the #PostPandemicEra.

In her pre-recorded address, President Tsai Ing-wen warned that as we emerge from the pandemic, authoritarian regimes have a new confidence in their alternative model to the liberal democratic order. Taiwan, she said, which continues to thrive, can offer a solution to many democratic countries who are struggling to get their footing back amid a series of challenges, including #ClimateChange, emerging diseases, non-proliferation, terrorism, and secure supply chains. She added that Taiwan is well-positioned to serve as an indispensable partner in sectors such as biotechnology, renewable energy, and the semiconductor industry, with the revival of the QUAD and the EU's proposed EU-Asia Connectivity Strategy.

Keynote speaker, former United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft, with her Formosan bear in tow, stressed her personal relationship with Taiwan and called out China’s government-run media outlets for trying to take advantage of the situation in Afghanistan to undermine Taiwan’s trust in the United States as a security partner. She applauded the Biden administration for its continuing demonstration of the US commitment to Taiwan and underlined the importance of Taiwan to US security at home, saying “If Taiwan is lost, we lose too.” She also pointed to what she called systemic discrimination in the UN system against Taiwan and expressed her support for Taiwan becoming a QUAD+ member.

MOFA Deputy Minister Tien Chung-kwang stressed Taiwan’s determination to defend herself and to be a reliable partner in the creation of regional and global supply chains, citing US Founding Father Benjamin Franklin’s famous words, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

The dialogue hosted four panels, with 16 officials or former officials and academics from countries, including the #US, #Japan, #France, #Australia, #India, #Singapore, #SouthKorea, #Vietnam and the #Philippines.

在1933年至1945年出任美國總統的富蘭克林‧羅斯福（Franklin Roosevelt），上任時正值美國經濟大蕭條的最低谷，在1933年3月4日就職當日更有銀行出現擠提。他在就職演說留下了這一句名言︰

我們唯一要恐懼的就是恐懼本身
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝
留言跟著打一次，讓自己每日英文進步一點點！
↓↓↓↓↓點我看句子單字學習↓↓↓↓↓

✨你讀過美國家喻戶曉的《窮理查年鑑》嗎？

《窮理查年鑑》閱讀筆記：
https://readingoutpost.com/poor-richards-almanack/

我對《窮理查年鑑》這本書產生興趣的原因，是因為去年讀到股神巴菲特的合夥人查理．蒙格的暢銷著作《窮查理的普通常識》（非常棒的一本書），在這本書的序言中，巴菲特評論這位跟他合作超過50年的老朋友：

「從一七三三年到一七五八年，班傑明．富蘭克林藉由《窮理查年鑑》傳播了許多有用而永恆的建議，他讚揚的美德包括節儉、負責、勤奮和簡樸。在隨後的兩個世紀裡，人們總是把班傑明的這些美德思想當成終極真理。然後查理．蒙格站出來了。

查理原本只是班傑明的信徒，但很快開闢了新境界。班傑明『建議』做的，到查理這兒變成『必須』做的；如果班傑明『建議』節省『幾分錢』，查理會『要求』節省『幾塊錢』；如果班傑明說要『及時』，查理會說要『提前』；和蒙格苛刻的要求相比，依照班傑明的建議來過日子顯然太容易了。」

查理蒙格視富蘭克林為自己的英雄，甚至模仿《窮理查年鑑》的英文書名「Poor Richard’s Almanack」，將自己的書取名為「Poor Charlie’s Almanack」。因此，我就對這本「被模仿」的對象產生了濃濃的興趣，直到現在…

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近期的新聞報道經常提到的「貿易戰」，就是兩個國家互相向對方的進口商品徵收關稅。 這裏談談幾個與徵稅有關的名詞。首先有大家熟悉的tax；據說Benjamin Franklin（富蘭克林，美國開國元勳之一）有此名言： 一、Nothing can be certain except death and