寧語藍實習日誌20: 在辦公室上傳部落格文章

在辦公室上傳部落格文章

]今天，我與秘書長在辦公室會面，開始將我寫好的文章上傳到TCPA部落格網頁。看到我的實習經驗文章最終出現在頁面上，我感到非常欣慰。這是我第一次同時用英文和中文寫作，所以看到最終成果真的很棒。這對我來說將是一個很好的資源，因為我可以隨時分享鏈接，讓那些想更深入了解我在台灣實習經歷的人看到。我必須在發布每篇文章之前仔細檢查，因為雖然我可以使用谷歌翻譯，但它經常會翻譯錯誤或無法準確表達我原文的意思，所以我必須格外小心。上傳所有文章還需要一些時間，但是一旦完成，我就能擁有一個令我引以為傲的實習經歷電子版作品集。

雖然與當天的工作沒有直接關係，但我還是花了一些時間瀏覽《台北時報》，了解最近的新聞。其中一篇報導引起了我的興趣，文章討論了中國應用程式在台灣可供下載的可能性。然而，在數位事務部對這些應用程式進行測試時，許多應用程式因試圖獲取與其核心功能無關的關鍵資訊而未能通過。我非常關注的一個主題是中國在台灣的間諜活動。一些情報機構估計，目前有數千名中國間諜在台灣各地活動，其中包括台灣民間社會——而這正是台灣公民社會保護協會（TCPA）的工作領域。數位事務部對中國應用程式在台灣的使用表示擔憂，因為這些應用程式能夠追蹤用戶並將數據傳回北京，從而產生精確的地理位置信息，這些信息可能被用於潛在的對台灣的吞併。台灣被吞併的可能性是一個嚴肅而敏感的地緣政治話題，台灣政府正在盡最大努力對抗中國的情報機構。在我待在這裡的這段時間裡，我越來越擔心台灣的未來，以及美國在確保台灣維持主權國家地位方面可以發揮的作用。

Uploading Blog Posts in the Office

Today, I met with the Secretary General in the office to begin uploading my finished articles to the TCPA blog webpage. I found it very gratifying to finally see my articles of my internship experience uploaded onto the page. This is my first time ever writing something in both English and Chinese simultaneously, so it was really cool to see the finished product. This will be a good resource for me to have in the future, as I’ll have a direct link ready to share with people who want to take a closer look at my internship experience in Taiwan. I have to take a careful look at each article before I post it, because although I am able to use the assistance of Google Translate, if often mistranslates or incorrectly represents the original meaning of my sentences, so this is something I have to be careful with. It will take me some time to finish uploading all of the posts, however, once I’m done, I can have a digital representation of my internship portfolio that I’ll be proud to look at. 

While not directly related to the day’s activities, I spent some time scrolling through the Taipei Times to catch up on recent news. One article intrigued me, which was about the potential of Chinese apps being made available to download in Taiwan. However, when these apps were tested by the Ministry of Digital Affairs, many of them failed for attempting to access key information that was not directly related to their core functions. One topic I’m very interested in is Chinese espionage in Taiwan. Some intelligence agencies estimate that there are currently thousands of Chinese spies operating across Taiwan, which includes Taiwanese civil society, which is the field the TCPA operates within. The Ministry of Digital Affairs is concerned about the use of Chinese apps in Taiwan because of their ability to track and funnel user data back to Beijing, which can generate precise geolocation assets that could be used in a potential takeover of this island. The possibility of Taiwan’s annexation is a serious and sensitive geopolitical topic, and Taiwan’s government is doing their best to combat China’s intelligence apparatus. During my time here, I have grown concerned about Taiwan’s future and the role the United States could play in order to ensure Taiwan remains a sovereign state.