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Pope on Jet, Ranges from Iraq to China to Retirement

Elizabeta Popoledo  August 20, 2014
 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/world/europe/pope-francis-flights-yield-candid-conversations.html

教宗在從南韓返回的飛機上接受訪問。
教宗說他經常為美麗而高尚的中國人民祈禱，一個智慧的民族。教宗想去中國嗎? "當然! 明天!”
被問到他如此受歡迎，如何面對? 他說，他經常在冥想自己的罪惡和錯誤。“因為，我知道這(受歡迎的狀況)只有短暫的時光，頂多二至三年，然後就要去天父的大門報到了。”

林中斌 2014年8月28日
 

"The pope said he had "prayed a lot for the beautiful and noble Chinese people, a wise people"....Did the pope  hope to go to China? "For sure! Tomorrow!"
Asked how he coped with his overwhelming popularity, the pope responded that he often meditated on his sins and mistakes. "Because I know this will last a short time, two or three years, and then to the house of the Father".
 

Chong-Pin Lin  August 28, 2014

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A Chinese Gold Standard?

Kwasi Kwarteng  JULY 24, 2014

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/25/opinion/a-chinese-gold-standard-renminbi.html

 

這是一篇配合歷史軌道背景，所做的前瞻性的評論。值得重視。作者是英國國會議員，應該沒有為北京做宣傳的動機。

林中斌 2014年8月1日

 
This is a farsighted view on how China may replace the U.S. as the new economic leader of the world by implementing a Chinese gold standard, just as how the U.S. replaced Britain’s global economic leadership in the 20th century. The author, being a British parliamentarian, expresses a favorable view of China’s future which should be above criticism for being China’s propaganda.

Chong-Pin Lin  August 1, 2014

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No Time to Think
KATE MURPHY  JULY 25, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/sunday-review/no-time-to-think.html

現代人窮忙、瞎忙因為害怕自己面對自己。但是付出代價不小：喪失創意、喪失同理心、喪失真正的快樂。
林中斌 2014年8月1日
 
People in modern society keep themselves unnecessarily “super busy”, “crazy busy”, and “insanely busy” in order to avoid facing themselves in quietness, because they are afraid. The price they pay for this is high: loss of creativity, loss of empathy, and loss of genuine joy.
 

Chong-Pin Lin  August 2, 2014
 

 

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An Idiot’s Guide to Inequality
Nicholas Kristof  JULY 23, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/opinion/nicholas-kristof-idiots-guide-to-inequality-piketty-capital.html

法國經濟學家Thomas Piketty劃時代的巨作《廿一世紀的資本》是頭號暢銷書。全書共685頁，一般人看完26頁便擱下了。作者紀思道為我們消化厚書，簡化成五個重點，以節省我們的時間。

林中斌 2014年8月1日

 
Few people have time to read through the 685 pages of Thomas Piketty’s best seller，”Capital in the 21st Century”. Nicholas Kristof did it for us and summarized the whole book into five main themes to save us time.

Chong-Pin Lin  August 1, 2014

 

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FutureChina Global Forum 2014

http://album.blog.yam.com/show.php?a=CPLin&f=10448903&i=26385876&p=2

 

FutureChina Global Forum 2014 was held at Shangri-la Hotel, Singapore, July 17-18. I spoke in the Closing Plenary, gave interviews to 焦點(Singaporean TV)、聯合早報(Singaprean newspaper)、and 財新(from Beiing), and had dinner with high school classmate Albert Yen, his wife Grace, and my special assistant Eli Huang(黃引珊).

