後補，發出此帖文後，收到一位讀者的訊息，稱「無國界醫生」在捐款人通訊電郵裡，有提及他們做過的事情，為公平起見，在這裡也轉載一下，大家自行解讀。

注：以下係節錄，在「無國界醫生」的臉書及其網站都找不到，Google 也找不到，如果是真，他們也算是終於為香港做了應做的事。

「An MSF emergency team arrived in Hong Kong at the end of January to start a new project. Their focus is community engagement with vulnerable people, for example those more at risk of developing severe infection such as the elderly. It also includes those who are less likely to have access to important medical information, such as the socio-economically disadvantaged. This activity is similar to the services MSF provided in Hong Kong during the SARS outbreak in 2003.

Our teams have already conducted sessions with street cleaners, refugees and asylum seekers, and the visually impaired in recent weeks. Through face-to-face sessions, our team is able to share up-to-date, evidence-based medical information, but are also there to listen and answer the many questions people may have. We are also providing psychological first aid with simple coping mechanisms that can help manage the stress and anxiety a new outbreak brings. You may have seen that global supplies of medical protective equipment are stretched thin. MSF is sending one tonne of Personal Protective Equipment to Hong Kong St. John Ambulance. The staff are transporting high-risk cases, and therefore, it is important to ensure that they have the specialised protection they need to work safely.

MSF is also shipping specialised medical protective equipment to Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital in the capital city of Hubei province in mainland China, the epicentre of the outbreak. Weighing 3.5 tonnes, these supplies are being dispatched from MSF Supply in Brussels, Belgium through the Hubei Charity Federation to reach the hospital where they are very much needed.」

「無國界醫生應對2019冠狀病毒病（COVID-19）的工作

過去一個月，有關2019冠狀病毒病（COVID-19）的新聞是全球關注的焦點。我們希望您一切安好，身體健康，並想藉此機會向您介紹無國界醫生應對這種新疫症的最新消息。

無國界醫生一支緊急救援隊伍於一月底抵達香港展開新項目，主要是接觸社區內的脆弱人群，如長者等較容易出現嚴重感染，以及較難獲得重要醫療資訊的人，包括基層人士。2003年香港爆發嚴重急性呼吸系統綜合症（又稱沙士或非典型肺炎）時，無國界醫生也曾進行類似的工作。

這兩周，我們分別與街道清潔工、難民和尋求庇護者以及視障人士進行健康教育對談，分享最新的實證醫療資訊，同時聆聽和解答他們的疑問。我們也通過心理急救，協助人們掌握簡單的技巧，以應對疫情帶來的壓力和焦慮。

您可能也知道，全球的醫療防護裝備供應相當緊張。無國界醫生正運送一噸個人防護裝備到港，捐贈予香港聖約翰救護機構。該機構的人員有機會接送懷疑感染患者，因此，確保他們能有專門保護安全地工作，是非常重要的。

此外，無國界醫生正運送專門的防護裝備到疫情最嚴重的湖北省內的武漢市金銀潭醫院。這批重3.5噸的醫療物資，已從無國界醫生位於比利時布魯塞爾的物資供應中心出發，將透過湖北省慈善總會送往急需有關醫療物資的武漢市金銀潭醫院。

您可以按此進入我們的網頁，瀏覽有關防疫措施的影片和 COVID-19 的醫學資訊。我們將在這個專頁定期更新我們的應對工作，以及實用的健康教育資訊。我們希望這些資訊有助您在這段期間，照顧好自己和摯親好友。

祝
一切安好

無國界醫生（香港）」

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以下是原帖內容：

我純粹有少少好奇，到底這幾個星期，那個很有國界的「無國界醫生」，有沒有為危難中的香港，做了些甚麼？

於是我上他們的 Facebook 看看，中文版的專頁，十一月以來就沒有更新。再訪其網站，見到這篇文章： https://www.msf.org/msf-update-2019-ncov-coronavirus-outbre…

有呢段： An MSF team is being sent to Hong Kong with an initial focus on health education for vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and other at-risk groups. （無國界醫生的一支隊伍，正被派往香港，最初的工作重點，是為弱社群，如老人和其他高風險的人士，提供健康教育。）

