1205紐約時報

*【冠毒正在毀滅美國，潛在的不平衡標準決定了生死】
週四創下了全國單日記錄，新病例超過217,000。這說明瞭冠毒已經大幅擴散，在美國已有278,000多人死亡，超過了德州拉伯克市，加州莫德斯託或紐澤西州澤西市的全部人口。基礎條件在決定了誰能在病毒中倖存下。患有糖尿病，高血壓和肥胖症等疾病的美國人（約佔人口的45％）更加脆弱。越來越多的新證據表明，低收入社區的人們由於需要外出工作而遭受該病毒的暴露風險較高。
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/us/covid-united-states-surge.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

*【專家說，對Covid倖存者的後遺症需要迫切關注】
從呼吸困難到心臟病到認知和心理問題，這些症狀已經困擾著全世界無數人，後遺症也可能因混合了各種情況要復原是漫長而艱辛的路。疾病控制與預防中心最近發布了一些長期症狀的清單，包括疲勞，關節痛，胸痛，腦霧和抑鬱症，但醫生和研究人員表示，他們仍然不了解許多此類疾病的程度或原因。問題，哪些患者會發展它們或如何解決。在由美國國立衛生研究院（NIH）贊助的為期兩天的會議上，官員們承認對這些問題的理解不足，並警告人們日益嚴重的公共衛生問題。
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/health/covid-long-term-symptoms.html

*【領導人同意為年終協商努力，經濟紓困方案出爐有望】
眾議院議長裴洛西和多數黨領袖參議員麥康奈已同意嘗試達成一項可以納入必不可少的支出措施的交易。
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/us/politics/stimulus-deal-pelosi-mcconnell-biden.html

*【9000億美元的計畫將有助於經濟，但修復之路仍艱難】
數月放緩的經濟復甦有逆轉的危險。這就是為什麼越來越多的經濟學家，企業遊說者和其他倡導團體敦促立法者團結起來，焦點放在目前獲得國會兩黨支持的9080億美元援助計劃的原因。這種規模的計劃，仍無法達成經濟學家認為，在冠毒流行期間，為工人和企業所提供的一切援助。但如果立法者，至少是朝著正確的方向，而且也應該這樣做。
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/business/economy/congress-stimulus-economy-impact.html

*【就業率再度放緩引發經濟警訊】
美國勞工部公布最新非農就業報告，新冠病毒感染數激增，持續打擊就業復甦步伐，11 月非農新增就業人數為24.5萬人，遠低於預期和前值，且增幅為今年5月出現爆炸性成長以來最低，增強了對新的救濟計劃採取行動的呼籲。
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/business/economy/november-jobs-report.html

*【Covid-19實時更新】
#舊金山灣區將在加州下令之前頒布新的限制措施。由於加州病情嚴竣，灣區等不及州政府下令，決定自行實施嚴格的新限制措施，以遏制疫情。
#東北和大西洋中部的病例激增，通常超過春季爆發的規模。新罕布什爾州目前平均每天有近600例病例，大約是五月份達到的最高平均水平的六倍，住院治療也處於創紀錄水平。緬因州，麻州，賓州，德拉瓦和紐澤西都在周四創下了單日病歷記錄。
#巴林緊隨英國之後，先於美國批准了輝瑞用於緊急用途的疫苗。
#疾病預防控制中心敦促美國人在家庭外戴口罩。
#邁阿密案件的激增，官員們懇求居民們在假期待在家中。
#義大利政府宣布，12月21日至1月6日期間，各地區之間禁止進出，除了工作，就醫或緊急情況。在聖誕節，12月26日和元旦那天，不允許離開城鎮。
#中國科學院生物產品質量控制專家王俊芝週五表示，中國計劃在今年年底之前批准銷售6億種冠狀病毒疫苗。
#韓國首都首爾的大多數企業將被要求在周六晚上9點之前關閉。週五該國報告了600多起新病例，這是近9個月來的最高記錄。
#日本首相須秀芳秀在周五的新聞發布會上說，日本正面臨著新的冠狀病毒危機。他指出，重病患者的數量開始增加，給醫院帶來了壓力。自大流行開始以來，日本正在經歷第三次疫情爆發。
#潘斯說，隨著疫苗開發的加快，美國正處於一個“希望的季節”。
#大流行造成的收入損失迫使各州和地方政府削減預算。
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/04/world/covid-19-coronavirus

