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站前 英文 | 馬英九遭民眾丟鞋嗆聲　華爾街日報：歡迎加入丟鞋俱樂部

After nearly five years in office, Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou on Monday finally joined the ranks of an elite group of world leaders than includes former US President George W. Bush and outgoing Chinese Premier Wen Jia Bao.

Whether Mr. Ma sees his inclusion in the league as brag-worthy is unclear.

Whether Mr. Ma sees his inclusion in the league as brag-worthy is unclear.

While delivering a speech at Taiwan Human Rights Jingmei Park, Mr. Ma was heckled and jeered by a group of pro-Taiwan independence protesters who demanded his resignation, saying Taiwan’s human rights condition has worsened under his watch. Eventually, the protesters got riled up enough to attempt to hit Mr. Ma with shoes — as well as a few bags and hats.

Mr. Bush famously dodged an airborne shoe during a news conference in Iraq in late 2008. A few months later, Mr. Wen experienced a similar (if less accurate) assault while giving a speech at the University of Cambridge.

Neither had to dodge multiple items, however.

The protesters appeared to have been moved to throw the objects after Mr. Ma repeatedly refused to acknowledge their angry chants, instead plowing ahead with his speech as if he couldn’t hear them. The presidential security detail immediately ran up the stage to protect the president, who finished his talk behind the human wall. No arrests were made.

President Ma, who was reelected in January with 51% of thevote, has watched his approval rating plummet to the 13% in less than a year (pdf ). Heated demonstrations against the president are becoming a frequent sight in Taipei as public discontent climbs while the economy continues to nosedive.

Those who are dissatisfied with the president blame the government for Taiwan’s snail-paced economic growth. According to the island’s official statistics agency, the island’s full year gross domestic product is tipped to rise 1.13% year-on-year, down from 4.07% in 2011 and 10.79% in 2010.

aiwan’s unemployment rate still remains above 4% and wages have been stagnant for a decade. Despite his promise that signing a trade pact with China would jump start Taiwan’s exports, data shows Taiwan’s exports is expected to fall 2.16% from a year earlier.

Those who support Ma lay blame the dour global economy for Taiwan’s anemic growth and note that the government has meted out a variety of measures to revive market, such offering tax breaks to Taiwanese companies that move their operations back to the island from mainland China, relaxing cross-Strait banking ties, and raising the cap on foreign manual workers to solve Taiwan’s labor shortage problem.

The government’s recent refusal to grant a visa for to Dalai Lama has given Ma bashers yet another reason to accuse him of kowtowing to China.

Like many of the current world leaders, Mr. Ma has been dealt a bad hand, such as two major worldwide economic crises and a deadly typhoon during his terms. But unless he can quickly offer new and sound measures to boost the economy and quell people’s concerns of Taiwan’s over-reliance on China, the president may end up playing dodge ball with the protesters more times than he would like in the next three years.

美國媒體華爾街日報10日在官方網站上，以「馬英九加入被丟鞋俱樂部」為標題，報導馬總統10日出席世界人權日官方活動，遭到抗議人士扔鞋一事，引起網友熱烈討論，大部分網友認為，馬英九登上國際媒體都沒好事，也有網友期待馬英九還能說出甚麼16字箴言。

華爾街日報指出，台灣總統馬英九執政近5年之後，終於加入了世界領袖的一個「菁英」團體，團體成員包括：美國前總統小布希和即將卸任的中國國務院總理溫家寶。

　2008年底小布希在伊拉克一場記者會上，靈巧躲過迎面丟來的鞋子；隔年，溫家寶在英國劍橋大學發表演說時，也遭遇類似丟鞋攻擊。

　消息一出，網友們立刻瘋狂討論，有網友表示，馬英九登上國際媒體都沒有好事；有網友批評，把馬英九和小布希、溫家寶排在一起，實在太抬舉他了；也有網友趁機一酸，認為馬英九閃過更多東西，比較高明；更多網友期待馬英九這次將說出哪種新的「16字箴言」。

參考資料：

自由電子報
http://iservice.libertytimes.com.tw/liveNews/news.php?no=736717&type=%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB
華爾街日報
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/12/10/taiwans-ma-joins-the-shoe-club/

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