CRI 中国国际广播电台 2010-03-20
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Analysts 1 warn the United States that any move to put additional pressure on China to revalue the Renminbi will only hurt American consumers and the overall global economic recovery.
China will export advanced high-speed railway technologies around the world, and plans to connect the country with other parts of the world through new high-speed rail links.
US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton says Washington and Moscow are making "substantial progress" in negotiating a deal to replace the expired treaty on limiting their strategic nuclear arsenals 2.
And the Chinese government is set to knock some state-owned enterprises out of the real estate sector 3 in this country, as their land purchases are blamed for fuelling the rise of urban housing prices.
Hot Issue Reports
Renminbi Revaluation will Harm the Interests of US Consumers and the World Economic Recovery
Both Chinese and foreign analysts are now warning the United States that any move to put additional pressure on China to revalue the Renminbi will only hurt US consumers and the overall global economic recovery.
Li Ningjing has more.
Reporter:
Some U.S. senators have proposed legislation to press China to allow an increase in the value of its currency. The bill threatens China with duties on some of its exports, and pressures the Obama Administration to label China a currency manipulator.
Jim O'Neill, Chief Economist 4 of Goldman Sacks, says the move is unjustified based on his research.
"The model that we used, I created 15 years ago, suggests that the Renminbi used to be undervalued. But actually it isn't particularly undervalued anymore. I think it's rather unfortunate that we have so much political angst around this issue persistently 5."
Some U.S. politicians have long alleged 6 that the Renminbi exchange rate is a key factor behind the trade imbalance between China and the U.S. They claim that the currency's exchange rate is undervalued, which has benefited China's exports.
But Yi Xianrong, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, says a possible rise in the Renminbi's exchange rate will harm the interests of U.S. consumers.
"The products that China exports to the U.S. are mainly daily necessities for American consumers. The low-priced and good-quality Chinese goods have reduced the cost of living for common U.S. citizens. If their prices go up due to revaluation of the Renminbi, the U.S. consumers will be faced with higher costs of living."
He adds that Renminbi revaluation will also have a detrimental 7 effect on the recovery of the world economy.
"The key problem of the world financial market is that it faces many uncertainties 8. So a stable Renminbi is very important to the stability of the international financial system and the recovery of the world economy. Substantial fluctuations 9 of the currency's exchange rate will bring about additional uncertainties and harm the rebounding 10 world economy."
Yi Xianrong says that the U.S. should lift its control on the exports of high-tech 11 products to China if it really wants to solve the trade imbalance problem.
The U.S. Treasury 12 Department will decide whether to label China as a currency manipulator in mid-April.
Li Ningjing, CRI news.
China to Export High Speed Railway Technologies
Chinese railway officials now say they're planning on exporting their advanced high-speed railway technologies around the world, while at the same time are reportedly getting ready to connect China with other parts of the world through new high-speed rail links.
Zhao Yang has the details.
Reporter:
Wang Zhiguo, vice 13 minister of railways, says dozens of countries have shown interest in cooperating with China to build high speed railway networks. And state-owned Chinese companies are already building high-speed lines in Turkey and Venezuela.
The United States is also among those interested in cooperating, with American company General Electric cooperating with Beijing on technology to modernize 14 America's rail network.
U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged to spend eight-billion U.S. dollars for rail projects including the high-speed systems in California, Florida and Illinois.
Wang Zhiguo says Chinese companies are interested in bidding for contracts of building these networks.
"The Railways Ministry 15 has organized related companies to take part in bidding, and it has a signed memorandum 16 of cooperation with the railway authority in California."
The official says China has also reached agreements with Russia and Brazil on cooperation projects, while further preparation and research is still underway.
"Based on the principles of mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation, China wants to share our advanced and mature technology with other countries to promote the world's high-speed railway development."
Professor Jia Limin, the Chief Scientist for the State Key Lab on Railway Traffic Control and Safety, says that the Chinese high speed railway technology is an integration 17 of the existing advanced technologies with home-grown ones.
"Only such kind of technology proved in China could be suitable for the application of high speed railways in countries such as Russia and the US, because they have the same features (as China), (like) a large territory, a large variation of weathers. That's why the high speed technology used in China could be worldwide applicable."
Meanwhile, it's reported that China is planning on high-speed rail networks in the next decade between China, Europe and Asia, by which train passengers will be able to travel to Beijing from London's King's Cross station in only two days.
A member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering was quoted as saying that negotiations 18 have already started with 17 nations affected 19 by the projected networks.