*川普決定前往喬治亞州，控訴選舉舞弊，並且間接為一月中參議員選舉造勢。當地可能正形成政治風暴。喬治亞州為共和黨州長，其州國務卿等選務人員從高階主管至基層員工，皆收到死亡威脅信或是性侮辱的人身攻擊。

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/us/politics/trump-georgia-senate-obama.html?referringSource=articleShare

*【川普命令所有美軍撤離索馬利亞】
五角大樓週五宣佈，幾乎所有在索馬利亞大約700名士兵-大多數進行過訓練和反恐任務的特種作戰部隊將於1月15日離開。川普先前已下令從伊拉克和阿富汗大規模撤軍，最新的命令顯示，他決心結束美國在海外永無止境的戰事。在任期只剩下最後幾星期之際，履行他當年的競選承諾。
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/world/africa/trump-somalia-troop-withdrawal.html

*一位非裔音樂製作人因為懼怕自己可能無辜坐牢公開了他被法國警察羞辱的影片，抗議之聲正在法國發酵。法國剛剛提出「警察安全保護法」，引發數千人示威攻擊，最後警方施放催淚瓦斯。

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/world/europe/Michel-Zecler-france-police-video-beating.html?referringSource=articleShare

*【泡菜之爭：中韓軟實力較量新戰線】
中國一份官方小報宣稱，中國“主導”制定了泡菜的國際標準，引發了一場激烈爭論。在韓國，這一說法被認為具有誤導性，因為中文裡的“泡菜”也指“韓式泡菜(kimchi)”，這是在韓國料理中扮演了重要角色的醃白菜。“如果將來中國剽竊了泡菜的醃制程式，那麼韓國的傳統文化可能會消失，”一位焦慮的用戶在韓國人氣頗高的社交媒體平臺Naver上寫道。它也觸及到韓國文化的痛點：在韓國人食用的工廠生產的韓式泡菜中，有近40%都從中國進口，隨著吃外國菜的韓國家庭越來越多，在本土製作泡菜的傳統正在消失。
https://cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20201203/south-korea-china-kimchi-paocai/

【Joshua Wong speaking to the Italian Senate】#意大利國會研討會演說 —— 呼籲世界在大學保衛戰一週年後與香港人站在同一陣線

中文、意大利文演說全文：https://www.patreon.com/posts/44167118

感謝開創未來基金會（Fondazione Farefuturo）邀請，讓我透過視像方式在意大利國會裡舉辦的研討會發言，呼籲世界繼續關注香港，與香港人站在同一陣線。

意大利作為絕無僅有參與一帶一路發展的國家，理應對中共打壓有更全面的理解，如今正值大學保衛戰一週年，以致大搜捕的時刻，當打壓更為嚴峻，香港更需要世界與我們同行。

為了讓各地朋友也能更了解香港狀況，我已在Patreon發佈當天演說的中文、英文和意大利文發言稿，盼望在如此困難的時勢裡，繼續讓世界知道我們未曾心息的反抗意志。

【The Value of Freedom: Burning Questions for Hong Kongers】

Good morning. I have the privilege today to share some of my thoughts and reflections about freedom, after taking part in social activism for eight years in Hong Kong. A movement calling for the withdrawal of the extradition law starting from last year had escalated into a demand for democracy and freedom. This city used to be prestigious for being the world’s most liberal economy, but now the infamous authoritarian government took away our freedom to election, freedom of assembly, freedom of expression and ideas.

Sometimes, we cannot avoid questioning the cause we are fighting for, the value of freedom. Despite a rather bleak prospect, why do we have to continue in this struggle? Why do we have to cherish freedom? What can we do to safeguard freedom at home and stay alert to attacks on freedom? In answering these questions, I hope to walk through three episodes in the previous year.

Turning to 2020, protests are not seen as frequently as they used to be on the media lens, partly because of the pandemic, but more importantly for the authoritarian rule. While the world is busy fighting the pandemic, our government took advantage of the virus to exert a tighter grip over our freedom. Putting the emergency laws in place, public assemblies in Hong Kong were banned. Most recently, a rally to support press freedom organized by journalists was also forbidden. While many people may ask if it is the end of street activism, ahead of us in the fight for freedom is another battleground: the court and the prison.

Freedom Fighters in Courtrooms and in Jail

Part of the huge cost incurred in the fight for freedom and democracy in Hong Kong is the increasing judicial casualties. As of today, more than 10 thousand people have been arrested since the movement broke out, more than a hundred of them are already locked up in prison. Among the 2,300 protestors who are prosecuted, 700 of them may be sentenced up to ten years for rioting charges.

