變調的自由是最殘忍的兇暴

   
    幫華盛頓打美國獨立戰爭的拉法葉(本身是世襲的侯爵貴族),看到自己法國君王無道、國政敗壞、商人貪婪、貧富不均、民不聊生,於1779年回國支持革命。

    1789714日,他率軍高舉自己設計的紅藍白旗幟(後成法國國旗),攻破巴斯底監獄。716日,人民攻入凡爾賽宮,他極力保護國王及皇后。他說: “我們要改革,不是要革命。如果改得太快,人民沒有時間去深思熟慮前面路該如何走。

    但是國王出賣他,私下聯絡普魯士攻打法國。他率軍扭轉局勢,轉敗為勝。然而革命黨人懷疑他保皇,派刑警隊抓人。他前有敵軍,後有追兵。不願殺自己同胞,他於1792819日深夜,放下指揮刀,衝向戰場投降敵軍。他拒絕普魯士王要求,為普軍打仗,寧願入監。

    革命黨逮捕他的夫人及家人。巴黎議會下令砍掉她母親的頭、祖母的頭、叔叔的頭、姨媽的頭,將她的三個孩子逐入街頭、淪為乞丐;他夫人娜伊麗斯一邊流淚、一邊堅持丈夫沒有變節叛國。

    法國大革命時,那些偉大的思想家迫害別人時,也比一般人更狠毒。這時美國政府出面,在駐法大使門羅(Monroe)的幫助下,拉法葉的妻子才被放出來。出獄時,整個家族只剩下一個老僕人,所有人都上了斷頭台。

 

感謝台大農工系張文亮教授的啟發。請參閱

張文亮,《法政捍衛者的憂傷和榮耀》(台北:校園書房出版社, 2001年第二版)5-22

http://www.campus.org.tw/public/cm/cm02/9801-8.html

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      This was originally a piece in Chinese based on my interview entitled “解讀習近平新政” published in the January 23, 2014 issue of Commonwealth (天下雜誌). Professor Kerry Brown, Director of the China Study Center at Sidney University, invited me to let it be translated and published in English on the University website.  As I was going through the translation manuscript, I decided to re-write it myself. The end product takes a new title, contains further elaborations, and includes subsequent observations of three more months.
                                                                       Chong-Pin Lin April 22, 2014
 
 
Xi Jinping’s bold policies and political capital
Written by Chong-Pin Lin
Sidney University China Study Center
Posted April 22, 2014
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http://www.chinastudiescentre.com.au/politics/xi-jinpings-bold-policies-and-political-capital-written-by-chong-pin-lin-and-translated-by-sam-hall/  accessed April 22, 2014


Why has Xi Jinping boldly launched 60 items of reforms and relentlessly campaigned against corruption? The answer may lie in his abundant political capital that surpasses all of his predecessors’ in the six-decade history of the People’s Republic of China.
 

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Struggle Without Breaking: Behind the rising East Asian maritime tension
Dr Chong-Pin Lin, Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Institute of Strategic Studies at Taiwans National Defense University
 
 


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 Struggle Without Breaking: Behind the rising East Asian maritime tension
Dr Chong-Pin Lin, Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Institute of Strategic Studies at Taiwans National Defense University

 
這是20135月在澳洲雪梨大學的演講錄音。題目是"鬥而不破:東亞海域緊張升高後的真相"。敬請賜教。

This is my talk for Sydney Idea series at Sydney University in May 2013, on which your enlightening comments are solicited and most welcome:

http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2013/dr_chong_pin_lin.shtml

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 Deciphering The East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone
11 April 2014 by Chong-Pin Lin
 
這是澳洲雪梨大學網站上貼的中文拙作"東海防空識別區解碼"(聯合報2014年1月13日)的英文翻譯,敬請賜正。
 
My article "Deciphering the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone" posted on Sydney University website:

http://www.chinastudiescentre.com.au/securitydefence/deciphering-the-east-china-sea-air-defense-identification-zone/

 

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 Behind Beijing’s East Asian maritime assertiveness
24 July 2013 by Chong-Pin Lin

 
這是澳洲雪梨大學網站上貼的拙作英文翻譯,敬請賜正。此文更早貼在英國諾丁漢大學中國政策研究所,時為2013年3月21日。

My article "Behind Beijing' s East Asian maritime assertiveness", originally posted on Nottingham University China Policy Institute website on March 21, 2013,  has been reposted on Sydney University website:

http://www.chinastudiescentre.com.au/securitydefence/behind-beijings-east-asian-maritime-assertiveness/

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 心靈:民主的救藥
林中斌 聯合報 2014.04.17

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Is this the new-age future of mankind?
                     Chong-Pin Lin April 7, 2014
The rise of anti-capitalism
Jeremy Rifkin
International New York Times     March 18, 2014

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