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  • China Rejects Calls for Pressure on Burma
  • 中国拒绝向缅甸施压的呼吁
  •   China has rejected demands for stepped up pressure on ally Burma.
  • 中国拒绝向盟友缅甸加大施压的要求。

  •   Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a news conference Tuesday that Beijing does not believe sanctions and applying pressure on Burma are helpful to the resolution of issues.
  • 中国外交部发言人姜瑜星期二在记者会上说,北京不相信对缅甸实施制裁和施加压力会有助於问题的解决。

  •   Her comment followed a meeting Monday in Beijing between senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Tang Jiaxuan and Burmese Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint, who was visiting as a special envoy.
  • 在她做出这个评论之前,中国资深外交政策顾问唐家璇和做為特使访问中国的缅甸副外长在北京举行了会谈。

  •   The 15-member UN Security Council, including China, criticized Burma last week for being too slow in bringing about democratic reforms.
  • 由包括中国在内的 15 个成员国组成的联合国安理会上个星期批评缅甸实施民主改革的动作太慢。

  •   Jiang also said China supports the work of UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari and wants a timetable set for his next visit to Burma.
  • 姜瑜还说,中国支援联合国特使甘巴里的工作,并希望提出他下一次访问缅甸的时间表。

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  • (2008-01-22) ------

  • US Central Bank Slashes Interest Rates After Global Stock Sell-off
  • 美中央银行在全球股市拋售后降息
  •   The U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve, has cut the key federal interest rate by three-quarters of one percent, in an effort to boost the troubled U.S. economy and stem a sell-off in global stock markets.
  • 美国中央银行联邦储备委员会将主要联邦利率削减 0.75 %,希望以此振兴出现问题的美国经济,并阻挡全球股市拋售的趋势。

  •   The Federal Reserve action puts the new rate at three-point-five percent.
  • 美联储的行动将新的利率降低到 3.5 %。

  •   A statement issued by the Fed says it took the action in light of "weakening" economic outlook and tight credit that is hampering business.
  • 美联储在一份声明中说,美联储採取这项减息行动是有鑑於经济前景趋於疲软,信贷市场不断收紧进而限制了商业发展。

  •   Stock markets around the world have been in an accelerated decline for the past two days, as investors worry that a slowing U.S. economy could hurt businesses in the many nations that trade with the United States.
  • 在过去两天裡,全球各地股市加速下滑,因為投资者担心,美国经济放慢会伤害与美国有贸易关係的许多国家的商务。

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