Putting these figures into context, I wish to tell you what life is like, as a youngster in today’s Hong Kong. I was humbled by a lot of younger protestors and students whose exceptional maturity are demonstrated in courtrooms and in prison. What is thought to be normal university life is completely out of the question because very likely the neighbour next door or the roommate who cooked you lunch today will be thrown to jail on the next.

I do prison visits a few times a month to talk to activists who are facing criminal charges or serving sentences for their involvement in the movement. It is not just a routine of my political work, but it becomes my life as an activist. Since the movement, prison visits has also become the daily lives of many families.

But it is always an unpleasant experience passing through the iron gates one after one to enter the visitors’ room, speaking to someone who is deprived of liberty, for a selflessly noble cause. As an activist serving three brief jail terms, I understand that the banality of the four walls is not the most difficult to endure in jail. What is more unbearable is the control of thought and ideas in every single part of our daily routine enforced by the prison system. It will diminish your ability to think critically and the worst of it will persuade you to give up on what you are fighting for, if you have not prepared it well. Three years ago when I wrote on the first page of prison letters, which later turned into a publication called the ‘Unfree Speech’, I was alarmed at the environment of the prison cell. Those letters were written in a state in which freedom was deprived of and in which censorship was obvious. It brings us to question ourselves: other than physical constraints like prison bars, what makes us continue in the fight for freedom and democracy?

Mutual Support to activists behind-the-scene

The support for this movement is undiminished over these 17 months. There are many beautiful parts in the movement that continue to revitalise the ways we contribute to this city, instead of making money on our own in the so-called global financial centre. In particular, it is the fraternity, the mutual assistance among protestors that I cherished the most.

As more protestors are arrested, people offer help and assistance wholeheartedly -- we sit in court hearings even if we don’t know each other, and do frequent prison visits and write letters to protesters in detention. In major festivals and holidays, people gathered outside the prison to chant slogans so that they won’t feel alone and disconnected. This is the most touching part to me for I also experienced life in jail.

The cohesion, the connection and bonding among protestors are the cornerstone to the movement. At the same time, these virtues gave so much empowerment to the mass public who might not be able to fight bravely in the escalating protests. These scenes are not able to be captured by cameras, but I’m sure it is some of the most important parts of Hong Kong’s movement that I hope the world will remember.

I believe this mutual support transcends nationality or territory because the value of freedom does not alter in different places. More recently, Twelve Hongkong activists, all involved in the movement last year, were kidnapped by China’s coastal guard when fleeing to Taiwan for political refugee in late-August. All of them are now detained secretly in China, with the youngest aged only 16. We suspect they are under torture during detention and we call for help on the international level, putting up #SAVE12 campaign on twitter. In fact, how surprising it is to see people all over the world standing with the dozen detained protestors for the same cause. I’m moved by activists in Italy, who barely knew these Hong Kong activists, even took part in a hunger strike last month calling for immediate release of them. This form of interconnectivity keeps us in spirit and to continue our struggle to freedom and democracy.

Understanding Value of freedom in the university battle
A year ago on this day, Hong Kong was embroiled in burning clashes as the police besieged the Polytechnic University. It was a day we will not forget and this wound is still bleeding in the hearts of many Hong Kongers. A journalist stationed in the university at that time once told me that being at the scene could only remind him of the Tiananmen Square Massacre 31 years ago in Beijing. There was basically no exit except going for the dangerous sewage drains.

That day, thousands of people, old or young, flocked to districts close to the university before dawn, trying to rescue protestors trapped inside the campus. The reinforcements faced grave danger too, for police raided every corner of the small streets and alleys, arresting a lot of them. Among the 800+ arrested on a single day, 213 people were charged with rioting. For sure these people know there will be repercussions. It is the conscience driving them to take to the streets regardless of the danger, the conscience that we should stand up to brutality and authoritarianism, and ultimately to fight for freedoms that are guaranteed in our constitution. As my dear friend, Brian Leung once said, ‘’Hong Kong Belongs to Everyone Who Shares Its Pain’’. I believe the value of freedom is exemplified through our compassion to whom we love, so much that we are willing to sacrifice the freedom of our own.

Defending freedom behind the bars

No doubt there is a terrible price to pay in standing up to the Beijing and Hong Kong government. But after serving a few brief jail sentences and facing the continuing threat of harassment, I learnt to cherish the freedom I have for now, and I shall devote every bit what I have to strive for the freedom of those who have been ruthlessly denied.

