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加澳军舰过航台海 台国防部:14架次大陆军机星期天逾越台海中线

7 September 2025 at 14:43
加拿大“魁北克市”号护卫舰(左)和澳大利亚“布里斯班”号导弹驱逐舰(右)9月3日在南中国海争议水域活动时,被一艘中国军舰(中)跟监。 (法新社)

加拿大和澳大利亚的两艘军舰星期六(9月6日)过航台湾海峡后,中国大陆军方批评加澳“滋扰挑衅”,并指两国传递错误信号,增加安全风险。台湾国防部星期天(7日)表示,当天上午7时起,14架次大陆军机逾越台湾海峡中线,并进入台湾北部、中部及西南空域,配合大陆军舰联合战备警巡。

自由时报引述台国防部通报称,星期天上午7时起,陆续侦获解放军歼-16、空警-500等各型主、辅战机及无人机计25架次出海活动,其中14架次逾越中线及其延伸线,进入台湾北、中部及西南空域。

台国防部指出,25架次各型主、辅战机及无人机配合解放军军舰,以“联合战备警巡”之名骚扰台湾周边空、海域。

台国防部表示,台军运用联合情监侦手段严密掌握,并检派任务机、舰及岸置导弹系统应对。

此前,加澳两国军舰星期二(9月2日)从菲律宾前美军基地苏比克湾出发,选择在台海中线以东航行,刻意避开中国大陆主张的领海范围,不过由南往北通过台湾海峡时,中国大陆海军与海警在相关海域展开海空活动。

报道称,从福建泉州出发的一架武直-10直升机接近澳洲军舰的航行路径进,高度5000多英尺,位于台海中线以西,后续还有一架武直-10直升机,接近台海中线。

中国大陆海警2204号舰艇则在澎湖西南方海域航行,曾一度接近加澳军舰;与此同时,有另一艘身份不明的台湾公务船接近2204号舰,监控中国大陆海警船的动向。

加澳军舰驶入台湾海峡后,解放军东部战区星期六(6日)以新闻发言人施毅的名义发声明,指加拿大护卫舰“魁北克”号、澳大利亚驱逐舰“布里斯班”号当天过航台湾海峡并滋扰挑衅。

施毅说,解放军东部战区组织海空兵力对过航行动全程跟监警戒,有效应对处置。 “加方、澳方行径传递错误信号、增加安全风险。战区部队时刻保持高度戒备,坚决捍卫国家主权安全和地区和平稳定。”

民众党动员支持者周一北检集结接柯文哲回家

7 September 2025 at 14:33

台湾民众党动员支持者星期一(9月8日)到台北地检署外集结,一起接前主席柯文哲回家。

据联合新闻网报道,民众党星期天(9月7日)中午通过社群媒体号召支持者,周一下午1时在台北地检署外“一起接柯P回家”,台中已有逾300人报名响应。

民众党说,历经一年关押,柯文哲终获交保,却仍须面对高额保金与民进党、绿媒网军的恶意追杀,所以在最艰难的时刻,大家要一起面对。

民众党中央委员江和树说,保释金已经到位,但现在难题是如何劝柯文哲愿意交保。

柯文哲涉嫌在台北市长任内贪污收贿、图利、洗钱,遭羁押禁见一年后,星期五(5日)获台北地方法院裁定以新台币7000万元(302万新元)交保,但筹款不及。律师团当天下午发布声明,指柯文哲需要再行深思,星期一律见后,再决定是否办理交保。

德语媒体:北京大阅兵 刻意挑战西方价值观

7 September 2025 at 15:17
null 媒体看中国
2025-09-04T09:50:38.828Z
9月3日,习近平乘坐红旗车检阅部队

(德国之声中文网)杜塞尔多夫出版的德国《商报》以“北京阅兵式上最危险的一句话”为题,刊发评论指出,习近平在9月3日的二战胜利八十周年阅兵式上说,中国人“坚定站在历史正确一边”,这句话就是再明显不过的权力宣言,西方商界人士切不可低估这句话的影响力。

“在一本正经的外交辞令中,这句话几乎毫不起眼。然而,这句话实际上塑造了一个政治纲领,它比任何阅兵式都更能彰显北京的自我认知。‘站在历史正确一边’不仅仅意味着一个国家或者一个联盟有能力面向未来,也意味着这个国家想要自己来对历史进行定义,并且将反对者、怀疑者自动归类到历史的错误一边。”

“这句话蕴含了意识形态化历史观的巨大威力,这种历史观有着毛泽东的深深烙印。根据这种历史观,未来已经拟定,中国则在迈向这种未来;而任何不遵循这一路线的人,都是在违背历史进程。”

“这正是这句话令人不安的原因。它听起来不像务实的外交政策,更不像邓小平的政策路线。它更像是一种道德绝对主义,或者说道德专政,蕴含着某种威胁:当一个人自认为是历史使命的执行者时,对话和妥协就变得不那么重要了。”

“对于北京领导人来说,这意味着一种自信。但是对于外界而言,这仿佛就是一个警告:抵抗是徒劳的,因为历史早已写就。”

“阅兵式的背景进一步强化了这种印象。北京试图用钢铁洪流、进行曲、制服来巩固对历史进程的诠释权,而成为意识形态基石的,却是那句话。”

“任何人、哪怕一直将中国视为未来天国的商界高管,如今都不再能忽视这种历史观的政治威力。任何认真看待北京的阅兵、措辞、自信的人,如今都认识到:这一切都不再仅仅关乎市场份额与经济增长,而是关乎一个试图通过定义历史来获得执政合法性的政权。那些坚信自己站在历史正确一边的人,也很快会不再那么重视对话和妥协。”

中国在93阅兵式上展示“东风-5C”液体洲际战略核导弹

慕尼黑出版的《南德意志报》以“充斥着军国主义、伴随着专制者冷笑的阅兵式”为题,刊发评论指出,北京领导人想要通过展示先进武器来让对手感到害怕,但是这很可能只是某种程度上的虚张声势,目的是掩盖意识形态方面的虚弱。

“专制者的冷笑与军备上的虚张声势如影随形。这也可以被认为是对驻亚太美军的威胁。这是一次与西方价值观背道而驰的大国崛起,它遵从的是丛林法则、民族主义原始冲动,必要时还会用武力去实现自己的目标,无论其目标是多么地不符合本国民众的利益。”

“中国以及俄罗斯、朝鲜等国领导人在北京展示致命武器,恰恰显现出了西方价值观的真正价值。他们蔑视人权、民主、个人自由、三权分立。这种价值观虽然发展自西方国家,但是却为世界各地人民所向往。当然,西方国家也有许多与这种价值观相矛盾、相背弃的行径,不论是耻辱的殖民历史,还是越南战争,抑或是2003年的伊拉克战争,以及破坏气候的温室气体排放。但是,西方价值观依然是人类文明的最重要成就之一。”

作者最后承认,以美国总统特朗普为代表的许多右翼人士如今也在蔑视这种西方价值观,并且或明或暗地为习近平、普京这样的专制者唱赞歌;但是,那些将西式自由民主宪政视作歧途、视作军国主义深渊的西方左翼人士,也同样充满了偏见。作者建议,上述左右翼人士都去看看北京阅兵式的完整影片,如果看完后依然没能醒悟,那就真的无药可救了。

习近平与前来参加93阅兵式的普京、金正恩、卢卡申科等外国政要

瑞士《新苏黎世报》以“习近平的阅兵式向特朗普发出了讯号:中国不再需要西方,但西方却需要中国”为题,认为北京正在蓄意挑衅特朗普。而后者也在阅兵式当天回击说,习近平正在和俄罗斯、朝鲜合谋对抗美国

“从欢迎仪式到阅兵式再到晚宴,普京和金正恩几乎寸步不离地跟在习近平旁边,人们多次看到他们交头接耳、相互微笑。习近平向特朗普传递的信号再明确不过了:他才是对当今独裁者具有影响力的人。他用高规格招待普京与金正恩,毫不在意西方的看法。后者正在谴责普京的侵略乌克兰战争、谴责金正恩的核武器计划。”

