http://magazine.sina.com.tw/newtaiwan/634/2008-05-15/ba53091.shtml
迷信金援外交 吃掉台灣老本
蕭恭平 Thu, 15 May, 2008
馬英九說國民黨執政時期沒有金錢外交，其實當他擔任蔣經國英文秘書時國民黨早已在搞金錢外交了，那是由於國民黨「外交數字的迷思」。
漢賊不兩立金援拼外交
傑出的外交家葉公超早已看出我國必須更改在聯合國的名稱「中華民國」，才能夠避免中華人民共和國進入聯合國之後把中華民國踢出該組織。但他具有睿智與遠見的建言不僅未得蔣介石的採納，反而被摘去外交部長的烏紗帽，且永不錄用，以致後來生活頻頻陷於困境。由於蔣介石堅持漢賊不兩立，以致我國不但被逐出聯合國，且世界上主要國家都被迫與我國斷交，有人比喻蔣介石的漢賊不兩立就像油漆時由外向內，最後把自己困在牆角動彈不得。日本與我國斷交後影響不大，但一九七九年美國與我國斷交後所產生的連鎖反應，使得台灣的邦交國快速流失。當只剩下三十幾個外交國時執政的國民黨開始急著了，於是展開金錢外交來鞏固尚存的邦交國，一來為了面子，二來為了免得國人對其失去信心而危及政權。
國民黨為了維持邦交國的數目動用巨額外匯儲備去鞏固邦交國，以免邦交國數字減少，有人稱其為「外交數字的迷思」。但陳水扁當了總統以後卻仍然與李登輝一樣，花了許多的人力與物力來鞏固剩下的幾個邦交國，就不知道他到底也有外交數字的迷思，還是因為每當任何一個邦交國被中國搶走的時候，國民黨總是嚴厲的譴責執政的民進黨，他們好像忘了台灣外交處境如此艱難根本是他們的總裁惹出來的禍，何況挖台灣邦交國的又是他們的友黨—中國共產黨。
用外匯儲備討好邦交國
經濟援助貧窮的邦交國以鞏固外交關係免於被中國搶走，從蔣經國時代就已經開始，截至一九八四年為止，據官方統計已超過十一億美元。至於一九八四年至一九九四年之間的援外金額，筆者雖無資料佐證，但相信必然是個龐大的金額。
李登輝和陳水扁總統任內，不僅先後兩位總統與外交部長都花了許多寶貴的時間去討好那些見錢眼開的邦交國，更花了鉅額的外匯儲備去鞏固外交關係。譬如，一九九四年免掉尼加拉瓜一千七百萬美元的債務。一九九六年贈送尼日共和國五百萬美元供其興建學校，並貸予五千萬美元供其進行小農計畫。一九九七年七月捐給賴比瑞亞一百萬美元，助其舉行總統與國會大選。那年九月又貸款五千萬美元給五個中南美的邦交國，並允諾提供二億四千萬美元做為中美洲經貿發展基金。一九九九年在胡志強外交部長任內給了巴紐二億五千萬美元，但不幸三天就斷交了。以上加起來外交數字迷思總共至少已經耗掉台灣十七億三百萬美元的寶貴外匯儲備，最近引發政治風暴，迫使邱義仁和黃志芳辭職的三千萬美元巴紐建交款還不包括在內。
國家保命錢應花刀口上
台灣從一九八○年以來擁有令世界羨慕的龐大外匯儲備，它們到底是怎麼來的？長期的貿易順差是台灣巨額外匯儲備的主要來源。貿易順差的公式是出口總額減掉進口總額，所以必須出口多於進口才能夠產生，而台灣曾經一度外匯儲備冠全球是從一九六四年開始大都處於貿易順差的狀況，加上國人長期的節儉與節制，因而出口大於進口，所以才會有巨額貿易順差的產生，得來相當艱辛與不易。外匯儲備既然得來不易，按理應該用在刀口上，而我國卻因外交數字的迷思，浪費在對台灣安全沒有其必要性且對經濟無所助益金錢外交上。
由於台灣的外匯儲備只用在外交上，所以國人對外匯儲備的用途非常陌生。外匯儲備最原始的作用是用來交換本國並不生產的東西，以便充裕物質來滿足國人物質上的需求，這正是國際貿易產生的原因。不僅如此，外匯儲備還有如下作用，首先是，抑制通貨膨脹調節物價：如果物價因通貨膨脹而大幅上的話，中央銀行就可運用外匯儲備從市場回收本國貨幣，使到處流竄的本國貨幣回籠，如此一來物價自然就會回軟。像二○○七年下半年中國的通貨膨脹超過六％，本來就該動用外匯儲備從市場回收人民幣以期降低通貨膨脹，但中共沒這麼做顯示外匯儲備不敷運用，雖然中國自稱擁有世界第一的外匯儲備。第二，可以用來向外國購買新技術的Know How與外國的智慧財產，以便提升本國技術。第三，可向外國購買先進武器，以充實國防力量。第四，可用於仁道援助，以便救助受到地震和海嘯等天然災害，因而需要援助的國家。第五，可用來打銷銀行的呆帳：台灣前些年替幾家銀行打銷呆帳，用的就是外匯儲備。
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揚棄金援外交 破除數字迷思 搞好兩岸關係