其實而家香港醫護及社區，最需要個人防護物資，唔係對高危人士的健康教育講座。醫療連 PPE 都無，但都唔見 MSF 有乜嘢行動，只係提及 2003 年，捐咗四十箱醫療保護物資畀醫管局。2003 年，2003 年，2003 年⋯⋯

要強調，捐款畀 NGO，唔係交易，唔係買賣，更唔等同買保險，你捐咗款，唔代表對方要為你做事情。

但想一下，從去年到今天，香港人以前幫過嘅國際大型 NGO，又有幾多會喺香港危難之際，對香港伸出援手，而唔係單純當你係提款機？

人道危機，唔出聲。

醫療危機，唔幫手。

係啊，確實幾失望。

注：呢張相，係 MSF 喺 2003 年影嘅，佢哋 2003 年時，送咗 40 盒醫療物資畀醫管局，來自佢哋個網站。

小編快報
《柏林脈動》（The Berlin Pulse) 今天出刊了。這是德國一年一度的外交及國際關係專刊。作者群包括學者、智庫專家、政府官員。

這一期談歐洲問題的作者有波蘭外長、Moldova 總理、德國國防部長等等等。

今年《脈動》特別做了中國專題，作者有五位，分別是：
中國的全國人大外事委員會副主任委員傅瑩、日本眾議會議員Minora Kiuchi、巴黎的中國問題專家Francois Godement、曾任澳洲駐華大使，現任外交及貿易秘書長的Frances Adamson，以及台灣的龍應台。

德國編輯在文末放了一個德國的民意調查圖表，提問是：「面對中國，你認為德國應該更強力保護自己的政治利益，即使犧牲經濟利益？」
答案：贊成 76%
反對 19%

小編把龍應台文章翻譯成中文，跟讀者分享。英文原文附在後面。如果嫌我翻譯得不好，那那那，那表示你英文很好，你就看英文吧......
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兩千三百萬人在獨木舟上
——為什麼歐洲應該關切台灣的未來

反對黨公布2020總統候選人名單的那一天，我在台北和知識圈的朋友們午餐。那悲觀的，用問句來表達自己的悲觀，譬如，「你覺得台灣還有多少年?」那樂觀的，用黑色幽默來表達樂觀，譬如，「感謝老天。香港讓他們太忙了，沒時間管台灣。」

跟德國一樣，台灣對中國大陸和香港的貿易順差，在2018年是831億美元。百分之四十一的對外貿易針對中國，中國大陸市場對台灣的重要不言而喻。然而，隨著近年來台灣海峽兩岸的關係緊張，反對黨(國民黨) 憂慮市場的優勢無法持續，而執政黨(民進黨) 則選擇強化選民對北京的不信任來抵制中國的影響力。執政黨最近提出的國安新法可能將任何被認定為為中國宣傳者入罪。

和歐洲一樣，台灣人對中國的感受也是複雜的。 當中國代表的是活躍的經濟機會時，很多台灣人就容易所謂「親中」，當中國代表的是壓迫和可能的入侵時，很多台灣人就是所謂的「反中」。問題是，中國兩者兼備。後果就是，台灣內部的分歧遠遠超過了僅只是政治和經濟的層面。

如果你知道台灣是如何一路走來的，你會覺得它今天變成一個民主社會真是一個不得了的成就。沒有革命，一黨獨裁四十年的國民黨，不管你說它是自願還是被迫，放下了政權，分享權力。沒有流血，昔日牢裡的政治犯變成今日的立法者和政治領袖。1987年解嚴以後，政權的交替基本上公平而有序地進行了三十年。

台灣安靜地進行了三十年的民主，時間幾乎和它的國際孤立一樣長。美國不承認台灣的國家地位，但是，就如同當年對於德國，美國也扮演了安全守護者的角色。令人不安的是，在美國宣布要把軍售台灣常態化的同時，中國也宣布，它在台灣海峽及其領空，要把軍艦和戰機的演習常態化。

所以台灣民主的威脅其實是雙重的。比較明顯的是中國的威脅，這個威脅，往往超出台灣本身的控制能力。一個不那麼明顯的威脅，卻是內部自製的。台灣的政治人物和政黨熱切拿這個威脅做為政治資本，刺激集體恐懼來強化部落式的愛國主義。這種操作的成功，對台灣的民主制度和機構本身，是個真實的危險。