The three episodes I shared with you today -- the courtroom, visiting prisoners and the battle of university continue to remind me of the fact that the fight for freedom has not ended yet. In the coming months, I will be facing a maximum of 5 years in jail for unauthorized assembly and up to one ridiculous year for wearing a mask in protest. But prison bars would never stop me from activism and thinking critically.

I only wish that during my absence, you can continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong, by following closely to the development, no matter the ill-fated election, the large-scale arrest under National Security Law or the twelve activists in China. To defy the greatest human rights abusers is the essential way to restore democracy of our generation, and the generation following us.

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#到底我地係咪行緊雨傘條舊路【#AntiELAB Movement vs #UmbrellaMovement: are #HKers walking on the old path?】

5/ Global reach for visiting Taiwan. Heiko Maas criticized with an open letter.t 11 pm on 30 June 2020:

1/ HK's protests have indeed reduced due to the COVID19 and the National Security Law. Hong Kong Government mass arrests protestors, and crackdown on the education, mass media, medical and judicial industries. But, NO, we're not walking the old path of division between different sides in the pro-democracy bloc. In fact, we're winning. Here's why:

2/ In 2014,
- 70% of polls call for the occupation to stop
- Division within Pro-democracy bloc
- Average results in the District Council Election
- Pro-Beijing bloc gained 57% seats in Legislative Council
- CCP's economic diplomacy is doing well
- Few countries support HK

3/ From 2019 till now,
- Pro-democracy bloc swept 85% of the seats in the District Council Election
- it's likely for the pro-democracy bloc to gain more than half of the seats in the Legislative Council Election, which forced the #CCP to cancel the election

Polls did by 香港民意研究計劃 HKPOP request by Reuters showed that
- 70% support an independent investigation committee
- 63% support universal suffrage of the Legislative Council and Chief Executive
- 58% support Carrie Lam to step down
- 56% oppose the riot characterization of the antiELAB Movement
- 49% support the release of the arrested people
- 60% oppose the NationalSecurityLaw
- 31% support the NationalSecurityLaw
- 57% vote for pro-democracy candidates
- 25% vote for pro-government candidates

4/ Normally, public opinion of social movements will reverse after a while, like the #UmbrellaMovement, #BlackLivesMatter and the #YellowVests. But after a year, the majority of public opinion is still on the protestors' side ...

5/ Global reac for visiting Taiwan. Heiko Maas criticized with an open letter.t 11 pm on 30 June 2020:
- Jul 1: over 100k people took to the streets
- Jul 11-12: over 610k people vote in the democratic preliminary election
- Aug 12: 530k copies of 香港蘋果日報 Apple Daily were sold & 282 tocks are sold after Jimmy Lai was arrested
- Aug 27: all HKers dressed in black to say no to the Police rewriting what happened on 21 Jul 2019
- Aug 31: hundreds mourned for the #831PrinceEdwardAttack

6/ Gobal reactions
🇺🇸: Sanctioning HK and CCP officials and change "made in HK" to "made in China"
🇬🇧: Banned the buying of Huawei and offering HKers "lifeboats"
🇦🇺: US-Japan South China Sea military exercise took place in Australia. CCP intimidated journalists in Beijing
🇪🇺: Stop exporting sensitive tech and treat HK the same way as China
🇩🇪: Wang Yi intimidated Czech Senate speaker
Miloš Vystrčil for visiting Taiwan. Heiko Maas criticized with an open letter.
🇫🇷: Forced telcos to ditch @Huawei and announced of won't treat China naively
🇨🇦: Showed no sign of thawing with China. Hostage diplomacy continues to deadlock.
🇯🇵: partnered closely with the Five Eyes and acted tougher after 周庭 Agnes Chow Ting was arrested
🇮🇳: border clashes continued and ditched Chinese mobile apps like WeChat, Alipay and Tik Tok.
🇹🇼: international reputation continued to rise after having the least COVID19 confirmed cases in the world with its anti-pandemic policy
🇭🇰: US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France and Germany ended extradition agreements

7/ #HongKongers have achieved remarkable results fighting against the second-largest, evilest country in the world in just one year. The idea of phoenixism is that we know the chance of winning is low, so we try to increase the costs beard by the #CCP to achieve what we demand.

8/ Everyday we are guided by our thirst for freedom and a sense of duty to bring democracy to our children and grandchildren. So long as we follow that path, we will always be on the right side of history. The island of HK may be small the resolve of its people is anything but.

中文：https://www.facebook.com/200976479994868/posts/3332039616888523/
原文：https://twitter.com/samuelharrendel/status/1306608431139155969

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