2023年1月30日 星期一
捷克總統當選人帕維爾(Petr Pavel);台灣總統蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen;烏克蘭總統澤倫斯基
Albert Fert,法國物理學家。Ingmar Bergman
不朽/難忘的電影 (4): The Magic Flute (Swedish: Trollflöjten) is Ingmar Bergman's 1975 film version of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte.
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The Magic Flute (Swedish: Trollflöjten) is Ingmar Bergman's 1975 film version of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte.
The Magic Flute (1975 film)
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| Directed by | Ingmar Bergman |
| Produced by | Måns Reuterswärd |
| Written by | Emanuel Schikaneder Alf Henrikson Ingmar Bergman |
| Starring | Josef Köstlinger Irma Urrila Håkan Hagegård Ulrik Cold |
2023年1月26日 星期四
Jean Blondel ( 1929 – 25 December 2022) University of Essex (1964~1984)
Hanching Chung
了不起的學者

University of Essex
Today, the University flag has been lowered to half-mast in memory of Professor Jean Blondel, the founding professor of Government at University of Essex
Read tributes by long-term colleague and friend Emeritus Professor Ian Budge: https://okt.to/kiJAmP and former Vice-Chancellor Ivor Crewe: https://okt.to/adDVNH
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Blondel in 2008 | |
| Born | 26 October 1929 Toulon, France |
| Died | 25 December 2022 (aged 93) London, England |
| Awards | Johan Skytte Prize (2004) |
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| Discipline | Political science |
| Sub-discipline | Comparative politics |
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| Main interests | Political parties, party systems |
Jean Blondel (26 October 1929 – 25 December 2022) was a French political scientist specialising in comparative politics. He was Emeritus Professor at the European University Institute in Florence, and visiting professor at the University of Siena.
Biography[edit]
Blondel graduated the Institut d'Études Politiques of Paris in 1953 and then attended St Antony's College at Oxford University from 1953 to 1955.[1] After graduating with a B.Litt, he had returned to France for his military service and only then could conclude his studies on central and local government at Manchester University.
Blondel became a lecturer at the University College of North Staffordshire (now Keele University) from 1958 to 1963,[2] a fellow at Yale University in 1963-4 and then moved to the University of Essex in 1964, where he founded the Department of Government.[1] In 1969, he helped found the European Consortium for Political Research and directed it for ten years following its foundation meeting in 1970.[1][3] He left Essex in 1984 and was appointed scholar of the Russell Sage Foundation in New York in 1984. In 1985, he became professor of political science at the European University Institute in Florence, a position he held until his retirement in 1994.[1]
Blondel died on 25 December 2022, at the age of 93.[4][5]
Academic work[edit]
Blondel is particularly noted for the contributions he made to the theory of party systems, the comparative study of cabinets, and the relations between parties and governments. Latterly, he worked on the comparative approach to analysing presidentialism across the globe, with emphasis on the regions of Latin America, Africa and the former Soviet republics.
Honours[edit]
Blondel was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Academia Europaea.[1] In 2004, he was awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science "for his outstanding contribution to the professionalisation of European political science, both as a pioneering comparativist and an institution builder".[6]
In recognition of his work, the ECPR has since October 2003 awarded the annual Jean Blondel PhD Prize for the best thesis in politics nominated by a member institution in a given year.[7]
Blondel also held honorary doctorates from the Universities of Salford and Essex in the United Kingdom, Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium, Turku in Finland, and Siena in Italy.[1]
Selected publications[edit]
- Voters, parties and leaders : the social fabric of British politics. Harmondsworth : Penguin Books, 1963.
- An Introduction to Comparative Government. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969.
- Comparative legislatures. Englewood Cliffs, N.J : Prentice-Hall, 1973.
- Political parties. A genuine case for discontent?. London : Wildwood House, 1978.
- The Discipline Of Politics. London & Boston : Butterworths, 1981.
- Political leadership : towards a general analysis. London & Beverly Hills : SAGE, 1987.
- Blondel, Jean and Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (eds.) Cabinets in Western Europe . Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1988.
- Blondel, Jean and Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (eds.) Governing together : the extent and limits of joint decision-making in Western European cabinets. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1993.
- Blondel, Jean and Maurizio Cotta (eds.) Party and government : an inquiry into the relationship between governments and supporting parties in liberal democracies. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.
- Blondel, Jean, Richard Sinnott, and Palle Svensson People and Parliament in the European Union : participation, democracy, and legitimacy[1]. Oxford, England : Clarendon Press, 1998.
