考研英語閱讀:釣魚島,是非之地

 

Diaoyu Island, Land of Controversy

釣魚島，是非之地

China suspended high-level government exchanges with Japan, significantly escalating the two countries' worst dispute in five years, after Japanese authorities extended the detention of the captain of a Chinese fishing boat detained near disputed islands in the East China Sea.

在日本官方延押從中國(guó)東海雙方爭(zhēng)議島嶼附近抓捕的中國(guó)漁船船長(zhǎng)后，中國(guó)已暫停與日本的高級(jí)別政府往來，此舉大大加深了中日兩國(guó)間五年來的最大爭(zhēng)端。

Beijing also threatened‘strong countermeasures'following Japan's decision, which could provoke fresh nationalist protests across China this week and potentially damage commercial relations between the world's second- and third-largest economies.

北京方面對(duì)日本做出延押中國(guó)船長(zhǎng)的決定表示將采取“強(qiáng)烈反制措施” ，此舉可能于本周在中國(guó)各地激起新一輪的反日情緒，甚至可能損害世界第二和第三大經(jīng)濟(jì)體之間的商貿(mào)往來。

China and Japan have frequently clashed over the unpopulated islands, known as the Diaoyu in China, and the Senkaku in Japan, whose waters are thought to contain substantial natural-gas reserves, but this year's row has graver implications for both—and the U.S.—as China is rapidly acquiring the naval power to enforce its claims.

中國(guó)將這片無人居住的島嶼稱為“釣魚島” ，而日本稱為“尖閣諸島” 。人們相信島嶼附近的海域藏有儲(chǔ)量極其豐富的天然氣資源，中日雙方就此島嶼的歸屬問題頻繁產(chǎn)生沖突，不過今年兩國(guó)的沖突對(duì)中日雙方和美國(guó)有著更為深刻的含意──中國(guó)正在快速依靠海軍力量，希望強(qiáng)制執(zhí)行其主權(quán)要求。

It is being closely watched by many other Asian countries-including India, Vietnam and the Philippines-which have territorial disputes with China, and which have concerns about China's expanding naval power.

印度、越南和菲律賓等亞洲其他各國(guó)也在密切關(guān)注事態(tài)的發(fā)展。它們與中國(guó)都有領(lǐng)土紛爭(zhēng)，也都對(duì)中國(guó)日益強(qiáng)大的海軍實(shí)力憂慮重重。

The decision was all the more provocative in China's eyes as it followed small demonstrations outside Japanese diplomatic missions in several Chinese cities on Saturday-the anniversary of Japan's invasion of China in 1931.

中國(guó)認(rèn)為日本的這一決定完全是挑釁，此前就在周六的9月18日，中國(guó)好幾個(gè)城市的日本領(lǐng)事館外都舉行了小型的示威活動(dòng)，紀(jì)念1931年日本侵華戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的開始。

China responded on Sunday by suspending ministerial and provincial-level bilateral exchanges, halting talks on increasing flights between the two countries and postponing a meeting about coal, according to China's state—run Xinhua news agency.

中國(guó)方面，據(jù)官方媒體新華社消息，作為回應(yīng)，周日中國(guó)宣布暫停兩國(guó)省部級(jí)以上交往，中止雙方有關(guān)增加航班的會(huì)談，推遲就煤炭問題的會(huì)見等。

 

 

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