[政府違法扼殺民主, 讓世界再度看見台灣]
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事情已經鬧上國際, 中選會, 蔡英文政府, 你們還要對年輕生命的犧牲不聞不問嗎?!
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國際知名環保人士支持以核養綠, 聲援黃士修絕食要求政府依法行政
請蔡英文政府讓人民能公投決定自己想要的能源政策, 而不是政府黑箱決定執行非核家園, 結果只是讓台灣成為排碳家園, 空污家園, 漲價家園
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https://www.facebook.com/michael.shellenberger1/posts/10155378934741895
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Taiwanese Government Sparks Hunger Strike After Rejecting Signatures For Pro-Nuclear Referendum

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The Taiwanese government is being accused of violating election law after rejecting more than 24,000 signatures gathered by the former president and environmentalists seeking a popular vote on nuclear energy this November.

“I am not asking people to support nuclear power,” said a Shih-Hsiu Huang, 31, the co-founder of Nuclear Myth-Busters, who began a hunger strike in front of the government Central Election Commission (CEC) last Thursday after it rejected the signatures. “I am asking the Taiwanese government to let the people choose.”

In August, Taiwan’s former president, Ma Ying-jeou, endorsed the referendum and joined pro-nuclear environmentalists in the streets of Taipei to gather signatures, drawing new support for the initiative and triggering widespread media coverage.

"Opposing nuclear energy is now an outdated trend," Ma said. "What has become a trend is how to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide to tackle global warming."

The referendum on nuclear power could still qualify for the ballot. Organizers say they had delivered 315,000 signatures on September 6 — more than the 282,000 that the law required.

But the activists say that their odds declined when the government rejected an additional 24,000 signatures that they attempted to deliver on September 13.

“This is malfeasance,” said Tsung-Kuang Yeh, a professor of nuclear engineering at National Tsing Hua University. “First, they kept moving up the deadline — from September 14 to September 10 and then to September 6. Then, they rejected our signatures on September 13.”

Organizers say they delivered additional signatures to increase their chance of qualifying and were rejected on a technicality.

In a statement, the government commission said, “There is very little flexibility in each stage. To follow this stage-by-stage procedure, it is therefore not possible for the CEC to accept a second submittal.”

But Huang says a representative of the government told him by phone, which he video-recorded, on September 12, that she would accept the group’s additional signatures, and even told him which door in the building to enter in order to meet her.

“Twenty-four hours later the CEC changed its mind and slammed the door on us,” said Professor Yeh.

Huang said their signature-gathering benefited from widespread opposition to the current anti-nuclear government. With an approval rating of just 33% , President Tsai Ing-wen saw her popularity decline when half of all households suffered electricity outages last summer due, in part, to the nuclear phase-out.

The rejection of signatures wasn’t the first time Taiwan’s government took actions which the pro-nuclear activists say were designed to thwart their efforts.

Taiwanese law requires that petitioners have at least six months to gather signatures after delivering an initial 2,000 signatures in order to gain permission for the larger signature-gathering effort.

Though they delivered the initial signatures in March, the government only allowed signature-gathering to begin in July.

Solar & wind provide less than 5% of Taiwan’s electricity despite years of large government subsidies.EP

Nuclear power in Taiwan derives its support from environmentalists concerned about land use and climate change and from those concerned about the island-nation’s heavy dependence on energy imports. Taiwan imports 97% of its energy from abroad.

Solar and wind combined provide less than five percent of Taiwan’s electricity last year despite years of heavy government subsidies, while nuclear energy provided 13 percent — and would have provided 23% had Taiwan been operating all of its reactors.

Earlier this year the Tsai government approved a new coal plant, despite recent reports documenting 1,000 premature deaths annually from air pollution from Taiwanese coal plants.

Last October, the climate scientist James Hansen and dozens of other leading environmental scientists and scholars urged President Tsai (致蔡英文總統公開信中文翻譯) to return to nuclear. “Taiwan would need to build 617 solar farms the size of its largest proposed solar farm at a cost of $71 billion just to replace its nuclear reactors.”

Tuesday marks the 125th hour mark of the fast, and Yeh said Huang is becoming fatigued from lack of food. Another pro-nuclear leader, Yen-Peng Liao, said he would continue the fast if Huang is hospitalized.

“This hunger strike is not for myself and not for the public referendum,” said Huang, “it is for the democracy and the order of law in Taiwan.”