“自再度入主白宫以来,特朗普一直在拉拢普京、试图让他参加和平谈判,但没能成功。特朗普还想今年和金正恩会面。至于特朗普6月份过生日时搞的相对小规模的华盛顿阅兵式,习近平可能只是勉强给了一个微笑。”

“习近平现在想表明,中国作为超级大国的地位无可争议,中国能自主选择伙伴。中国在外交和经济上都需要西方的时代已经结束。如今的情况完全颠倒了过来,西方需要中国,需要北京对普京和金正恩施加影响力,需要北京合作保护气候,需要北京作为贸易伙伴以及科技伙伴。在越来越多的科技领域,中国正取得领先地位。西方已经在稀土、电池、太阳能等方面依赖中国。早在许多年前,中国就开始贯彻一项战略,旨在摆脱对西方的依赖,同时提高西方对中国的依赖。这包括稀土加工,也包括政府对未来科技行业的扶持。在国际舞台上,中国感觉自己的地位有所提升。比如,中国卖给俄罗斯的零部件以及机械设备正在支持普京的侵略乌克兰战争,但欧洲和美国只能发出含糊其辞的警告。在中美贸易战中,习近平也自信满满地相信,美国离不开中国。这种自信也为中国带来了有利的谈判地位,让特朗普一再推迟对中国抬升关税。”

作者注意到,作为少数受邀参加9月3日北京阅兵式的西方嘉宾,曾任瑞士联邦主席的毛雷尔(Ueli Maurer)表示“我们今后将一直依赖中国”。文章认为,这位瑞士前领导人说得不无道理,但是却忽视了一个现实:西方现在尚有机会通过加强对未来产业的投资而降低对中国的依赖度。

“西方依赖中国这样的专制国家,这是十分鲁莽的。这场阅兵式已经表明,要是中国可以为了自身利益而肆无忌惮时,世界将会变成什么样子。习近平如今正在利用普京和金正恩。他不在乎后者如何对待本国民众、如何发动战争、如何用核武器威胁西方。重要的是,他们和中国站在一起。”

作者最后指出,这场阅兵就是北京刻意向西方以及西方价值观的挑战,特朗普的“合谋对抗美国”之解读是正确的。

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美国仍然欢迎中国留学生吗

7 September 2025 at 15:17
刘文
2025-09-07T06:54:20.909Z
美国仍然是许多中国留学生向往的留学目的地,但自疫情爆发以来,中国大陆赴美留学生数量呈现递减趋势

(德国之声中文网)8月25日,特朗普总统在会见韩国总统李在明时,提到将允许60万名中国学生在未来两年内赴美留学。8月31日,他接受《每日来电》(Daily Caller)采访时再次肯定了这一说法,他强调禁止发放签证给中国留学生并不正确,并表示他的最新举措将使规模较小的大学受益。

但同一时间,美联社报道了中国留学生顾同学的经历。顾同学自述他在入境美国准备前往休斯顿大学就读人文学科时在海关被拦下并被询问,之后未被允许入境,最后他只能返回中国,并且接下来的五年内不能再前往美国。

特朗普的发言和海关的操作让有心前往美国的中国留学生困惑不已,他们也在申请美国大学的同时,申请加拿大、英国、澳大利亚等其他国家的学校,做好两手准备。

前往美国留学的兴趣仍在

目前在北京师范大学就读大四的张同学对记者表示,自己仍然有兴趣申请美国的大学。她的目标是申请计算机科学专业的硕士,毕业后在美国的科技大厂工作。

“我觉得周围的同学大多数还是想去美国,别的不说,美国的就业市场是最好的,我们都听说有些学长研究生毕业后可以拿到十几万,甚至二十几万美金的年薪”,她告诉记者。

她出生在福建省农村,家里经济条件一般,寒暑假也需要靠替人补习赚生活费,许多亲戚也反对她花钱考托福,找留学顾问。

也因此,她坦言自己向往美国的最大原因就是向往美国高收入的互联网工作,希望毕业后能够改善自己和老家父母的生活境况。而加拿大,澳大利亚等其他西方国家,虽然也有良好的教育体系,但科技业工作的收入与美国相比还是少了很多。与此同时,中国大学毕业的年轻人就业困难,和互联网企业不成文的“35岁魔咒”这种年龄歧视也是她坚持要出过国留学的原因。

根据美国国务院协同国际教育研究所(IIE)发布的2024年《美国门户开放报告》(Open Doors),2023/24学年,美国在读国际学生总量达到112万多人,创历史新高,同比增长6.6%。其中中国在美学生为277,398人,虽然绝对数量依然很多,但较上一年下降4.2%。自疫情爆发以来,中国大陆赴美留学生数量呈现递减趋势。2023-2024学年为277,398人,低于2022-2023学年的289,526人、2021-2022学年的290,086人和2020-2021学年的317,299人。

而印度2023/24学年则以331,602人的数量,15年以来首次超越中国,成为美国最大的留学生来源国。

特朗普的说法缺乏移民政策的支撑

虽然特朗普希望能增加中国留学生人数,但是若要两年内达到60万人,无论通过何种途径实现,是否和中国达成某些交换留学的协议,都意味着对当前递减趋势的显著逆转。考虑到2025年上半年签证月度数据出现同比下行,短期内实现如此大幅的扩张需要在移民政策,特别是签证政策方面的大幅度放宽。

但现实是自特朗普就任以来,移民政策就在不断收紧。

今年八月,美国国土安全部提出了改动留学签证和访问学者签证的新提案,具体内容包括本科F-1学生在学年第一学年内不得更改课程、专业或学历。研究生及以上学位的F-1学生在学习期间的任何时间均不得更改课程,如果国际学生完成了特定级别的课程,他们将没有资格获得 F-1 身份来修读同级别或较低级别的课程等等。

而按照现有的规则,如果留学生就读了研究生课程后,如果短时间内没找到工作,或者申请工作签证H1B抽签失败,还可以去修读其他不同大学不同专业的研究生课程。这样会给留学生更多找工作的时间,也给他们转换跑道修读更适合就业的学科的机会。

张同学就此表示,虽然仍决定申请美国大学,但是也对美国保守人士反对移民,觉得移民侵占了美国人的工作机会的观点有所顾忌。她目前主要申请加州、纽约、波士顿等民主党执政的地区的大学,担心共和党执政的地区会出台不利于留学生的政策。

“顾同学”事件引发留学圈震动

为中国学生提供升学指导十多年的教育管理学博士崔凯在接受采访时表示,美联社关于顾同学无法入境的报道一出,留学圈里就引发了不小的震动,在家长群体中更是引发了显著的情绪波动。家长和学生的核心担忧主要集中在两点:入境口岸裁量权的不可预测性,以及是否会因为家庭成员的政治背景而受牵连。

他告诉记者:“该新闻出现后,家长关于“入境口岸风控”、“电子设备与学术资料携带规范”以及“如何回答研究相关问题”的咨询量明显上升。”

他根据自己的从业经验总结道:“今年,学生在签证和入境环节确实遇到了一些困难,但并非全面的收紧。主要困难存在于两个点,一个是申请签证时被要求行政审查。在人工智能、半导体、航空航天、信息安全等高敏感度学科方向,学生更容易触发补件或行政审查,导致等待期显著拉长,个别学生甚至错过了原定的开学注册时间。一个是在口岸会被二次检查,检查学生所携带的电子设备进行取证和针对研究计划进行询问的时间增加。”

在许多家长的强烈要求下,他也在签证和入境前额外多花时间帮助学生深入理解自己的申请材料、学习计划和未来发展方向,并对学生进行多次模拟问答,确保学生能够自信、清晰、准确地回答问题。

