[新聞] 《經濟學人》親中政客在台灣被羞辱
1.媒體來源:The Economist
2.記者署名:The Economist
3.完整新聞標題:
Han’s down
A China-friendly politician is humiliated in Taiwan
親中政客在台灣被羞辱
Events in Hong Kong have made voters wary of anything that smacks of closer
ties
在香港發生的事讓選民害怕任何親中事物
4.完整新聞內文:
https://imgur.com/lByVWHZ
Jun 13th 2020
TAIPEI
“Kaohsiung people are writing their own history” and “God bless Taiwan”
read the yellow bandannas worn by many in the crowd that had gathered in the
southern port city of Kaohsiung on June 6th, to wait for the results of a
vote to recall their China-friendly mayor, Han Kuo-yu (pictured). On hearing
that he would be sacked, they burst into loud applause.
6月6號這天，在台灣南部的海港城市高雄，許多配戴香蕉黃色頭巾的民眾一邊吶喊著「高
雄人民正在創造自己的歷史、天佑台灣」口號，一邊等待著罷免他們親中市長韓國瑜的投
票結果，一聽到即將通過門檻，群眾熱烈鼓掌。
Almost 1m residents, 97% of those who went to the polls, voted against the
mayor, the first recall of a senior politician in Taiwan’s history. Mr Han
was once the golden boy of the opposition Kuomintang (kmt), having wrested
control of Kaohsiung from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (dpp) in
2018 for the first time in a generation. Encouraged by his strong showing in
a dpp stronghold, the kmt chose him as its candidate to take on Tsai Ing-wen,
the incumbent, in January’s presidential poll. Many expected the folksy Mr
Han to defeat the dour Ms Tsai. Instead, the would-be toppler has himself
been toppled.
將近100萬市民參與投票，其中97%的人同意罷免市長，這是台灣歷史第一上第一次成功罷
免高階首長。韓國瑜曾是國民黨的金童，他在2018年的選舉中從執政黨DPP手中奪下高雄
市長寶座，這是這一代人的第一次。韓國瑜在民進黨大本營的亮眼表現促使國民黨提名他
去挑戰現任總統蔡英文，許多人期待庶民作風的韓國瑜能擊敗不苟言笑的蔡英文，但現在
看起來，當初可能推翻別人的人，現在自己被推翻了。
This reversal of fortune reflects a sea-change in Taiwanese politics over the
past two years. Mr Han became mayor by promising wealth through stronger
economic ties with China. That struck a chord with voters disillusioned with
Ms Tsai’s handling of the torpid economy. But as the presidential race got
under way last year, so did protests in Hong Kong in favour of greater
democracy and autonomy from China. Ms Tsai switched the focus of her campaign
from the economy to protecting Taiwan from the menace of China, which claims
Taiwan as part of its territory and threatens to retake it by force. She
portrayed Mr Han’s desire for closer ties with China as a threat to Taiwan’
s independence, and won hands down.
韓國瑜命運的翻轉反應了台灣政治在過去兩年的劇烈改變，韓國瑜當初會當選是因為他承
諾將與中國建立更緊密的經濟關係而使高雄發大財，韓國瑜的發大財引起對蔡政府處理停
滯經濟感到不滿者的共鳴，之後隨著總統大選正式展開，香港也剛好爆發反送中運動，蔡
英文藉此將競選主軸從經濟政策轉到捍衛台灣遠離中國威脅，中國宣稱台灣是他的領土之
一，且試圖以武力奪回。蔡英文批評韓國瑜渴望與中國建立更緊密的關係將會危及台灣的
獨立性，之後蔡英文就輕鬆贏了。
Mr Han did not help his cause by holding private meetings at the offices of
the Chinese government in Hong Kong and Macau. He also once described Taiwan
and China as partners in an arranged marriage that had fallen madly in love.
But pursuing less tetchy relations with China, the policy of the kmt for
decades, is becoming ever less marketable. Fan Shih-ping of National Taiwan
Normal University thinks China’s recent imposition on Hong Kong of a
national-security law that could be used to suppress dissent may help explain
the resounding slap Kaohsiung’s voters gave Mr Han. The kmt’s chairman,
Johnny Chiang, has been trying to tone down the party’s pro-China image.
When the results were announced, he reiterated that the kmt opposes
communism; its members had always put Taiwan first, he said.
韓國瑜私下與中聯辦在香港與澳門的會面並沒有幫助他的政治生涯，他甚至將台灣與中國
形容成「指腹為婚」的關係，「他們已經瘋狂地墜入愛河」。國民黨幾十年來一直追求與
中國保持較不緊張的關係的政策，在台灣已經越來越不為人民所支持。台師大教授的范世
平認為，中國近來在香港推出可能用以鎮壓異議分子的國安法，或許可以用來解釋為何高
雄選民要大大地打臉韓國瑜。當這次霸韓結果出爐，國民黨的黨主席Johnny江，試圖淡化
國民黨的親中色彩，他強調國民黨是反共的，國民黨一直都把台灣人民擺第一。
Several more mundane factors contributed to Mr Han’s downfall. Many
Kaohsiung residents disapproved of him for breaking a promise not to run for
president and were infuriated when he took a leave of absence to focus on his
campaign after only ten months as mayor. The impression that he was
neglecting his day job was reinforced in November when he missed the city
council’s review of the municipal budget, prompting fisticuffs in the
council chamber. Mr Han also failed to lure a Disney theme park to the city—
one of his more ambitious campaign pledges.
還有好幾個普通的因素導致韓國瑜下台，許多高雄市民不滿他違背自己不競選總統的諾言
，且對於他僅上任十個月就請假競選感到憤怒，去年十一月他未出席市議會的預算審議案
強化了民眾對他忽略市政的形象，且使議會陷入混亂，韓國瑜也無法達成引入迪士尼主題
樂園到高雄，這是他其中一個充滿野心的政見之一。
There will now be a fresh election for mayor. Mr Han is not eligible to
compete, and the kmt has not yet selected a candidate to run in his stead.
But whenever it does, its choice is certain to sound much warier of China. ■
高雄市長將進行補選，韓國瑜是沒資格參加的，而國民黨目前也尚未推出人選，但無論何
時，國民黨的選擇一定會使人對中國更加警惕。
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the
headline "Han’s down"
5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):
https://tinyurl.com/ycnln5wc
6.備註:
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