國際上那些純粹為了攻擊中國而故意把台灣捧在手心讚美的人，其實讓我坐立不安。一代又一代的台灣人為民主付出了代價，很大的代價，而得到今天的成果。這個成果，太珍貴了，不可以變成別人或別國為了自己的利益而拿來玩弄的籌碼或棋子。

德國的歷史是特殊的。德國的人民親身目睹了，如果不戒慎恐懼地去維護，一個開放合理的社會制度是如何容易地瓦解，一夜之間可以被獨裁取代。經歷了二戰，又擺脫了共產黨的歷史爭取到自由，德國可能比很多其他國家更容易理解台灣人的困境和追求。道德勇氣的來源往往是歷史的痛苦。身為歐盟的重要成員，德國有責任為世界的和平做出最大的努力，發揮最大的影響力。

但是，歐洲憑什麼一定要關心台灣呢?

首先，如果沒有台灣模式，全世界大概就都得接受一種說法，就是，儒家文化和民主制度是無法相容的，而所謂「中國模式」就是唯一邏輯、不可避免的現代中國。台灣的存在證明了一件事：未必如此。

第二，台灣本身的努力值得世界的尊敬。沒錯，如果中國是一艘航空母艦，那麼台灣只不過是一葉孤零零的獨木舟。可是在這個獨木舟上有兩千三百萬人正在追求一種有自由、有尊嚴的生活方式。如果台灣是歐盟的一個成員，就人口論，台灣就是二十八個成員國(英國脫歐後二十七國)中第七大國，比波蘭稍小，但比荷蘭和比利時大。以經濟購買力來看，台灣更是名列全球第二十二。所以，歐洲可以想像剝奪波蘭人或者荷蘭人對生活方式和政治體制的選擇權利嗎?

23 Million People on a Canoe
—Why Europe should care about Taiwan’s future

Lung Yingtai

On the day when the opposition party announced its presidential candidate for the 2020 election, I was sitting at a lunch table in Taipei listening to my intellectual friends uttering their concerns about the future of Taiwan. The pessimists phrased their pessimism in the form of questions such as “How many years do you think Taiwan has left?” The optimists expressed their optimism with dark humour, “Thank God they will be too busy with Hong Kong and the US for a while.”

Like Germany, Taiwan operates a trade surplus with mainland China and Hong Kong, amounting to $83.1 billion in 2018. With 41% of Taiwan’s exports going to China, Taipei’s economy depends on trade with the mainland. However, given the increasing tension across the Taiwan Strait, the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) in particular has been worrying whether Taiwan will be able to sustain these figures. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party, on the other hand, is capitalizing on voters’ intense distrust of Beijing, stepping up measures to “contain” China’s influence. Taipei recently drafted a national security law that would make it a punishable offense to spread “political propaganda” for China.

As in Europe, Taiwanese feel highly ambivalent about mainland China: When China signifies economic opportunities, most Taiwanese are 23 Million People on a Canoe Why Europe should care about Taiwan’s future “pro-China”; when China represents oppression and potential invasion, most Taiwanese are “anti-China”. The problem is that China resembles both. The result is a deep division among Taiwanese extending far beyond the political and economic spheres.

Given the circumstances under which Taiwan emerged and evolved, its evolution into an authentic democracy represents an extraordinary achievement. It was without a revolution that the KMT, which had ruled Taiwan for more than 40 years, put an end to martial law and, whether convinced or compelled to act, opened the country’s political system to sharing power. Without bloodshed, dissidents who had once sat in jails became legislators and political leaders. Since the lifting of martial law 1987, power has changed hands fairly and orderly, following the results of each election.

Taiwan has been a quiet democracy for more than thirty years, nearly as long as the four decades during which it has been isolated by the international community. The US does not formally recognize Taiwan but, as with Germany, acts as the country’s security guarantor. While Washington has indicated that arms sales to Taiwan will become more of a routine, China has devised a routine of its own by holding long-range combat drills and ordering its fighter jets to cross the maritime line.