- Blondel, Jean and Maurizio Cotta (eds.) The nature of party government : a comparative European perspective. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
- Blondel, Jean and Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (eds.) Cabinets in Eastern Europe . Basingstoke : Macmillan, 2001.
- Blondel, Jean. The Presidential Republic. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
2023年1月24日 星期二
前國務卿蓬佩奧 Mike Pompeo回憶錄《寸步不讓:為我所愛的美國奮鬥》(Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love) .1986孟宏偉 (前國際刑警組織主席被拘留)2019.4.4 /2021.11孟宏伟 的妻子,自称“格蕾丝·孟”(Grace Meng)抨击当局如"禽兽"、 沙特王儲花錢消災?Jamal Khashoggi被殺案、「失聲」⋯《華盛頓郵報》以空白的言論版版面;孟宏偉失蹤6月後被"雙開" 、王毅、Mike Pompeo
Wenchien Wu
Jan 8, 2022, 3
58歲的前國務卿 Mike Pompeo 1986年西點軍校第一名畢業,曾任美國聯邦眾議員丶CIA局長與第70任國務卿。卸下公職後減肥有成,雙下巴不見了,今昔照片強烈對比。社交媒體傳出生病或罹癌的揣測,「就是沒人直接打電話問我到底怎麼了」。有志減肥的朋友,值得一讀,也可看出西點軍校畢業生的意志力。
1,New York Post
https://nypost.com/2022/01/06/mike-pompeos-weight-loss-story-down-90-pounds-in-6-months/
2. 美國世界日報
https://www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121617/6017289?fbclid=IwAR3JJ3KTcFqy78fdbH-wtWqhOeEHQ59EjUBpq7UbM4JzzwtvTIxrUYtVZr0
Radio Free Asia Chinese 自由亚洲电台普通话
2021.11.17
“我有义务露出自己的真容,向全世界讲述发生了什么......过去三年间,正如世人学会了如何与 #新冠病毒 共存一样,我也学会了如何与中国政府这只‘#禽兽’共存。”
本周二,#孟宏伟 的妻子,自称“格蕾丝·孟”(Grace Meng)的高歌在国际刑警组织总部所在地法国里昂接受了美联社的专访。
RFA.ORG
孟宏伟妻子现真容 抨击当局如"禽兽"
中国公安部前副部长孟宏伟的妻子高歌终于露出真容,接受美联社的专访
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知情人士稱, 沙特異見者卡舒吉的孩子們從該國統治者那裡獲得了價值數百萬美元的房產 ,以及每個月超過一萬美元的現金,作為對他們的父親遭到謀殺的賠償。這筆賠償的目的似乎是為了阻止他們對該國王儲發出反對聲音。 (《 紐約時報》)
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•美中關係進一步惡化。
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在與國務卿邁克·龐皮歐(Mike Pompeo)的面對面會晤中,中國外交部長王毅批評特朗普政府 “不斷升級”貿易緊張局勢,“無端指責”中國的內外政策。
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兩人(上圖)如此不尋常的直白交談幾天前,副總統邁克·彭斯( Mike Pence )指責中國干預美國選舉,並且警告會對中國採取更強硬的措施,分析人士稱,這番講話暗示將出現“一場新冷戰”。
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Meng Hongwei (simplified Chinese: 孟宏伟; traditional Chinese: 孟宏偉; pinyin: Mèng Hóngweǐ; born November 1953) is a Chinese politician, police officer and ...
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•中國破壞了自己的全球形象。
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2016年,孟宏偉被任命為國際刑警組織這一國際執法機構的主席,代表了北京在全球事務中發揮更大影響力的雄心。
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然而,我們的駐京記者寫道,孟宏偉不久前在中國因腐敗調查遭到拘留一事,只會破壞該國在國際舞台上的合法性 。
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“想像一下,如果有朝一日,中國以某種方式有了一名聯合國秘書長,然後有一天他也失踪了,”一名研究人員表示。
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孟宏偉(上圖)受到了新成立的反腐機構國家監察委員會的指控,這個機構對中國公務員擁有廣泛管轄權,並且還擁有基本上能夠繞過法庭體系的權力。
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總之:孟宏偉被拘留基本上相當於定罪。
《衛報》周四(11月10日)網絡版稱,中國公安部副部長孟宏偉當選國際刑警組織主席讓人擔心他的職位會被用來加強中國對全球異議人士的追捕行動。
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知情人士透露,
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