留学生不得不做两手准备

凡内莎(Vanessa)在接受采访时讲述了自己今年初攻读博士期间入境美国却被取消签证的经历。她表示自己硕士时期学的是和半导体有关的工科专业,也在中国做过相应的研究和实习,但她的母校并不属于在特朗普第一任期内被重点关注的“国防七子”(指中国工业和信息化部直属的七所高校)。她在拜登任内获得签证赴美攻读博士,但今年初,她回国探亲一个月,准备回到美国继续学业时,她却在机场海关有了和顾同学类似的经历。

“我是被带进小黑屋,他们看了我的电脑和手机,然后着重问了我在中国硕士期间参与的科研项目,包括项目方,项目资金来源等。还问了我在美国博士期间做的研究的内容。”

她的F1学生签证在海关被吊销,理由是她在申请签证时未提供关于其在中国时期做的研究的详细材料,她并没有被遣返,但必须回到中国重新申请美国签证。

“我当时并不觉得我的问题有多么严重,只是觉得自己运气不好遇到很难搞的海关官员。我在美国的博士生导师和学校也都立刻出具了需要的资料和证明信,我也咨询了移民律师,留学中介,他们都觉得我既然之前能够申请到F1签证,现在只要补充一些材料,应该也没问题,但我再次申请的时候被拒签了”,她告诉记者。

她现在不得不做两手准备,一方面继续找中介完善材料希望能获得美国签证,一方面也开始申请去欧洲国家读博。

崔凯博士也提到了今年找他提供留学咨询的学生中,虽然美国依然是多数学生首选的留学目的地,但选择同时申请其他国家的院校的比例明显上升。

他向记者解释:“我指导的美本申请学生今年继续拿到哥大、康奈尔大、纽约大学等录取,这也说明顶尖院校仍积极吸纳高质量的中国申请者。但我都建议家长在申请时,先完成美国大学的申请,留出足够的时间拿签证,然后继续申请英国、澳洲、加拿大等国院校,分散不确定性。”

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瑜伽:印度向世界展現的軟實力

7 September 2025 at 15:17
Hridi Kundu
2025-09-07T06:55:33.553Z
印度總理莫迪在邁索爾邦的活動中,與一群人一同做瑜伽

(德国之声中文网)瑜伽,這項起源於印度、歷史可追溯至3000至6000年前的古老傳統,如今已成為這個南亞國家向全球輸出的重要文化資產。

結合身體姿勢、呼吸法、冥想與倫理準則的瑜伽,不只是健身養生的方式,更強調身、心、靈的合一。

近數十年來,隨著各式國際慶典、文化交流與教育計畫推動,瑜伽早已走出印度,成為全球現象,同時也是印度文化身份的重要象徵。

在總理莫迪政府的積極遊說下,聯合國於2014年底宣布將6月21日訂為「國際瑜伽日」。此舉讓瑜伽躍升為印度文化自豪與國族認同的象徵。

相关图集:世界瑜伽日

放松身心:这张照片摄于江苏泰州。看似简单的动作,其实需要多年的练习。瑜伽并非竞技体育,量力而行就好。
锻炼背部:猫式瑜伽(Majariasana)是最基本的形式之一,有助于锻炼背部。这张照片摄于布鲁塞尔。
全民体育:在印度西北部大城市艾哈迈达巴德,瑜伽可是全民体育项目。天天窝在办公室里的白领们可能难以作出这样的动作,但是对于时常练习的人而言,挺直腰板、触碰脚趾并非什么难事。
从娃娃抓起:这张照片其实并非摄于印度,而是来自于南非德班。那里的印度裔居民也从小练习瑜伽。在英国殖民期间,许多印度人都被带到了南非,故土的生活习惯也流传数百年。
跨越宗教:这张图摄于斯里兰卡,那里的穆斯林女性也时常练习从印度流传而来的瑜伽。值得一提的是,她们和其他宗教信仰的女性一同练习。在斯里兰卡一共有约200万穆斯林,占全国人口的10%。
仰望天空:放松颈部肌肉是瑜伽必要的热身练习。这套动作也有预防颈椎病的功效。此图摄于印度艾哈迈达巴德。
公园瑜伽:这张图摄于克罗地亚首都萨格勒布。这一巴尔干小国如今也有不少瑜伽拥趸。
古都新风:日本人的日常生活总是忙碌而紧张,所以有许多人都需要瑜伽这样的活动来放松身心。这张图摄于古城京都,数以千计的人正在练习。

瑜伽作為「軟實力」

2023年6月21日,莫迪親自領導在紐約聯合國總部舉行的瑜伽日慶祝活動。前印度官員普拉薩德(Chaitanya Prasad)指出:「那正是他首次提出這一構想的地點。」

他認為,在動盪不安的全球局勢下,瑜伽是一股能夠凝聚人心、帶來和諧的力量。「每當有人攤開瑜伽墊開始練習,就與印度豐富的文明傳統相連,這本身就是印度的軟實力。」

新德里尼赫魯大學的國際法教授赫格德(Venkat G Hegde)則認為,瑜伽推廣是印度政府保存並強化「傳統知識體系」的一環。

專責發展傳統醫學的AYUSH部門,不僅主導國內外的瑜伽推廣,還與歐洲國家、歐洲瑜伽聯合會(European Yoga Federation)及環孟加拉灣多領域技術暨經濟合作倡議(BIMSTEC)等合作,並與世衛組織共同推出「Myoga」應用程式,把瑜伽推向全球。

相关图集:原来瑜伽还有这些打开方式!

大笑瑜伽功: 鉴于人们在日常生活中很少开怀大笑,因此所谓的大笑瑜伽功便是要弥补这一不足,让身心完全放松。这套瑜伽以人为的大笑开始。不久后练习者便可不由自主地真正傻笑。大笑瑜伽可以去除紧张,增强免疫力,肯定也是最简单的瑜伽功。
博物馆内练瑜伽: 在维也纳的阿尔贝蒂娜宫开门之前,瑜伽练习者捷足先登来到这里。每天早晨8点半,他们便开始在富丽堂皇的博物馆大厅内开始练习瑜伽。10点博物馆开放之后,瑜伽练习者可以继续留在博物馆内参观。因为他们的瑜伽班费用包括博物馆门票。
空中瑜伽: 似乎他们还嫌瑜伽的难度不够大,因此练习这种吊在空中的方式。借助一幅从天花板上垂下来的宽布帘,练习者在空中练习着各种动作。这套瑜伽动作在很多时候需要绷紧肌肉,但也是为了配合一些高难动作。
带山羊练瑜伽: 带着山羊一起做瑜伽,确实有些别出心裁。练习者不关心有哪些形体姿势,仅看一眼这些反刍动物,就足以令人很快进入蓂想。练习期间与山羊接触,被证明具有治疗效果。害怕有羊膻气?这不用担心,只有公山羊才“臭气熏天”。
瑜伽和啤酒: 很难想象来自东方的瑜伽功会与德国的啤酒酿造术联在一起。每次练习之后可以喝几口啤酒作为鼓励。但是练功者每小时最多只允许喝两瓶。因为到了最后,动作已经不能做得很完美。

草根的文化外交

「支持海外瑜伽,其實是一種草根文化外交。」印度國立伊斯蘭大學的國際關係教授貝赫拉(Ajay Darshan Behra)告訴德國之聲。

他指出,人與人的連結往往比國與國更緊密,而瑜伽提醒世界:印度不僅是政治、經濟強權,也是具有文化、心靈與歷史深度的文明大國。

貝赫拉強調,推廣瑜伽不會引發恐懼,也不被視為威脅,這讓新德里佔盡優勢。「它無爭議、非暴力,具有普世吸引力。不同於軍事或經濟力量,其影響力悄悄地擴散。」

全球瑜伽產業隱憂

然而,在西方國家,瑜伽常被簡化為體位鍛鍊,並以苗條白人為主的形象主導。有批評者認為,強化「從事瑜伽」與「美好身材」之間的連結,可能導致身形不同於刻板審美標準的人對瑜伽卻步。

文化挪用與過度商業化也引發爭議。

根據市場研究機構 Allied Market Research,全球瑜伽產業每年產值超過350億歐元(約美金380億元),涵蓋課程、旅遊、用品、書籍、雜誌乃至線香等。