【臺大文學獎20週年頒獎典禮得獎作家座談會】

NTU Literature Award: 20th Anniversary Award Presentation Ceremony & Award-Winning Writers Workshop

臺大文學獎從民國68年開辦以來，其間或斷或續，至民國74年由文學院學生代表會與中國文學系學生代表會合辦第一屆「臺大文學創作獎」，才續辦至今。今年適逢臺大文學獎連續舉辦屆滿20年，主辦單位臺大中文系除了循例發起徵稿及系列講座，更與臺大圖書館合作舉辦「臺大文學獎得獎作家座談會」以及「文學亮晶晶──臺大文學獎20週年特展」，邀請臺大師生一同感受歡慶的熱鬧氛圍。

📜全文詳：http://host.cc.ntu.edu.tw/sec/schinfo/epaper/article.asp…

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NTU Literature Award has been annually held for 20 years consecutively. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the award organizer, the Department of Chinese Literature, co-organized with NTU Library an award-winning writers workshop and a 20th anniversary exhibition.

📜Full article (in Chinese): http://host.cc.ntu.edu.tw/sec/schinfo/epaper/article.asp…

【紀錄片分享】

　　繼2012年《垃圾圍城》，導演王久良再花五年拍攝中國環境另一「絕望真相」：世界最大回收塑料進口國。
　　塑料回收產業既給「世界工廠」帶來低廉原料，同時亦帶來巨大的環境災難。此紀錄片聚焦在有30多年舊塑料加工歷史的沿海小鎮，人物是「塑料王國」中成長的依姐，她的童年充斥著世界各地的塑膠垃圾。關於她的掙扎，整個故事發生的過程，都有血有肉，非常真實。
　　影片在各大影展好評如潮，但「塑料王國」四字卻成為大陸網絡的敏感詞。這證明了什麼？又代表了人類的什麼面向？大概入場後能知一二。

‧特別放映 Special Screening of Plastic China
4:10pm – 6:00pm | 2018.04.10
‧香港中文大學鄭裕彤樓1號演講廳 Lecture Theatre 1, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK

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《塑料王國》特別放映 Special Screening of Plastic China
4:10pm – 6:00pm | 2018.04.10
香港中文大學鄭裕彤樓1號演講廳 Lecture Theatre 1, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK

*導演王久良將出席放映會，由胡嘉明教授主持問答環節。
*Followed by a Q & A session with director Wang Jiuliang moderated by Prof. Wu Ka-ming.

網上登記 Online Registration
https://goo.gl/forms/CfwLW2zJTbtf5i3y2

《塑料王國》Plastic China
中國 China | 2017 | 82 min
普通話及中國方言對白，英文字幕In Putonghua, with English subtitles

繼2012年《垃圾圍城》，王久良再花五年拍攝中國環境另一「絕望真相」：世界最大回收塑料進口國。塑料回收產業既給「世界工廠」帶來低廉原料，同時亦帶來巨大環境災難。紀錄片聚焦在有30多年舊塑料加工歷史的沿海小鎮，人物是「塑料王國」中成長的依姐，她的童年充斥著世界各地的塑膠垃圾。拍攝四年間，她不斷試圖擺脫眼前困境，渴望和一般孩子一樣上學、交朋友，但她的命運，不像廢塑料有回收重生的機會，卻如同被邊緣化的回收產業一樣，等待某世代的文明良心發現。影片在各大影展好評如潮，但「塑料王國」四字卻成為大陸網絡的敏感詞。

Approximately ten million tons of plastic waste are imported into China annually to be recycled as raw materials for its factories. Plastic China portrays one of the many families that live and work in plastic recycling workshops across China. While her father spends his wages on alcohol, 11-year-old Yijie’s only form of education is learning the English letters on the waste. Meanwhile, the owner of the workshop risks his health by working day and night in order to save money for a car – considered a symbol of success in society. The film raises important and urgent questions about the price of modernization – even if the wealthy and the powerful have no interest in answering them.

活動以普通話進行。歡迎參與。費用全免。敬請於4月8月或以前登記。
Conducted in Putonghua. All are welcome. Free admission. Kindly register by 8 April 2018.
www.cuhk.edu.hk/crs/ccs

香港中文大學文化及宗教研究系文化研究碩士課程及文化研究中心主辦
研究峰會系列及文學院贊助
Organized by MA in Intercultural Studies and the Centre for Cultural Studies, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sponsored by Research Summit Series and Faculty of Arts

Kanamara Festival (かなまら祭り) is held annually in Kawasaki, Japan. Better known as the "Japanese Penis Festival", it attracts both locals and foreigners alike, some coming to pray for safe labor, fertility, protection against STDs and so on. Kanamara Matsuri is held on the first Sunday of every April, so don't miss out on this penis fest lol!

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Kanamara祭典 (かなまら祭り) 每年於日本川崎舉行。每年都會吸引成千上萬的當地人以及觀光客，有些是來祈許順產，生育能力，或是去除性病等等…。Kanamara Matsuri於每年四月的第一個星期天舉行，大家千萬別錯過啦!

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