05-02-08

达赖喇嘛代表启程赴中国会谈 (Dalai Lama's Envoys Depart for Meeting in China)

西藏流亡精神领袖达赖喇嘛的特使启程前往中国，将与中方举行会谈以找到解决西藏局势问题的办法。

在今天(星期五)的声明中，达赖喇嘛办公室表示两位特使将在星期六抵达中国“与中国领导层的代表进行非正式会谈”。

声明说，特使将转达达赖喇嘛对于中国对3月间开始于西藏、后来扩散到其它地区的抗议处理方式的关注。特使还将就如何在那些地区恢复平静提出建议。

这将是自后来转成暴力的示威发生后达赖喇嘛的代表和中国政府的第一次会面。双方过去曾经数次会面，但是双方关系没有什么改善。

Envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, are on their way to China for talks aimed at finding a solution to the situation in Tibet.

In a statement today (Friday), the Dalai Lama's office says the two envoys will arrive in China on Saturday for "informal talks with representatives of the Chinese leadership."

It says the envoys will convey the Dalai Lama's deep concerns about how China handled protests that started in Tibet in March and have since spread to other Tibetan regions of China. The envoys will also offer suggestions on how to bring peace to the region.

The meeting will be the first official contact between representatives of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government since the protests turned violent. The two sides have met several times in the past, but with little improvement in relations.

中国东部致命病毒爆发致死人数上升 (Death Toll Rises from Lethal Virus Outbreak in Eastern China)

中国官方媒体报导，在中国东部地区爆发的一种病毒性肠道疾病又导致一名儿童死亡，使得死亡人数上升到21人。

新华社说，受害者都是安徽省阜阳市的。阜阳市是71型肠道病毒爆发的中心，从三月份以来，已经有两千九百名多名儿童感染这种病毒而生病。但是上个星期才出现有关报导。

幼龄患者的病症包括发烧、泡疹、口疮以及手、脚出现湿疹。

新华社说，目前仍有700人住院治疗，其中36人病情严重。几乎所有患者都是六岁以下的儿童，其中大多数都不到两岁。

Chinese state-run media says another child has died from an intestinal virus outbreak in eastern China, bringing the death toll to 21.

Xinhua news agency says all the victims lived in Fuyang City in Anhui province. The city is the epicenter of an outbreak of enterovirus 71 that has now sickened more than 29-hundred children since March. The outbreak was not reported until last week.

The young victims' symptoms include fever, blisters, ulcers in the mouth, and rashes on the hands and feet.

Xinhua says more than 700 remain hospitalized, 36 of them in serious condition. Nearly all of the cases have been among children younger than six, with most under two.