林奐呈2008/05/15
編按：巴紐的外交醜聞案喧騰至今仍真相未明，但台灣國際形象已受重創，台灣的外交工作人員更是士氣低迷，這個醜聞案也讓我們重新思考台灣外交的未來走向。
台灣的外交史大略可分為二個時期：一是兩蔣的「漢賊不兩立」時期，二是李登輝、陳水扁的「曖昧台獨」時期。前者因國際大環境的因素，外交工作充滿失敗主義氛圍；後者則因選舉考量與兩岸關係交惡，外交工作處處烽火，也可以視之為中共打壓下的反彈。
馬英九上任後，台灣的外交應該進入一個新的時代，台灣要重新思考未來外交領域該如何經營。幾位資深的優秀外交官員異口同聲地表示，「兩岸關係」是台灣未來外交工作的首要因素。祇有搞好兩岸關係，才可能與中共在外交戰場上休兵；祇有外交休兵，才能破除邦交國數字迷思；祇有不以邦交國數字來評斷外交工作績效，才能擺脫金援外交的噩夢。
新時代來臨，台灣的外交也應當有新思維與新政策。
就在扁政府下台一鞠躬的前夕，爆發震驚海內外的巴紐外交醜聞，兩名外交掮客加上幾個蠢蛋官員，把台灣的國際形象弄得殘破不堪，不但讓外國人看笑話，更讓本國人傻眼。在新政府即將上台之際，檢討當前台灣外交政策的聲浪不斷高漲，看在幾位資深外交老兵的眼裡，又有怎樣的想法？
「中華民國的外交處境可以說是史無前例！」前外交部長程建人直言，無論是支持統或獨的人，都是為了台灣的生存與發展。因此，如何維持一個適當的外交局面是相當重要的，否則別說台灣是一個主權獨立的國家。
要有全新思維 外交是國防的第一線
數十年來我們的外交政策，因為國內外情勢的變化，雖然有做過若干的調整，但是兩岸的外交競爭卻始終沒有減緩，程建人透露，「所以在過去的外交政策上，會一直設法去維持邦交國的數量。」
馬英九日前曾說，未來將發展務實外交，因為大陸擁有一百七十一個邦交國，遠遠領先我們的二十多國，兩岸必須先談休兵，才能將拓展外交與兩岸談判做密切結合，為台灣開創新的空間。
對此，程建人則深表贊成。他強調，未來的外交新思維，就是要如何和中國大陸達成「外交休兵」，他進一步解釋，並拋出幾個值得思考的議題：
第一、外交休兵的內涵如何，是否雙方在兩邊或多邊關係上能維持現況或可以做調整？
第二、其他國家，例如美國或日本的可能反應如何？是否會調整對兩岸的關係？究竟是有利或有損於我們在國際社會中的利益和地位。
最後，還要做最壞的打算，如果兩岸無法達成外交休兵，馬英九又該如何去推動對外關係？
「外交是國防的第一線！」外交資歷豐富的程建人談起當前的國際情勢，他認為現在兩岸發生戰爭的機會已經微乎其微，但是外交競爭還是可能會持續進行，對台灣來說，「外交的重要性絕對不亞於軍事國防。」
在對內方面，程建人則說，「外交也是內政的延長。」他解釋，做為一個民主國家，在推動外交前，必須得到國內人民的支持與認同，「如何加強對人民的解說，是當前最重要的課題之一。」……
2008年9月29日 星期一
Issue Paper version2
Is Necessary for Cash aid For the Allies Diplomacy
Because the scandal about cash aid for the allies diplomacy has broken out, the necessity of donating money to allies becomes a question. According to the report which was written by Gong-Ping Xiao in Sina Magazine online, he said that this policy is a myth for Taiwanese, because there has been no advancement but has made our foreign exchange reserves wasted. His viewpoint reminds Taiwanese and the new government to think if the money should be used in other helpful ways; for example, buying some new technology to improve our national defense.
