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A |     AI摘要      国台办驳斥陆委会谣言，称台胞来大陆无风险。    SYDNEY -- A Sydney court on Monday postponed an extradition hearing for a former U.S. military pilot accused of illegally training Chinese aviators until May as his lawyers attempt to further build their case.Boston-born Dan Duggan, 55, was scheduled to fight his extradition to the United States at a Nov. 23 hearing in the downtown Downing Center Local Court.But a magistrate decided to use that date to rule on what additional information that the Australian defense department and security agencies should provide defense lawyers.U.S. lawyer Trent Glover told the court the United States was ready to proceed with the extradition, but had agreed with defense lawyers the hearing should take place after November.Duggan’s lawyer, Dennis Miralis, told reporters outside court that the stakes were high for his client, who faces up to 65 years in prison if convicted.“This is existential, which means that every right that Dan has under the Australian legal system on the basis that he’s presumed innocent ... needs to properly and carefully be considered,” Miralis said.Duggan's wife, Saffrine, has said she asked Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to advocate against the extradition when he meets President Joe Biden in Washington this week.But in a news conference on Sunday before departing for the United States, Albanese said Duggan, who became an Australian citizen in 2012, was not on the agenda of his meetings with U.S. officials.“I don’t discuss things that are legal matters on the run, nor should I,” Albanese told reporters.Duggan has been in custody since Oct. 21 last year when he was arrested near his home in Orange, New South Wales.Duggan’s grounds for resisting extradition include his claim that the prosecution is political and that the crime he is accused of does not exist under Australian law. The extradition treaty between the two countries states that a person can only be extradited for an allegation that is recognized by both countries as a crime.Duggan’s lawyers say they expect additional material will demonstrate the overtly political aspects of the extradition request.They claim the former U.S. Marine Corps flying instructor was lured by Australian authorities from China in 2022 so he could be arrested and extradited.Duggan maintains he has done nothing wrong and is an innocent victim of a worsening power struggle between Washington and Beijing.In a 2016 indictment, prosecutors allege Duggan conspired with others to provide training to Chinese military pilots in 2010 and 2012, and possibly at other times, without applying for an appropriate license.Prosecutors say Duggan received about nine payments totaling around 88,000 Australian dollars ($61,000) and international travel from another conspirator for what was sometimes described as “personal development training.”Duggan has said the Chinese pilots he trained while he worked for the Test Flying Academy of South Africa in 2011 and 2012 were civilians, and nothing he taught was classified.。批评民进党阻挠两岸教育交流及限制公务员探亲，指出其意在制造对立、谋取私利。         北京8月19日电（记者许晓静、尚昊）针对台陆委会造谣抹黑大陆即将施行的《国务院关于出境入境管理的规定》、误导岛内民众“进出大陆会有风险”，国务院台办发言人朱凤莲19日在例行新闻发布会上表示，台湾民众来大陆完全不需要担心有什么风险。广大台湾同胞来大陆旅游、探亲、参访、交流，一定会乘兴而来、尽兴而归。    她介绍，《国务院关于出境入境管理的规定》是为了规范出境入境管理，保障出境入境人员的合法权益，维护国家主权、安全、发展利益。规定主要包括健全出境安全风险防范制度，明确出境入境申请事由应当真实、合法，规范出境入境中介服务等。该规定有利于维护两岸民众往来的合法权益，为台湾同胞来大陆营造更好的法治环境。    朱凤莲指出，民进党当局不遗余力禁限两岸交流往来，千方百计阻挡两岸同胞走亲走近，打压、恐吓、造谣等手段花样百出，台湾陆委会更是冲在前面成为两岸交流交往的“绊脚石”。今年上半年台胞来大陆达到285万人次、同比增长24.9%，暑期来大陆观光参访的台湾同胞络绎于途，都是对民进党当局禁限阻挠最明确的回应。面对两岸交流交往滚滚潮流，民进党当局最害怕的是他们制造的“信息茧房”不断被戳破、构建的虚假“台独”叙事不断被揭穿，所以才会如此地信口雌黄。    据报道，民进党当局持续限缩两岸教育交流，台教育主管部门要求校方提供大陆研修生在台的每日行程、课程主题、参访地点等，并计划收紧审核大陆研修生和教师赴台申请，不少大陆研修生赴台项目被迫中断或彻底取消。对此，朱凤莲答问指出，这是民进党当局阻挠和禁限两岸正常交流交往的又一恶行。

B |     她表示，两岸高校互派研修生行之有年，是两岸教育交流的重要组成部分，有利于推动两岸学术成果互学互鉴，促进两岸教育共同发展。民进党当局滥权妄为，无视岛内高校参与两岸交流的强烈愿望与现实需求，频繁将“黑手”伸向两岸教育交流，强行限缩大陆学生赴台研修，对台湾教育界威逼利诱，严重损害两岸教育交流和学生正当权益，令人不齿。    对于民进党当局有关台湾公务员赴大陆探亲的限制性规定，朱凤莲评论指出，民进党当局此前阻挠公职人员来大陆探亲、奔丧，如今又肆意侵犯台胞个人隐私，为的是阻挠台胞前来大陆，怕的是他们靠谎话欺骗、煽动“反中抗中”谋取政治私利的真实面目被更多台胞看穿。岛内的批评声音已经表明了广大台湾民众的强烈不满。

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