However, the threat to Taiwanese democracy is twofold. The obvious one comes from China, and to a large extent lies beyond Taipei’s control. The less obvious threat is home-made, as the looming China threat tempts domestic politicians to mobilize the population’s collective fear to foment a tribal nationalism. Their success would pose a real danger to Taiwan’s democratic institutions.

Those who applaud Taiwanese democracy for the sole purpose of criticizing China make me nervous. Generations of Taiwanese fought and ultimately achieved a democracy – it is simply too precious for other people’s agendas, internal or external.

Germany has a unique history: its people have experienced first-hand how easily democratic institutions may fall apart when not meticulously guarded. Having received democracy as a gift following World War II and struggled to regain their freedom from Communist rule, Germans are in a unique position to understand both the predicament as well as the aspirations of the Taiwanese. Moral courage often comes from past sufferings. As a leading EU member state, Germany has a responsibility to maximize its own efforts as well as to influence others’ efforts for world peace.

But why should the world care about the future of Taiwan? First of all, save the Taiwan model, the world might have to accept the claim that democracy and Confucianism are incompatible, and that a communist China presents the only logical and inevitable path to modernity. Secondly, Taiwan deserves respect on its own merits. True, if China were an aircraft carrier, Taiwan would be a lone canoe. But standing on this canoe are 23 million people aspiring for a life with liberty and dignity. If it were an EU member, Taiwan would be the 7th largest of the Union’s 28 member-states (27 after Brexit), smaller than Poland but larger than the Netherlands or Belgium, with a developed economy ranking 22nd in the world by purchasing power parity. Do we really want to return to a world in which it is imaginable that countries such as Poland or the Netherlands should be deprived of their autonomy to determine their own way of life and political system?

The Berlin Pulse 2019
龍應台專文：https://www.koerber-stiftung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/koerber-stiftung/redaktion/the-berlin-pulse/pdf/2019/3_Koerber_TheBerlinPulse_YingTai.pdf
全本：https://www.koerber-stiftung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/koerber-stiftung/redaktion/the-berlin-pulse/pdf/2019/TheBerlinPulse_2019_FINAL.pdf

[時事英文] 美國是香港抗議「幕後黑手」?

Jenny Lee marched with a friend through the streets of Hong Kong, hoisting an American flag over her shoulder. “We hold this to tell the world that we want democracy and freedom,” she explained.

1. march through 遊行穿過
2. hoist...over her shoulder 她肩上扛著...
3. democracy and freedom 民主與自由

珍妮·李和一個朋友在香港的街道遊行時，肩上扛著一面美國國旗。「我們舉這面旗是為了告訴全世界，我們要民主自由，」她這樣解釋道。

請務必參考文章下方的各種觀點!

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The authorities in China, however, are holding up those kinds of gestures as evidence of what Chinese officials portray as an American campaign to orchestrate the protests that have roiled Hong Kong for almost three months.

4. hold...up as... 把...當作...的一個例子*
5. evidence of 的證據
6. portray as 描述為
7. campaign (v.) to 策劃; 從事...活動
8. orchestrate an protest 策劃抗議活動

但中國當局正在把這種表示作為中國官員所謂美國策劃香港抗議活動的證據。抗議活動已讓香港陷入混亂狀態近三個月了。

*https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/hold-up-as

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China’s increasingly caustic accusations against the United States — in state media and official statements — reflect a deepening conviction that support for democratic rights in Hong Kong is part of a broader effort to undermine the Communist Party.

9. caustic accusations 尖刻的指責
10. state media 官方媒體
11. a deepening conviction 日益強烈的信念
12. a part of a broader effort to... 廣泛努力...的一部分
13. undermine（常指逐漸地）削弱信心、權威等

中國在官方媒體和官方聲明中對美國的指責越來越尖刻，這反映出中國有一個日益強烈的信念，那就是對香港民主權利的支持是削弱共產黨的更廣泛努力的一部分。

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There has been no concrete evidence that the protests are anything but what demonstrators say they are: a largely leaderless upwelling of frustration and resistance to the mainland’s encroaching control of Hong Kong’s affairs. But Chinese officials now point to a pattern of American actions that they say amounts to foreign interference, even collusion.

