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1.媒體來源:
華爾街日報

2.記者署名
Chun Han Wong

3.完整新聞標題:
Taiwan’s Success in Coronavirus Fight Poses Challenge to China:
Taipei’s containment of coronavirus despite exclusion from WHO has
reinforced the confidence of many Taiwanese in standing up what to they see
as Beijing’s bullying
台灣防疫成功  對中造成挑戰：
儘管被WHO排除，台灣的防疫成果強化了台灣人對抗北京霸凌的自信

4.完整新聞內文:

這篇新聞剛上架不久，小魯這邊每段只能簡單翻譯，請各位見諒。

The coronavirus pandemic is stoking long-simmering tensions between China and
the island democracy of Taiwan, underscoring differences between their
political systems and deepening resentment toward Beijing.
新冠疫情升高了中國與民主島嶼台灣之間的緊張，顯現了兩者的政治體制的不同，也加深
了對於北京當局的不滿。

In recent weeks, Beijing and Taipei have escalated rhetoric accusing one
another of exploiting the pandemic for political ends, even as they compete
to provide medical supplies and expertise to coronavirus-hit countries in
what observers are calling “mask diplomacy.”
最近幾周，北京和台北指控彼此利用疫情獲得政治資源，甚至彼此競相將醫療資源及醫療
專業人才出口他國進行援助，被評論家稱為「口罩外交」。

Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, also criticized Taipei for
allegedly pursuing independence, while sending military aircraft and civilian
fishing vessels to test Taiwanese control over its airspace and waters in
recent weeks.
北京不但主張台灣為中國領土，並譴責台北意圖搞獨立，並在最近幾周派出軍機及漁船測
試台灣對於海空的控制力。

While Beijing has claimed success in curbing the coronavirus after locking
down much of mainland China for two months, Taiwan has won global plaudits
for an early and less-coercive epidemic response that has limited the
contagion to 385 confirmed infections and six deaths among its nearly 24
million people.
雖然北京在鎖國兩個月後號稱成功壓制疫情，擁有2400萬人口的台灣卻透過早期的、比較
不剝奪自由的防疫措施，成功將病例數限制在385確診和6死亡，獲得國際的肯定。

That Taiwan achieved this despite its exclusion from the World Health
Organization—at Beijing’s behest—has reinforced confidence among many
Taiwanese in standing up to what they see as China’s bullying practices
against them.
台灣在被WHO依照北京的意向排除在外的情形下，還能達到如此成就，加強了許多台灣人
面對中國霸凌的信心。

For years, Beijing has worked to isolate Taiwan by keeping it out of
international institutions including the WHO, a United Nations agency, while
poaching Taipei’s diplomatic partners, which now number just 15 states.
Anger in Taiwan against such tactics helped President Tsai Ing-wen win
re-election in a landslide in January. Ms. Tsai had vowed to resist
authoritarian encroachment from China’s Communist Party.


For Beijing, Taiwan’s successful pandemic response poses dual challenges,
undercutting the Communist Party’s claims to superiority over liberal
democracies, and bolstering a sense of local identity among the many
Taiwanese who object to China’s efforts to isolate and assimilate the island.
對北京而言，台灣的亮眼防疫成績造成了雙重挑戰：第一，它動搖了中共自認為優於民主
體制的說法；第二，它強化了台灣人的自我認同。

For Ms. Tsai, Taiwan’s coronavirus track record offers an opportunity to
burnish the island’s global standing. Officials from the U.S., Japan and the
European Union, among other governments, have praised Taiwan’s response, and
some have said the WHO should have listened to Taiwanese health authorities,
who said they had raised concerns about human-to-human transmission of the
new pathogen long before China confirmed it on Jan. 20.


President Trump, who has blamed Beijing for mishandling the pandemic, last
month signed into law a commitment to advocate Taiwan’s participation in
international bodies like the WHO, and Washington has continued sending
warships through the Taiwan Strait in a signal to Beijing, most recently this
week.
川普不但譴責北京延誤疫情，上個月並簽署了幫助台灣參與國際組織的法案，並持續派遣
軍艦前往台灣海峽，對北京當於發出信號。

“This attention to Taiwan, respect for Taiwan and sudden support for Taiwan
is obviously irksome for Beijing,” said Jonathan Sullivan, director of China
Programs at the University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute. China, he
added, “is unlikely to accept this outcome graciously.”
諾丁漢亞洲研究所中國計畫執行長Jonathan Sullivan說：「台灣獲得的關注及尊敬明顯地
觸怒了北京，北京不太可能坐視不管。」

The pandemic has even emboldened advocates of Taiwanese nationhood. In a
March survey commissioned by Taipei’s Mainland Affairs Council, which
handles policy toward Beijing, 26.7% of respondents said Taiwan should
ultimately seek independence while keeping the status quo for now, the
highest level ever recorded in polling data released since the mid-1990s, and
up from 21.7% in October. Another 9.3% said Taiwan should declare
independence as soon as possible, the highest level since 2008 and up from 6%
in October.