赫格德直言,如今瑜伽在許多國家已淪為菁英活動,主要流行於富裕階層,將基層與邊緣群體排除在外。

貝赫拉則警告,當瑜伽與政治議程掛鉤時,其普世性可能流失。他點名印度執政黨人民黨(BJP)試圖藉瑜伽強化印度教自豪感,推廣多數人信奉的印度教信仰。「這限制了瑜伽的包容性,也剝奪了它原本的靈性本質。」

 

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德国四分之一家长担心无法满足孩子的基本需求

7 September 2025 at 15:17
德闻
2025-09-07T06:56:50.142Z
根据调查,德国家长最希望的是增加教育投资并扩大儿童保育服务

(德国之声中文网)为进行这一调查,民调机构Forsa于2025年8月询问了德国1003名未成年子女的父母。25%的受访者表示,担心无法用现有的资金满足家庭的基本需求,即住房、取暖、衣物和食物。在1月份联邦议院选举之前进行的同类调查中,只有15%的受访者表达了这种担忧。

月净收入低于3000欧元的家庭“尤其担心”无法满足基本需求。这一比例从1月份的36%上升到现在的57%。

单亲父母对未来也更加担忧:8月份,42%的单亲父母表示担心无法满足基本需求。1 月份,这一比例为30%。

月净收入约4500欧元的家庭相对而言有较强的安全感,即便如此,他们当中约10%的人担心生计问题。1月份的这一比例为7%。

大约四分之三的受访者(76%)认为,德国政府针对儿童贫困采取的措施不够充分。“救助儿童会”贫困问题专家格罗斯豪斯(Eric Großhaus)说:“人们对政策抱有很高的期待,但对现有战略缺乏信任。”

根据这次调查,家长最希望的是增加教育投资(97%的受访者)。90%的受访者支持扩大儿童保育服务,88%的受访者支持加强对家庭的财政支持。58%的家长认为,为儿童提供更多免费或低价的课外活动非常重要。同样多的家长希望减少家庭福利方面的官僚作风。

(德新社等)

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太空竞赛:欧洲也希望拥有一席之地

7 September 2025 at 15:17
德才
2025-09-07T06:58:14.844Z
太空竞赛:欧洲也希望拥有一席之地

(德国之声中文网)位于瑞典基律纳的艾斯兰格国家航天中心(Esrange Space Center),是欧洲发展轨道火箭项目的基地之一,目的是赋予欧洲从本土发射卫星的能力,进而获得参与太空竞赛的资格。

欧洲太空政策研究所所长穆勒( Hermann Ludwig Moeller)表示;“同他人相比,我们已经有了明显的差距。我认为,如果欧洲想在未来五到十年内,在太空领域拥有一席之地,就必须将相关投资增加一倍。但即便如此,我们也不一定能赶上其他国家,毕竟他们也不会原地踏步。”

赤道附近的欧洲航天港

目前,欧洲唯一一个能够发射火箭和卫星的太空基地设在赤道以北五百公里处的南美洲法属圭亚那。此外,欧洲有时也会借用美国佛罗里达州的卡纳维拉尔角NASA 发射场。

今年3月,德国的私营航天公司 Isar Aerospace 在挪威北部的安德亚航天港进行了首次火箭发射试验。这里也是欧洲扩展其航天计划的另一个重要基地。运载火箭升空30秒后坠入大海,但公司事先就认为首次试射就能完美进入轨道几乎没有可能,因此,仍将这次短程飞行视为成功。

法属圭亚那:赤道附近的欧洲航天港

穆勒相信,未来一年之内,从欧洲大陆发射的火箭就可以成功进入轨道,但他不愿预测发射基地的具体位置。他表示,葡萄牙、西班牙、意大利、德国以及英国也都在寻求建立太空港的可能性。

而在世界其他国家,例如印度,早在上世纪60年代就开启了太空研究。目前印度不仅能为本国和其他国家发射卫星,还在2014年成功将探测器送入火星轨道。2019年,印度的登月尝试失败之后,该国很快完成了一次历史性的创举:2023年,印度成为第一个登陆月球南极附近区域的国家,科学家相信,该地区可能拥有冰冻水资源。此次登月普遍被视为印度科技事业的重要里程碑。

除此之外,新西兰和澳大利亚也在努力发展商业性航天工业。

北欧基地具有得天独厚的地理优势

无论是瑞典的埃斯兰格,还是挪威的安德亚,它们的航天史都可以追溯到20世纪60年代。而位于地球极北地区的地理位置则是它们得天独厚的优势。 例如由瑞典航天公司运营的埃斯兰格基地位于北极圈以北200公里的纵深地带,同赤道附近的航天设施相比,架设在这里的天线更容易同环北极卫星进行通讯。该基地另一个优势则是其庞大的规模,埃斯兰格航天中心占地六平方公里,曾进行过火星探测器的降落伞试验、亚轨道火箭试射以及平流层气球试验。

埃斯兰格最大的优势则在于其占地5200平方公里的火箭降落区:这里拥有一望无际的桦树、松树和云杉林,一路绵延至瑞典北部苔原,毗邻挪威和芬兰边境。 辽阔的无人地带便于科学家发射火箭并回收残骸进行研究。 同理,安德亚太空港则位于挪威的一个海岛上,火箭残骸可直接坠入大海,安全风险几乎可以忽略不计。 

地处北极圈内的瑞典埃斯兰格航天基地。

安全与防务

今年年初,美国总统特朗普就任的第一周,就宣布启动价值1750亿美元的“黄金穹顶”导弹防御系统,以保护美国免受远程导弹威胁。该计划成功之后,将意味着美国会首次在太空部署武器,并可以在敌国从地面发射导弹后的数秒之内将其摧毁。美国推出此项计划之前,中国在2021年进行了一次具有里程碑意义的试验,成功发射了一种先进入地球轨道,然后重返大气层的导弹系统。

目前,欧洲则并不具备相应的防御能力,过去数十年里,欧洲在防御方面一直依赖美国提供的保护。但美国副总统万斯今年二月已经在慕尼黑安全会议上发出了明确的警告:欧洲不能继续依赖美国,而是必须在防务问题上更大程度地“自力更生”。

万斯的讲话以及特朗普前盟友亿万富翁马斯克在俄乌战争上的表现,都令欧洲领导人如梦初醒。

穆勒表示:“欧洲必须拥有自己的太空生态,拥有凭借自己能够掌控的手段做出反应的能力。”

商业化航天业的兴起

除了超级大国之间的太空竞赛之外,商业公司也在积极开发太空市场。马斯克的SpaceX和亚马逊创始人贝索斯的BlueOrigin等公司已经证明,太空不再只是NASA等政府机构的专属领域,而且太空中蕴藏着无穷无尽的商机

Space X的出现意味着:航天使命不再只是政府行为。

预计未来五年内,人造卫星的数量将急剧增多。瑞典航天公司也希望通过埃斯兰格太空基地扩展其卫星发射业务。发射业务负责人乌内尔(Ulrika Unell)表示,太空里的人造卫星同地球上人们的生活息息相关,每个人都应当意识到,头顶数百公里高处的卫星直接影响到他生活的方方面面:“大家都应想一想,我们在使用手机,获取各类信息时,这些数据从何而来?又是如何收集到的?太空越来越成为整个社会的共同资产。”  

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Ukraine's main government building in Kyiv hit for first time, PM says

7 September 2025 at 13:58
Ukraine's emergency service DSNS A firefighter looks at a partially destroyed residential house in Kyiv, following a Russian drone attack. Photo: 7 September 2025Ukraine's emergency service DSNS
A firefighter looks at a partially destroyed residential house in Kyiv, following a Russian drone attack

At least two people have been killed and 11 injured in a new Russian overnight drone attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv, local officials have said.

One of the victims was a one-year-old baby, whose body was pulled from the rubble, Kyiv's military administration head Tymur Tkachenko said Sunday. A young woman is also believed to have been killed.

