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中國對佤邦聯合軍的先招後剿這招很水滸傳啊~

"The Wa Self-Administered Division, located along China’s southwestern border, is of particular interest to China, in part because Beijing has so much leverage over it. The area is home to the ethnic minority Wa people, who claim the territory as their ancestral home. China has been the group’s main benefactor for decades; historians say they helped the Chinese Communist Party flush out enemies who fled across the border in the 1950s and ’60s. The area later became a major economic gateway to resource-rich Myanmar.

Independent researchers say its de facto leadership, the United Wa State Army, commands a force of more than 20,000 people armed with modern Chinese equipment such as portable surface-to-air missiles and armored vehicles."

wsj.com/world/asia/china-unlea

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地緣政治讓中國電池廠商落腳匈牙利與摩洛哥以避開歐盟貿易限制:

"Hungary, in particular, is a popular destination. CATL plans to spend the equivalent of $7.7 billion in the country to build what could be the continent’s largest battery plant. Hungary is one of the friendlier countries to China in the EU bloc, and offers relatively low labor costs.

Morocco, which has free-trade agreements with both the EU and the U.S., is another likely beneficiary. Gotion has signed an agreement with the government to look into setting up a battery plant there with an eventual planned investment of $6.4 billion. China’s miner Huayou will build plants there for refining lithium and making cathode materials with Korea’s LG Chem
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wsj.com/world/asia/it-may-be-t

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阿曼你認真的嗎X2

"中國若在阿曼建基地,無疑等同挑戰美國,因駐紮這個區域的多支部隊都由美軍中央司令部負責監督,包括科威特、巴林、卡達、沙烏地阿拉伯和阿拉伯聯合大公國。

根據「美國安全計畫」(American Security Project),阿曼1980年與美國簽訂協議,是第一個與華府建立軍事夥伴關係的波灣國家。

除此之外,阿曼地理位置接近荷莫茲海峽(Strait of Hormuz)。荷莫茲海峽是運送石油和天然氣的關鍵航線,每當與伊朗的緊張局勢加劇,這個海峽就會成為焦點。"

cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202311083

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咦? 中國金融系統上月月底居然發生這種穿透瑞士乳酪風險事件嗎?

"路透社報導,今年10月31日時,中國銀行體系在月末對現金的例行需求,如滾雪球般地發展成爭奪戰,在某些情況下,短期融資利率被推高至50%。目前官方正在調查這起事件。

報導引述多名知情的市場人士指出,多個因素同時發生,造成這個事件,包含「經常性的月末流動性需求」、「大規模政府債券拋售之前需要準備的現金」,以及「為了避免人民幣貶值,各大銀行被命令不得大張旗鼓地放貸」。"

cna.com.tw/news/acn/2023110702

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日本簽RAA的跨洋島嶼盟軍效應正顯現:

"日本駐英國大使館10月下旬表示,英日RAA於10月15日生效;11月15至26日在日本舉行的「警戒島嶼」軍演將是英日RAA的第一個應用案例。

大使館指出,今年的「警戒島嶼」軍演目標包括增進陸上自衛隊的作戰能力以及與英國陸軍的相互理解和信任。軍演內容將以島嶼防衛為基礎,將日本和英國的地理環境特性納入考量。

這將是英日第4次在日本境內舉行「警戒島嶼」雙邊軍演,預計將是歷來規模最大的一次。"

cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202311080

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商業港口的戰略運用一直被忽略:

"中國約95%的國際貿易途經海路,截至今年9月,中國與66個國家和地區簽署70份雙邊和區域海運協定,航線與服務網絡涵蓋全球各主要國家和地區。"

"報告指出,西方嚴密檢視可能意味建設海軍基地並非北京在全球投射力量的有效方式,重點反而是中國大舉投資世界上連結最緊密的繁忙港口,對全球貿易供應鏈深具影響力。中國面對西方的真正優勢不必然是建造更新、更大的海軍基地,而是藉投資、經營海外港口掌握全球物流命脈。"

cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202311080

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嘆氣: 三戰又解鎖一個....

