OnwhytheworldshouldnowendChina’smilitary&politicalaggression,understandTaiwan’sdemocracy,anddefend23millioncitizens’humanrighttoself-determinationHumanityAtStakeisapamphlet-bookthatdepictsthetrueconversationthatoccurredamongstthreeinquisitivepeoplewhoengagedoneanother.ItiswrittenforthepurposeofbringingthepoliticsofTaiwan,China,andAmericatowardsallofourconsciencesandconversations.Insodoing,dialogueremovesthosepoliticsfromreclusionanddangerousmisunderstanding.Onabroaderlevel,HumanityAtStakeisareflectionof—andatoolfor—theissueofhumanrightsforallfreepeople.
作者簡介：
AbrahamYoung（楊立心），982年生於美國佛羅里達州邁阿密，是台美人第二代。1988～91年曾回台就讀國民小學。他畢業於長春藤學校布朗大學，在學期間曾入選該校的小說創作專案：CapstonePrograminCreativeWritingforFiction。大學期間熱心參與台美青年學生聯合會（IntercollegiateTaiwaneseAmericanStudentAssociation）。畢業後不間斷創作寫詩、辦文學雜誌，曾任企鵝出版社（PenguinGroupUSA）助理編審，現就讀紐約州立大學醫學院（StateUniversityofNewYorkDownstateCollegeofMedicine）。他在2003年參加第一屆福爾摩沙基金會的青年大使訓練計劃，2008年參與台灣路竹會的海地醫療服務，他也是台灣人公共事務會（FAPA）青年專業人員部（YoungProfessionalGroup）的一員。
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“Apoignanttale,toldinacharminglyhumanvoice,ofthreeidealistyoungmenattemptingtoresolvetheirdifferentviews…Thisisbeautifullywritten.”—Dr.JuneTeufelDreyer,formercommissioneronU.S.EconomicandSecurityReviewCommissionandauthorofChina’sPoliticalSystem“Thisinsightfulyoungwriterhascaptured…somanyofthedilemmasthatTaiwanhasfacedinitsmodernhistory.AllpeopleconcernedforhumanrightsandTaiwan,ortheAmericanpublicthatwantstounderstandthebasicissuesofTaiwan-Chinacross-straitrelationsshouldreadthisenjoyablebook.Aninspiringread!”—Shih-MengChen,ProfessoratNationalTaiwanUniversityandformerSecretaryGeneralofTaiwan’sPresidentialOffice“IfyouhaveevertriedtointelligentlydiscussthecomplexitiesofTaiwan–China–USrelationsandfoundyourselfinanawkwardmomentduetopersonalsensitivitiesorlackofexpertise,thenHumanityAtStakeisamust-read…anhonest,amusingandcontemplativeexplorationoftheissuesbehindthecurrentinternationalstateofaffairsregardingTaiwan…awonderfulstartingpointtointroducethefactsandissuesandtoinitiatefurtherdialogueinaninterestingandentertainingway.”—Dr.HoChieTsai,communityorganizerandcreatorofTaiwaneseAmerican.org“Amust-readforanyoneconcernedaboutpeaceanddemocracyinAsia.”—ShawnaYangRyan,authorofLocke1928,andwinnerofMauricePrizeforFiction
名人推薦：“Apoignanttale,toldinacharminglyhumanvoice,ofthreeidealistyoungmenattemptingtoresolvetheirdifferentviews…Thisisbeautifullywritten.”—Dr.JuneTeufelDreyer,formercommissioneronU.S.EconomicandSecurityReviewCommissionandauthorofChina’sPoliticalSystem“Thisinsightfulyoungwriterhascaptured…somanyofthedilemmasthatTaiwanhasfacedinitsmodernhistory.AllpeopleconcernedforhumanrightsandTaiwan,ortheAmericanpublicthatwantstounderstandthebasicissuesofTaiwan-Chinacross-straitrelationsshouldreadthis...
目錄
PART1:BreakingSilencefortheSakeofUnderstandingi.ChancemeetingatHousingWorksBookstoreCafe;basementii.MoraldilemmaofanAmericaninwariii.Chinaasmanythingstoasmanypeopleiv.Steprightup!:ThekidfromTaiwan;thekidfromChina;andtherepresentativeAmericanvoicev.Engagement#1:Myopinion,youropinion,mynationalmedia,yournationalmedia,andtheoriginsofmodern-dayTaiwanImagesrelatingtoTaiwan’s2-28Massacrevi.Interimtit-for-tat:WhatinheavenandinhellisTaiwan—towhom?vii.Engagement#2:Hawaii=apartofAmerica.Taiwan≠apartofChina.viii.Engagement#3:Taiwan’s“overreactions”—Why?China’soffensiveweaponsjustification—Where?PART2:SteppingForwardfortheSakeofHumanityix.Anewapproachtoengagementx.Whereourconversationends,and—intheanswerofoursilence—thesingleconsensus,theprecisenextstepthatisinarguableandcrucialforpeacefulresolutiononallsidesAPPENDIXA:Author’sMarch2004onlinepetitionechoingTaiwan’shistoric2-28Hand-in-HandRally:“SupportingthePeopleofDemocraticTaiwanAgainstChina’sMissileDeployment”APPENDIXB:May13,2008:LetterreceivedbytheauthorofHumanityAtStakefromMemberofCongressIleanaRos-LehtinenPOSTSCRIPT:Why?Thereasons,infewwordsandand1,000explosivepicturesacrossthepagePOST-POSTSCRIPT:What’satStakeTheHumanityAtStakeProject
PART1:BreakingSilencefortheSakeofUnderstandingi.ChancemeetingatHousingWorksBookstoreCafe;basementii.MoraldilemmaofanAmericaninwariii.Chinaasmanythingstoasmanypeopleiv.Steprightup!:ThekidfromTaiwan;thekidfromChina;andtherepresentativeAmericanvoicev.Engagement#1:Myopinion,youropinion,mynationalmedia,yournationalmedia,andtheoriginsofmodern-dayTaiwanImagesrelatingtoTaiwan’s2-28Massacrevi.Interimtit-for-tat:WhatinheavenandinhellisTaiwan—towhom?vii.Engagement#2:Hawaii=apartofAmerica.Taiwan≠apartofC...
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