The news hasn't been confirmed by any official sources and it is not clear how the massive project will be financed. If it is carried out, the project is likely to be the largest infrastructure 20 construction in history.
Zhao Yang , CRI news.
New US-Russia nuclear deal 'soon' says Hillary Clinton
US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton now says that Washington and Moscow are making "substantial progress" in negotiating a deal to replace the expired treaty on limiting their strategic nuclear arsenals.
Clinton spoke 21 in Moscow during a two-day visit for talks on a range of international issues, after a one-on-one meeting with her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.
"We are making substantial progress on the new START treaty. That's the word from my negotiators in Geneva and the results from the latest negotiating rounds lead us to believe we will be reaching a final agreement soon".
Clinton has also urged Russia to delay launching Iran's nuclear plant until Tehran proves that it is not pursuing atomic weapons.
However, Lavrov says Russia still plans to go ahead with the project.
"This is an object which is under the total guarantee of the IAEA and which plays a very important role. Bushehr plays a special role in providing the presence of IAEA in Iran and in providing a discharge of obligations by Iran under a non-proliferation treaty".
Clinton says Iran is entitled to civil atomic energy, but added it would be premature 22 to go forward with any nuclear project when Tehran has yet to prove the peaceful nature of its programme.
Red-shirt protesters vow 23 prolonged rally
Police in the Thai capital held a meeting Friday to discuss ways to deal with a set of rallies planned for the weekend, which will be scattered 24 around Bangkok.
The planned rallies are set to start mid-morning, and protest leaders will announce where they're heading later on in the day.
Red-shirt protesters, including this man who travelled to Bangkok from Chiang Mai, are now into their 6th day of demonstrations 25, which are aimed at pressuring the government to call new elections.
"They have to dissolve the parliament and hold elections. Let people vote. The people's voice now is strong, they should listen to us. They should not take sides only with their people."
Protesters have been vowing 26 to bring more reinforcement to the capital to put additional pressure on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to bend to their demands, but many have returned to their homes.
Although the number of protesters has dwindled 27 from its peak of over 150,000, tens of thousands remain, which is still large for a political protest in Thailand.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Abhisit has said this week that he wants to hold talks with protesters to calm the political crisis, but the protesters -- who include a large number of supporters of ousted 28 former Prime Minster Thaskin Shinawatra -- have rejected his offer, sticking to their unconditional 29 demands.
Light News
Chinese SOEs to be barred from property development
Chinese government is set to knock some central state-owned enterprises, or SOES, out of the real estate sector in this country, as their land purchases are being blamed for fuelling the rise of urban housing prices.
Du Yuanquan, a spokesperson for the State-owned Assets Supervision 30 and Administration Commission, says 78 SOE's whose main business is not in the real estate sector are being told to get out of the business.
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"We would require certain enterprises to step up business restructuring and gradually pull out of property development after all current real estate projects were finished."
Housing prices in China's 70 large and medium-sized cities grew 10.7 percent in February from a year earlier, and were up 0.9 percent compared to the previous month.
The spokesman does say though that 16 SOE's such as the China National Real Estate Development Group and the China Poly Groupl will be allowed to stay on in the property market, given that this is their main area.
More participants and Higher Turnover 31 Expected in 2010 Canton Fair
The 2010 Canton Fair is set to open in just under a month's time, and a spokesman for it says with more overseas purchasers eying Chinese products, the fair is expected grow this year, after a slowdown because of the global economic downturn.
Chen Chaoren says over 110 thousand purchasers have registered for the 107th Canton Fair as of January, and the exhibition site has to be expanded to meet the increasing demand.
"The China Foreign Trade Center has invested 20 million yuan to renovate 32 the exhibition hall. One thousand stands have been added to make a total of 56 thousand. The exhibition hall takes up an area of over 1.1 million square meters."
Chen adds that the organizing committee has toured 28 countries and emerging markets to promote the fair.
The Canton Fair, considered a key barometer 33 for Chinese trade, will be held from April 15 to May 5 in Guangzhou.
30 Something to Retire?
For many, the idea of retiring in your 30's is a completely impossible idea.
However, as we hear from our Shi Yingying, many young Chinese people are now considering the idea of early retirment, and some are already taken a head-start into their 'golden years.'
Reporter:
Recently, a new lifestyle among Chinese young people is gaining in popularity and has sparked heated discussion. Most of those people actually have good jobs and earn a considerable salary. However they've chosen to quit their jobs and take a long vacation as a way to refresh and recharge.
According to a Beijing News survey, more than 80% of the respondents say they've thought about retiring early, and more than 50% said they wish they could to quit their job.