                                                                                 Chong-Pin Lin   July 25, 2014

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Japan’s Break with Peace
Norihiro Kato   New York Times  July 17, 2014

英文 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/opinion/norihiro-kato-japans-break-with-peace.html
 中文 http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20140718/c18kato/zh-hant/

 

早稻田大學榮譽教授加藤典洋，批評安倍偏向軍國路線的政策，引起地區不穩定。加藤教授清楚的解釋，安倍繞過國會和人民公投，以內閣決議方式修改了憲法第9條。從此可以對外用兵。 多數日本人民雖然反對軍國路線，但支持安倍政府! 加藤教授比喻1914年的英、德、法三國(大國、崛起國、沒落國)很像2014年的美、中、日。此篇英文及中文版皆附於下。
                                          林中斌  20014年7月25日
 
Professor Kato of Waseda University criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for circumventing the Parliament to “gut” the Artcile 9 “peace clause” in the Constitution. He observed that a majority of Japanese people opposed Abe’s militarist policy but supported Abe administration. He made an astute comparison between 1914 and 2014. Then, England, Germany, and France were the great power, the rising power, and the fading power respectively. Today, a parallel is seen in the U.S., China, and Japan.
                                                                          Chong-Pin Lin July 25, 2014
 

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 吳稼祥剖析當前令人詭異的中國形勢
宋建沖編發  中國公務員理財  2014-07-19

 

這是一篇深入地觀察。作者立場開明，但表達方式講求技巧，點到為止。文中訊息豐富，值得推敲。
 
我的感言：胡耀邦的悲劇是只有改革的矛 (“旗幟鮮明”)，沒有防身的盾 (“只做半個領袖，自己成了反對派”)。習切記在心，絕不重蹈覆測。中共宣傳機構(劉雲山)並非習的人馬(“做全黨領袖必須平衡，不要做半個領袖”)。要了解習真正的想法?(“要聽習的聲音可以有一個管道：中央黨校學習時報。政治資訊要從多角度去判斷。”)
 
習的頭五年，吏治；後五年，民主。跡象已開始："安徽銅陵又開始基層選舉試點了，做海選，效果非常好，沒有一點混亂"
                                             林中斌 2004年7月25日
 

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民眾政黨立場傾向追蹤分析
遠見民調

台灣中間選民比例達新高。遠見民調最新結果。國民黨跌至新低，但仍然高於民進黨。

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Everything you need to know about UFOs
The Economist  Jun 28th 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21605918-everything-you-need-know-about-ufos-0

7月2日是UFO日,紀念1947 Roswell 事件。這是經濟學人剛公布的UFO sightings 的統計。17:00-23:00 最多。

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 起飛時著火 美F35全面停飛
【聯合報╱編譯陳世欽／報導】2014.07.05

http://udn.com/NEWS/WORLD/WOR6/8784619.shtml

個人去年3月曾寫短文 “美35全能戰機或敗家驕子” http://blog.yam.com/CPLin/article/60647064 敬請指教。

林中斌  2014年7月11日

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 Porsches, Potholes and Patriots
Nicholas Kristof  JULY 2, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/03/opinion/nicholas-kristof-porsches-potholes-and-patriots.html

如果你有錢買高級車，但是路面坑坑窪窪，沒用!
紀思道此篇以生動的個案點出美國目前社會的困境。

林中斌  2014年7月11日

 
What is the use of buying a Porsche just to ruin it on neighborhood streets full of potholes? Nicholas Kristof skillfully depict the broad dilemma the U.S. is in with an anecdote.

Chong-Pin Lin    July 11, 2014

 
 

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 Our Moral Tongue
BOAZ KEYSAR and ALBERT COSTA  JUNE 20, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/opinion/sunday/moral-judgments-depend-on-what-language-we-are-speaking.html

 

殺一人可救五人性命，你幹不幹？專家發現：我們聽懂得的外語時，反應比較理性。我們聽母語時，反應比較感性。

林中斌  2014年7月11日

 
Killing one person can save the lives of five. Would you do it? Experts have found that we are more rational when responding to a question delivered in a foreign language we understand while we are more sentimental when responding to a question asked in our mother tongue.

