US doubts N Korea nuclear claims

The main cooling tower at Yongbyon was blown up earlier this year

There is no evidence to support claims that North Korea has begun rebuilding a nuclear plant, US officials say.

The US state department said the North appeared to be moving equipment out of storage at its Yongbyon plant, but there was no effort to reconstruct it.

Earlier reports from South Korea and Japan had claimed the North was actively rebuilding Yongbyon, breaking an international denuclearisation deal.

Pyongyang had previously warned that it had stopped disabling its facilities.

For years, the North has been locked in discussions over its nuclear ambitions with five other nations - South Korea, the US, China, Russia and Japan.

In June this year, the regime blew up the cooling tower of its Yongbyon facility in a symbolic gesture of its commitment to the process.

But last month Pyongyang was angered by the US refusal to remove it from the list of states that sponsor terrorism, and announced it would halt the disabling process.

Reactor 'intact'

On Wednesday reports in Japan, backed up by South Korea's foreign ministry, claimed the North Koreans were actively reconstructing the plant.

But state department spokesman Sean McCormack said it appeared that the North was moving previously stored equipment rather than rebuilding.

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He told reporters: "To my knowledge, based on what we know from the folks on the ground, you don't have an effort to reconstruct, reintegrate this equipment back into the Yongbyon facility."

He said Christopher Hill, the lead US negotiator in the six-nation nuclear talks, would leave for Beijing on Thursday.

The claims emerge as the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), published a report on North Korea.

It said the regime had already removed large quantities of essential nuclear materials from Yongbyon even before it agreed to dismantle the plant.

Experts believe the North's facilities would take a year to restore, and the IAEA's report appears to support that view.

Former UN weapons inspector David Albright says the reactor at Yongbyon is mostly intact.

But he said the regime would need to manufacture hundreds - possibly thousands - of fuel rods and rebuild a cooling tower that was blown up in June to get it fully operational.

He believes the North is unlikely to rebuild the plant, but is instead using the threat as a bargaining chip to gain more concessions from the six-party talks.

In June, North Korea finally submitted a long-delayed account of its nuclear facilities - and was expecting to be removed from the US list almost immediately in return.

But the US said that would not be possible until North Korea agreed to inspections aimed at verifying the details that it had disclosed.

That move has been delayed amid wrangling among the six nations over exactly how these details can be verified.

(中国) 打假工作任重道远

這則新聞的末段最有意思
因為六年多前 我當寶成集團 Nike 等事業部的顧問時
謝博士 (總經理特助)還帶過我去廣州感受一下他們之前如何"打假".....


假票販子瞄準倫敦奧運
《泰晤士報》有篇短文說，那些在北京奧運會期間出售假票的票販子已做好了準備，將在倫敦故伎重演。 文章說假票販子正計劃利用倫敦公眾對奧運的熱情製造假票出售。 北京奧運期間，許多人由於購買了假票無法觀看比賽，其中受害人包括英國游泳雙塊金牌得主阿德靈頓的父母。 文章說安全專家已經關閉了一些打著奧林匹克品牌以及倫敦2012奧運標誌的非法網站，並實行嚴密的監查。 有些網站做的相當專業，甚至能騙過專業人士。文章說希望英國當局能夠機警過人，能夠查到作假者。

德语媒体 | 2008.09.03

中国打假工作任重道远

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: 斯图加特海关缴获的假冒产品

在柏林的国际消费类电子产品展览会开幕之际，一种“名牌”数码电视卫星接收器正在互联网上匿名销售。这里的“名牌”两字加上了引号，是因为它仿冒了世界最老、最大的天线制造厂家德国卡特莱因公司的先进产品，仿冒者在中国。法兰克福汇报写道：

"外行几乎无法区分仿冒品与真品，甚至使用说明书和粘贴的系列号码看上去都与真品一致。据说已有六千台伪造的电视接收器在市场流通，约为正 规年产量的十分之一。卡特莱因公司估计自己的损失在二百万欧元以上。该公司开发研制部主任埃克斯勒说，'我们的产品还从来没有这样被人肆无忌惮地仿冒。遗 憾的是，中国的仿冒者进行仿冒的能力越来越高超了。'

