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去年，台湾每10万人交通死亡数为13.2，这是日本、新加坡的六倍，而且死亡人数还在创新高。

台湾每年有超过3000人死于车祸，其中有10%是行人。当地的民众把台湾交通成为 “行人地狱”。台湾的交通状况还引起美国和日本媒体的注意。

台湾的交通怎么了？公民社会的大声疾呼国际媒体的关注能促使台湾甩掉“行人地狱”的恶名，解决长期形成的交通安全问题吗？

这期的早报播客《东谈西论》，听主持人韩咏红与《联合早报》台北特派员温伟中解析。

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温伟中：宝岛“行人地狱”污名何时清？
台湾交通部有信心今年能达600万人次旅客目标

Taiwan has been described as a “living hell for pedestrians” by a Facebook page with more than 24,000 followers. It attracted the attention of American and Japanese media. 

Every year, more than 3,000 people lose their lives to traffic accidents in Taiwan, and 10% of them are pedestrians. In 2022, the number of traffic fatalities per 100,000 people in Taiwan was 13.2, about 6 times higher than Japan and Singapore. 

What is the problem with Taiwan's traffic? Can the public outcry and international media attention help to improve road safety in Taiwan and shake off its bad reputation as a “living hell for pedestrians”?

In this episode of Global Heartbeat podcast, host Han Yong Hong and Lianhe Zaobao’s Taipei correspondent  Woon Wei Jong discuss the traffic issues in Taiwan.  

Hosted by Lianhe Zaobao’s Associate Editor, Han Yong Hong, Global Heartbeat is a Mandarin weekly news and current affairs podcast that is updated every Tuesday, 7.00 PM SGT. It is available on zaobao.sg, Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast platforms. 
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一年一度的七国集团（G7）峰会5月21日在日本广岛落幕。

峰会召开前，美国和东道主日本一再放出信号，磨刀霍霍剑指中国与俄罗斯，宣示要团结一致反抗中国的“经济胁迫，并支持乌克兰对抗俄罗斯。

不过G7最终的公报又表明，希望和中国发展有建设性且稳定的关系，要去风险但不要脱钩。美国总统拜登还预言中美关系应该会很快解冻。

如何解读G7峰会内外复杂的政治动作？峰会取得什么成效？美国和日本拉拢盟友对抗中国的态势已经形成了吗？美国对中国到底是什么态度？

这期的早报播客《东谈西论》，听主持人韩咏红与香港城市大学法律学院教授、中国法与比较法研究中心主任王江雨解析。

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社论：中西对立格局进一步确立
拜登：美中关系将“很快解冻”

This year’s Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, Japan concluded on May 21.

Speaking at the end of the three-day summit, US President Joe Biden said the G7 leaders had agreed on a united approach to China that called for diversifying supply chains to reduce dependence on one country. 

"We're not looking to decouple from China. We're looking to de-risk and diversify our relationship with China," Biden told a press conference. He said G7 nations were more unified than ever in terms of "resisting economic coercion together and countering harmful practices that hurt our workers."

Despite China’s fiery response to the joint communique by the G7 leaders, Biden said that he expected a thaw in frosty relations with China “very shortly”, after strains caused by an incident earlier in 2023 when the United States shot down a Chinese balloon that flew over sensitive military sites.

In this episode of Global Heartbeat podcast, host Han Yong Hong invites Professor Wang Jiang Yu from the City University of Hong Kong School of Law to share his analysis of the recent G7 summit and its implications. 

Hosted by Lianhe Zaobao’s Associate Editor, Han Yong Hong, Global Heartbeat is a Mandarin weekly news and current affairs podcast that is updated every Tuesday, 7.00 PM SGT. It is available on zaobao.sg, Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast platforms. 
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1972年，中国赠送了一对大熊猫玲玲和兴兴给美国。这是中华人民共和国政府首次向西方国家赠送大熊猫，也开启了中国熊猫外交的黄金期。

如今，半个世纪过去了，中国仍有60多头大熊猫旅居世界不同国家。然而，熊猫外交的成效却在递减，大熊猫在西方媒体中的形象也从原本的憨态可掬，变成浑身肌肉、而且面目狰狞。大熊猫还能体现中国的正面形象吗？中国熊猫外交是否也已经走到了尽头？

这期的早报播客《东谈西论》，听主持人韩咏红，以及《联合早报》驻北京记者于泽远和特派员黄小芳解析中国熊猫外交。

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中国特稿：从招财萌猫变功夫熊猫 中国熊猫外交的变迁与困境
中西视角下熊猫形象分歧日益扩大

In 1972, the Chinese government gave two giant pandas, Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing, to the United States. The arrival of the pandas at the National Zoo in Washington, DC, marked the start of a golden period in China’s panda diplomacy. 

Half a century later, more than 60 pandas are scattered around the globe, but the effectiveness of panda diplomacy appears to be waning and pandas are portrayed more negatively in the Western media. 

In this episode of Global Heartbeat podcast, host Han Yong Hong discusses the future of China’s panda diplomacy with Lianhe Zaobao’s Beijing journalist Yu Zeyuan and correspondent Wong Siew Fong. 