As the pandemic has worsened, the WHO has become a source of friction between
the two sides. In criticisms that the Trump administration has echoed, Taipei
has accused the WHO of helping China play down the severity of its initial
outbreak—while curbing the island’s participation in international public
health at China’s behest. The WHO and Beijing deny the allegations.
疫情加重的同時，WHO成為兩者之間的摩擦來源。台北指控WHO幫助中國低報疫情嚴重性，
並阻礙台灣加入，川普政府也支持這項指控。WHO和北京否認相關指控。

The row escalated this week when WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus accused Taiwan of being the source of racist attacks on himself,
drawing forceful protests from Taipei, which demanded the agency chief
apologize for his “baseless allegations.”
本周WHO秘書長譚德賽指控台灣對其發動種族歧視攻擊，升高了緊張關係，使台北當局強烈
抗議，並主張WHO應為「無根據的主張」道歉。

Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office voiced support for Dr. Tedros and accused
Ms. Tsai’s government of waging a smear campaign against China and the WHO.
It said issues related to Taiwan’s presence at the WHO must be handled in
accordance with the “One China” principle.
北京國台辦支持譚德賽的指控，並指責蔡政府對中國及WHO發起了抹黑活動。它指出WHO處
理台灣必須遵守一中原則。

The WHO has said that “the question of Taiwanese membership in WHO is up to
WHO Member States, not WHO staff,” adding that the agency has worked closely
with Taiwanese health experts.
WHO曾說過台灣的會員問題並非取決於WHO職員、而是WHO會員國，並補充WHO和台灣專家有
緊密合作。

For many Taiwanese, Dr. Tedros’s remarks reinforced long-held perceptions
about China’s influence over the WHO.
對於許多台灣人而言，譚德賽的言論強化了長久以來「中國影響著WHO」的印象。

Taiwan hasn’t been invited to the WHO’s annual policy-setting assembly
since participating as a nonvoting observer from 2009 to 2016, during a
period of relatively warm ties between Beijing and Taipei, which ended after
Ms. Tsai took office as president.
台灣在09至16年期間，作為觀察員不曾被邀請至WHO年度政策大會。這段期間中台關係較
緩和。

Resentment in Taiwan against its WHO exclusion has simmered since the
pandemic erupted. In the March survey commissioned by the Mainland Affairs
Council, nearly 92% of respondents said they opposed the Communist Party’s
efforts to exclude Taiwan from the WHO. Some 61.5% agreed that China’s
government is unfriendly toward the Taiwanese people, the highest level since
1999.


Taiwanese officials, media and even ordinary citizens have repeatedly
referred to the “Wuhan pneumonia” in Chinese, defying Beijing’s insistence
on using Covid-19, the official name assigned by the WHO, which says that
labeling diseases by their geographic origin causes stigma. Chinese officials
and state media had referred to the “Wuhan pneumonia” during the initial
outbreak before denouncing the name as derogatory.
台灣官員、媒體、甚至民眾，皆稱呼新冠為「武漢肺炎」，無視北京對於改名的堅持。
中國官員及官媒在疫情早期也曾稱呼新官為「武漢肺炎」。後來才改變態度。

“Everyone also called it ‘Wuhan pneumonia’ from the start,” Taiwanese
video blogger Chen Chia-chin, better known as “Potter King,” said in a
recent video addressed to nationalist Chinese viewers that has garnered more
than 1.7 million views on Facebook and YouTube. “The Communist Party told
you not to say ‘Wuhan pneumonia’ and you don’t dare to say it anymore.”

Taiwanese personalities seen as pro-China.
反北京的情緒，在台灣人於網路上攻擊親中名人的現象中顯現出來。

When Taiwanese pop star Jolin Tsai promoted a new song this month calling for
global solidarity against the coronavirus, her Facebook page was swamped with
angry comments accusing her of selling out Taiwan.
台灣歌手蔡依林發布抗疫新歌後，臉書被出賣台灣的指控灌爆。

The song’s music video, produced by a Chinese state-owned broadcaster,
depicted Ms. Tsai and a Hong Kong singer performing the song—titled “Fight
as One”—and included images of children from countries like Belarus, El
Salvador and Italy displaying artwork thanking China. No overt reference to
Taiwan appeared; El Salvador switched to diplomatically recognizing Beijing
from Taipei in 2018.


“Seems like the magical powers of the renminbi is greater than everything
else,” one user wrote on Ms. Tsai’s Facebook page, referring to the Chinese
currency. “Screw your Chinese Communist Party global propaganda,” another
user wrote. Efforts to reach Ms. Tsai weren’t successful.
一名網友在蔡依林臉書寫道：「看來人民幣的魔力似乎比任何東西都更強大。」
另一名網友寫道：「去你的中共全球大外宣。」
記者未能聯繫到蔡依林本人。

—Joyu Wang contributed to this article.

5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):

https://www.wsj.com/articles/taiwans-...challenge-to-china-11586599202

https://reurl.cc/Y1d7ya

6.備註:

華爾街日報居然寫了這麼長一篇 @__@，台灣防疫外交做起來！


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