【中文标题】对阿克毛的处决表明中国事实上怎么看待英国
【原文标题】The execution of Akmal Shaikh demonstrates what China really thinks about Britain
【登载媒体】每日电报
【来源地址】http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/concoughlin/100020869/the-execution-of-akmal-shaikh-demonstrates-what-china-really-thinks-about-britain/ 【译者】遥远的冬天 【翻译方式】人工 【声明】本翻译供Anti-CNN使用,未经AC或译者许可,不得转载。
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【译文】
The execution of Akmal Shaikh demonstrates what China really thinks about Britain
对阿克毛的处决表明中国事实上怎么看待英国
Both Gordon Brown and David Miliband made it abundantly clear to the Chinese authorities that they were totally opposed to the execution of the mentally-ill former taxi driver.
戈登·布朗和文礼彬对中国当局表示得非常清楚,他们完全反对处决患有精神病的前出租车司机。
But the Chinese ignored their appeals and went ahead with the execution in the early hours of this morning. And rather than seeking to reassure Britain that the affair would not affect relations between the two countries, Chinese officials have issued a series of statements condemning Britain’s unwarranted interference in their internal affairs.
但是中国人不顾他们的请求,在今天上午早些时候执行了处决。中国官方发表了一系列声明谴责英国对其内部事务的无理干涉,而不是试图消除英方疑虑,避免此事影响两国关系。
And that just about sums up China’s attitude not just to Britain, but to the Western alliance. China’s fundamental approach to the West is that it is prepared to cooperate only when it is regarded as in Beijing’s interests to do so. We saw this at the Copenhagen global warming summit, where the Chinese basically withdrew their cooperation when they realised the reduction in carbon emissions might damage their own economic growth.
这大约概括了中国不仅是对英国,而且是对西方盟国的态度。中国对西方的基本策略是,她只在符合北京利益的时候才准备予以合作。这一点我们在哥本哈根峰会上已经见识到了,在那里,当他们意识到减少碳排放可能损害自身经济增长时,中国基本上撤销了他们的合作。
The same applies to their attitude towards law and order. The Chinese government regards the death penalty as an essential tool to maintaining law and order in the world’s most populous country, and no amount of condemnation from the West is going to change their minds.
同样的道理也适用于他们对法律和秩序的态度。在这个世界上人口最多的国家,中国政府视死刑为维持法律和秩序的必要工具,来自西方的谴责不会改变他们的想法。 |