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本文爲“老外看疫情”系列文章的第7篇，作者翁詩傑（ONG TEE KEAT）系馬來西亞國會下議院前副議長、馬來西亞中國絲路商會會長、新亞洲戰略研究中心主席。中文版由楊清清翻譯，刊于2月9日中國網；英文版刊于2月18日人大重陽英文官網 。

翁詩傑（ONG TEE KEAT）

中國疫情下，馬來西亞在行動

在新型冠狀病毒肆虐的陰霾下，我們迎來了2020年鼠年新春，但這個農曆新年將在我的記憶中留下不可磨滅的印記。

雖然我的國家馬來西亞當時沒有受到病毒爆發的影響，但我的思緒仍然完全被不斷上升的死亡統計人數所牽動，首先是中國武漢，然後是全國範圍。對我來說，這不僅僅是數字，而是巨大的生命損失。

農曆新年伊始，我接到了無數的求助電話，我決定盡自己的力量，幫助中國大陸的同事募集醫療用防護裝備、口罩和手套，在全國範圍內抗擊這種致命病毒。

一開始，從資金來源、材料采購、馬來西亞標准與中國標准的技術規格匹配、物流、清關、最終交付到指定的接收方等方面，挑戰似乎很多，難以克服。

資金贊助的湧入確實及時地鼓舞了士氣，但我們立即受到了考驗，因爲當地大多數必要材料的制造商和供應商已經達到了他們的能力極限。

我們與來自山東的中國籍工作夥伴班彥東先生一道，成功地讓我們的非政府組織實體，即馬來西亞中國絲路商會，投入到這項具有挑戰性的事業中，我們稱之其爲“以愛向中國”。

在馬來西亞國內外朋友們的幫助和建議下，通過10天不懈的努力，終于將問題一個個成功地解決。

對我們來說，這次經曆確實是一條難忘的學習曲線。我們終于得到了一筆可觀的補給品，包括275萬副醫用手套和2萬套防護服。

當我率領商會代表團于2020年2月7日向馬來西亞第一産業部部長提交我們援助中國的倡議概要時，我們籌集的部分貨物正在運往吉隆坡國際機場。這些貨物已經准備好運往中國境內受疫情影響的各個指定目的地。

在我們履行承諾的同時，我們非常感謝我們的工作夥伴中國檢驗認證集團吉隆坡辦事處，感謝他們協調跨境海關和關稅，以實現對我們的“零延遲”保證。

攜手共抗病毒是全球優先事項

縱觀人類曆史，病毒沒有種族或國家之分，它可能在任何地方引發疫情。國際社會的集體責任是爲了人類的生存而協調一致地與這一致命的流行病作鬥爭。

不幸的是，在武漢爆發的新型冠狀病毒肺炎疫情，揭開了人性中關于醜陋和卑鄙的一面。流行病快速蔓延的標簽，導致了很多人對中國和中國人的不友善。甚至出現這種言論——病毒爆發危及中國經濟將對某些國家自身發展有利。

在承認個別國家對中國實施旅行禁令或限制性建議的合法權利的同時，這一決定必須與世界衛生組織頒布的全球公共衛生狀況相適應。任何過激反應都可能危及雙邊關系。更糟糕的是，如果這種反應被認爲是對某個特定國家或民族的歧視。

任何將禁令的範圍擴大到貿易的想法肯定是不切實際的，特別是在世界衛生組織仍認爲武漢的病毒爆發是可控的情況下。希望中國供應鏈受到疫情影響，從而引發工業生産回流本國，這種應受譴責的想法顯然是出于政治動機，與公共健康關注無關。

衆所周知，零和思維的政客們長期以來一直癡迷于遏制中國的戰略，以維護自己國家的霸權地位。但現在面對這樣一種致命的病毒，遏制的目標應該是病毒本身，而不是國家和人民。在這方面，常識和人道主義意識必須占上風。

The Unorthodox Lunar New Year

The Year of Rodent in 2020 will leave an indelible mark in my memory as we usher in the Lunar New Year against the gloomy backdrop of the onslaught of Coronavirus.

Though my country, Malaysia was then unaffected by the virus outbreak, my mind was nonetheless fully gripped and obsessed with the escalating statistics of fatalities, first in Wuhan, China and later nationwide China. To me, this was no mere figures, but a massive loss of human lives.

I began my Lunar New Year break with seemingly endless calls for help as I decided to throw in my weight to assist my Mainland Chinese associates in soliciting supplies of protective gears, face masks and hand gloves for medical use in the nationwide fight against the deadly virus.

On the outset, challenges ahead appeared numerous and insurmountable, ranging from source of funds, procurement of materials, matching of technical specifications between Malaysian standard and the Chinese criteria, logistics, customs clearance and ultimate delivery to the earmarked recipients.

The influx of monetary sponsorships was indeed a timely morale booster but we were immediately put to test as most of the local manufacturers and vendors of the necessary materials had then been working up to the brim of their capacity.

Together with my working partner who is a Chinese national hailing from Shandong province, Mr. Chris Ban Yandong, we managed to commit our NGO entity, namely The Malaysia-China Silk Route Business Chamber, in this challenging endeavour which was later named ” To China With Love “.

Within the 10 long days, with the help and advice of a string of friends within and outside Malaysia, relentless efforts began to bear fruits with teething problems solved one after another.

This tedious pathway of getting things done is indeed an unforgettable learning curve for us. We are finally rewarded with a decent pool of supplies, comprising 2.75 million pieces of medical hand gloves and 20000 pieces of disposable protective clothing.

While I led my Business Chamber delegation to present to the Minister of Primary Industries of Malaysia, the summary of our initiative in aid of China on 7 Feb 2020, part of our reported cargo load was then hitting the road to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The goods are ready to be despatched to the various ear-marked destinations which had been contagiously hit by the virus in China.

While we walk the talk, we are indeed grateful to the China Certification & Inspection Corporation (CCIC) Kuala Lumpur office, our working partner, for their cross border Customs & Duties coordination in their bid to fulfill the “Zero Delay” assurance to us.

What To Contain?

Throughout the history of mankind, virus knows no race or nation state. It could cause an outbreak anywhere. It is the collective responsibility of international community to fight the deadly pandemic concertedly in the interest of human survival.

Unfortunately the outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, China reveals some of the most despicable and ugliest traits in humankind, ranging from the prompt labelling of the epidemic as China or Chinese-related to the unkind, if not inhumane, aspirations that the virus outbreak will jeopardise China’s economy to one’s advantage.

While acknowledging the legitimate rights of individual nation states to impose travel ban or restrictive advisory against China, the decision must commensurate with the status of public health worldwide as was decreed by the WHO. Any over-reactive response is likely to jeopardise the bilateral ties. Much worse if the response is deemed discriminatory in nature against a specific nation or ethnicity.

Any contemplation to extend the scope of ban to trade is certainly too far fetched, especially so when the virus outbreak in Wuhan was still deemed manageable by WHO. Such condemnable thoughts as hoping the Chinese supply chain would be jeopardized by the outbreak, thus triggering the backflow of industrial production to one’s own home country is obviously politically motivated, unrelated to public health concerns.

It is common knowledge that zero-sum minded politicians have long been obsessed with strategies to contain China in the interest of upholding their nation’s hegemonic dominance. But in face of such a deadly virus now, the target of containment in front should rightly be the virus, not the country or its people perse. In this regard, common sense and humanitarian sense must prevail.

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【老外看疫情3】英國前高官：抗擊疫情是當下中國首要任務（中英雙語）

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