Russian strikes were also targeted at Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown in central Ukraine, where three infrastructure facilities were hit. Air raid warnings were activated overnight for all of the country's regions.

The fresh attack came as Russian President Vladimir Putin has been hardening his warning on the West not to aid Ukraine.

Overnight, several multi-storey residential buildings were partially destroyed and continued to be ablaze after direct hits.

"The Russians are deliberately hitting civilian facilities," Tkachenko said, urging Kyiv residents to remain in shelters.

City authorities said residential buildings were hit in the western Svyatoshynkyi and south-eastern Darnytskyi districts.

There were multiple explosions in Kyiv in the early morning, including at least one in the city centre, seen by the BBC. Several cruise missiles also targeted the capital.

Russia's military has not commented on the reported drone strikes.

Earlier this week, Putin rejected Western proposals for a "reassurance force" in Ukraine the day after any ceasefire comes into place, following a Paris summit aimed at finalising plans for security guarantees.

French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 of Ukraine's allies had formally committed to deploying troops "by land, sea or air" to help provide security the moment fighting was brought to a halt. He gave no further details.

Putin sought to quash the allies' initiative, warning that any troops deployed to Ukraine would be "legitimate targets".

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Moscow currently controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory - including the southern Crimea peninsula illegally annexed in 2014.

One of America's most wanted evaded the FBI for 21 years - only to be found in Wales

7 September 2025 at 05:00
FBI Two images of the same white man. On the left how he looked like when he was younger with brown hair, on the right wearing glasses and smiling at the camera.FBI
Daniel Andreas San Diego was arrested in November 2024, 21 years after the bombings in San Francisco

A suspected double bomber on the FBI's most wanted list who vanished for 21 years is due in court this week to decide if he will be sent back to the United States to face trial.

The FBI believe Daniel Andreas San Diego has links to animal rights extremist groups and is their prime suspect for a series of bombings in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003.

Former FBI agents have said there were "missed opportunities" to arrest the 47-year-old before he vanished and claim they found a suspected "bomb-making factory" in his abandoned car after what detectives called a 65-mile (104km) rush-hour chase in California.

Mr San Diego was found 5,000 miles (8,000km) away in a cottage in north Wales last year.

Mr San Diego, who had a $250,000 (£199,000) bounty on his head, faces a five-day extradition hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Monday to find out if the UK will hand him over to the United States to answer a federal arrest warrant.

The former fugitive, the first born-and-raised American on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list, has been indicted by US prosecutors for maliciously damaging and destroying by means of an explosive after two separate attacks in 2003.

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Daniel Andreas San Diego (top right) was featured on the FBI's most wanted terrorists list, alongside the likes of Osama Bin Laden

Animal rights extremist group Revolutionary Cells - Animal Liberation Brigade claimed responsibility for the attacks on firms they believed had links with organisations that tested products on animals.

Former FBI Special Agent David Smith was part of a special operations group that had been watching Mr San Diego.

"He was remarkable by being unremarkable," Mr Smith, one of the bureau's top surveillance experts, told the BBC.

"He was relatively young and normal, there was nothing to suggest this guy was starting to look violent. We never got any indication he was aware of us."

Chrion Security A silhouette of a person in the dark is on CCTV walking in a dimly light area of the former Chiron Life Science Center in Emeryville, near Oakland, in California on 28 August 2003 Chrion Security
CCTV footage captures the silhouette of a man who the FBI believe is Daniel Andreas San Diego walking around the Chiron Life Science Center in Emeryville around the time of an explosion at the biotechnology firm

The FBI felt it had enough intelligence to suggest Mr San Diego was its prime suspect and thought it was him that planted the devices that detonated a month apart.

But supervisory special agent Andrew Black, part of the FBI's counter-terrorism media team, recalled: "The US Attorney's Office and case agents were making a decision whether to arrest him now or develop more information.

"The hope was he'd lead us to other members of this animal rights group that were using violence to promote their agenda."

Two bombs exploded at a biotechnology corporation in Emeryville, near Oakland, USA, on 28 August 2003, with investigators believing the second bomb was planted to target first responders.

Then a bomb strapped with nails exploded at a nutritional products company in Pleasanton, 30 miles (48km) east of the first blast, on 26 September 2003. No-one was injured in either bombing.

Getty Images Police vans and detectives patrol a street near to where two bombs went off in California. There are cones on the road, which is lined by trees  Getty Images
Police and FBI officers at the scene of two explosions at the old Chiron biotechnology research center in Emeryville in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003

The FBI's former surveillance specialists were told Mr San Diego was developed as a firm suspect and were asked to watch him with an "arrest being imminent".

"We were looking at someone who we think has done multiple bombings and a domestic terrorist," recalled Mr Smith.

Mr Smith and his former colleague Clyde Foreman, a former supervisory special agent, recall urging their colleagues to make the arrest once he had been identified as the main suspect.

Mr Black, an agent of 27 years, added: "As good as you can be, the longer you maintain surveillance eventually they're going to notice something unusual and get spooked.

"There was frustration they weren't given the green light to arrest him as they said there is potential if he leaves, he's going to be able to detonate additional bombs."

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CCTV footage of the explosion from the inside of the Chiron Life Science Center in Emeryville, and the FBI believe Daniel Andreas San Diego is the prime suspect

The day before Mr San Diego went off the FBI's radar, Mr Smith was hiding in camouflage outside his home.

Hours after Mr Smith and the FBI's surveillance specialists went off shift, he said Mr San Diego made a run for it with detectives in pursuit.

"Almost from the time he came out of his house, he was acting frantically," recalled Mr Smith.

"His driving patterns changed. Where he was going, he was driving erratically which is typical of someone trying to evade surveillance."

Agents said he drove south from his home in Sebastopol, Sonoma County, weaved past commuters, through tunnels and over toll bridges in an hour-long motorway chase that ended in downtown San Francisco.

Getty Images Members of the FBI dressed in green all-in-one clothes and black FBI bullet proof vests move towards the buildng that was bombed in the Hacienda Business Park in the Pleasanton area of the San Francisco Bay Area in CaliforniaGetty Images
FBI agents at the site of the second device they suspect Daniel Andreas San Diego planted at the Shaklee Corporate Headquarters in Pleasanton in September 2003

Not even the FBI's spy planes could keep eyes on their target as San Francisco's infamous fog blocked their view as Mr San Diego slipped the net.

Mr San Diego left his car with the engine still running, at a busy city centre junction next to a subway station, and wasn't seen again.

"The team that followed him were thinking he parked the car and went a few blocks up the street to a location nearby, either known to the animal rights group or he had a connection with," recalled Mr Smith, an FBI agent of 33 years.

"I asked 'did anyone see him go in or is anyone watching that place right now?' They didn't.

"The car was parked in a bus zone next to the subway and we said 'we think he's gone'."

A graphic map of Daniel Andreas San Diego's key locations in California
A map of the key locations in the FBI's pursuit of Daniel Andreas San Diego in 2003

Mr Foreman felt the same.

"We knew he was in the wind and it'll be really difficult to find him," he recalled.

"The case squad was operating under the assumption that San Diego was using a residence for his bomb making.

"When he abandoned his car, we found out his bomb-making lab was in the trunk of his car."

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The FBI's assistant director of counter-terrorism Michael J. Heimbach tells a press conference why Daniel Andreas San Diego was being placed on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list

Mr Smith watched as the boot opened and admitted for a detective, it was "everything you ever wanted".

"Had we known that, he'd have certainly been arrested days prior," he added.

"It was validating to say there it was. We felt confident that this was the guy right away. We were very experienced agents and knew a suspect when we saw one.

"It was definitely a missed opportunity."

