2021年CRI 日本决定将核污水倒入大海 中方表示严重关切（在线收听）

China has expressed serious concerns about Japan's decision to discharge contaminated water from Fukushima nuclear station into the Pacific Ocean.

The Japanese government decided to formalize plans to release the waste into the Pacific after a meeting on Tuesday morning.

The Fukushima plant has been generating massive amounts of radiation-tainted water since the nuclear accident triggered by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It needs water to cool the damaged reactors.

A statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry says Japan made the unilateral move without sufficient consultation with neighboring countries or the wider international community.

It says evaluation by experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency shows that if the waste water containing tritium from the Fukushima nuclear power plant is discharged into the ocean, it will have an impact on the marine environment and public health in surrounding countries.

It adds that the existing treated wastewater still contains other radionuclides and needs to be further purified.

China's total imports and exports of goods surged 29 percent year on year to 8.5 trillion yuan, or about 1.3 trillion U.S. dollars, in the first quarter of 2021.

Exports jumped 39 percent from a year earlier while imports climbed 19 percent.

One person has been killed at a high school in Knoxville, Tennessee and a police officer was wounded when police confronted an armed suspect.

The incident marked the latest in a rash of shootings across the United States since the middle of March.

Knoxville police say the officer struck by gunfire is expected to survive.

Investigators did not identify the suspect or slain victim except to say they were both male. It was not yet clear if either was a student at Austin-East Magnet School.

The Knoxville high school community has been ravaged by gun violence in the last few months, with at least three students at Austin-East having been killed this year.

A 20-year-old man has been shot and killed by a police officer in a suburb of Minneapolis, triggering anger and protests.

Daunte Wright was shot on Sunday during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, a few miles away from where Derek Chauvin is on trial for George Floyd's death.

Video footage presented on Monday showed a struggle between Wright and the officer.

The shooting triggered protests through early Monday morning, with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.

U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate Chris Magnus, the chief of police in the city of Tucson, Arizona, to lead the U.S. Customs and Border Protection service.

Magnus was a critic of former President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

If confirmed by the Senate, Magnus would handle a record number of border crossings that are projected to increase in the coming months.

The United States is expected to encounter about 2 million migrants at the southern border by the end of the 2021 fiscal year, marking a record high since 2010.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced plans to ease social distancing measures and travel restrictions in the region.

She says the fourth wave of COVID-19 in Hong Kong which emerged in November is under control.

The existing social distancing measures due to expire on Thursday will be extended for another 14 days to observe whether the pandemic will rebound after the Easter holiday.

As part of the plans, restaurants are allowed to extend dine-in services to midnight with the cap on diners per table raised from four to six, provided that staff members have received their first dose of vaccine.

The restrictions will be further relaxed to 12 people to be seated at each table under the condition that staff members and customers have taken two doses of vaccines.

Meanwhile, the travel scheme that allows Hong Kong residents returning from Guangdong or Macao to be exempted from a 14-day quarantine will be expanded to other mainland provinces later this month.

中国对日本决定向太平洋排放福岛核电站污水表示严重关切。

日本政府在周二上午举行会议后决定，正式确定计划向太平洋排放核污水。

自2011年地震和海啸引发核事故以来，福岛核电站一直在产生大量辐射污染水。该核电站需用水冷却受损的反应堆。

中国外交部发表声明表示，日本在没有与邻国或更广泛的国际社会进行充分协商的情况下，就采取了单方面的行动。

声明表示，国际原子能机构专家组评估指出，如果福岛核电站含氚废水排入海洋，将对周边国家海洋环境和公众健康造成影响。

报告还称，现有经过处理的污水中仍含有其他放射性核素，需进一步净化处理。

2021年第一季度，中国货物进出口总额同比增长29%，达到8.5万亿元人民币，约合1.3万亿美元。

出口同比增长39%，进口则攀升19%。

田纳西州诺克斯维尔一所高中发生枪击案，造成一人死亡，一名警察在与持枪嫌犯对峙时受伤。

这起事件是3月中旬以来美国各地发生的系列枪击事件中的最新一起。

诺克斯维尔警方表示，遭枪击的警方有望生还。

调查人员尚未确认嫌疑人和遇害者的身份，只说他们都是男性。目前也不清楚两人是否是奥斯汀东马格内特高中的学生。

过去几个月，诺克斯维尔高中社区饱受枪支暴力的摧残，今年奥斯汀东马格内特高中至少有3名学生被杀。

明尼阿波利斯郊区一名20岁男子被警察枪杀，引发愤怒和抗议。

周日，达特·赖特在布鲁克林中心被交警拦截，交涉过程中遭遇枪击，布鲁克林中心距离德里克·肖万因乔治·弗洛伊德之死而受审的法院只有几英里。

周一公布的视频显示，速滑特和涉事警察发生了争执。

枪击事件引发的抗议活动一直持续到周一凌晨，期间警方发射催泪瓦斯和橡皮子弹驱散人群。

美国总统乔·拜登将提名亚利桑那州图森市警察局长克里斯·马格努斯担任美国海关和边境保护局局长。

马格努斯是前总统唐纳德·特朗普移民政策的批评者。

如果得到参议院的确认，马格努斯将处理创纪录的越境人数，预计在未来几个月人数还会增加。

预计到2021财年结束时，美国在南部边境将面临约200万移民，创下2010年以来新高。

中国香港特区行政长官林郑月娥宣布放宽特区社交距离措施和旅行限制的计划。

她表示，中国香港去年11月爆发的第四波新冠肺炎疫情已得到控制。

将于周四到期的现行社交距离措施将再延长14天，以观察香港节假期后疫情是否反弹。

作为计划的一部分，只要工作人员接种了第一剂疫苗，餐饮可将堂食时间延长至午夜，每桌用餐人数的上限从4人提高到6人。

如工作人员和顾客注射了两剂疫苗，限制将进一步放宽至每桌可坐12人。

同时，从广东或澳门回港的中国香港居民可免除14天隔离，该计划将于本月末扩大至中国大陆其他省份。