03-13-08

中国发生“恐怖阴谋”后加强航空安全 (China Steps up Air Security After 'Terrorist Plot')

中国宣布提高航空公司安全的新措施，以确保2008年北京奥运会来临前的运输安全。中国民用航空总局星期四在网站上公布的一项声明说，工作人员将打开和检查更多的行李。国内航班的旅客将被禁止携带任何液体登机。

航空总局还表示，允许乘客付费享受更快速安检及优先登机的“易登机”服务也将被取消。这些新规定出台不到一个星期前，中国政府宣布最近挫败了一起劫持一架从中国西北地区的新疆飞至北京的客机的企图。中国官方媒体称，这起劫机事件是一次“有计划的恐怖袭击”。

China has announced new regulations to increase airline security and ensure transportation safety in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In a statement posted on its Web site Thursday, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said staff will open and check more bags. Passengers will be banned from carrying any kind of liquid aboard domestic flights.

The administration also said "easy check-in" services, which allow passengers to pay for the privilege of speedier security checks and priority boarding, would be banned.
The new rules come less than a week after the Chinese government announced that it recently foiled a hijacking attempt on a passenger plane flying from China's northwestern region of Xinjiang to Beijing. State media in China have called the hijacking a "planned terrorist attack."

印度警方拘捕藏人抗议者 (Indian Police Detain Tibetan Protesters)

印度警方星期四逮捕了100名向西藏边境步行，抗议即将在中国举行的奥运会的示威者。在这些人被捕后不久，抗议活动的组织者警告说，那些被关押的人将会举行绝食抗议。

藏人示威者和一些外国人星期一从西藏流亡政府总部所在地达兰萨拉出发。这个星期早些时候，印度警方曾短暂的拦阻示威者，并命令他们不要离开康格拉地区。印度有关当局说，这次抗议活动违反了西藏流亡领导人曾经许下的不会在印度领土上进行反中国政治活动的承诺。

这次示威活动是本星期全球纪念1959年西藏人反对中国统治起义周年活动的一部分。星期二，几百名西藏僧侣向西藏首府拉萨游行，高喊独立口号。目击者说，中国警方向示威者发射了催泪瓦斯。

Indian police have arrested 100 people marching to the Tibetan border to protest the upcoming Olympic Games in China Thursday. Shortly after being detained , protest organizers warned that those in custody will go on a hunger strike.

The Tibetan marchers and some foreigners set off Monday from Dharmsala, the headquarters of the Tibetan government in exile. Earlier this week, Indian police briefly blocked the marchers and ordered them not to leave Kangra district. Indian
authorities say the protest violates a promise by exiled Tibetan leaders not to conduct anti-China political activities on Indian soil. 

The march was one of several events around the world this week to mark the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule. On Tuesday, several hundred Tibetan monks marched toward Tibet's capital, Lhasa, shouting independence slogans. Witnesses say Chinese police fired tear gas at the protesters.