廖天琪 田牧（2020-8-15）
年初從武漢爆發的新冠病毒席捲全球，半年多過去，至今病毒不僅沒有得到控制，
還有第二波反撲回潮的現象。國不分大小強弱，人不分男女老少，病毒一律平等待
之，現今疫病肆虐最嚴重的国家竟然是美國、巴西、印度等。已經十分深化的全球
化被瘟疫擊敗，全球的經貿、產業、運輸、航空、能源供應都大量萎縮，許多國家
面臨經濟崩潰、生產率下跌、失業人口暴增的困境。疫情暴露了許多地區和國家政
治結構的弱點，也改變了人們所習慣的日常生活，可以說這庚子年發端的新冠病毒
，標誌著人類歷史面臨了轉折點，福兮禍兮，尚未分曉。
進入二十一世紀以來，人類告別了二十世紀上半葉所經歷的兩次世界大戰遺留下
來的痛苦和創傷，以及下半葉民主與共產極權陣營的對峙，核武競賽鬆弛，冷戰消
弭，但世界並未变得更加安全和樂。九一一事件使美國的國內外政策发生了重大改
變，抵制恐怖主義成了華府政策的基調，它直接導致了地區性的「阿富汗戰爭」和
「伊拉克戰爭」，其影響改寫了國際秩序，造就了千百萬的難民潮，衝擊著人們的
良知和國界。中國的「崛起」得益於歐美國家打開大門，讓它進入各種國際組織，
開放貿易關稅市場。得了天時地利之便，加上中國人勤奮好強、努力不懈，中國如
今已成為世界最大的經濟體之一。西方國家以為中國的民生富裕，產生中產階級之
後，就會和平演變成為自由民主的國家。殊不知中國新世代的領導人是在共產文化
中薰陶鍛鑄出來的，如今在經濟、科技、軍事各方面有了长足进步、人民生活水準
大幅提高的同時，中國的一黨專政、偶像崇拜，更為變本加厲，言論自由、新聞自
由、集會結社自由，甚至於人身自由，随着電子化科技的普及，均受到了更加嚴厲
的控制。中國政府在不同民族地區施行強制性的「改造」政策，達賴喇嘛被迫流
亡一甲子，西藏人的宗教、語言和文化，乃至生存方式都被「漢化」。同樣，蒙古
地區已經被漢人移民同化，蒙古人在自己的家鄉故土竟然成了少數的弱勢族群。近
年來，新疆地區被設置了維吾爾族的「教育營」，被外界稱為「集中營」，百萬以
上的維族人被拘禁在此，接受洗腦式的「漢化教育」。1997年「回歸」的香港，被
強加了所謂的「港區國安法」，旨在干預香港的法治、人權和新聞自由，要將香港
「內地化」。對於台灣，北京不斷地文攻武嚇，聲言不放棄「武力」的解決手段。
國際社會多年來對中國採取綏靖政策，但是危機感卻日益加深。武漢病毒爆發，中
國延誤了知會民眾和國際社會的時機，但是卻在短短的數月之間，以嚴峻的方式控
制住國內疫情。中國網民歡呼政府的鐵腕成果，譏笑他國防疫無成的現實。美國川
普總統上任以來，認識到以往美國對華政策有諸多失策，幾屆的美國政府漠視中國
不守國際經貿規則、竊取知識產權、華人入侵美國科技、企業、教育領域，中美貿
易巨幅失衡，因而發起了所謂對華貿易戰， 同時頒布幾個新的法令，拉進了跟台
灣的合作關係。自新冠以來，由於換屆選期迫近，川普政府更是放棄外交辭令，直
襲中共的專制體制。加上中美在南海的一些軍事動作，令人有戰爭之憂。
大數據和人工智能的出現，引領了一場悄無聲息的科技大革命，由於它的運用，能
預測分析人類社會的發展趨勢，因而對政府決策、經濟推動、產業革新等等發揮了
巨大的作用，人們每日生活也分分鐘被它牽引著。處在互聯網時代，信息噴湧、真
假難辨，面對浩瀚如煙的資訊，令一些有識之士都會迷失方向，沦为遑論一般的信
息消費者。值此世局動盪，人心忐忑，資訊流通卻又如亂麻一團之際，「歐洲之聲
」網站的設立，並非能有「信息導航」的能力，而是願意點燃一縷小小的燭光，照
亮黑暗。我們位處歐洲，願以旁觀者的冷靜，關注中國和歐洲及世界的相互關係，
探討中國模式的發展趨勢，察看中國對台灣、香港和新疆、西藏等地區的政策演變
，留意中港地區和邊疆少數民族區域的人權侵犯案例，並因地利之便，介紹歐洲的
政經及文化動態。
眾所週知，中國國內有嚴厲的審查制度，人們的「知情權」掌控在执政者手中，但
是許多人依然求知若渴。本網站的組建，希望能突破信息封鎖，擴大人們的「知情
權」。這是一個由海外知識人搭建的信息和思想交流平台，它具有批評性也更擁有
包容性，願它能發揮思想撞擊、精神和信息交流互動的作用。
Preface to the Inaugural Edition of “Sino
Euro Voices ”
Author : Tienchi Martin-Liao, Tian Mu
August 15, 2020 The Corona virus that broke out in Wuhan at the beginning of the
year has swept the world. More than half a year since not only have we failed to put the
virus under control, we are now even facing a second wave. Countries regardless of size
and power, people regardless of age and gender, could all be equally affected. The most
severely stricken countries are the United States, Brazil, and India. The advanced process
of globalization has been disturbed, in some cases defeated by the plague. Global
economy and trade, production, transportation, aviation, and energy supply have all
majorly decreased. Many countries are facing the dilemma of economic collapse, a
decline in productivity, and a surge in unemployment. The epidemic has exposed
weaknesses in the political structure of many regions and countries, while dramatically
changing our daily routines. It can be said that the corona virus which originated in the
Chinese Gengzi Year marks a turning point in human history. Is it a disaster which holds
a benevolent warning? Perhaps only historians of later ages will be able to tell.
