美台升温独派鼓舞 以国家正常化为愿景

choi

Today's news first.

(1) 锺广政, 美台升温独派鼓舞 以国家正常化为愿景. RFA, Oct 11, 2019
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/ne ... 10112019083006.html
("美国国务院副助卿孙晓雅（Sandra Oudkirk），日前在美台「太平洋对话」开幕式中表示，代表特朗普总统启动这次首度对话。这番发言让独派团体鼓舞，周五（11日）[多个台独团体] 举行记者会呼吁政府把握良机，把台湾建立成正常化国家，甚至和美国等建交加入国际社会。 * * * 台湾北社社长李川信指出，美国国务院副助卿孙晓雅（Sandra Oudkirk），在「太平洋对话」开幕式中致辞说，代表特朗总统启动这次首度对话。虽然美国跟台湾虽然没有邦交，但很明确可见美方已强化和台湾的外交关系")

(2) 锺广政, 中美关系低迷美台互动升温 特朗普派助卿代表出席撑场. RFA, Oct 7, 2019
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/ne ... encoding=simplified
("美国与台湾首次共同举办首届「太平洋对话论坛」 [US-Taiwan Pacific Islands Dialogue]，周一（7日）在台北举行，美国国务院助卿暨APEC资深官员孙晓雅（Sandra Oudkirk）来台主持开幕仪式。孙晓雅强调[:] * * *  我今天在此代表特朗普总统，和蓬佩奥国务卿来开展此次对话，美方从二次大战以来，就是太平洋地区的伙伴，今后我们仍将留在太平洋")

My comment:
(a) Remarks by Sandra Oudkirk, U.S. Senior Official for APEC and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. AIT, Oct 7, 2019
https://www.ait.org.tw/remarks-b ... c-islands-dialogue/
("This commitment to the Pacific starts at the very top with President Trump. * * * And I am here today representing President Trump and Secretary Pompeo to kick off this inaugural dialogue.  We have been partners with the Pacific since World War II, and we are in the Pacific to stay")
(b) To me, there is nothing to be excited about, unsure about what "representing President Trump" exactly means. All officials in the executive branch of America represent the president, in one way or another.