アングル:老いる台湾、出生率低下で年金財政破綻の瀬戸際
c REUTERS アングル:老いる台湾、出生率低下で年金財政破綻の瀬戸際
その一方、中年になるかならないかといった年齢の公務員が続々と退職している。税金で一部を賄う現在の公的年金制度が非常に手厚いものであることから、現行制度が存続しているうちに退職しようとするためだ。
【AFP=時事】香港( Hong Kong)で、中国政府に批判的な書籍を扱っていた出版社の社員5人が相次いで行方不明となっている。民主派の中核政党、香港民主党の何俊仁(アルバート・ホー、Albert Ho)主席は3日、5人が中国当局に拉致されたとの見方を示し、この出版社が習近平(Xi Jinping)国家主席の元交際相手に関する本の出版を計画していたことが背景にある可能性を指摘した。
香港の出版社「巨流(Mighty Current )」では、昨年10月から社員4人の行方が分からなくなっている。さらに先週、社員の李波(Lee Bo)さんも行方不明となった。
新党を率いるのは、かつては筋金入りの与党・人民行動党(PAP)議員だった医師のタン・チェンボック(Tan Cheng Bock)氏(79)。タン氏は、2011年の大統領選に出馬したが主流派のトニー・タン・ケン・ヤム(Tony Tan Keng Yam)候補に僅差で破れた経験を持つ。新党は、シェンロン首相の弟ながら不和が伝えられるリー・シェンヤン(Lee Hsien Yang)氏(62)からも支持を取り付けている。
>During the 50 years of Japanese rule in Taiwan (1895–1945), Taiwan experienced economic development and an increased standard of living, serving as a supply base for the Japanese main islands.[14] (『Wikipedia』)
>Taiwanese perceptions of Japanese rule were more positive than perceptions in other parts of East and Southeast Asia that came under Japanese imperialism.[15] Despite this, the Kuomintang troops from Mainland China were initially welcomed by the Taiwanese. (『Wikipedia』)
>Economic mismanagement led to a large black market, runaway inflation, and food shortages. Many commodities were compulsorily bought cheaply by the KMT administration and shipped to Mainland China to meet the Civil War shortages, where they were sold at a very high profit, furthering the general shortage of goods in Taiwan. The price of rice rose to 100 times its original value between the time the Nationalists took over and the spring of 1946, increasing to nearly four times the price in Shanghai. It inflated further to 400 times the original price by January 1947.[17] Carpetbaggers from Mainland China dominated nearly all industry, as well as political and judicial offices, displacing the Taiwanese who were formerly employed. Many of the ROC garrison troops were highly undisciplined, looting, stealing, and contributing to the overall breakdown of infrastructure and public services.[18] Because the Taiwanese elites had met with some success with self-government under Japanese rule, they had expected the same system from the incoming ruling Chinese Nationalist Government. However, the Chinese Nationalists opted for a different route, aiming for the centralization of government powers and a reduction in local authority. The KMT's nation-building efforts followed this ideology because of unpleasant experiences with the diverging forces during the Warlord Era in 1916–1928 that had torn the government in China. Mainland Communists were even preparing to bring down the government like the Ili Rebellion.[19] The different goals of the Nationalists and the Taiwanese, coupled with cultural and language misunderstandings, served to further inflame tensions on both sides. (『Wikipedia』)
>"Chinese Exploit Formosa Worse Than Japs Did"(日本人よりも過酷に台湾を搾取する支那人)(ザ・ワシントン・デイリーニュース)
>"Chinese Exploit Formosa Worse Than Japs Did", a news article from The Washington Daily News on March 21, 1946 (『Wikipedia』)
>Forsythe, Michael (July 14, 2015). "Taiwan Turns Light on 1947 Slaughter by Chiang Kai-shek's Troops". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 27, 2018. To somber cello music that evokes 'Schindler's List,' displays memorialize the lives lost, including much of the island's elite: painters, lawyers, professors, and doctors. In 1992, an official commission estimated that 18,000 to 28,000 people had been killed.(『Wikipedia』)
『マルクス共産主義は形を変えた新たな奴隷制 〜 Social dumpingとBeggar-Thy-Neighbor(近隣窮乏化)輸出ドライブで稼いだ外貨をばら撒いて、最貧国に毛沢東思想(共産主義)を押し売りする中国共産党。中国共産党に魅入られた最貧国は、いずれ毛沢東(中国共産党)の文化大革命に心酔したポル・ポト(クメール・ルージュ)政権下で全国民の1/5に当たる170万人以上が強制労働や拷問、飢餓で命を落とした民主カンプチア(1975年〜1979年)の二の舞になると予想される』