Xu Wei, a woman in her 30s, has a successful career. But she plans to retire in five or six years' time. She says she needs that time to expand her life experiences, and believes work is not a necessity.
"There are two main reasons that push me to give up the idea of continuing my work. Firstly, over the past few years, the jobs that I have experienced are all busy and stressful. Each of them takes me more than 10 hours out of each day. I feel so tired. I need more time to relax. Secondly 34, last year I was terribly ill and nearly died. After that I had a totally different outlook on life.
She realized that besides work, there are many beautiful things one could enjoy. She shouldn't be trapped to one place, one job.
"I hope I can have the time to enjoy my life. I want to enjoy the beauty of the sunshine, enjoy reading time with a cup of tea, and live in other places for a period. Life should be varied 35. I want to be the architect of my own life. "
Many people agree that heavy work pressures are the foremost reason for them to consider giving up their present job.
No one can resist the temptation of living a leisurely 36 life free of worry. However, to retire at such a young age as your 30s or 40s seems ridiculous to some people.
25-year-old Wang Lingyu is a career woman. She believes people in society should not only think only about themselves. They need to consider their family and society as a whole.
"Having a job is very important. Not only because working can make money, but also because it is a way to show your sense of responsibility. I can't agree with the idea of quitting a job to just do whatever you want. You need to earn money to sustain your family and you need to contribute to society to make it better. For me, quitting your job is kind of like evading 37 your responsibilities. I agree that sometimes people do feel tired and have a lot of work pressures but I would choose to change my job, not give up the idea of having a job."
Work to live or live to work? Wang Shaobin, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences suggests that the most important thing is to know what you want in your life.
"Many people now have the wrong idea about work and working. The purpose of their work is to work. And that is why they feel unhappy when they are at work. For that reason I suggest they take a break, but not to give up altogether. They can use their free time to find out what they are really interested in, or to rediscover their aims in life."
The expert says when life begins to overwhelm, we should take a moment to let the soul catch up with the body.
No matter how important work is, regardless of how much money one can earn, what we should do is follow our hearts to find the real spirit in our lives.
Mexico Discovers New Oil Deposits
In other news....
Mexico's state-owned oil giant has announced it's found deposits of up to two-billion barrels of super-light and super-heavy oil in shallow waters off the Gulf 38 of Mexico.
The director of Petroleos Mexicanos, Juan Jose Suarez, says the two fields were discovered over the last two years, and are some of the largest disoveries ever made in the Gulf of Mexico.
Mexico's President, Felipe Calderon says a combination of the new discoveries and an increase of production at some of their existing fields should help stem the recent drop in Mexico's oil output.
"For every barrel of petroleum 39 that was discovered, five were used. This brought the company to rapidly use up its reserves. Today the rate of restitution 40 has risen and last year reached 77 percent, which is the highest rate of restitution for Petroleos Mexicanos in many, many years."
Mexican production fell from 3.4 million barrels a day in 2004 to 2.6 million a day last year.
Media Digest/Stock/Weather
From the New York Times: For years, many of China's best and brightest left for the United States, where high-tech industry was more cutting-edge. But Mark R. Pinto is moving in the opposite direction.
Mr. Pinto is the first chief technology officer of a major American tech company to move to China. The company, Applied 41 Materials, is one of Silicon 42 Valley's most prominent firms. It supplied equipment used to perfect the first computer chips. Today, it is the world's biggest supplier of the equipment used to make semiconductors 43, solar panels and flat-panel displays.
In addition to moving Mr. Pinto and his family to Beijing in January, Applied Materials, whose headquarters are in Santa Clara, California, has just built its newest and largest research labs in Xi'an. Last week, it even held its annual shareholders 44' meeting in the ancient Chinese capital.
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From the Shanghai Daily: According to an industry association, only 100 out of 3,000 college students who applied for funeral industry jobs last year are staying in the field, just eight months after enthusiastically starting their jobs last year.
The students left for a range of reasons, including strong family opposition 45 or better-paid jobs elsewhere. The Shanghai Funeral and Interment Trade Association says those who stayed did so because of appreciation 46 and deep love of the funeral industry.
The 3,000 students went through interviews and started training, and by December only 108 students were left. Since then, another eight quit.
Most of the 100 who are working in the field are sales clerks for funeral parlors 47 and cemeteries 48, or doing funeral planning. Only six touch a corpse 49 in daily work.
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From the Associated Press out of Washington: US Vice President Joe Biden asked for God's blessing 50 for the late mother of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen during a White House celebration of St. Patrick's Day—except the elderly lady is very much alive.
