04-01-08

北京否认卷入中国间谍案 (Beijing Denies Involvement in China Spy Case)

中国否认涉嫌一起间谍案。美国国防部一名分析员对把机密情报转交给被指称的中国政府特工的指控认罪。

中国外交部发言人姜瑜说，这个说法毫无根据。姜瑜说，这起间谍案的目的是要激起中国对世界其他地区构成威胁的恐惧。

星期一，美国国防部分析员格雷格.伯格森对一项阴谋把有关美国与台湾军事关系的机密情报交与未获授权人员的指控认罪。情报的许多内容涉及美国对台军售。

伯格森对美国一家法庭说，他以为他的联系人与台湾国防部有关联。检方说，这名联络人、路易斯安纳州新奥尔良的郭台生把相关情报转交给了中国人康育新。目前这两人都在押等待审理。

China is denying any involvement in an espionage case in which a U.S. defense analyst pleaded guilty to passing on classified information to an alleged Chinese government agent.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu says the story is groundless. She says the aim of the case is to stir up fears that China is a threat to the rest of the world.

On Monday, U.S. Defense Department analyst Gregg Bergersen pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to delivering classified information about U.S. and Taiwanese military relations to unauthorized persons. Much of the information was related to U.S. military sales to Taiwan.

Bergersen told a U.S. court he thought his contact was aligned with Taiwan's defense ministry. Prosecutors say the contact, Tai Shen Kuo of New Orleans, Louisiana, turned the information over to a Chinese national, Yu Xin Kang. Kuo and Kang are in jail awaiting trial.

印度足球队队长拒绝参与北京奥运火炬接力 (India's Soccer Captain Refuses to Join Beijing Olympic Torch Run)

印度国家足球队队长菩提亚表示，在这个月晚些时候北京奥运火炬接力途径印度首都新德里期间，他不会作为火炬手。

菩提亚在给印度奥林匹克协会的一封信中说，他拒绝传递火炬是因为他想展示与藏人团结在一起，并表达对中国最近镇压西藏僧侣反政府抗议的反对。

菩提亚是佛教徒，他是第二名拒绝参加北京奥运火炬接力跑的运动员。奥运火炬全球接力活动星期一从北京开始。北京奥运火炬预计4月17号经过印度首都新德里。

India's soccer captain Bhaichung Bhutia says he will not carry the Beijing Olympic torch during its run through the Indian capital of New Delhi later this month.

In a letter to the Indian Olympic Association, Bhutia said he is refusing to hold the torch because he wants to show his solidarity with Tibetans and voice his opposition to China's recent crackdown on anti-government protests by Buddhist
monks in Tibet. 

Bhutia, who is Buddhist, is the second athlete to refuse to run with the torch which set off on its journey around the globe from Beijing on Monday. The Beijing Games torch is scheduled to pass through the Indian capital on April 17th.