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本帖最后由 migwin 于 2010-10-15 15:56 编辑
【原文标题】Why Is Chile Better Than China?
【中文标题】为什么智利比中国强？
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【来源地址】http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saad-khan/why-chile-is-better-than-_b_762989.html
【译 者】 migwin
【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。
【译 文】
智利33名被困矿工被成功救出是人类决心的又一体现：在强大的意志和亲人、政府的支持下，人类无所不能。
难道那些矿井安全条件差的国家就不爱它的人民了吗？这让我们联想到了中国。
CNN报道说，在2009年里，有2631名中国矿工丧生，这个数据来源于中国日报。2002年，死亡人数最多，达到6995人。而在美国，2009年仅有34人在这方面遇难。
有位搜狐网友这样说道：“出生在智利是幸运的，如果这件事发生在中国，矿工早被活埋了。”近十年最大的一次灾难发生于2008年九月，煤矿倒塌引起的山体滑坡造成254人遇难。
世界的其他地方有灾难，包括印度，但是都不像中国这样。在巴基斯坦灾难更加严重，因为那里有大量的煤矿。
中国作为世界第二大经济体，竟然没有能力拯救矿工而每年让成千上万人死于这种事故？
根据世界银行的数据，中国2009年的GDP总量为4.98万亿美元，而智利同期只有1637亿。但是后者能用赚到的钱来改善民生，前者对于提高人民生活质量显然做得不够。
这就有一个问题。中国既然每年在国防和航空上花费780亿美元，他们难道不应该给矿工拨一些钱吗？智利已经为我们做出了榜样，我们看中国的表现吧。
【原文】
The successful rescue of 33 trapped miners in Chile is but another manifestation of the might of human determination. People can do anything if they have the will power and support of their loved ones -- and their government -- as was evident in this evacuation. Add sheer determination to the old adage of "love conquers all" and you will have the perfect description for the mine rescue.
So does that mean that countries with poor mine safety standards have no love for their citizens? It's hard to reach a conclusion but one can infer that in some cases without much difficulty, especially if one is discussing China.
CNN reports that 2,631 Chinese coal miners lost their lives in 2009, citing figures from the China Daily. The worst year was 2002, when 6,995 miners succumbed to poor safety standards. The United States, on the other hand, saw 34 deaths in mine collapse and other accidents in 2009.
The Strait Times of Singapore quoted a Chinese user on popular web portal sohu.com saying, "Lucky people who were born in Chile... If it was us, we would definitely have been buried alive and died." One of the worst mining disasters in this decade came in September 2008 when a mudslide caused by the collapse of a mine waste reservoir in northern China killed 254 people.
Accidents are also common in other parts of the world, including India, but not at par with the Chinese disaster zone. They would have been significantly higher in Pakistan, too, had there been a large number of coal mines in this country. But we could still have used the lame excuse of being a dirt poor country with no resources to carry out the rescue.
How is it that China, the world's second largest economy, is unable to rescue its miners and loses thousands of people each year in those accidents?
According to 2009 data of the UN Human Development Index, Chile has a value of 0.878 and GDP per captia of $13,880 with an adult literacy rate of 96.5%, and life expectancy of 78.5 years.
By comparison, China has an HDI Index of 0.772 and GDP per capita of $5,283 with an average literacy rate of 93.3%, and life expectancy of 72.9 years.
According to World Bank data, China had a GDP of $4.98 trillion in 2009, with Chile earning $163.7 billion in the same period. While the latter has been able to improve the lives of its citizens with the money earned, the former is not doing enough to provide its citizens with good quality of life.
This begs a question. If China can spend billions of dollars on defense -- $78 billion according to latest reports -- and space programs, then shouldn't it allocate a few hundred million dollars for its beleaguered miners? Chile has truly set an example and the world will closely watching China, and other countries, when -- God forbid -- the next mining disaster happens. |
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发表于 2010-10-15 15:51
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怎么不说中国的铜矿压根就没出过这么大的事故？