Another news about this topic has also been written by another reporter, Huan-cheng Lin, in The Journalist. The report mentioned that we should modify the relationship between China and Taiwan, because this vicious competition is main reason to this issue.
In my opinion, I think we should not put such huge money to this policy. Before helping other countries to add the number of diplomatic allies, we should strengthen Taiwanese people’s trust to the government. If our nationals do not live safely and have no money to live, this policy attends to the superficial and neglect the essentials. Diplomacy is an important issue, but if we cannot ensure our people could live sufficiently, the policy is just a heavy burden to our people.
Because the scandal about cash aid for the allies diplomacy has broken out, the necessity of donating money to allies becomes a question. According to the report which was written by Gong-Ping Xiao in Sina Magazine online, he said that this policy is a myth for Taiwanese, because there has been no advancement but has made our foreign exchange reserves wasted. His viewpoint reminds Taiwanese and the new government to think if the money should be used in other helpful ways; for example, buying some new technology to improve our national defense.
Another news about this topic has also been written by another reporter, Huan-cheng Lin, in The Journalist. The report mentioned that we should modify the relationship between China and Taiwan, because this vicious competition is main reason to this issue.
In my opinion, I think we should not put such huge money to this policy. Before helping other countries to add the number of diplomatic allies, we should strengthen Taiwanese people’s trust to the government. If our nationals do not live safely and have no money to live, this policy attends to the superficial and neglect the essentials. Diplomacy is an important issue, but if we cannot ensure our people could live sufficiently, the policy is just a heavy burden to our people.
Issue Paper version1
Racial Discrimination: just made by white man?
Nowadays, we usually hear about some news about racial discrimination. And when we refer to this topic, we usually think of some white men’s bad attitude to black men. But is this true about the fact? Maybe there are more races have something to do this problem, or this is not just a unidirectional influence.
When we observe the streets in Taiwan, we can see many foreign workers from southeast Asia whom Taiwanese do not like to approach to. Therefore, we could know that this problem is not a single event but worldwide. And in the movie “ Crash “, we can learn that different races have mistrust each other, so this reason has brought about a lot of tragedies. Thus, we can say that this obstacle is built by each race’s inner fear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_(2004_film)
Crash is a 2005 drama film directed by Paul Haggis. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2004, and was released internationally in 2005. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles. A self-described "passion piece" for director Paul Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in 1991.[1] It won three Oscars for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing of 2005 at the 78th Academy Awards.
Crash is a 2005 drama film directed by Paul Haggis. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2004, and was released internationally in 2005. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles. A self-described "passion piece" for director Paul Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in 1991.[1] It won three Oscars for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing of 2005 at the 78th Academy Awards.
Nowadays, we usually hear about some news about racial discrimination. And when we refer to this topic, we usually think of some white men’s bad attitude to black men. But is this true about the fact? Maybe there are more races have something to do this problem, or this is not just a unidirectional influence.
When we observe the streets in Taiwan, we can see many foreign workers from southeast Asia whom Taiwanese do not like to approach to. Therefore, we could know that this problem is not a single event but worldwide. And in the movie “ Crash “, we can learn that different races have mistrust each other, so this reason has brought about a lot of tragedies. Thus, we can say that this obstacle is built by each race’s inner fear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_(2004_film)
Crash is a 2005 drama film directed by Paul Haggis. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2004, and was released internationally in 2005. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles. A self-described "passion piece" for director Paul Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in 1991.[1] It won three Oscars for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing of 2005 at the 78th Academy Awards.
Crash is a 2005 drama film directed by Paul Haggis. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2004, and was released internationally in 2005. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles. A self-described "passion piece" for director Paul Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in 1991.[1] It won three Oscars for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing of 2005 at the 78th Academy Awards.
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