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A |     近段时间，台湾社会对日本“新型军国主义”的兴起，已经从发现苗头转为呼吁警惕。    Beijing, Oct 21 (UNI) The world has largely moved on from Covid -- except for China, where towns and cities are still shut down overnight.
And that's unlikely to change soon, judging by President Xi Jinping's opening speech at the Communist Party Congress on Sunday, BBC reported.
China -- and even the world -- was hoping for a hint of relaxation. But Xi, who is set to be handed a historic third term to lead the Party, said that the government would not "waver" in its commitment to record zero cases.
Driven by Xi's approval, China's lockdowns have been incessant, unpredictable and hellish by most accounts.
They have sparked food shortages, crippled healthcare access, hit the economy hard and even spurred rare signs of protest, the BBC reported.
But Beijing has clung to zero-Covid, which has come to define Xi's rule and the authoritarian bureaucracy at his disposal like almost no other policy.
The BBC found that since March, China has partially or fully locked down 152 prefecture-level cities, affecting a population of more than 280 million. But 114 of those have been locked down just since August, as the Party Congress approached.
Beijing is the only major city to have avoided a full lockdown so far. Residents half-jokingly observe that the capital has managed this by locking down the rest of the country when needed.
However on Thursday some housing estates and shopping centres in Beijing were being locked down after a steep rise in cases.
China's bureaucrats have certainly found inventive new ways to describe lockdowns. The measures had become so controversial and dreaded that confusing official-speak was one way to make them more palatable, the report said.
So they used phrases like "stasis management", "at-home stillness" or to be clearer, "stillness throughout the whole region" or "stop all unnecessary movement".
Then came "temporary societal control", which authorities said was not a "lockdown" but reduced movement that somehow would not affect the "normal order of production and life". And yet "the public was asked not to go out unless necessary".
"Enclosed management" was another new phrase invented in the southern province of Guangdong. It means that the village, district or residential compound is enclosed, with checkpoints at entrances and exits. People and vehicles are allowed to enter and leave with passes, the BBC reported.
People who do not live or work in the enclosed area are not allowed to enter. But, residents were told, it's not a lockdown.
When track-and-trace methods started to grate, eager officials came up with an alternative: "temporal and spatial overlapper". The sci-fi-inspired phrase refers to someone whose location, tracked by their phone, has overlapped in time and space with someone else who is Covid-positive.
Rather than tell people not to visit their hometowns during this year's Spring Festival, the governor in Dancheng County in central Henan province warned them that "those who come home with malicious intent will first be quarantined, then be detained", the report said.
Experts also say China's bureaucracy is far more centralised under Xi - it's a reversal of the decentralisation that began after China introduced economic reforms. What that means now is that bureaucrats enforce Xi's signature policies with zeal.
UNI MR。         　　时事评论员雷倩在岛内政论节目中表示，日本一步步推动“新型军国主义”，成为破坏区域和平的祸根。台湾青年联合会理事长何溢诚撰文称，高市早苗炒作涉台言论、公然谋求武力干预他国内政，应当警惕！岛内多个党派团体日前走上街头高呼“反对日本军国主义复辟”“绝不让日本侵占台湾的历史重演”。

B |          　　日本“新型军国主义”          　　令岛内惊呼“成势为患”                         　　很多台湾有识之士都注意到近期日本的军事动向。时事评论员郭正亮表示，“有个描述很精确：日本‘新型军国主义’已成势为患”。         　　雅虎台湾、台湾经贸网等多家岛内媒体报道称，日本政府正聚焦加速军民两用技术投资和开发，“显示民生与安保技术之界线已趋模糊”；东森新闻云报道关注到，日本解禁“具杀伤力武器”出口，并将其上升为国家经济战略。         　　岛内学者告诉谭主，把这些新闻综合起来看，会发现一个触目惊心的事实，那就是日本政府正广泛调动民间力量来助力其安保政策，呈现出“举国备战”的势头，就连日本舆论都在担忧这是不是二战前日本将军队、财阀、官僚和学术界相结合的体制要复活？何溢诚进一步指出，早在安倍时期就将“再军事化”纳入国家重要议程，高市早苗上台后，延续并升级安倍军事化路线，推出一系列突破性扩军举措，包括修宪废黜“和平宪法”第9条、拉高防卫开支、释放拥核倾向、完成自卫队史上最大规模体制改革、常态化开展海外实战演训等。         　　更令岛内舆论担忧的是，日本“新型军国主义”成势过程中，台湾被视为一个着力点。以高市早苗为首的日本政客，高调炒作“台湾有事就是日本有事”等言论，为其“再军事化”捏造借口。

C | 中时新闻网刊文称，这就是复刻二战前军国主义路数，通过编造威胁合理化自身军事扩张。统一联盟党主席王永表示，这是日本加速“再军事化”妄动的关键动向之一。

D |          　　除了舆论造势，日本在实际行动上也将防御重心全面往紧挨台湾的西南诸岛延伸。岛内学者王尊彦接受东森新闻专访时指出，近年日本在与那国岛、宫古岛、石垣岛及奄美大岛部署雷达、导弹及电子战部队，将防线推进到距离台湾仅一墙之隔，监控台湾周边重要海空通道。还有岛内学者表示，2026年版日本《防卫白皮书》宣布将进一步增强西南防御能力，日本防卫大臣小泉进次郎证实2030年将在距台湾仅110公里的与那国岛部署中程防空导弹，“这是紧邻台湾的重大祸患。

E | ”          　　岛内呼吁对于日本军事动向          　　“应加倍警惕”          　　台湾社会对日本“新型军国主义”如此警惕，有历史和现实的双重原因。         　　历史上，日本军国主义对中华民族的侵害就始于台湾。岛内学者表示，1894年，日本发动甲午战争，次年强迫清政府签订不平等的《马关条约》，侵略殖民台湾，是台湾历史最黑暗的一页。台湾民意代表李彦秀日前在谈及高市早苗“遥祭”日本甲级战犯时表示，上千名台湾女性被日本殖民者以“到海外工厂做工、缝衣服、当护士”名义骗去当“慰安妇”。《中国时报》刊发评论指出，台湾被日本殖民统治50年，台湾人民惨遭杀害、遭受歧视的血泪历史不能遗忘。         　　现实中，不仅是日本“新型军国主义”野心膨胀，民进党当局为谋“独”无底线“媚日”的迎合行径更将台湾送入“虎口”。台湾“风传媒”刊文指出，民进党当局这些“台独”势力勾连日本右翼，会让日本“新型军国主义”成为台海和平的麻烦制造者。台湾资深媒体人陈世昌表示，民进党盲目“媚日”，伤害的不只是曾受日本殖民统治残害的台湾人民，更将台湾推向火线。郭正亮在岛内政论节目中示警表示，“赖清德呼应高市早苗的动作，恐怕将让台湾引祸上身”。         　　在谭主看来，台湾社会的示警反映了岛内对地区和平稳定受到威胁的担忧。当前，日本“举国备战”已经露出狐狸尾巴、“新型军国主义”已经露出獠牙，两岸同胞同为中华民族，必须时刻警惕，绝不能让80多年前的历史重演。在这个问题上，两岸同胞应该毫不犹豫像当年一样，共御外侮，共同守护家园。         　　来源：日月谭天 【编辑:徐世傲】。

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