"God rest her soul," Biden said Wednesday night as he introduced Cowen and President Barack Obama. He quickly caught himself and noted 51 that it's Cowen's father who is no longer living. Biden then cited the Irish proverb that "a silent mouth is sweet to hear" and yielded the podium to the president.
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- We possess-each of us-nuclear arsenals capable of annihilating humanity. 我们两国都拥有能够毁灭全人类的核武库。 来自辞典例句
- Arsenals are factories that produce weapons. 军工厂是生产武器的工厂。 来自互联网
- The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
- The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
- He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
- He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。
- He persistently asserted his right to a share in the heritage. 他始终声称他有分享那笔遗产的权利。
- She persistently asserted her opinions. 她果断地说出了自己的意见。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
- We know that heat treatment is detrimental to milk.我们知道加热对牛奶是不利的。
- He wouldn't accept that smoking was detrimental to health.他不相信吸烟有害健康。
- One of the uncertainties of military duty is that you never know when you might suddenly get posted away. 任军职不稳定的因素之一是你永远不知道什么时候会突然被派往它处。
- Uncertainties affecting peace and development are on the rise. 影响和平与发展的不确定因素在增加。 来自汉英非文学 - 十六大报告
- He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table. 他用统计表显示价格的波动。
- There were so many unpredictable fluctuations on the Stock Exchange. 股票市场瞬息万变。
- The strength of negative temperature concrete is tested with supersonic-rebounding method. 本文将超声回弹综合法用于负温混凝土强度检测。
- The fundamental of basketball includes shooting, passing and catching, rebounding, etc. 篮球运动中最基本的东西包括投篮，传接球，篮板球等。
- The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
- The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。
- The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
- This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries.他们使国家进行工业现代化，明显失败了。
- There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system.我们的选举制度迫切需要现代化。
- 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。
- The memorandum was dated 23 August,2008.备忘录上注明的日期是2008年8月23日。
- The Secretary notes down the date of the meeting in her memorandum book.秘书把会议日期都写在记事本上。
- We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
- This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
- The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。
- My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
- I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。
- Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
- The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
- Support for the party has dwindled away to nothing. 支持这个党派的人渐渐化为乌有。
- His wealth dwindled to nothingness. 他的钱财化为乌有。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
- He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
- The victorious army demanded unconditional surrender.胜方要求敌人无条件投降。
- My love for all my children is unconditional.我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。
- The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
- The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
- The store greatly reduced the prices to make a quick turnover.这家商店实行大减价以迅速周转资金。
- Our turnover actually increased last year.去年我们的营业额竟然增加了。
- The couple spent thousands renovating the house.这对夫妇花了几千元来翻新房子。
- They are going to renovate the old furniture.他们准备将旧家具整修一番。
- The barometer marked a continuing fall in atmospheric pressure.气压表表明气压在继续下降。
- The arrow on the barometer was pointing to"stormy".气压计上的箭头指向“有暴风雨”。
- Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
- Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。
- The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
- The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。
- We walked in a leisurely manner,looking in all the windows.我们慢悠悠地走着，看遍所有的橱窗。
- He had a leisurely breakfast and drove cheerfully to work.他从容的吃了早餐，高兴的开车去工作。
- Segmentation of a project is one means of evading NEPA. 把某一工程进行分割，是回避《国家环境政策法》的一种手段。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- Too many companies, she says, are evading the issue. 她说太多公司都在回避这个问题。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
- The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
- It's only fair that those who do the damage should make restitution.损坏东西的人应负责赔偿，这是再公平不过的了。
- The victims are demanding full restitution.受害人要求全额赔偿。
- She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
- This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
- This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
- A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。
- Crystals may be insulators, semiconductors, or conductors. 晶体可以是绝缘体，半导体，或导体。 来自辞典例句
- Semiconductors containing such impurities are called p-type semiconductors. 含有这类杂质的半导体叫做P型半导体。 来自辞典例句
- The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
- the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
- I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。
- It had been a firm specializing in funeral parlors and parking lots. 它曾经是一个专门经营殡仪馆和停车场的公司。
- I walked, my eyes focused into the endless succession of barbershops, beauty parlors, confectioneries. 我走着，眼睛注视着那看不到头的、鳞次栉比的理发店、美容院、糖果店。
- It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like. 不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- In other districts the proximity of cemeteries seemed to aggravate the disease. 在其它地区里，邻近墓地的地方，时疫大概都要严重些。 来自辞典例句
- What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
- The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。