为了打击仿冒者，卡特莱因公司通知了海关并申请在欧盟范围内没收销毁仿冒商品。中国的一家侦探公司正在追查仿冒者。埃克斯勒说，'我们有信心把这些 人送上法庭，但可惜需要的时间太长。'为了对付一再盗窃知识产权和侵犯商标的行为，卡特莱因公司准备缩小在远东的生产。今后，最重要和最复杂的部件将在欧 洲生产，在中国和韩国只进行装配。但埃克斯勒也说，这些市场虽然很危险，但他们不能彻底离开，因为中国太重要了。"

南德意志报把与仿冒者做斗争比作奥运的"马拉松"，要有耐力和韧性。该报记者在慕尼黑会见了访问德国的上海高级人民法院副院长吕国强。他们谈到了中国法院在保护知识产权和商标等问题上的作为和面临的问题：

"这位副院长领导二十名法官，每年处理一千件侵犯商标法的事件。2002年至2006年，全中国共有54000多件。大多数官司涉及的价值不高，在 五千欧元至十万欧元之间，主要是中国人告中国人，外国人参与的诉讼不足10％。谈话中，他一再强调近来中国司法改革取得的成就。

但为了防止伪造、收缴仿冒商品，世界著名品牌的生产厂家也只能依靠自己在当地采取行动。例如，德国体育用品制造厂家彪马公司在中国就有自己的律师， 他们做与商标保护部门、警察和海关协调的工作。彪马公司的全球商标保护部负责人埃梅尔说，'我们目前每周都在中国进行大搜查，没收伪造产品。'根据他的经 验，中国海关工作很有效。迄今为止，中国是世界上唯一进行出口商品检查的国家。

在中国海关的支持下，全球运作的企业阿迪达斯在德国也取得了目前为止的最大战果。2006年11月，汉堡海关稽查部门没收了八个集装箱装载的近 72000双运动鞋，这些鞋带着阿迪达斯的三道杠标志。海关发言人证实，这批货由中国港口直接运到汉堡。专家们估计，这批仿冒商品的销售价值在五百万欧元 以上。"

泰国的Mr. Samak 四面楚歌

Thai Leader Appears Isolated as Protests Continue

By SETH MYDANS

Published: September 3, 2008

BANGKOK — Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej went on the defensive Thursday, asserting in a nationwide radio address that he would not resign despite mounting pressures against him.

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Demonstrators slept on the street outside the government compound in Bangkok.

“I have to stay in order to preserve democracy and to protect the monarchy,” he said, adding, “I have done nothing wrong.”

With protesters blocking him from his office for more than a week and with the army declining to enforce his two-day-old emergency decree, Mr. Samak appeared increasingly isolated and his options seemed to have narrowed.

Rumors had circulated that he would resign Thursday, and the newspaper The Nation carried a banner headline, “Samak on Brink of Exit.”

Mr. Samak responded with bitter humor, saying, “I have to apologize to the disappointed people who were waiting for me to announce my resignation today.”

In another sign that he was losing support, he confirmed that Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag had resigned after just seven weeks in office. He said Mr. Tej had acted under pressure from “high-ranking people” who oppose his government.

Protesters demanding his ouster have occupied the grounds of his office since Aug. 26 and say they will not leave until he resigns.

Responding to his address, one protest leader, Sondhi Limthongkul, told the crowd that the prime minsiter was “lying again,” a Thai news agency reported.

Mr. Samak acknowledged the humiliation of being barred from his office but said he had adapted.

“Am I ashamed that my office has been taken over?” he said. “I have to say yes, I’m ashamed. It is not convenient to work outside, but I can do it.”

In an attempt to bring the standoff to an end, Mr. Samak imposed state of emergency for Bangkok on Tuesday that banned gatherings of more than five people or of any group that might cause disorder. The army chief and the chief of police were given control of Bangkok.

