Hourly News 每日新闻 Hourly News 2013-12-07

 Chinese VP mourns death of Mandela

Chinese Vice¹ President Li Yuanchao on Friday went to the South African Embassy in Beijing to mourn the death of the country's former president, Nelson Mandela.

Stressing that Mandela had made great contributions to the establishment and development of friendly cooperation between China and South Africa, Li Yuan said his unfortunate death had led Chinese people to lose a close friend. 

He expressed deep condolences on behalf of the Chinese government and Chinese people. 

Foreign Ministry² spokesman Hong Lei says a Chinese leader will attend the ceremonies arranged by South Africa to mourn the passing of Mandela. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier³ Li Keqiang have sent messages of condolence to South African President Jacob Zuma to express their heartfelt sympathies.

 

Chinese president meets French PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault in Beijing and pledged to strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership⁴ between the two countries.

Xi Jinping said the two sides should continue to respect each other's core interests and major concerns, increase communication, and appropriately address disputes to make the bilateral⁵ relationship even more stable and lead it to a new high. 

Ayrault is in Beijing for a five-day official visit to China, which comes as the two countries are set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations next year.

 

China urges Australia to nurture⁶, not to undermine mutual⁷ trust

China has expressed strong dissatisfaction with Australia's statement over the establishment of the East China Sea Air Defense⁸ Identification Zone (ADIZ), urging for proper handling of sensitive issues.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who co-chaired the first China-Australia diplomatic and strategic dialogue with visiting Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop⁹ in Beijing, said the recent remarks made by the Australian side on the East China Sea ADIZ undermined the mutual trust and cast shadow on the healthy development of bilateral ties.

He said China hopes the Australian side can properly handle sensitive issues from a strategic and long-term perspective.

 

China and ROK communicate over ADIZ

China's Foreign Ministry has issued a new statement, saying the country has maintained communication with South Korea on the East China Sea air defense identification zone.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei says the defense zone is not part of a country's territorial¹⁰ airspace and has nothing to do with the administrative¹¹ rights over the sea and airspace. 

His comments come after South Korea announced its plans to enlarge its own air defense identification zone.

Hong Lei says China hopes South Korea's move should be in line with its national laws and international norms. 

He also refutes comments from the Japanese government which urges China to revoke¹² the newly-established defence zone.

 

Japan Diet passes controversial secrecy¹³ law amid opposition¹⁴

The House of Councillors of Japan has passed a controversial secrecy law claimed to prevent leaks of state secrets. 

The law, which enables government officials, rather than legal systems in Japan, to determine what constitutes a state secret under categories from defense to diplomacy¹⁵, terrorism and espionage¹⁶, has met strong opposition both from the political circle and the public. 

The opposition parties were worried that it would grant the government too much autonomy to limit or block information deemed sensitive, while boosting Tokyo's ability to share secrets with its allies like the United States on issues of diplomacy, defense and the state's involvement in counter-terrorism and counterespionage activities.

 

Park, Biden agree to join hands to denuclearize DPRK

South Korean President Park Geun-hye and visiting U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden have agreed to join hands to denuclearize North Korea.

The two leaders have agreed to make further efforts to achieve "substantive¹⁷ progress" in dismantling¹⁸ the North's nuclear program.

They also pledged firm deterrence¹⁹ against possible nuclear and missile threats from Pyongyang.

Thai PM cancels overseas trips due to unrest

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has cancelled three preplanned overseas trips this month due to the country's political crisis.

She was scheduled to visit Russia, attend the South East Asian Games opening ceremony in Myanmar and an ASEAN-Japan summit in Tokyo.

 

Chang'e-3 enters lunar orbit

China's Chang'e-3 probe has entered a circular lunar orbit , after about 110 hours on a Earth-Moon transfer orbit. 

The braking is important otherwise Chang'e-3 would have escapes from the Moon, or crashed into it.

The probe was launched Monday from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Center. 

It should soft-land on the Moon in the middle of this month.

 

HK confirms 2nd human case of H7N9 bird flu: media

Hong Kong has confirmed its second case of H7N9 bird flu.

The infected is an 80-year-old man who has since been hospitalised. 

The patient is said to be in stable condition.

He is a long-term resident in the mainland and he is said to have contact with poultry²⁰ during his stay there.

 

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• 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。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• 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。

3 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

4 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

5 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

6 nurture   

n.养育，照顾，教育；滋养，营养品；vt.养育，给与营养物，教养，扶持

参考例句：

• The tree grows well in his nurture.在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。
• The two sisters had received very different nurture.这俩个姊妹接受过极不同的教育。

7 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

9 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

10 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

11 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

12 revoke   

v.废除，取消，撤回

参考例句：

• The university may revoke my diploma.大学可能吊销我的毕业证书。
• The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.政府撤销了她丈夫管理外来打工人群的许可证。

13 secrecy   

n.秘密，保密，隐蔽

参考例句：

• All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
• Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting.会议在绝对机密的环境中进行。

14 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• 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。

15 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

16 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。

17 substantive   

adj.表示实在的；本质的、实质性的；独立的；n.实词，实名词；独立存在的实体

参考例句：

• They plan to meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.他们计划不久在罗马再次会晤以开始实质性的谈判。
• A president needs substantive advice,but he also requires emotional succor. 一个总统需要实质性的建议，但也需要感情上的支持。

18 dismantling   

（枪支）分解

参考例句：

• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
• The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. 昨天拆除核后处理工厂引起了放射物泄漏。

19 deterrence   

威慑，制止； 制止物，制止因素； 挽留的事物； 核威慑

参考例句：

• An extreme school of "disarmers" pronounced stable deterrence was a dangerous deception. “裁军论者”中的极端派声称，稳定的威摄是一种危险的骗局。
• Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。

20 poultry   

n.家禽，禽肉

参考例句：

• There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
• What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?