Headlines from the Chinese press
NOVEMBER 27 NEWSPAPERS
[SARS Vaccination] volunteers won’t be harmed by SARS virus
志愿者不会被SARS病毒攻击
What it means: Vaccination volunteers may be harmed by SARS virus
The mainland will never let Chen Shuibian make ‘Taiwan independence’
陈水扁如制造“台独”事变 大陆决不会坐视不管
What it means: I think you know. A Reuters summary of the situation is reproduced at the bottom of this post if you need some background.
Taiwan independence schedule is anti-Taiwan independence schedule
台独时间表就是反台独时间表
What it means: The Beijing Youth Daily has creative headline writers
Fire up the new ‘Liaoshen Campaign’
打响新的“辽沈战役”
What it means: The Liaoshen Campaign refers tothe Communist Party defeat of the Kuomintang in the northeast. This article talks about encouraging the economic development of the same area.
The Mainland of the Motherland will never allow ‘Taiwan Independence’
祖国大陆决不会坐视“台独”
San Men Xia project: half a century of success and loss
三门峡工程 半个世纪成败得失
What it means: San Men Xia is dam on the Yellow River. What’s the successes? Electricity generation. What’s the loss? Floods.
INTERNET
Taiwan votes today for ‘citizens vote to decide legislation’
台湾今日表决“公投立法”
Taiwan votes today for ‘citizens vote to decide legislation’
台湾今日表决“公投立法”
November 26
Train stops 10 meters from a wheelbarrow
火车离四轮车10米被拦停
What it means: The Beijing Evening News’ news gathering budget must be getting tight.
Shanghai Xinmin Evening News 新民晚报
Deeply learn and grasp the law of social history development, promote the consciousness and initiative of boosting reform development
进一步认识把握社会历史发展规律 增强推进改革发展的自觉性主动性
What it means: Yawn. Exactly the same headline as the People’s Daily of the same day.
Reuters report:
China warns U.S. of ”ambiguous” stand on Taiwan
BEIJING, Nov. 27 — China described the Sino-U.S. relationship on Thursday as one of the world’s most influential and volatile, threatened by the ”ambiguous” U.S. policy towards Taiwan.
In an article published just days before Premier Wen Jiabao visits the United States, the official China Daily quoted diplomats as saying relations were at an all-time high but added that it was risky to forecast trends.
”The ambiguous U.S. strategy across the Taiwan Straits only serves to encourage the island’s separatists and jeopardise the one-China policy as well as the political foundation of Sino-U.S. relations,” the newspaper said.
The parliament in Taiwan, which China considers a renegade province, votes on Thursday on whether the island should have the right to hold referendums — a bill that China has strongly condemned as a step towards a declaration of independence.
Washington shifted its diplomatic recognition to China from Taiwan in 1979. It routinely says it backs the ”one-China” policy and does not support Taiwan independence.
But the United States remains the island’s biggest ally and arms supplier.
Beijing and Taipei split at the end of a civil war in 1949.
Last week, China urged the United States to stop selling weapons to Taiwan and honour its commitment to the ”one-China” policy.
”Only by doing so can the interests of both China and the United States be safeguarded and peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits be maintained,” a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
China told Taiwan it ran the risk of war if it pushed towards independence.
The China Daily also said China and the United States shared many trade and strategic interests. Beijing had promoted six-party talks to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis and supported the U.S.-led war on terrorism.
China and the United States ”remain different in many ways but never before have they been so closely bound together,” it said.