But instead of enforcing the order, the army chief, Gen. Anupong Paochinda, held a long news conference at which he declared a neutral stance between his commander in chief and the protesters demanding Mr. Samak’s resignation.

“We are not taking sides,” the general said as dozens of senior officers sat behind him. “If the nation is the people, we are the army of the people,” he said. “But now the nation is divided into two parts. We cannot be with one side. We have to be with the people, all together.”

General Anupong said he would not lead an insurrection, although he was among a group of generals who two years ago carried out the country’s 18th coup and ousted Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister.

But a senior government official, speaking Wednesday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press, called the general’s passivity “a silent coup.”

“We think he is just playing along, just doing nothing,” he said “We were hoping he would use the emergency decree to at least ask the people gently to please leave. But that hasn’t happened, so we are keeping a close eye on the military right now.”

Duncan McCargo, a professor of Southeast Asian politics at the University of Leeds in Britain, who is visiting Bangkok, said he found the situation “very, very strange.”

“You would normally expect the military to at least go through the motions of saying, ‘I support the government,’ ” he said. “Mr. Samak, despite being both prime minister and defense minister, has not been able so far to order either the police or the military to do whatever it is he wants,” he said. “And that’s certainly interesting, to say the least.”

But he added: “Who knows how long Samak is going to be in power? People like Anupong have to be aware of the constantly changing nature of the political order and they have to position themselves.”

Despite the crisis, life in Bangkok maintained its normal rhythm on Wednesday. It was only on the grounds outside Mr. Samak’s offices, where thousands of people were sheltered under tents and awnings, that something unusual seemed to be going on. Throughout the day, vans delivered cases of drinking water, vehicles arrived to clean portable toilets, and big trucks hauled away huge mounds of plastic garbage bags.

A tough and experienced politician of 73, Mr. Samak has seemed a bit bewildered by the vigor of the opposition. Even as he asserted command on Tuesday and announced the state of emergency, he sounded a plaintive note.

“I beg you all, this is about the country,” he said. “Do not let your hatred of me — why, I have no idea — lead to more protesters gathering. I will keep this bitterness in my heart and I will learn in the future what happens in this country and why people who work for the country are detested by society.”

沙马辞职对泰国的民主将是一个重大打击
			泰国民众反对总理沙马的抗议活动进行了一周后，泰国政府宣布实施紧急状态。周一夜间政府的支持者和反对者之间发生了目前为止最为严重的冲突。人民民主联盟领导下的示威者亦然占据着政府办公机构，并要求沙马辞职。由于沙马的人民力量党被披露收买选票，周二泰国选举委员会表态支持解散该党。德国之声记者Tobias Grote-Beverborg认为，沙马的辞职对泰国的民主将是一个重大打击。 [更多]

香港民主進程在立法會選舉中面臨考驗

香港民主進程在立法會選舉中面臨考驗
2008年09月04日09:54

香

港週日將舉行立法會選舉﹐這一事件有可能對香港民主的未來以及香港與中央政府建立更緊密的關係產生廣泛影響。

此次選舉是在香港人對經濟前景日感焦慮的背景下進行的﹐選舉後來自幾個新組建政黨的新一代領導人將躋身立法會。雖然香港的就業狀況和經濟增長都處在健康水平﹐但通貨膨脹率卻在上揚﹐股市大幅下挫﹐而房地產價格也開始出現鬆動。

曾蔭權(Donald Tsang)去年由800人組成的選舉委員會再次選為香港特別行政區行政長官﹐但在經歷了最近幾次施政錯誤後﹐香港大學民意研究計劃(Public Opinion Program)進行的調查顯示﹐他的民意支持率已降至39%的三年來最低水平(不支持率為41%)。自2005年以來該計劃一直在跟蹤調查曾蔭權的民意支持率﹐而調查結果則顯示﹐曾蔭權自從接替他不受歡迎的前任擔任香港行政長官以來民意支持度逐年下滑。