Since entering the 21st century, mankind has largely left behind the painful and
traumatic repercussions of two world wars in the first half of the 20th century, has dealt
with the confrontation between the democratic and communist totalitarian camps in the
second half, and experienced a relaxation of the nuclear arms race with the end of the
Cold War, yet our present world is hardly more secure and pleasant. The September 11
attacks lead to a major change in U.S. domestic and foreign policies. Resisting terrorism
became a priority of Washington’s international strategey, which led directly to the
regional “Afghan War” and “Iraq War”, which in turn had a major impact on the
international order. They have created a wave of millions of refugees, shifting people’s
conscience and national boundaries. China’s “rise” benefited from America’s and
European countries’ open door policy, enabling China to enter various international
organizations and to open up trade tariff markets. Thanks to advantages of timing and its
geographic position, along with its diligent and relentlessly hard-working citizens, China
has now become one of the world’s largest economies. Western countries believe that
with the Chinese people’s prospering livelihood and the emergence of a middle class,
China will peacefully evolve into a free and democratic country, as the so-called “change
through trade”- effect materializes. However, these hopes have not come true. We know
that the leaders of the new generation of China have been nurtured and forged within the
communist culture. China is now leading in economic, technological, communicational
and military fields, and the people’s living standards have greatly improved. At the same
time, China’s one-party dictatorship and idolatry have intensified ever more. Freedom of
speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and association, and even personal
freedom, are all subject to stricter control , last not least, due to the introduction of
electronic technology.
The Chinese government has implemented a compulsory “reform” policy in areas of
various ethnic groups. Over 60 years ago, the Dalai Lama was forced into exile .
Religion, language and culture of the Tibetans, even their way of life, were “sinicized.”
Similarly, the Mongolian region has been assimilated by the influx of Han immigrants,
whereupon its inhabitants have become a minority, along with other disadvantaged ethnic
groups in their homeland. Recently China has even made Chinese language mandatory
in primary and junior high schools, replacing Mongolian. In recent years, “re-educational
camps” have been set up in Xinjiang, which the outside world has aptly labeled
as”concentration camps”. More than one million Uyghurs have been detained there and
received brainwashing in the guise of “Chinese education.” Hong Kong, which was
“handed over” to China in 1997, has imposed a so-called “National Security Law”, which
aimed at interfering with Hong Kong’s more independent judiciary, human rights and
freedom of the press, in order to “mainlandize” Hong Kong. Regarding Taiwan, Beijing
has been constantly attacking and threatening the island with the use of military force,
declaring that it will not give up on the concept of “forceful” reunification.
The international community has adopted a policy of appeasement towards China for
many years, but the sense of a dooming crisis prevails. With the outbreak of the Wuhan
virus, China has neglected to inform its public and the international community over a
period of time, on the other hand it managed to control the domestic epidemic with severe
measures in just about two months. Chinese netizens cheered the government’s iron-
handed achievements and ridiculed the unsucessful fight against the epidemic in other
countries. Ever since President Trump took office, he has come to realize that the United
States have made many mistakes in their policies towards China. Several US
administrations have ignored China’s neglect to abide by international economic and
trade rules, its theft of intellectual property rights, and Chinese students’ and scholars’
invasion of US technology, enterprises, and educational institutions. Sino-US trade has
been hugely out of balance, the so-called trade war with China was launched, and several
new laws were promulgated at the same time, which engendered a more cooperative
relationship with Taiwan. Since the outbreak of Covid-19 and due to the approaching
election period, the Trump administration has abandoned its diplomatic rhetoric, directly
attacking the CCP’s autocratic system. Coupled with certain military actions by China
and the United States in the South China Sea, we have reasons to worry about military
conflicts in that region.The emergence of big data and artificial intelligence has led to
a quiet technological revolution. Because of its application, it can predict and analyze
development trends of human society, thus playing a huge role in government decision-
making, economic promotion, industrial innovation, etc. People are ruled by it every
minute of their daily lives. In the Internet era, information is proliferating; as a resut, it is
difficult to distinguish between true and false. Faced with this sheer abundance of
information, even people of insight are apt to lose their orientation, let alone ordinary
consumers looking for information. At a time when the world is turbulent, people are
worried, and information flow is messy. The editors of the “Sino Euro Voices” website
do not propose to say that we are capable of playing the role of an “information
navigator”, all we hope to do is to light a small candle in the darkness. We are located in
Europe, we are determined to observe the relationship between China and Europe and the
world with the calmness of bystanders, discussing the evolving trends of the “Chinese
model”, watching the evolution of China’s policy towards Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang,
Tibet and other regions. We will pay special attention to the cases of human rights
violations in China, Hong Kong and ethnic minority areas. Based on the advantageous
location in Europe, we want to introduce the political, economic and cultural
developments in this continent.As we all know, China has a strict censorship system.
People’s “right to information” is in the hands of those in power, but many people are all
the more thirsty for knowledge. The editors of this website hope to break through the
information blockade and expand people’s “right to know”. This is a platform for
information and thought exchange built not only by overseas but also
mainlandintellectuals. It is critical but tolerant. We hope it can play the role of thought
collision, of spiritual and information exchange.