FBI FBI poster announcing that Daniel Andreas San Diego has been caught, featuring two pictures of him, one with glasses, one without, with the word "Captured" beneath each. At the top it says most wanted terrorist, with the logo of the FBI on the left. Underneath it says Daniel Andreas San Diego. And under that it says, in black script, Maliciously Damaging and Destroying, and Attempting to Destroy and Damage, by Means of Explosives, Buildings and Other Property; Possession of a Destructive Device During, in Relation to, and in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence.FBI
Mr San Diego was the first suspected domestic terrorist placed on the FBI's most wanted list

The double bombing came two years after the 9/11 attacks and the US was on high alert, so department chief Mr Foreman was of the view: "Once you have somebody identified, arrest him."

Mr San Diego was a computer network specialist born in Berkeley, California, and brought up in an upper middle-class area of the San Francisco Bay Area. His father was a city manager.

Former Scotland Yard undercover detective and Hunted TV show expert Peter Bleksley feels that fugitive Daniel Andreas San Diego must have had help to get to the UK

The FBI worked on tracking Mr San Diego for years after his disappearance, watching family and friends to see if they could lead agents to him. But the scent went cold. They believed he had probably fled to central or South America.

Mr San Diego was indicted in the US District Court in 2004 and the FBI considered him armed and dangerous.

Then, after 21 years of nothing and both Mr Smith and Mr Foreman retiring from the bureau, they heard one of their most notorious fugitives had been detained in the UK after being found in an isolated cottage on a north Wales hillside.

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Daniel Andreas San Diego lived at Llidiart y Coed, a remote cottage near the village of Maenan in the Conwy valley, which is the only house up a narrow woodland trail

The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) and counter-terror police swooped in November 2024, arresting Mr San Diego who had been using the alias Danny Webb in the Conwy valley, near the market town of Llanrwst.

"I believe he had some support - you're not chasing Jason Bourne," said Mr Foreman.

"He was not a skilled intelligence officer. He had to have support."

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Daniel Andreas San Diego was arrested in north Wales on 21 November 2024

The FBI said it would not comment about the possible missed opportunities to arrest Mr San Diego.

But at the time of his arrest, FBI Director Christopher Wray said: "Daniel San Diego's arrest after more than 20 years as a fugitive for two bombings in the San Francisco area shows that no matter how long it takes, the FBI will find you and hold you accountable."

Mr San Diego, who is being held at the high security Belmarsh Prison in London, has declined to comment.

台风将至 海口三港停运

7 September 2025 at 14:02

今年第16号台风“塔巴”将给中国海南岛北部地区带来较强风雨,海口新海港、秀英港和铁路南港星期天(9月7日)14时起停运。

据中新网报道,海口市交通运输和港航管理局早上8时发布上述通告。

据监测,台风“塔巴”7日9时其中心位于北纬18.7度、东经114.4度,也就是在距离广东省阳江市东南方向约435公里的南海海面上,中心附近最大风力9级(23米/秒)。

预计,“塔巴”将以10-15公里的速度向西北方向移动,强度逐渐增强,趋向广东中西部沿海,并将于8日凌晨到中午在广东珠海至湛江一带沿海登陆(强热带风暴级或台风级,28-33米/秒,10-12级),登陆后强度逐渐减弱。

海南省气象部门提醒,7日-8日,海南岛北部地区有较强降雨,相关部门需继续加强水库巡查、道路疏导、旅游设施安全、地质灾害风险隐患点管理等工作。

中国成功发射遥感四十号03组卫星

7 September 2025 at 13:35

中国成功发射遥感四十号03组卫星,用于开展电磁环境探测及相关技术试验。

据中新社报道,星期天(9月7日)0时34分,中国在太原卫星发射中心使用长征六号改运载火箭,将遥感四十号03组卫星发射升空。

卫星顺利进入预定轨道,发射任务获得成功。

遥感四十号03组卫星主要用于开展电磁环境探测及相关技术试验。

此次任务是长征系列运载火箭的第593次飞行。

武大座椅贴红标被指像日本旗 校方迫于压力致歉

7 September 2025 at 13:01
武汉大学研究生开学典礼9月5日举行,工作人员在部分白色座椅靠背中央粘贴红色圆形标签,用于引导穿红色文化衫的学生就座。 (互联网)

武汉大学开学典礼的座椅贴上红色标签后与日本国旗相似,被部分网民围攻,校方迫于压力致歉。

武汉大学研究生开学典礼星期五(9月5日)在卓尔体育馆举行,现场工作人员在部分白色座椅靠背中央粘贴红色圆形标签,用于引导穿红色文化衫的学生就座。

相关照片在网上流传,有网民认为,白色座椅贴上红色圆形标签后酷似日本国旗,批评武汉大学“九三阅兵刚过,就没有了政治敏感度”。也有网民认为,这只是个巧合,不应该上纲上线。《环球时报》前总编辑胡锡进也发文称,太阳图案不能被日本垄断,网民应该降低一下敏感度,不要满社会去寻找这种所谓“媚日”的蛛丝马迹。

面对批评声,武汉大学党委研究生工作部星期六(9月6日)发布情况说明,称为引导师生按设计的造型图案准确入场就座,工作团队在部分白色座椅和蓝色座椅靠背上,用红色、黄色等不同颜色和圆形、五角星形等不同形状的标签进行了分类标识,其中部分白色座椅靠背所贴红色圆形标签,引发误读。校方对此深表歉意,今后将更加注重工作细节,提高工作严谨性。

今年7月,武汉大学因图书馆性骚扰争议成为舆论焦点。由于图书馆事件在中国互联网上引发男女严重对立,风波至今没有停息,武汉大学此后的一举一动都被部分网民拿放大镜般审视,这次的座椅事件中,就有很多网民发贴时重提图书馆事件。

Baby among two killed in Russian drone attack on Kyiv, officials say

7 September 2025 at 12:10
Ukraine's emergency service DSNS A firefighter looks at a partially destroyed residential house in Kyiv, following a Russian drone attack. Photo: 7 September 2025Ukraine's emergency service DSNS
A firefighter looks at a partially destroyed residential house in Kyiv, following a Russian drone attack

At least two people have been killed and 11 injured in a new Russian overnight drone attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv, local officials have said.

One of the victims was a one-year-old baby, whose body was pulled from the rubble, Kyiv's military administration head Tymur Tkachenko said Sunday. A young woman is also believed to have been killed.

Russian strikes were also targeted at Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown in central Ukraine, where three infrastructure facilities were hit. Air raid warnings were activated overnight for all of the country's regions.

The fresh attack came as Russian President Vladimir Putin has been hardening his warning on the West not to aid Ukraine.

Overnight, several multi-storey residential buildings were partially destroyed and continued to be ablaze after direct hits.

"The Russians are deliberately hitting civilian facilities," Tkachenko said, urging Kyiv residents to remain in shelters.

City authorities said residential buildings were hit in the western Svyatoshynkyi and south-eastern Darnytskyi districts.

There were multiple explosions in Kyiv in the early morning, including at least one in the city centre, seen by the BBC. Several cruise missiles also targeted the capital.

Russia's military has not commented on the reported drone strikes.

Earlier this week, Putin rejected Western proposals for a "reassurance force" in Ukraine the day after any ceasefire comes into place, following a Paris summit aimed at finalising plans for security guarantees.

French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 of Ukraine's allies had formally committed to deploying troops "by land, sea or air" to help provide security the moment fighting was brought to a halt. He gave no further details.

Putin sought to quash the allies' initiative, warning that any troops deployed to Ukraine would be "legitimate targets".

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Moscow currently controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory - including the southern Crimea peninsula illegally annexed in 2014.

One of the world's most sacred places is being turned into a luxury mega-resort

7 September 2025 at 07:59
Universal Images Group via Getty Images The St Catherine's Monastery as seen from the outside. It is a walled structure with several buildings inside, with the monastery's gardens attached to one side, which are green with some trees inside. The surrounding area is rocky with the ground sloping up behind the monastery at the foot of a mountain Universal Images Group via Getty Images
The 6th Century St Catherine's is the world's oldest continuously used Christian monastery

For years visitors would venture up Mount Sinai with a Bedouin guide to watch the sunrise over the pristine, rocky landscape or go on other Bedouin-led hikes.