對香港的各個親民主派政黨來說﹐能在60個議席的香港立法會中保住三分之一的席位至關重要﹐只有這樣他們才能擁有對香港特別行政區基本法修正案的否決權。他們在2005年便利用這一權力封殺了香港政府提交的一份基本法修正案﹐港府說這一修正案將推進香港實現直接選舉的進程﹐但民主派議員卻說該修正案力度太弱。

香港擁有獨立於中國大陸的政治、法律和經濟體系﹐其立法會議員由選舉產生。但只有約半數的議員由民眾直接選出﹐其餘議員則是由工商界團體和其他選民團體推選出來的。立法會只能被動地審議由特區行政長官提出的立法建議﹐但有權予以否決或修改。這一職能安排對那些經常以促進經濟增長為訴求且往往親北京的政黨有利。

中國政府在1997年恢復對香港行使主權時曾承諾﹐最終會在香港實現直接選舉。但對於如何具體落實這一承諾則語嫣不詳。在新一屆立法會的四年任期內﹐親民主派政黨是否能保住其否決權具有特別重要的意義﹐因為香港政府已保證要在2012年之前解決直選方面最具爭議性的細節問題。

雖然曾蔭權的低支持率對親民主派政黨的選舉有利﹐但此次立法會選舉之際香港社會對民主問題的討論卻並不熱烈。相反﹐民意調查顯示選民今年最關心的是經濟和民生問題﹐這對親商界的政黨是有利的。

親北京的立法會議員蔡素玉說﹐親民主派政黨翻來覆去只有一個議題﹐他們與普通市民的生活脫節了。蔡素玉正在為連任立法會議員而努力。

雖然親民主派議員目前在立法會中佔據著25個席位﹐但他們正面臨一些知名候選人的嚴峻挑戰﹐這些人與政府關係緊密。

此外﹐李柱銘(Martin Lee)和陳方安生(Anson Chan)這兩位親民主派的偶像人物此次也不會尋求連任。李柱銘是香港民主黨的創始人﹐而在擔任香港高官時深受歡迎的陳方安生去年已將自己重新定位為親民主派政治人物。

香港城市大學政治學講座教授鄭宇碩(Joseph Cheng)說﹐親民主派陣營面臨困難局面。負責為親民主派政黨公民黨協調選戰策略的鄭宇碩希望向選民傳達的信息是﹕香港需要政治架構內的相互制衡﹐香港的選民是成熟的﹐他們知道如果給政府太多的控制權﹐結果很可能是一場災難。

而北京奧運會的餘熱也對親建制派政黨有利。上個週末﹐中國63名奧運金牌獲得者來到香港﹐在數萬名熱情的觀眾面前作了表演﹐電視台也拿出黃金時段作了現場直播。批評人士指責港府利用奧運冠軍訪港來暗助親建制派政黨﹐但港府官員對此予以了否認。

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韓國政府起草減少高自殺率措施

韓國政府正在起草一整套措施，減少該國的高自殺率。 官員們說，他們將改善福利分配系統，以對付貧困現象，但同時也將推出更多的實際措施，例如在火車地鐵站修建更多的障礙，防止有人跳到鐵軌上自殺。 韓國是世界上自殺率最高的國家之一，其嚴重程度甚至超過了日本。許多人將此視為一個國家恥辱。 政府現在開始研究一個對付自殺的策略，涉及10個政府部門。

具體措施將於下周揭曉。但官員們說，他們將推出一系列具體可行的措施來防止人們自殺。 除此以外，他們還將採取更大的努力，對付自殺的根源。 政府將嚴格控制殺蟲劑和其他毒藥的銷售。鼓勵自殺的互聯網網站也將被封。

他們還準備對那些深陷財政困難的人提供更多的福利。 韓國政府說，高自殺率是由急劇的社會變革和貧富分化造成的。 但是官員們對越來越多的老年人輕生自殺感到擔憂。他們將此歸咎於疾病、貧困和對老年缺乏心理準備。