"美聯社報導,北約(NATO)簽署國現在正式凍結對此一條約的參與。

北約的31個盟國大部分都已簽署「歐洲常規武裝力量條約」(Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe,簡稱CFE條約)。這項條約於1990年11月簽署,直到2年後才獲全面批准,目的在避免冷戰敵對方、即北約和華沙公約組織(Warsaw Pact)在對方的邊境附近集結軍隊。

北約指出,「盟國各方恪遵條約,俄羅斯卻不再遵守,這種狀況無法持續下去」,因此採取行動應對。

俄羅斯外交部今天稍早宣布,莫斯科已完成退出CFE條約的程序"

cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202311070

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很多人應該會懷念最後那波繁榮光景吧....

"From 2019 to 2022, Western banks played a big role in a flurry of so-called “homecoming listings” of Alibaba and other tech companies that also sold shares in Hong Kong. They also helped dozens of Chinese banks, property developers, manufacturers and retailers sell more than $700 billion worth of U.S. dollar corporate bonds over the past five years. "

wsj.com/finance/china-deal-slu

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等待到貨期間先把國內的匪諜清一清吧!

"卡托研究所指出,彙整數據後顯示美國積欠對台軍售的總金額達191億7000萬美元(約新台幣6172億),可概分為傳統裝備(63.2%)、不對稱裝備(22%)、彈藥(14.8%)3大類。"

cna.com.tw/news/aipl/202311070

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山東艦以練代訓的方式來累積作戰實力:

"日本防衛省六日進一步指出,山東艦十月廿八日至十一月五日的九天期間,在太平洋、日本宮古群島和菲律賓東部海域,完成約四二○架次戰機起降和一五○架次直升機起降的訓練後已駛向南海。"

news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/pap

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中國特色的放款:

"AidData表示,中國管理還款風險的1種方式,是透過銀行控制外幣現金託管帳戶,這讓中國債務能優先被解決,這也代表著包括多邊開發銀行在內的其他貸款機構,在任何協調債務減免的過程,可能被列為第2順位。

AidData揭露,主要在非洲的15個國家託管帳戶,在2023年6月達到高峰,總額25億美元(約新台幣806.1億元)。調查也發現,價值6140億美元(約新台幣19.7兆元)的抵押貸款,而現金是中國貸方所需抵押品的主要來源,這表明託管帳戶當中的金額可能遠高於25億美元(約新台幣806.1億元)。

另外,中國海外貸款的目的地也出現變化,對非洲貸款,從2018年佔總額的31%,到2021年降至12%,對歐洲國家的貸款則幾乎翻倍,達到23%。"

ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breaking

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隨著中國一帶一路規模與風險擴大,其貸款性質也隨之變化:

"The International Monetary Fund says in a separate report focused specifically on sub-Saharan Africa that the poor region has benefited from ties to China through a quadrupling of exports since 2000, mostly in the form of raw materials. In turn, the IMF said China has become the largest bilateral official creditor to the region as it emerged as a new source of infrastructure funding, but that the debt is highly concentrated in just a few nations. “It is noteworthy that the debt owed to China has not been the principal contributor to the region’s public debt surge in the past 15 years,” an increase primarily due to domestic commercial borrowing, the IMF said.