14. no concrete evidence 沒有具體證據
15. a leaderless resistance 無人領導的反抗
16. encroaching control 侵犯的控制
17. foreign interference 外國干預
18. collusion (n.) 串通

目前還沒有具體證據表明，抗議活動與示威者的說法有任何不同：抗議活動基本無人領導，主要誘因是當地人的不滿和對大陸侵犯香港事務的抵制情緒。但中國官員現在把美國人做的一些事情說成是外國干預，甚至是串通。

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Some of the accusations amount to little more than crude disinformation, but others are grounded in just enough fact to spin a conspiracy theory of covert American nefariousness, intended to loosen the Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s authoritarian grip on power.

19. amount to 等於；意味著
20. crude disinformation 粗製的虛假信息
21. be grounded in enough facts 有夠用的事實根據
22. a conspiracy theory 一個陰謀論
23. covert 暗中的
24. be intend to 目的是
25. authoritarian grip 威權控制

有些指控不過是粗製濫造的虛假信息，但有一些指控的背後剛好有夠用的事實根據，足以編造一個陰謀論，即美國在暗中進行罪惡活動，目的是破壞中國領導人習近平對權力的威權控制。

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China’s liaison office in Hong Kong on Monday, for example, vehemently denounced a relatively mild, bipartisan statement by the chairman and a ranking member of the House Foreign Relations Committee, Eliot Engel of New York and Michael McCaul of Texas, that expressed support for the protests and called on both sides “to refrain from violence and seek a peaceful accommodation.”

26. liaison office 聯絡辦公室
27. vehemently denounce 強烈譴責
28. a mild bipartisan statement 一份溫和的兩黨聲明
29. refrain from violence 避免暴力
30. seek a peaceful accommodation 尋求一個和平的解決方案

舉例而言，中國駐香港聯絡辦公室（簡稱中聯辦）週一強烈譴責了美國國會一份措辭相當溫和的兩黨聲明，聲明是眾議院外交關係委員會主席和資深成員紐約州的艾略特·恩格爾(Eliot Engel)和得克薩斯州的麥可·麥考爾(Michael McCaul)聯名發表的。聲明對抗議活動表示了支持，同時呼籲雙方「避免暴力，尋求一個和平的解決方案」。

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A spokesman for the Chinese office replied in a statement that the two men, Democrat and Republican respectively, “have ignored the facts, turned black into white, harbored evil intentions and nakedly interfered in Hong Kong affairs and China’s internal affairs.”

31. ignore the facts 無視事實
32. turn black into white 顛倒黑白
33. harbor evil intentions 包藏禍心
34. interfere in Internal affairs 干涉內政

中聯辦發言人在一份回應聲明中稱，這兩名分別屬於民主黨和和共和黨的議員「無視事實，顛倒黑白，包藏禍心，赤裸裸地干涉香港事務和中國內政」。

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On the streets, Hong Kong’s protesters have mocked China’s accusations, saying they were intended to belittle their grievances.

35. mock…accusations 嘲笑…的指控
36. belittle their grievances 貶低他們的的不滿

香港街頭的抗議者嘲笑中國的指控，稱那是為了貶低香港人的不滿。

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Phoebe Chan, who accompanied her American flag-carrying friend, Jenny Lee, ridiculed Chinese media reports that protesters were being paid to participate. “We are coming out on our own,” she said.

37. be paid to participate 被付錢來參加
38. come on our own 自願來

與舉著美國國旗的朋友珍妮·李(Jenny Lee)一起走上街頭的菲比·陳(Phoebe Chan)針對中國媒體關於抗議者拿錢參加抗議活動的報導說「我們都是自願來的，」。

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完整文章來源: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20190906/china-hong-kong-protests/zh-hant/

圖片來源: https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3022537

[時事英文] HK's Extradition Bill 引渡法案: http://bit.ly/2JKFIsC

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Different Perspectives 不同的觀點:

1. https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3022537/us-has-role-play-escalating-hong-kong-crisis-moderating-force

2. http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1162094.shtml

3. https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Mainland-Chinese-lack-sympathy-for-Hong-Kong-protesters

4. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-08/central-hong-kong-beset-with-violence-after-lam-s-big-concession

5. https://www.ft.com/content/1d76126a-bedc-11e9-b350-db00d509634e