Chong-Pin Lin   July 11, 2014
 

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 The Next Act of the Neocons
By JACOB HEILBRUNN  JULY 5, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/opinion/sunday/are-neocons-getting-ready-to-ally-with-hillary-clinton.html

有趣的是：曾經支持共和黨小布希打伊拉克的美國的新保守主義人士，現在滑向民主黨最可能的下屆總統候選人，希拉蕊‧柯林頓。

林中斌  2014年7月11日

 

The neocons that used to support Republican president G.W. Bush launching wars against Afghanistan and Iraq are now shifting toward supporting Hillary Clinton, the most likely next presidential candidate for the Democrats.

Chong-Pin Lin  July 11, 2014
 

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Obama’s Weakness, or Ours?
By Nicholas Kristof  JUNE 25, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/opinion/nicholas-kristof-obamas-weakness-or-ours.html

這篇論點挑戰當前流行的看法：歐巴馬外交極糟糕。作者所說不無道理。

林中斌   2014年7月4日

This oped argues against the currently popular view that Obama’s foreign policy is a failure.

Chong-Pin Lin July 4, 2014 

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Inequality Is Not Inevitable

By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ June 27, 2014 6:16 pm

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/inequality-is-not-inevitable/

 

這篇是諾貝爾經濟得主批判當前美國以及大多數資本主義/民主國家所面臨的社會不公平的問題：貧富不均、官商勾結等。他所說的道理清晰，論述有力，文字優雅。

林中斌   2014年7月4日

This article written by Nobel laureate in economics is the best I have read on the social woes faced by America and most other capitalist-democracies，such as dismally widening inequality and unsavory businessman-politician networking.  The argument is poignant, the logic clear, and the style elegant.

Chong-Pin Lin  July 4, 2014
 

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If Franz Ferdinand Had Lived
By SIMON WINDER JUNE 27, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/opinion/if-franz-ferdinand-had-lived.html

 

這短短一篇文字生動的描寫1914年歐洲的政治環境，探討有名的 “暗殺”案帶來的影響，帶了些點懷舊的風味，點出歷史的反諷。

林中斌   2014年7月4日

This short piece captures so well the socio-political environment of Europe in 1914 and explores the historical impact and irony of “the assassination” with nostalgia.

Chong-Pin Lin   July 4, 2014
 

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 Follow the Money, China-style 
Yu Hua
New York Times, MAY 12,2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/opinion/follow-the-money-china-style.html

 
在中國，人民幣從2005年便升值，但是老百姓覺得人民幣可買的東西沒增加，反而更少了。為什麼? 因為大量的人民幣並未在市面流通，它們被貪腐官員私藏了。

                                                  林中斌  2014年5月12日

Why has large-scale monetary inflation failed to trigger price inflation in China? The money is stowed away by corrupt officials!
                                              
                                                                                        Chong-Pin Lin 12 May 2014

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  Abe and the Fourth Estateet
Norihiro Kato 
New York Times, June 13,2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/13/opinion/kato-abe-and-the-fourth-estate.html

 
日相安倍比所有前任都更重視與媒體的關係。這也許是他支持度居高不下的原因之一。
                                                  林中斌  2014年6月13日
Japanese prime minister has spent more time dining with Japanese media leaders. That may just be one of the key reasons why his popularity has remained high.
                                              
                                                                                         Chong-Pin Lin 13 June 2014

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 Always Hungry? Here's Why
David S. Ludwig, Mark l.
The New York Times MAY 20, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/opinion/sunday/always-hungry-heres-why.html?_r=0

數十年來大家節食減肥都無效。該從錯誤觀念醒過來了。未精煉的碳水化合物，如五穀米、全麥麵包、堅果，使你有吃飽的感覺，是好東西。精煉的碳水化合物，如糯米、細麵，白麵包，容易吸收，使你容易餓。但是完全不吃任何飯和麵包，更容易餓，也更容易使你大吃而發胖。
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　                                                            林中斌   2014年5月20日
Over decades of trying to lose weight by fasting with no avail, people should wake up from their erroneous conception that carbohydrates are bad. The truth is that unprocessed/natural form of carbohydrates such as brown rice and whole wheat bread is good while processed/refined carbohydrates keep you hungry, eat more, and become obese.
                                           
                                                                                                     Chong-Pin Lin    May 20, 2014

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