Hosted by Lianhe Zaobao’s Associate Editor, Han Yong Hong, Global Heartbeat is a Mandarin weekly news and current affairs podcast that is updated every Tuesday, 7.00 PM SGT. It is available on zaobao.sg, Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast platforms.
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美国财政部长耶伦今年来不断疾呼美国众议院提高美国政府债务上限。耶伦严厉警告，众议院如果不提高债务上限，美国最早可能在6月1日就耗尽资金。此外，若美国无法按时还债，将导致债务违约，并引发经济与金融灾难。

美国债务危机是怎么一回事？美债危机对全球经济、金融和货币体系会造成什么影响？这次的违约危机，美国会像以往一样惊险渡过危机吗？

这期的早报播客《东谈西论》，听主持人韩咏红与新加坡管理大学李光前商学院副教授傅方剑解析美债违约的风险。

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白宫共和党后天债务谈判 或扰乱总统选举冲击全球
美债若违约会以引发全球危机吗？学者专家看法不一

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has been urging Congress to raise the US debt’s ceiling this year. She warned that the US could run out of cash by June 1 without an agreement to increase what the federal government can borrow, and the resulting default on debt could trigger an "economic and financial catastrophe".  

What is the US debt ceiling crisis about? What is the impact of the crisis on the global economy and financial markets? In this episode of Global Heartbeat podcast, host Han Yong Hong invites Associate Professor of Finance, Fu Fangjian, from the Singapore Management University’s Lee Kong Chian School of Business to share his perspectives on the crisis. 

Hosted by Lianhe Zaobao’s Associate Editor, Han Yong Hong, Global Heartbeat is a Mandarin weekly news and current affairs podcast that is updated every Tuesday, 7.00 PM SGT. It is available on zaobao.sg, Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast platforms.
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在军人政府执政九年后，泰国将在5月14日举行2014年军事政变以来的第二次大选。各路政党摩拳擦掌。有的政客寻求继续掌握大权，有的家族势力希望卷土重来，也有新一代的政党认为，这是一个改变泰国的机会，是一个世代的选择，是黑暗现实和光明未来的选择。

泰国有大大小小86个政党，其中较有规模的共有13个。他们各有怎样的背景，提出什么诉求？泰国会变天吗？

这期的早报播客《东谈西论》，听主持人韩咏红，以及《联合早报》国际新闻副主任吴汉钧详细解析。

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“稳定牌”效应减弱 巴育连任挑战重重
国际特稿：泰大选形势未明 各党做最后努力

Thailand will hold its general election on May 14. This is the country’s second general election since the 2014 coup d'état. The incumbent Prayuth Chan-Ocha is seeking to retain his position as the prime minister while Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is staging some sort of a political comeback for her family. A rising star in the political scene and a hot favourite amongst the candidates, Pita Limjaroenrat urges for change in this election. 

Will the upcoming election see a political shift in Thailand? Is it going to be a watershed election fuelled by the desire for change? Lianhe Zaobao’s Associate Editor Han Yong Hong and Associate Foreign Editor Ng Hon Kuan share their perspectives in this episode of Global Heartbeat. 

Hosted by Lianhe Zaobao’s Associate Editor, Han Yong Hong, Global Heartbeat is a Mandarin weekly news and current affairs podcast that is updated every Tuesday, 7.00 PM SGT. It is available on zaobao.sg, Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast platforms.
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韩国总统尹锡悦本星期到美国进行七天访问，这是韩国总统时隔12年再次对美国进行国事访问。尹锡悦出访前接受路透社访问时，第一次表示韩国可能为乌克兰提供军事援助，也称台湾问题不仅是中国和台湾之间的问题，而是如同朝鲜问题一样是全球问题。

他的言论立即引起北京强烈反应，中韩两国爆发口水战，外交官隔空交锋持续了几天仍未停息。

中韩在台湾问题上的交锋，是中美争霸的又一个影子。有韩国学者支持尹锡悦的表态，认为韩国应该搭上以美国为中心的同盟列车，也有人为韩国同时得罪中俄两国忧心忡忡，担心中国会“秋后算账”。

尹锡悦为何要在出访美国前突然高调谈论台湾？这是韩国新的对华路线吗？中韩再次发生摩擦，对东北亚局势会造成什么影响？

这期的早报播客《东谈西论》，听主持人韩咏红，以及《联合早报》中国新闻组主任杨丹旭与首尔通讯员姜贵瑛解析。

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称台湾问题是“全球性问题” 对尹锡悦涉台言论大陆提出严正交涉
中韩就台湾问题爆口水战 学者：韩或在印太战略上进一步支持美国

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol flew to Washington for a seven-day visit. His trip is the first state visit to the United States by a South Korean leader since 2011 and marks the 70th anniversary of the countries' alliance.

In an interview with Reuters before the trip, Yoon signalled a shift in his stance against arming Ukraine for the first time. He also said, “the Taiwan issue is not simply an issue between China and Taiwan but, like the issue of North Korea, it is a global issue.”

His comments have sparked a war of words between Beijing and Seoul. 

At a press briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that the Taiwan issue is “a matter for Chinese who do not need to be told what should or should not be done." 

South Korea's foreign ministry hit back by describing Beijing’s comments as “serious diplomatic discourtesy”.

This episode of the Global Heartbeat podcast invites Lianhe Zaobao's China News Editor Yang Danxu and Seoul Correspondent Kang Gwi Young to share their perspectives on the diplomatic spat between China and South Korea. 

Hosted by Lianhe Zaobao’s Associate Editor, Han Yong Hong, Global Heartbeat is a Mandarin weekly news and current affairs podcast that is updated every Tuesday, 7.00 PM SGT. It is available on zaobao.sg, Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast platforms.
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