VOA标准英语2012--China Plays Bigger Diplomatic Role in Sudan Conflict
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(五月)
China Plays Bigger Diplomatic Role in Sudan Conflict
Most of the recent fighting between Sudan and South Sudan ended when Sudanese troops recaptured the key oil town of Heglig. But the dispute over oil revenue remains 1, with South Sudan stopping crude production after refusing to pay higher fees to use Sudan's pipelines 3.
China is the biggest foreign investor 4 in Sudanese oil and is taking a more active role in trying to end the dispute.
Oil and security topped the agenda druing South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's visit to Beijing.
Liu Weimin, a Chinese Foreign Ministry 5 spokesman, said "We believe oil is the economic lifeline for both Sudan and South Sudan. Maintaining the stability and sustainability of oil cooperation is fundamental to the interests of both countries and is consistent with the interests of Chinese enterprises."
Sudanese oil was a topic of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's strategic and economic dialogue in Beijing. U.S. special envoy 6 Princeton Lyman says Washington is "delighted" by China's role in helping 7 to ease tensions. "They have increasingly recognized that if the political issues in Sudan and between Sudan and South Sudan are not resolved, neither the oil nor their other interests can be served," he said.
During Sudan's long civil war, China backed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
But Beijing is now investing in South Sudan.
John Bradshaw is executive director of the Enough Project to end genocide and crimes against humanity. "The Chinese have recognized that the kind of dynamic they had working with the regime in Khartoum is just no longer sustainable, and they have to have a more balanced approach between Juba and Khartoum to try to bring the two sides together," he said.
Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at Washington's Cato Institute. He says greater Chinese involvement helps both Sudan and the international community. "If they (the Chinese) see a practical reason to try to solve the Sudan problem, well the U.S. and the Europeans also want to solve that. We can work together as opposed to being at odds," he said.
During his visit to Beijing, South Sudanese President Kiir sought Chinese investment to build an oil pipeline 2 through Kenya to avoid using Khartoum-controlled ports.
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
- A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。
- The oil is carried to the oil refinery by pipelines. 石油通过输油管输送到炼油厂。
- The oil carried in pipelines. 石油用管道输送。
- My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
- The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
- The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。