The Problem With Meaning
 
David Brooks, International New York Times , JAN. 5, 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/opinion/david-brooks-the-problem-with-meaning.html


史丹佛傑出校友說：
「我們成長後發現重要的不是知識和技術，而是學到如何避免自我摧毀，如何處理壓力。我們也學到自憐或不滿是最毒的毒藥，我們發現：社會重視聰明才智，但是社會犒賞的是我們的個性。我們也學到：無論如何努力，終有人不喜歡你。
這個教訓開始我們很難接受，但是後來反而讓我們寬心了。」
 
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 An Aging Europe in Decline
 
Arthur C. Brooks, International New York Times , JAN. 6, 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/opinion/an-aging-europes-decline.html
 
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 The Western Model Is Broken

Pankaj Mishra, Guardian , OCT 14, 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/14/-sp-western-model-broken-pankaj-mishra

“The Western Model Is Broken”
Pankaj Mishra, Guardian October 14, 2014
“西方模式喪失塑造世界力量
印度知名作家潘卡杰˙米什拉文章”
參考消息  2014年10月20日
 
 
-“過去歐洲沒有一個國家，是在民主的政體下，像今天的中國和印度一般快速發展它的經濟。當歐洲開始工業化的時候，當煙囪在郊外快速林立的時候，當更多的橋樑和鐵路在建造的時候，歐洲沒有國家同時享有個人自由、公民普遍的投票權、和議會制度。”
 
“No European country”, Raymond Aron pointed out, “ever went through the phase of economic development which India and China are now experiencing, under a regime that was representative and democratic.” Nowhere in Europe, he wrote in The Opium of Intellectuals, “during the long years when industrial populations were growing rapidly, factory chimneys looming up over the suburbs and railways and bridges being constructed, were personal liberties, universal suffrage and the parliamentary system combined”.
 
-在1945年之後，新加坡、台灣、馬來西亞、和南韓的經驗告訴我們：蓬勃的資本主義經濟需要配上限制的民主才行得通。
 
“Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and South Korea went on to show, after 1945, that a flourishing capitalist economy always was compatible with the denial of democratic rights.”
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 How Obama’s Undercover Statecraft Secured Three Major Accords

MARK LANDLER, International New York Times ,  DEC. 19, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/19/us/mastering-the-art-of-secret-negotiations.html?_r=0


 
歐巴馬最近三個外交突破的運作原則:
1.小: 2-3人談判隊伍
2.外：不屬於外交部官僚系統
3.嚴:守口如瓶
4.緊: 總統貼身人直接指揮
5.耐: 早開始、有耐心 (從緬甸突破就開始培養隊伍。北京最後一刻才答應)
請與失敗的馬習會運作(單方面大張旗鼓的要求)對比。
 
 林中斌 2014.12.30

 
Five principles underlined Obama's recent diplomatic breakthroughs(Cuba, Iran, China):
 1. a small team (two at most three trustworthy negotiators)
 2.outside of the bureaucracy: bypassing the State Department
 3. strict discipline (no leaks)
 4.tight control by the White House
 5. early start and patience (all started with Myanmar)
 
Contrast this with the failed, fanfare, one-sided operation under Presient Ma to meet with President Xi.
 
 Chong-Pin Lin December 30, 2014
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 命運的突破
 
  

 

  • "兵部官政，數由前定。.......
  • 借問陽年何日止，七旬加二是歸期。其人數盡，定在十月。"
  • 我九歲時，先父在香港花重金，為全家各位獲批"鐵板神算"。
  • 我的部份最準的是 "兵部官政，數由前定。"其他各項大致不差。但也有離譜的，尤其是妻女部份完全不對。事實上，超遲的婚姻，和超完美的妻子，完全打破原先格局。
  •  
  • 十多年前，一位修行有得的中學好友，善意告知我將壽盡於七十一、二。
  • 之後他授我某法，我十多年感恩奉行不輟，同時並進其他內心的工程。
  • 今年陽曆12月21日，上上星期天，是72歲陰曆10月最後一天。
  • 特此敬告諸位好友，限期已過。
  • 某位高人不久前對我說過，60歲後人生，已不照原來命盤推進。今生所為，已逐漸發揮作用。
  • 人生心得，不敢獨享，敬請好友們卓參。
  • More than 10 years ago, a Buddhist friend told me that my life would end around 71 or 72. When I was nine, my dad spent much money to get my fortune told and written down. It said that this boy would be called back "home" in the 10th moon of his 72nd year.
  • That date was crossed on December 20.
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 哥本哈根 Copenhagen August 2014
 
http://album.blog.yam.com/CPLin&folder=10554422

一度是海上霸權的丹麥，其首都如今是充滿鮮活彩色、童話想像、父親育嬰特色的旅遊色聖地。
 
The once dominating Scandinavian naval power has left for us in its capital attractions for tourists：happy colors, fairy-tale atmosphere, spacious parks, rich collections of art work, and exemplifying fatherly childcare.
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 香花 Incense Flowers
December 31, 2014

 
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 An Uneasy Path Abroad
 
Ian Bremmer, Times,  JAN. 15, 2015
 
http://time.com/3639408/ian-bremmer-uneasy-path/
 
Ian Bremmer , president of Eurasia Group makes the following points:
 
 
1. In foreign policy , American power is on the wane amidst the “de-Americanization of the international system”
2. Japan now knows that Washinton is less likely to intervene in its security disputes(Senkakus/Diaoyus)
3. In 2015 , the U.S. Export-Import Bank of 80 years will be ended.
4. China’s state-owned companies are working more effectively.
5. In 2012, the U.S. was the largest trade partner for 76 countries , and China was the lead partner for 124.
 
 
ChongPin Lin Dec.26, 2014

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 Climate Strange
Forget global warming-and get ready for global weirding
 
Bryan Walsh, Times,  JAN. 15, 2015
 
http://time.com/3643801/climate-strange/
  In 2014 much of the eastern half of the U.S. was gripped by cold so extreme that 91% of the Great Lakes was frozen by the beginning of March, the second largest extent of ice in more than 40 years.
  Throughout the contiguous U.S., average temperatures for the winter were 1°F below the 20th century average. Yet the West was comparatively hot, and California had its warmest winter on record.
 
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 兩岸龍觀點受訪錄音檔
2014.12.19
 
旺報社長黃清龍訪問林中斌於12月19日播出
林中斌 2014年10月3日


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