2004/03/23

韓國發生了一起五名男女人集體自殺案，警方懷疑他們可能是通過互聯網認識的，並約好在一家酒店裡自殺。韓國媒體說，他們在周一（3月22日）晚上被發現在京畿道水源市一家旅館的房間裡集體自殺。

被懷疑是集體自殺的三男二女的年齡介於19歲至29歲之間，他們死前顯然是喝了混有致命氰化物的飲料。

警方懷疑他們原先是互不相識的，可能是通過互聯網認識，然後同意一起自殺。韓國媒體說，估計他們是在一個自殺網站認識的。相關調查表明，他們來自不同的地方，三名男子分別來自漢城、慶南密陽市、光州﹔兩名女子則來自坡州市和漢城。

這家旅館的一位雇員對媒體說，其中三名男子是在周六下午登記租住房間的。她在周一晚上到他們的房間處理賬單時發現了屍體。

當局尚未進行驗屍工作，但警方表示，五名死者顯然是喝了混合了致命的氰化物的飲料。警方說，他們發現了用來攪拌飲料的筷子，並在旅館的房間和互聯網上找到自殺的遺言。

韓國媒體指出，該國在2000年12月首次發生了通過自殺網站認識後集體自殺的事件，隨後也發生過類似的自殺事件，不過五人同時自殺的事件還是第一次。

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Thai unions demand Samak 's departure

Thailand's state sector unions have called for a nationwide strike to support anti-government protesters who are demanding the resignation of Premier Samak Sundaravej. The 200,000-strong State Enterprises Workers' Relations Confederation has announced a walk-out on Wednesday to add pressure on the prime minister. Samak has rejected calls to resign and dissolve Parliament, saying he would not let protesters force his hand. The opposition People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) have already staged six days of protests and occupied government buildings in the capital Bangkok. The conservative PAD accuses Samak of being an illegitimate proxy of ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a military coup in 2006.

India steps up flood rescue efforts

Indian authorities are intensifying their efforts to rescue over 500,000 people marooned after two weeks of flooding in the eastern state of Bihar. Medical teams are trying to prevent outbreaks of diseases in the stricken areas and helicopters are air-dropping food. The military has provided soldiers, helicopters and boats to try to rescue those who are trapped by the flooding. An estimated 3.5 million people were affected or displaced when the monsoon-swollen Kosi River breached its banks and changed its course on India's border with Nepal. Indian officals said at least 80 people were killed, but the real toll is expected to be much higher with many victims simply washed away by the flooding.

Japanese PM Fukuda resigns

Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has announced his resignation, less than a year after taking office. Fukuda told a press conference in Tokyo that a "new team" was needed to break a deadlock in parliament between his Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition. Surveys show that his coalition government's approval ratings have slumped to 29 percent, despite a cabinet reshuffle last month and an economic stimulus package unveiled last Friday. His fortunes were hurt recently by an unpopular medical reform plan that raises costs for Japan's elderly. To avoid a snap election, the LDP will need to pick a new leader and win a confidence vote in parliament. Elections are not due until September 2009.

Toll in China Quake Is Worse Than Feared

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Li Fucui, 47, cries in front of the debris of her collapsed house, which buried her brother-in-law, in Huili County, Sichuan Province.

By DAVID BARBOZA

Published: August 31, 2008

SHANGHAI — The devastation from an earthquake that struck southwestern China on Saturday is much worse than initially feared, state-run news media reported on Sunday, saying that the quake had damaged 258,000 homes and killed at least 32 people.

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Quake Rattles Chinese Province, Killing 22 (August 31, 2008)

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The earthquake, which was centered in Sichuan Province and had a magnitude of 6.1, damaged highways, reservoirs, bridges and hundreds of schools, and it forced the evacuation of more than 40,000 people in Sichuan and neighboring Yunnan Province, reported Xinhua, the state news agency. More than 230 people were reported injured.

Sichuan was devastated on May 12 by China’s worst natural disaster in over 30 years, a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people and left millions homeless, so thoroughly damaging the region that recovery efforts were expected to take years, if not decades.

