彭明敏籲建立台灣主體性/Fukushima radiation

彭明敏籲建立台灣主體性 范正祥／自由時報 100.12.10

學者：中華民族是虛構民族
專研中國古學的長榮大學講座教授莊萬壽昨發表「中國民族主義與文化霸權」新書指出，「中華民族」、「黃帝子孫」都是二十世紀反抗滿清才出現的口號，並成為今日中國鞏固專制、擴張領土的工具；台灣人當然與所謂「中華民族」風馬牛不相及。
前總統府資政彭明敏致詞時呼籲，應建立台灣主體性，否則台灣永遠沒救，永遠沒有民主！他也稱讚莊萬壽精通中國古籍文典，卻能以現代社會的價值、現代國家的觀點，並立足於台灣的主體加以剖析批判。
莊萬壽指出，中國所統治土地上的民族是極多元的，「中華民族」、「黃帝子孫」都是虛構。自古以來沒有「中華民族」，也沒有這個名詞，這是二十世紀初，中國革命家創造出來的，用以反抗、推翻「韃虜」的滿清帝國，其實就是俗稱「漢人」後又稱「漢族」的新名詞。「中華民族」是不存在的虛構民族，是清末少數革命黨人叫出來的。
書中批判，台灣從一九九六年總統直選後，已是一個初步自由民主的多元社會，可是馬英九執政，居然倒退百年，回到「炎黃子孫」、「中華民族」的神話時代。
莊萬壽並且呼籲台灣的漢學者、中國問題專家，應思考如何合作奮起集體新論述，包括以民主、自由瓦解虛構的「炎黃」、「中華」民族主義口號。

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Fukushima radiation 47 times higher than combined 45 prefectures

December 15, 2011

The level of cesium fallout in Fukushima Prefecture in the four months after the March 11 disaster at the nuclear power plant there has been assessed at 6.83 million becquerels per square meter.

The science ministry announced its finding Dec. 14.

It released similar data for 45 prefectures last month, but not on Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures.

Fukushima’s concentration of radioactive material is 168 times the 40,801 becquerels recorded by Ibaraki Prefecture, which had the highest level among the 45 prefectures.

Fukushima’s 6.83 million figure is 47 times the 144,446 becquerels recorded for all the 45 prefectures.

The figures of accumulated radioactive substances for the March-June period were calculated on the basis of cesium-134 and cesium-137 measurements in dust gathering in containers at health research institutes and other facilities in different locations.

The assessment project for Fukushima Prefecture had been hindered by the Great East Japan Earthquake. The measurement site for the prefecture is Okuma, where the Fukushima plant is located. Ninety-four percent of the 6,836,050 becquerels was concentrated in March, an indication of the severity of radiation spreading shortly after the onset of the accident.