Now one of Egypt's most sacred places - revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims - is at the heart of an unholy row over plans to turn it into a new tourism mega-project.

Known locally as Jabal Musa, Mount Sinai is where Moses is said to have been given the Ten Commandments. Many also believe that this is the place where, according to the Bible and the Quran, God spoke to the prophet from the burning bush.

The 6th century St Catherine's Monastery, run by the Greek Orthodox Church, is also there - and seemingly its monks will stay on now that Egyptian authorities, under Greek pressure, have denied wanting to close it

However, there is still deep concern about how the long-isolated, desert location - a Unesco World Heritage site comprising the monastery, town and mountain - is being transformed. Luxury hotels, villas and shopping bazaars are under construction there.

Ariel view of Mount Sinai pictured before transformation as a long-isolated desert location and pictured mid-transformation with hotels, villas etc under construction.
The long-isolated desert location is being transformed

It is also home to a traditional Bedouin community, the Jebeleya tribe. Already the tribe, known as the Guardians of St Catherine, have had their homes and tourist eco-camps demolished with little or no compensation. They have even been forced to take bodies out of their graves in the local cemetery to make way for a new car park.

The project may have been presented as desperately needed sustainable development which will boost tourism, but it has also been imposed on the Bedouin against their will, says Ben Hoffler, a British travel writer who has worked closely with Sinai tribes.

"This is not development as the Jebeleya see it or asked for it, but how it looks when imposed top-down to serve the interests of outsiders over those of the local community," he told the BBC.

"A new urban world is being built around a Bedouin tribe of nomadic heritage," he added. "It's a world they have always chosen to remain detached from, to whose construction they did not consent, and one that will change their place in their homeland forever."

Locals, who number about 4,000, are unwilling to speak directly about the changes.

Ben Hoffler A view of one of the developments, still under construction Plain of el-Raha. The sun is behind the surrounding mountains, while the development site is in the foreground, with roads connecting different buildings Ben Hoffler
Construction in the Plain of el-Raha in 2024

So far, Greece is the foreign power which has been most vocal about the Egyptian plans, because of its connection to the monastery.

Tensions between Athens and Cairo flared up after an Egyptian court ruled in May that St Catherine's - the world's oldest continuously used Christian monastery - lies on state land.

After a decades-long dispute, judges said that the monastery was only "entitled to use" the land it sits on and the archaeological religious sites which dot its surroundings.

Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens, head of the Church of Greece, was quick to denounce the ruling.

"The monastery's property is being seized and expropriated. This spiritual beacon of Orthodoxy and Hellenism is now facing an existential threat," he said in a statement.

In a rare interview, St Catherine's longtime Archbishop Damianos told a Greek newspaper the decision was a "grave blow for us... and a disgrace". His handling of the affair led to bitter divisions between the monks and his recent decision to step down.

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem pointed out that the holy site - over which it has ecclesiastical jurisdiction - had been granted a letter of protection by the Prophet Muhammad himself.

It said that the Byzantine monastery - which unusually also houses a small mosque built in the Fatimid era - was "an enshrinement of peace between Christians and Muslims and a refuge of hope for a world mired by conflict".

While the controversial court ruling remains in place, a flurry of diplomacy ultimately culminated in a joint declaration between Greece and Egypt ensuring the protection of St Catherine's Greek Orthodox identity and cultural heritage.

Ben Hoffler The peak of Mount Sinai at dusk in 2024. The light catches the top of the rocky mountain, which is standing higher than another mountain in the foregroundBen Hoffler
Mount Sinai, known locally as Jabal Musa, is where Moses is said to have been given the Ten Commandments

'Special gift' or insensitive interference?

Egypt began its state-sponsored Great Transfiguration Project for tourists in 2021. The plan includes opening hotels, eco-lodges and a large visitor centre, as well as expanding the small nearby airport and a cable car to Mount Moses.

The government is promoting the development as "Egypt's gift to the entire world and all religions".

"The project will provide all tourism and recreational services for visitors, promote the development of the town [of St Catherine] and its surrounding areas while preserving the environmental, visual, and heritage character of the pristine nature, and provide accommodation for those working on St Catherine's projects," Housing Minister Sherif el-Sherbiny said last year.

While work does appear to have stalled, at least temporarily, due to funding issues, the Plain of el-Raha - in view of St Catherine's Monastery - has already been transformed. Construction is continuing on new roads.

This is where the followers of Moses, the Israelites, are said to have waited for him during his time on Mount Sinai. And critics say the special natural characteristics of the area are being destroyed.

Detailing the outstanding universal value of the site, Unesco notes how "the rugged mountainous landscape around... forms a perfect backdrop for the Monastery".

It says: "Its siting demonstrates a deliberate attempt to establish an intimate bond between natural beauty and remoteness on the one hand and human spiritual commitment on the other."

Ben Hoffler The mountains at dusk, from Jebel el Ahmar in 2024. Light hits the top of a rocky mountain range, which stretches into the distance Ben Hoffler
The area is known for its natural beauty and rugged mountainous landscape

Back in 2023, Unesco highlighted its concerns and called on Egypt to stop developments, check their impact and produce a conservation plan.

This has not happened.

In July, World Heritage Watch sent an open letter calling on Unesco's World Heritage Committee to place the St Catherine's area on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger.

Campaigners have also approached King Charles as patron of the St Catherine Foundation, which raises funds to help conserve and study the monastery's heritage with its collection of valuable ancient Christian manuscripts. The King has described the site as "a great spiritual treasure that should be maintained for future generations".

The mega-project is not the first in Egypt to draw criticism for a lack of sensitivity to the country's unique history.

But the government sees its series of grandiose schemes as key to reinvigorating the flagging economy.

Egypt's once-thriving tourism sector had begun to recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic when it was hit by the brutal war in Gaza and a new wave of regional instability. The government has declared an aim of reaching 30 million visitors by 2028.

Under successive Egyptian governments, commercial development of the Sinai has been carried out without consulting the indigenous Bedouin communities.

The peninsula was captured by Israel during the 1967 Middle East War and only returned to Egypt after the two countries signed a peace treaty in 1979. The Bedouin have since complained of being treated like second-class citizens.

The construction of Egypt's popular Red Sea destinations, including Sharm el-Sheikh, began in South Sinai in the 1980s. Many see similarities with what is happening at St Catherine's now.

"The Bedouin were the people of the region, and they were the guides, the workers, the people to rent from," says Egyptian journalist Mohannad Sabry.

"Then industrial tourism came in and they were pushed out - not just pushed out of the business but physically pushed back from the sea into the background."

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A hotel under construction in the Plain of el-Raha in 2024

As with the Red Sea locations, it is expected that Egyptians from elsewhere in the country will be brought in to work at the new St Catherine's development. However, the government says it is also "upgrading" Bedouin residential areas.

St Catherine's Monastery has endured many upheavals through the past millennium and a half but, when the oldest of the monks at the site originally moved there, it was still a remote retreat.

That began to change as the expansion of the Red Sea resorts brought thousands of pilgrims on day trips at peak times.

In recent years, large crowds would often be seen filing past what is said to be the remnants of the burning bush or visiting a museum displaying pages from the Codex Sinaiticus - the world's oldest surviving, nearly complete, handwritten copy of the New Testament.

Now, even though the monastery and the deep religious significance of the site will remain, its surroundings and centuries-long ways of life look set to be irreversibly changed.

Baby among two killed in Russian drone attack on Kyiv, officials say

7 September 2025 at 12:10
Ukraine's emergency service DSNS A firefighter looks at a partially destroyed residential house in Kyiv, following a Russian drone attack. Photo: 7 September 2025Ukraine's emergency service DSNS
A firefighter looks at a partially destroyed residential house in Kyiv, following a Russian drone attack

At least two people have been killed and 11 injured in a new Russian overnight drone attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv, local officials have said.

One of the victims was a one-year-old baby, whose body was pulled from the rubble, Kyiv's military administration head Tymur Tkachenko said Sunday. A young woman is also believed to have been killed.

