#Opinion by Mr. Tregunter｜"Now all eyes are on the Taiwan Strait, and there is only reason for that: since Donald Trump started battling with the Chinese Communist Party, the West has come to realize the latter is good at mounting surprise attacks. Drawing global attention can minimize one’s chance of coming under surprise attacks. Europe still needs time to consolidate its policies. Demonstrating its position is a way to buy time before things change, but that also exposes the fact that Europe cannot immediately be of help. The only force that can pack a punch is Russia."

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"將全球焦點聚於台海，原因只有一個，就係由特朗普同中共交手開始，西方國家終於再次明白中共係擅於玩奇襲。引來全球聚焦，係為減少被奇襲的機會。歐洲仍需時間整合，姿態，係用嚟拖延等待時勢有變，但亦暴露了頃刻間並無實際可馳援之處。真正能起作用者，唯俄羅斯。夜深鶴透秋光碧，萬里西風一劍寒。"
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【轉錄】林奇宏校長的公開信

各位親愛的陽明交大人，

近一個多月以來，我在行政團隊協助安排之下，走訪了各學院與老師們座談，同時也率團前往全台北中南東舉辦招生座談會，親自與高中生及家長面對面會談。除了師生以及家長之外，我也和許多熱心的校友們有過多次的會面討論。從這些會談與討論中，我可以深切感受到師生、家長，以及校友們對於陽明交大的關心以及熱切期待。我更加堅信，在師生同仁校友同舟一心的努力下，陽明交大的未來充滿了光明。

合校之後，行政團隊已經啟動「一樹百穫計畫」，針對各項議題擴大邀集師生與海內外校友共同參與討論，一起發想，以資訊科來匯聚、分析及整合意見。計畫中很重要的一環，是由師生同仁以及校友，透過民主參與的方式，每個人都能夠對於學校的願景(vision)、使命(mission)，以及核心價值(core values)，提出自己的想法。計畫團隊將以人工智慧(AI)技術融合眾人的意見，產出學校的願景、使命，以及核心價值。這個作法提供了師生同仁與校友，每一個人都能夠表達意見的權力，而每一個人的意見，也都將由AI科技所採納，成為最終結果的一部分。陽明交大的未來，將由關心學校的人所塑造。而陽明交大也將成為台灣第一個大學，由「民主參與」以及「AI科技」，結合眾人智慧，來創造學校的願景、使命，以及核心價值。我們相信，這樣的作法，將為大學民主治校寫下一個典範。

透過這個email，我們誠摯邀請您，花幾分鐘的時間，到以下網址填寫問卷，寫下您心目中理想的願景、使命，以及核心價值。請千萬不要放棄您的權力，因為您的意見，將會影響最終的結果。

問卷網址：https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTsL3QhVa45IpftoJUK9TuhOm66qc5unmgFmCG0fo0e-WMGQ/viewform

讓我們用行動一起寫下陽明交大的歷史！

校長 林奇宏敬上

Dear NYCU students, faculty, staff, and alumni,

I hope this email finds you well. Over the past month, I visited all colleges of NYCU to talk to faculty members, led a delegation to hold admissions seminars across Taiwan to meet with prospective students and parents, and discussed with a number of enthusiastic alumni. From these talks and discussions, I clearly sensed passion and aspiration. I am convinced again that, with the collective efforts of faculty, staff, students and alumni, our school will have a bright future.

Soon after the founding of NYCU, our administrative team has launched the "One Plating, Hundred Gains” Project, a strategic plan with a long-term vision to make NYCU a globally renowned university. An important part of this project is to invite faculty, staff, students and alumni to contribute their ideas through participative democracy, and use artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to consolidate and generate the vision, mission, and core values of NYCU. This approach provides students, faculty, staff, and alumni the right to fully express their opinions, and everyone's opinions will be adopted by AI technology and influence the final result. The most important, the future of NYCU will be shaped by those who care. This approach of creating vision, mission, and core values with participative democracy and AI technologies has never been used by any universities in Taiwan (and perhaps in the world). We believe NYCU’s unique approach will set an exemplary model for democratic governance of university.

With this email, we sincerely invite you to take a few minutes to fill out the questionnaire at the following website and write down your ideal vision, mission, and core values. Please do exercise your right. Your input will affect the final result for sure.

Questionnaire site: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfliBWX6Nm7Jdf3Zgo-Muct6TikFm9N4P33veFGUWv9I6lk-Q/viewform

Let’s make history together.

Sincerely yours,

Chi-Hung, Lin

The President of NYCU

Westpac Banking Corporation, the second-largest Australian bank, will exit its operations in Hong Kong and mainland China in a efforts to consolidate its international business.

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澳洲第二大銀行西太平洋銀行表示，因國際業務整合，將退出其於香港及中國大陸等地的業務營運。
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