Since the quake hit at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the region has suffered hundreds of aftershocks. The strongest was Sunday afternoon, when one with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1, was reported in Sichuan, but it was unclear whether there was any new damage, Chinese officials said.

Over the weekend, poor communication in the southern part of Sichuan was making it difficult for the government and news agencies to determine the scale of the damage or how many people had died.

The earthquake was centered near the city of Panzhihua, in the southern part of Sichuan, far south of the May 12 earthquake, according to the state-run news media. The China Earthquake Administration ordered an emergency response to the area after early reports of heavy damage in some places.

Sichuan is one of China’s largest provinces, and Sichuan and Yunnan are home to millions of people from ethnic minorities.

The government said that about 70,000 people in Panzhihua alone were affected by Saturday’s earthquake. And in one part of Sichuan, about 660 school buildings were destroyed.

The tremors were felt as far north as Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan, and also in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan to the south.

台灣的"入聯"，今年再度鎩羽而歸。"百日怒吼"

台灣的"入聯"，今年再度鎩羽而歸。由台灣邦交國岡比亞（台稱：甘比亞）、瑙魯（台稱：諾魯）等國代為在聯合國提出的提案，還是被退回。

爭取台灣的國際空間也是馬英九的政見之一，如今在喊出外交休兵之後，卻仍未見到兩岸在國際空間問題上有所突破。

從一方面而言，台灣年初和總統大選同時舉行的"入聯公投"就沒有過關，而今就算提出的是"有意義地參與"，算不算是另一種"入聯"呢？

實際需要

照負責推動台灣參加國際事務的主管官員-台灣外交部政務次長夏立言的說法，這次台灣想要達到的目的，絕非是挑戰中國在聯合國的地位。

在接受越洋電話採訪的時候，夏立言特別舉了當年SARS薩斯肆虐的時候，台灣有80多人死於這種疾病。

他指出，台灣不能加入相關組織，大陸又不承認現實情況，國際防疫出現漏洞，並不是大家所願意見到的。

而且，台灣無法加入限制碳氟化合物的蒙特利爾公約等等的國際規範，對台灣的對外貿易也有重大的影響。

"講求務實"

夏立言表示，2007年，民進黨執政時期曾經申請以台灣名義加入聯合國，但那是不切實際的。

他特別強調，這次提出的是加入世界衛生大會成為觀察員等等，也是世界主要國家所支持的。

夏立言指出，中國大陸時常說台灣沒資格參加"主權國家"才能加入的國際組織，但是台灣申請成為世界衛生大會觀察員卻也受到阻撓。

他說，目前六個世界衛生大會的觀察員包括了紅十字會、馬耳他騎士團、巴勒斯坦解放組織。

夏立言直言，如果這些團體能夠成為觀察員，擁有2300萬人口的台灣為何不可？

外交和兩岸

由於台灣民眾的確相當在乎台灣的國際空間，因此這次台灣由新上任的馬英九政府策劃的提案，也被看成是測試大陸是否會做出"善意回應"。

加入聯合國在台灣幾乎是全民運動

夏立言對結果不諱言感到"失望但不驚訝"。似乎台灣方面並不奇怪，"已經作了這麼多的讓步"，中國還是反對。

之前就有分析人士說，兩岸最大的障礙就在於對"國際空間"的認知上。台灣認為中國大陸對台灣根本沒有實際管轄，卻又不讓台灣與其他國家通過國際組織聯繫。

除了前述的世界衛生大會之外，還有國際刑警組織等等，而且很多國家擔心中國的反應，也不願和台灣簽署引渡協定。

這就造成了國際通緝網絡的漏洞，一位專家半開玩笑的表示"還好台灣對大陸人入境管制嚴格，不然台灣就會成為大陸貪官外逃的天堂了。"

但是中國大陸方面的確也擔心，讓台灣以任何"實體"名義加入聯合國相關組織，會給國際間造成"兩個中國"、"一中一台"的印象。

而且現在中國也知道，台灣是個民主社會，政黨輪替將會成為"正常現象"。雖然現在台上的是不激進的馬英九，但是如果現在給了，將來卻換上了偏"台獨"的政黨，那可就後悔莫迭了。

