2008年3月22日星期六 雨

                 西藏动乱引发世界反应
                 Tibet unrest sparks world reaction

        By DAVID STRINGER Associated Press Writer 美联社作家戴维.斯特林格
 
   “China's reputation is at stake in the confrontation over Tibet,” a senior Britishdiplomat said Monday, the strongest reaction from a Western government so far to last week's violence.   一位英国资深外交官说, “中国面对处理西藏的问题上有降低声誉的危险”, 上周暴乱以来一个西方政府发出的最强烈的反应。

        Russia, in contrast, voiced support for China, calling its rel一ations with the Dalai Lama an internal matter and saying efforts to boycott this summer's Beijing Olympics are "unacceptable."   与之相反，俄罗斯声称支持中国，将中国与达赖拉嘛的关系称为国内事务，并说,联合抵制今夏北京奥运是“不可接受的”。

       "Russia has repeatedly declared that it views Tibet as an inalienable part of China, and considers the resolution of relations with the Dalai Lama to be an internal matter of the People's Republic of China," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.  俄罗斯外交部长说，“俄罗斯已一再宣称，她认为西藏是中国不可分割的一部分，并认为决定与达赖拉嘛的关系，是中华人民共和国的内部事务”。

       Mark Malloch-Brown, Britain's minister for Asia, Africa and the U.N., said Western governments are reminding China that its handling of the unrest could damage its international standing.  英国亚、非、联合国部部长马克.马洛克-布朗说，西方政府正提醒中国，他们对动乱的处理，可能有损国际声望。

      "This is a China engaged with the world which is using the Olympics to demonstrate a new openness and it risks all of that collapsing in on it if it is seen as being the enforcer of a crackdown on Tibetans," he told British Broadcasting Corp. television. 他对英国电视广播公司说，“中国与世界有约，主办奥运展示新的开放，如果展示的是作为镇压西藏的强制执行者，那将是冒极大风险。”

       Also Monday, demonstrators rallied in support of independence-minded Tibetans in several cities in Europe and Asia. 星期一，欧洲和亚洲有些城市里，示威者集会支持西藏独立思想。

       In London, a small group of demonstrators hurled placards and sticks at China's embassy and tried to force their way into the building. Police said there were no injuries or arrests.在伦敦，一组示威者把标语扔到中国大使馆并贴在墙上，还试图强行进入。警察说，无人受伤也无人被捕。

      German police, however, detained 26 Tibetan demonstrators who tried to force their way into the Chinese consulate in Munich. The protesters tore down a Chinese flag and set it afire and sprayed slogans including "Save Tibet" and "Stop Killing" on the building. In Berlin, about 150 Tibetans and Germans protested peacefully outside the Chinese Embassy.  但德国警察拘留了试图强行进入慕尼黑的中国领事馆的26名西藏示威者。抗议者撕下一面中国国旗并予以焚毁，还把写有“拯救西藏”和“停止屠杀”的标语贴在墙上。在柏林，有大约150个西藏人和德国人在中国大使馆外面和平抗议。

      On Monday evening in Rome, several hundred Tibetans and Italians held a peaceful candlelight vigil outside the Chinese Embassy. The Italian Foreign Ministry said it had summoned the Chinese ambassador on Tuesday to discuss the "dramatic events in Tibet."   星期一晚上在罗马，有几百个西藏人和意大利人在中国大使馆外持烛光和平守夜。意大利外交部说，已召请中国大使于星期二讨论“西藏的戏剧性事件”。
 
      In Nepal, police used bamboo batons to disperse about 100 Tibetan protesters and Buddhist monks demonstrating peacefully near the main U.N. office in Katmandu. The protesters held banners reading "Free Tibet" and demanded the U.N. investigate the Chinese crackdown on protests in Tibet. 在尼泊尔，警察用竹棍驱散在加德满都靠近联合国主要办公楼一带上百名西藏抗议者和佛教僧侣。抗议者持写有“自由西藏”的横幅，要求联合国调查中国镇压西藏的抗议活动。

       The United States called on China to exercise restraint and said Beijing should find a way to engage the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader whom China's leadership reviles. 美国呼吁中国克制，并说北京应设法与达赖拉嘛谈判，与曾经辱骂中国领导人、流亡在外的西藏佛教徒领袖们接触。

       "There's been a kind of missed opportunity for the Chinese to engage the Dalai Lama," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, adding that the spiritual leader is not a separatist and could "lend his moral weight" to reaching a more stable arrangement in Tibet. 国务卿赖斯说，“曾经失去过中国与达赖拉嘛接触的机会，”她还补充说，精神领袖并不是分裂主义者，可“借助他的道德力量”在西藏达到更稳定的安排。

        Protests against Chinese rule in Tibet culminated Friday when Tibetans attacked ethnic Chinese and torched their shops in Lhasa, the region's capital. Tibet's governor, Champa Phuntsok, said 16 people were killed and dozens injured. Unconfirmed reports from Tibetan exile groups put the death toll at 80. 星期五，当西藏人在拉萨攻击中国人，焚烧他们的商店时，抗议者反对中国在西藏的统治已达到顶点。西藏的地方负责人说,已死掉16人，数十人受伤。西藏流亡集团方面未经证实的报道，处死人数达80人。

      The Chinese ambassador to the U.N., Wang Guangya, defended China's actions and called the Tibetans "troublemakers." 中国驻联合国大使王光亚为中国的行动辩护，称这些西藏人为“麻烦制造者”。

      "They are causing the problems and they're killing people," Wang Guangya said Monday. "So any government would take the responsible action to restore law and order."
王光亚星期一说，“他们制造事端并杀害人民，任何政府都应采取负责的行动恢复法纪和秩序”。