地方两会“侨味”浓 建言献策“侨心”显******
中新社北京1月18日电 (记者 徐文欣)近期，各地两会密集召开，不少海外侨胞现场参会，以“侨力量”为各地发展建言献策。
1月13日，来自美国、英国、德国、澳大利亚等6个国家的10名海外侨胞受邀列席重庆市第六届人民代表大会第一次会议。这是海外侨胞首次列席重庆市人代会，他们在会上深入了解重庆市发展机遇，以侨力量助力城市发展。
英国中华艺术中心主任毛埴鋮作为旅英侨胞代表列席了云南省第十四届人民代表大会第一次会议。毛埴鋮说：“2023年是‘一带一路’倡议提出十周年，随着中国防疫政策的优化调整，海内外人员交流和贸易合作更加便利，海外侨胞将积极把握时代机遇，运用广大海外资源与自身优势，深度参与‘一带一路’倡议，助力国内企业与海外华商合作，促进中外人文交流互鉴，让这条造福世界的‘发展带’、惠及人类的‘幸福路’更加繁荣、更加宽广。”
在侨务大省福建，欧洲华侨华人社团联合会主席曹燕灵列席了福建省两会。“海外闽籍侨胞关注家乡、投资家乡、建设家乡的贡献在会上得到充分肯定，这让我们非常感动。未来，我们将继续发挥桥梁纽带作用，助力福建省做大、做强、做优数字经济、海洋经济、绿色经济、文旅经济。”
俄罗斯华侨华人青年联合会会长吴昊列席了江苏省政协十三届一次会议，对“把改革的步伐走深走实，把开放的大门越开越大”颇有感触。“各地两会是了解中国政治体制的平台，也是海内外捕捉中国发展的风向标。列席代表座谈会作为听取民情民意的新载体，充分体现了中国的民主与开放。”他说。
在江苏省两会上，华侨权益保护、加强海外人才引进服务工作等频被提及，如何更好地保护海外侨胞的合法权益成为备受关注的议题。吴昊表示，作为俄罗斯重点侨团的负责人，他将不遗余力建言献策，以“侨”架桥，为在俄罗斯讲好江苏故事作出贡献。
美国孔子教育基金会会长王立智已是第四次参加山东省两会。与以往一样，他将目光聚焦文化交流领域，提出关于加强海外华裔新生代文化认同的建议。“山东是孔子的故乡、儒家文化的发源地，山东籍侨胞在海外传承弘扬中华文化的过程中有着天然优势。”
王立智说，从“引资”到“引智”，山东省两会多次提及加强海外联谊与吸引海外投资话题。这是海外投资者来鲁投资兴业的新信号，也是海外华侨华人回国创业的新机遇。(完)
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文•麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀 摄由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
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