Russian strikes were also targeted at Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown in central Ukraine, where three infrastructure facilities were hit. Air raid warnings were activated overnight for all of the country's regions.

The fresh attack came as Russian President Vladimir Putin has been hardening his warning on the West not to aid Ukraine.

Overnight, several multi-storey residential buildings were partially destroyed and continued to be ablaze after direct hits.

"The Russians are deliberately hitting civilian facilities," Tkachenko said, urging Kyiv residents to remain in shelters.

City authorities said residential buildings were hit in the western Svyatoshynkyi and south-eastern Darnytskyi districts.

There were multiple explosions in Kyiv in the early morning, including at least one in the city centre, seen by the BBC. Several cruise missiles also targeted the capital.

Russia's military has not commented on the reported drone strikes.

Earlier this week, Putin rejected Western proposals for a "reassurance force" in Ukraine the day after any ceasefire comes into place, following a Paris summit aimed at finalising plans for security guarantees.

French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 of Ukraine's allies had formally committed to deploying troops "by land, sea or air" to help provide security the moment fighting was brought to a halt. He gave no further details.

Putin sought to quash the allies' initiative, warning that any troops deployed to Ukraine would be "legitimate targets".

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Moscow currently controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory - including the southern Crimea peninsula illegally annexed in 2014.

罗智强称国民党中央已确认他的参选资格

7 September 2025 at 12:05

国民党立委罗智强说,国民党中央已确认他的参选资格。

罗智强星期天(9月7日)在脸书称,党中央已确认他的参选资格,恳请支持者动起来替他催票、拉票,并投票给他。

罗智强说,台湾总统赖清德在大罢免中虽然一时受挫,但“台独引战争,独裁想专制”的“双独大梦”并没有醒,只是等待下一个时机再次发动检调清算,用对付柯文哲的方式,对付台湾所有人。

罗智强表示,他若当国民党主席,一定让赖清德下台,全力平反被民进党政治迫害的人,让台湾民主重回正轨。

国民党主席将在10月18日进行改选,目前表态有意角逐的,包括罗智强、孙文学校总校长张亚中、前彰化县长卓伯源、前立委郑丽文、前国民党副秘书长张雅屏、国民党中央委员孙健萍、彰化县议长谢典林、海基会前顾问蔡志弘等。另外,前中广董事长赵少康说,如果台中市长卢秀燕、现任主席朱立伦、前台北市长郝龙斌都不选,他会考虑参选。

8月中国新开国际货运航线15条

7 September 2025 at 12:03

中国非营利社团组织星期六(9月6日)发布数据,显示今年8月全中国共新开15条国际货运航线,每周增加超过30个往返航班。

中新社引述中国物流与采购联合会下属的航空物流分会星期六发布数据,显示8月新开的国际货运航线,航向结构以亚洲和欧洲为主。

其中,亚洲航线11条,欧洲航线三条,北美洲航线一条。这些航线共涉及10家航空公司,其中包括四家国内航空公司。

货物结构则以跨境电商货物、高附加值货物、汽车零部件、电子产品、生鲜产品、特色农产品等为主。

据悉,今年前八个月,全中国共新开国际航空货运航线152条,每周增加超过300个往返航班。

国际航空运输协会此前发布的全球航空货运定期数据显示,7月全球航空货运需求同比增长5.5%。其中亚太航空公司航空货运需求同比增长11.1%,在所有地区中增长最快。

李鸿忠会普京:愿推动中俄关系向更高更广更深发展

7 September 2025 at 11:27

中共中央政治局委员、全国人大常委会副委员长李鸿忠星期四(9月4日)与俄罗斯总统普京举行会见,表示北京愿同莫斯科一道,推动中俄关系向更高水平、更广领域、更深层次发展。

普京星期四(9月4日)在俄罗斯远东城市符拉迪沃斯托克会见应邀出席第十届东方经济论坛的李鸿忠。

据中新社报道,李鸿忠会见中指出,中国国家主席习近平两天前(9月2日)同普京在北京举行重要会谈,共同擘画中俄关系长远发展蓝图,就维护二战胜利成果、捍卫正确二战史观达成重要共识,充分彰显大国关系典范。

李鸿忠表示,中国愿同俄罗斯一道,以两国元首重要共识为遵循和引领,坚守世代友好、合作共赢的初心,推动中俄关系向更高水平、更广领域、更深层次发展。

报道引述普京感谢中国对俄公民试行免签政策,并派出高级代表团出席第十届东方经济论坛。他表示,莫斯科将同北京一道,不断推动俄中新时代全面战略协作伙伴关系和各领域合作迈上新台阶。

另一方面,中俄友好、和平与发展委员会第十五次双方全会星期六(9月6日)在符拉迪沃斯托克举行。

习近平向全会致贺辞,强调中俄友好、和平与发展委员会成立28年来,全力服务中俄关系大局,厚植两国关系社会民意根基。他希望委员会以这次会议为契机,积极发挥两国民间交往主渠道作用,“书写新时代两国人民相知相亲、风雨同舟的友好篇章”。

李鸿忠:中俄是维护全球战略稳定的建设性力量

7 September 2025 at 11:03

中共中央政治局委员、全国人大常委会副委员长李鸿忠星期五(9月5日)在俄罗斯远东城市符拉迪沃斯托克表示,中国和俄罗斯都是具有重要影响力的大国,是维护全球战略稳定、完善全球治理的建设性力量。

第十届东方经济论坛9月3日至6日在俄罗斯符拉迪沃斯托克市的远东联邦大学校园内举行,主题为“远东——为和平与繁荣而合作”。来自70多个国家和地区的代表出席论坛。

据中新社报道,李鸿忠星期五出席东方经济论坛全会并致辞。他强调,当前世界百年变局加速演进,中国国家主席习近平提出全球治理倡议,为有效应对全球性挑战、深入开展全球性合作提供中国方案,展现大国担当,推动构建人类命运共同体。

李鸿忠表示,中国愿同包括俄罗斯在内的东北亚地区各国紧密团结协作,以行动导向推进共商共建共享,共同迈向和平发展、合作共赢的光明未来。

俄罗斯卫星通讯社则引述李鸿忠在会上表示,当前全球性挑战此起彼伏,全球治理赤字日益突出。很多问题不再局限于一国内部,也不再是一国之力能够应对。

李鸿忠说,中国和俄罗斯都是具有重要影响力的大国,是维护全球战略稳定、完善全球治理的建设性力量。

李鸿忠表示,东方经济论坛创立了10年,也是中俄关系大幅发展大跨越的十年。在习近平和俄罗斯总统普京的战略引领下,两国政治互信日益巩固深化,各领域合作不断走深走实,地方交往与合作更是成为中俄全方位各层次高质量合作的缩影。

李鸿忠指出,得益于两国元首的关心和推动,中俄“东北-远东”合作保持积极发展的势头,中国连续多年成为俄罗斯远东地区最大的贸易伙伴和投资来源国。在“东北-远东”机制框架下,中国2024年对俄贸易共计1058亿美元(1357亿新元),占双边贸易总额达43%,在中俄贸易中的排头兵作用愈发凸显。

Trump Tramples Congress’s Power, With Little Challenge From G.O.P.

On national security, spending and oversight, the president continues to undercut the legislative branch, and Republicans in charge have done little to stop him.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Homeless and Hungry, Gazans Fear a Repeat of 1948 History

7 September 2025 at 12:01
Israel’s war in Gaza has displaced most of the 2.2 million Palestinian residents from their homes. Many of them fear it will be permanent, a reprise of the Nakba.

© Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

Abdallah Abu Samra in front of the tent where he lives in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, in February.

Why France’s Financial Woes Are Pushing Its Government to the Brink

7 September 2025 at 12:01
The French prime minister has proposed drastic spending cuts and tax increases to shore up the country’s accounts, but his plan could backfire.

© Joann Pai for The New York Times

A street corner in Paris. France’s budget crisis has set off political and financial turmoil.
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