北京的壓力

中國大陸目前看來好像是寧可全面封殺也不能打開一個口子，但是據瞭解，也有一些涉台學者開始研究，其實"適度"的國際空間，反而是防堵台獨的兩方妙藥。

他們的看法是，以最近閉幕的奧運為例，台灣當年從"中華民國"退到了"中華台北"、再對照現在馬英九政府的做法，似乎台灣也不是那麼沒有彈性。

相反地，台灣的可接納範圍似乎還相當寬廣。只要前面沒有"中國"，大概問題就不大。學者們認為，也許可以在雙方可接納範圍中尋求交集、從而取得解決的辦法。

而且馬英九上台之後，這種迫切性其實也越來越大。因為中國大陸當局也清楚，雖然馬英九"不搞台獨"只是"有生之年可能見不到統一"，但持續壓縮台灣的國際空間，以強壓的方式迫使台灣屈服，只會使台灣反彈。

到了那個時候，連馬英九都反彈了的話，那麼中國大陸當局連對內都很難交待、更如何解釋"體念台灣同胞的需要"。

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馬英九就職百日　民眾示威抗議

BBC中文部台北特約記者 林楠森

馬英九執政百日對內對外政策引發抗議

在台灣總統馬英九就職剛滿百日之際，大批台灣民眾周六（8月30日）在總統府前舉行示威，抗議經濟政見跳票以及其對北京的立場。

這場名為"百日怒吼"的活動，提出了"顧肚子，護主權，要陽光"的訴求，群眾在台北市兵分兩路遊行，最後集中在總統府前示威，活動在晚間和平落幕。

抗議活動提出的顧肚子要求政府退稅，穩定物價﹔護主權則求要堅持主權，保護台灣，要陽光指的則是希望通過陽光法案，達到政治清明。

以現場情況來看，在總統府前廣場擠滿人群後，還不斷地有遊行群眾陸續抵達加入，組織示威的台灣社表示參與的民眾超過十萬人，不過警方說只有四萬人參加。

兩岸為抗議焦點

這些民眾抗議馬英九的政見跳票，物價飛漲與股市暴跌等經濟議題，但在活動上看到更多的，是對國民黨政府的兩岸政策表達不滿。

抗議者對台灣的經濟現狀不滿

許多抗議群眾以自製的標語表達訴求，從這些標語上看他們擔心馬英九倒向北京，也有民眾認為馬英九的"外交休兵"是向北京投降。

雖然馬英九提出以參與聯合國附隨組織取代加入聯合國，但北京本周再度表達反對，這也是人群中抗議的議題之一。

民進黨包括黨主席蔡英文在內的許多人士也全程參加遊行﹔蔡英文說，馬英九政府執政百日的成績不理由，否則不會有這麼多人走上街頭，馬政府應該要加緊努力，把遊行民眾的心聲聽進去。

她同時表示將會帶給人們更好的民進黨，更民主，更陽光的台灣，以達到大家的要求。

包括蔡英文與活動組織者此前都擔心，針對前總統陳水扁的"挺扁"或"倒扁"，會轉移抗議活動的焦點，但除少數人舉出挺扁標語外，多數群眾把焦點放在檢討馬英九上。

國民黨反擊

國民黨對示威活動提出反擊﹔該黨文傳會主委李建榮說，在遊行過程中部份演說者在沒有證據情況下誣指馬英九出賣台灣，令人遺憾。

他並說，遊行中提出經濟的訴求，但過去八年是誰讓台灣經濟倒下去？

國民黨副秘書長張榮恭則說，民進黨對馬英九的大陸政策搬出主權作文章，是其心態見不得兩岸走向和平共榮。

總統馬英九則通過發言人表示，他對830遊行和平落幕感到欣慰，總統府尊重民眾表達意見的權利。

他同時還說，政府的政策大方向正確，執政團隊在施政時須更加努力，以因應全球經濟環境變化與台灣人民期待。