2014年CRI 外交部副部长刘振民出席南盟峰会 弗格森枪击案裁决引全美大规模抗议

 

The Chinese government says it hopes to increase its ties with South Asia by increasing trade and investment to the region.

China's Deputy Foreign Minister, Liu Zhenmin, has made the pledge while attending the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC, Summit in the Nepalese capital of Katmandu this week.

In making the commitment, the Chinese side has announced plans to offer South Asian countries 30 billion U.S. dollars worth of road construction assistance,along with providing 10-thousand scholarships and 5-thousand training opportunities for countries in SAARC.

China has been a SAARC observer since 2006.

The two day summit in Katmandu concludes later today.

Protests have raged on in the United States over the Ferguson grand jury decision not to indict¹ a white police officer for fatally shooting a black teen.

At least two people were arrested as several demonstrators stormed City Hall in nearby St. Louis, in Missouri.

Several protesters made it into the building before they were repelled².

In Ferguson itself, more than 40 people were arrested after a second night of unrest.

Protests erupted in 13 different cities across the US following the grand jury decision, including Los Angeles, New York and Washington DC.

1 indict   

v.起诉，控告，指控

参考例句：

• You can't indict whole people for the crudeness of a few.您不能因少数人的粗暴行为就控诉整个民族。
• I can indict you for abducting high school student.我可以告你诱拐中学生。

2 repelled   

v.击退( repel的过去式和过去分词 )；使厌恶；排斥；推开

参考例句：

• They repelled the enemy. 他们击退了敌军。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The minister tremulously, but decidedly, repelled the old man's arm. 而丁梅斯代尔牧师却哆里哆嗦地断然推开了那老人的胳臂。 来自英汉文学 - 红字