01-15-08

美国海军上将希望中国军方增加透明度 (US Admiral Wants More Transparency from China's Military)

美军太平洋司令部司令说，中国对于本国军力扩充需要更加透明。他称，中国加强军力是针对台湾。

基廷海军上将星期二在北京一个记者会上说，他对中国发展新的军事装备，包括远程巡航导弹和反卫星技术表示关切。

一名中国高层将领曾说，美国不必担心中国的军事开支增长。中国军费开支去年增加到了报道所称的450亿美元。中国人民解放军总参谋长陈炳德上将星期一会晤了基廷，并且说，中国没有必要与美国进行军事竞赛，中国发展军力是出于自卫目的。

基廷星期二说，他此行的主题是同中国军方同行建立起互信。

The head of U.S. forces in the Pacific says China needs to be more open about its military expansion, and he suggested the build-up was aimed at Taiwan.

Admiral Timothy Keating told a news conference in Beijing Tuesday that he is concerned about China's development of new hardware, including long-range cruise missiles and anti-satellite technology.

One of China's top generals has said the United States should not be concerned about increases in China's military spending, which went up to a reported 45 billion dollars last year. General Chen Bingde (chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army) met with Admiral Keating Monday and said China sees no need to compete militarily with the United States, and that its military development is for defensive
purposes.

Keating said today that the main theme of his visit is to build trust with his Chinese counterparts. 

我的空间网站将施行新安全措施 (MySpace to Adopt Web Safety Measures)

世界上最受欢迎的社交网站MySpace同意制定更为严格的指导原则，以保护少年儿童免受网上歹徒的性侵犯。

MySpace和美国49个州的州检察长星期一一起宣布了各项新的安全措施。这些措施中包括设立一条24小时警察热线，改进队不良内容投诉的回应时间。

他们还宣布成立一个在线安全工作组，将探讨新的技术，包括更好地鉴别MySpace用户年龄的方式。

这个由“新闻公司”拥有的网站还将设立一个数据库，可以让家长们防止孩子设立帐户。

得克萨斯州是唯一没有赞同这项协议的州。

MySpace, the world's most popular social networking site, has agreed to set stricter guidelines in an effort to protect children from online predators.

MySpace, along with the attorneys-general of 49 U.S. states, announced (Monday) various new safety measures. Among them are a 24-hour police hotline, and improving response time to complaints of inappropriate content. 

They also announced the creation of an online safety task force that will explore new technologies, including better ways to verify ages of MySpace users.

The Web site owned by NewsCorp will also create a database allowing parents to prevent their children from opening an account.

Texas is the only state that did not endorse the agreement.