10-10-07

台湾在国庆游行上展示军力，抨击中国 (Taiwan Showcases Military Prowess at National Day Parade, Blasts China)

台湾星期三在年度“双十节”国庆游行中，10多年来首次展示自己的军事力量，同时，台湾总统陈水扁猛烈抨击台湾最大的近邻和对手中国大陆。陈水扁在讲话中，再次承诺将推动台湾加入联合国的行动，并强调台湾与中国的不同特性。

陈水扁还争辩说，台湾不是与中国关系紧张的源头。他说，问题所在是北京的极权、威权和独裁。

在庆典中，台湾展示了自己制造以及美国提供的导弹的发射装置，同时F-16战斗机在庆典上空飞过。

台湾和中国在1949年内战结束期间分治。北京宣称这个自治岛屿是其领土的一部份。

Taiwan put its military prowess on display for the first time in more than a decade Wednesday in its annual National Day parade, as President Chen Shui-bian lashed out at the island's biggest neighbor and rival, China. In his address, Mr. Chen renewed his pledge to push for Taiwan's membership in the United Nations, and stressed the island's separate identity from China.

He also argued that Taiwan was not the source of tensions with China. He said the problem was Beijing's totalitarianism, authoritarianism, and dictatorship.

Taiwan paraded launchers for local and U.S.-supplied missiles at the celebration as F-16 fighter jets streaked across the sky.

Taiwan and China split during civil war in 1949 and Beijing claims the self-ruled island is part of its own territory. 

流亡藏人冲击中国驻印使馆 (Tibetan Exiles Storm Chinese Embassy in India)

20多名流亡的西藏人星期三冲进了中国驻印度大使馆，抗议北京加强对西藏的限制。这些流亡者闯进新德里中国大使馆的前门。一些人把他们自己绑在大门上或是使馆的旗杆上，另一些人则用红色油漆在使馆的大门和墙上写下“西藏独立”的字样。

示威者后来被印度警察强行带离。这些人在抗议北京最近的一个命令，即要求所有西藏精神领袖的转世，包括达赖喇嘛和班禅喇嘛在内，都必须得到政府的批准。

目前的达赖喇嘛自1959年反对中国的共产党军队的起义失败后，一直流亡在外。

More than 20 Tibetan exiles have stormed the Chinese embassy in India Wednesday to protest Beijing's tightening restrictions on their homeland. The exiles pushed their way through the front gate of the embassy in New Delhi. Some chained themselves to the gate or embassy flag pole. Others wrote slogans such as "Free Tibet" in red paint across the main gate and embassy walls.

The demonstrators were later forcibly removed by Indian police. The group was protesting a recent Chinese order that the government must approve all reincarnations of Tibetan spiritual leaders, including the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama.

The current Dalai Lama has been in exile since 1959, after a failed uprising against Chinese communist forces.