國際貨幣基金組織(International Monetary Fund, IMF)在另一份專門針對撒哈拉以南非洲的報告中稱,該貧困地區從與中國的關係中受益,自2000年以來,對中國的出口額翻了兩番,其中大部分是原材料;而隨著中國成為該地區基礎設施資金的新來源地,該國已成為這一地區最大的雙邊官方債權人,但這些債務高度集中在少數幾個國家。IMF表示,值得注意的是,欠中國的債務並不是過去15年該地區公共債務激增的主要原因,債務增加主要是國內商業借貸導致的。"

cn.wsj.com/articles/%E4%B8%AD%

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"吳治達說,台灣鄉村自殺率高於都會區,但鄉村民眾擁有綠地數量可能比都市的人多,影響自殺率不同因素就必需校正。

統計顯示,綠地面積愈大、綠地邊緣形狀較簡單、綠地間距離較近或聯通,對減少不同鄉鎮自殺風險有顯著效果;平均綠地每增加1%面積,自殺率就能下降0.2%,例如某一地區10年自殺死亡1000人,綠地增加1%,死亡人數可降為998人。"

cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202311070

BBC這篇幫忙清點台灣國防病灶:

“The list of problems is long. Taiwan's army has hundreds of ageing battle tanks, but too few modern, light missile systems. Its army command structure, tactics and doctrine haven't been updated in half a century. Many front-line units have only 60% of the manpower they should have.
Taiwan's counter-intelligence operations in China are reportedly non-existent and its military conscription system is broken.”

bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-6728

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日本卅年來固樁越南累積規模也是蠻驚人的:

“越南今年5月和日本簽署3個政府開發援助計畫,總額約5億美元。日本是越南最大的政府開發援助提供國,自1992年起已經為越南提供約216億美元的政府開發援助貸款與技術協助等。”

cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202311060

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"Menopause could represent a time when women feel maximum control of our bodies, free at last from the risk of being forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy. And yet for many women, menopause becomes a new struggle to control our bodies, not because of legislation or religion but because of a lack of knowledge on our part, and also on the part of our doctors. Menopause presents not just a new stage of life but also a state of confusion. At a time when we have the right to feel seasoned, women are thrust into the role of newbie, or worse, medical detective, in charge of solving our own problems.

女性本應在更年期感覺到對自己的身體有了最大的控制權,我們至少終於可以擺脫被迫意外懷孕的風險了。然而,對許多女性來說,更年期成為了一場新的控制我們身體的鬥爭,這不是因為立法或宗教,而是因為我們和醫生都缺乏相關知識。更年期不僅是人生的一個新階段,也是一種困惑的狀態。在我們有權感到自己經驗豐富的時候,女性卻被迫成為了一個新手,更糟的是還要承擔起一個醫學偵探的角色,負責解決我們自己的問題。"

cn.nytimes.com/health/20231106

繼歸還文物之後,澳洲破冰暖心之舉第二回:

"Australia, in turn, recently announced that — after a lengthy security review — it would not cancel a Chinese company’s 99-year lease of the northern port of Darwin.

反過來澳洲也在最近宣布,經過長時間的安全審查後,將不會取消一家中國公司對澳洲北部的達爾文港長達99年租約。"

cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20

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看來中國繼續砸錢做半導體產業鏈的大方向沒有變:

"Before the pandemic, China’s banks were increasing their lending to real estate by more than $700 billion a year. In the 12 months through September, the total loans outstanding to real estate fell slightly. Banks lent less to developers, and households paid off old mortgages while taking out fewer new ones.

By comparison, net lending to industrial companies skyrocketed from $63 billion in the first nine months of 2019 to $680 billion in the first nine months of this year. That money has gone partly toward building a semiconductor industry that may allow China to wean itself from imports and bypass American export controls, as well as toward categories like electric car manufacturing and shipbuilding."

nytimes.com/2023/11/06/busines

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日本對於兩強聯航頻率拉高保持警戒:

"日本警戒監視由2006年成立的統合幕僚監部(類似國防部參謀本部)負責指揮,並針對航行在津輕海峽、對馬海峽及沖繩本島與宮古島間等海上要衝的外國艦艇公布動向。

統合幕僚監部2007年首度公布外國艦艇動向,當年僅有兩件;到了2022年全年共公布131件,今年截至11月5日止也已公布112件。"

cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202311060

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