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‘Outlived its Usefulness’: From Taiwan, Ex-Pentagon Chief Esper Calls for End to One China Policy_我的网站

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A | 由你来说：宫崎英高的新作《TheDuskbloods》即将作为NS2独占作品发售，而在采访中，宫崎英高对任天堂赞不绝口，指出任天堂参与游戏开发提供了很多建议。 “It is my personal view that the one-China policy has outlived its usefulness, that it is time to move away from strategic ambiguity,” Esper told Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in a meeting in her office on Tuesday.,Since it switched recognition of the Chinese government from the Republic of China (ROC) in Taipei to the PRC in Beijing in 1979, the US has continued to informally support Taiwan’s autonomy by funneling the government weapons and giving it political cover abroad. However, since a declaration of independence from China would mean war, the US has left it unclear as to whether it would defend Taiwan in the event of an attack by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).,This “strategic ambiguity” is also believed to have deterred Chinese attack, preserving the status quo of Taiwanese autonomy from the mainland since the communist victory in 1949 that led to the foundation of the PRC.,Several times since taking office in January 2021, US President Joe Biden has had to walk back unambiguous and false statements about the US being obliged to defend Taiwan. Following the most recent faux pas in late May, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was compelled to state that Washington “remains committed” to the One China Policy.,"We do not support Taiwan independence, and we expect cross-strait differences to be resolved by peaceful means," the chief diplomat added.,Esper told Tsai it was “important that we begin that national discussion [on strategic ambiguity] back in the United States. It would help us educate the American people if we can also point to bold decisions being made in Taipei.”,“It is important that the American people and our leaders in Washington fully see that the Taiwan people are fully committed to standing up to communist China and defending themselves as we, the democracies of the world, stand behind Taiwan,” he added.,Bipartisan Taiwan Support,Among Washington war hawks and anti-China politicos, Esper’s ideas are popular. Last month, a group of bipartisan senators, including Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), called on Biden to designate Taiwan a “major non-NATO ally” and dramatically increase military support for Taipei.,“As Beijing continues to seek to coerce and isolate Taiwan there should be no doubt or ambiguity about the depth and strength of our determination to stand with the people of Taiwan and their democracy,” Menendez said in a news release.,Esper, who led the Pentagon for two years under Republican former US President Donald Trump and is a former vice president of defense contracting giant Raytheon, said essentially the same thing in Tsai’s office on Tuesday.,“But the greatest challenge facing the democracies of the West today is not in Russia. It is here in Asia where China continues to challenge the rules-based international order [and] threatens freedom-loving people throughout the region,” Esper said, adding that Taiwan was on the front lines of that challenge and that the US and other “Western democracies” had to stand up and defend Taiwan from Beijing.,Esper arrived in Taiwan on Monday for a four-day visit at the head of a delegation sent by the Atlantic Council, a hawkish “Atlanticist” Washington think tank with major influence over US foreign policy. He was accompanied by two leading academics from the institution. Theirs is the latest in a series of high-profile visits by Americans in recent years, including Esper’s Trump administration comrade, former Secretary of State and former CIA director Mike Pompeo.,Pelosi Reschedules Taiwan Trip,House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the third-highest-ranking politician in the United States after the president and vice president, announced on Tuesday that she had rescheduled a visit to Taiwan that was originally scheduled for this past spring but was postponed when she contracted COVID-19. The visit is now slated for August.,Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian denounced Pelosi’s visit on Tuesday, but did not speak directly to Esper.,“We firmly oppose any form of official interaction between the US and the Taiwan region,” Zhao said. “If Speaker Pelosi visits Taiwan, it would seriously violate the one-China principle and the stipulations in the three China-US joint communiqués and harm China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. It will have a severe negative impact on the political foundation of China-US relations, and send a gravely wrong signal to ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces. China firmly opposes such a visit.”,He also attacked the Taiwan Relations Act, the US law passed in 1979 that outlines Washington’s “obligations” to Taiwan and is often cited as justification for pro-Taiwan US policies, saying it “seriously breaches widely recognized international laws and basic norms in international relations and runs counter to the one-China principle and the stipulations in the three China-US joint communiqués.”,“The so-called ‘Taiwan Relations Act’ is a domestic legislation unilaterally adopted by the US,” Zhao said. “China has never recognized the Act and has always rejected it. A domestic law like this is no justification or rationale for the US to brazenly interfere in China’s internal affairs and sell arms to Taiwan.”。对此，有玩家担心这款作品将成为NS2永久独占作品，各位玩家们，你是怎么看的？FromSoftware社长宫崎英高近日在接受采访时，详细解释了旗下新作《The Duskbloods》为何选择Switch 2作为独占平台。他表示，任天堂对游戏创意的积极反馈、先进的合作理念以及在玩家引导方面的强大能力，是促成此次合作的核心因素。

B | 宫崎英高透露，当开发团队与任天堂就游戏创意进行讨论时，对方表现出了极大的热情与兴奋。“他们在思考方式上也非常先进，”宫崎说道，“在考虑商业层面之前，这种积极的氛围就已经让我觉得非常有吸引力，也给了我们很大的安心感。”他还特别强调，任天堂在游戏系统平衡、反馈支持以及额外创意建议方面提供了不可或缺的帮助。“由于《The Duskbloods》的系统相当复杂且极具独特性，拥有一个能持续提供平衡调整与支持的合作伙伴至关重要。

C | ”宫崎英高坦言，FromSoftware在引导玩家理解游戏机制方面“历来并非强项”。他说：“我们过去常常把玩家扔进游戏世界，然后期待他们自己摸索出玩法。”但在本作中，任天堂将成为“向玩家传递信息的绝佳伙伴”，充分发挥其在用户体验与教学引导方面的专长。日本玩家对此消息反应热烈，多数评论对宫崎英高的表态表示理解与支持。有玩家指出：“索尼和万代南梦宫虽然赚了钱，但并未给角川和FromSoftware带来足够回报。”也有人认为“宫崎和任天堂都更重视游戏趣味性而非画面，所以理念相合”。