10-16-07

中国投资银行可能竞购贝尔史登公司部分股份 (Chinese Investment Bank Could Bid for Part of Bear Stearns)

中国政府官员说，中国一家国营投资集团可能竞购美国贝尔史登投资公司的股份。中国银监会副主席蒋定之星期二在中共召开党代会期间说，中国中信集团有兴趣竞购美国这家公司的股份。贝尔史登是美国最大的投资公司之一，也是受今年房屋贷款市场恶化冲击最大的公司之一。

中国蓬勃发展的经济鼓励中国的金融机构扩大海外的投资。今年早些时候，一家中国国营投资机构支付30亿美元，收购了美国私人投资公司黑石集团的股份。

分析人士说，中国对美国金融机构的投资将增加中国获得投资银行业的经验。

Chinese government officials say a state-run investment group may bid for a stake in U.S. investment firm Bear Stearns. The vice chairman of China's banking regulatory commission, Jiang Dingzhi speaking at the Communist Party Congress Tuesday said China's Citic Group was interested in bidding for shares in the U.S. company. Bear Stearns is one of the biggest U.S. investment firms, and one of the hardest-hit from this year's mortgage market deterioration.

China's booming economy has encouraged the country's financial institutions to expand their investments abroad. Earlier this year, a Chinese state-run investment agency paid three-billion dollars for a stake in the U.S. private equity group Blackstone.

Analysts say China's investment in U.S. financial institutions will help the country gain experience in investment banking.

布什总统将会晤达赖喇嘛，中国抗议 (President Bush to Meet With Dalai Lama, China Protests)

尽管北京警告说，这次会面将严重损害美中关系，布什总统还是计划星期二在白宫会晤达赖喇嘛。

中国外交部长杨洁篪今天表示，中国对这次会晤已经表示了“坚决反对”，并敦促华盛顿取消会见。

杨洁篪说，中国还要求美国国会不要把最高非军人荣誉的“国会金质奖章”授予这位西藏流亡精神领袖。

国会定于星期三举行颁奖仪式，布什也将出席。

中国一贯反对达赖喇嘛会晤世界领导人的努力，指责达赖喇嘛秘密鼓动分离主义。

达赖喇嘛否认这样的指控。自从1980年代后期以来，他一直呼吁与北京会晤，谈判争取西藏的自治地位。

President Bush is scheduled to meet Tuesday with the Dalai Lama at the White House, despite warnings from Beijing that the meeting will seriously damage relations between the United States and China.

China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said today his country has expressed its "resolute opposition" to the meeting and urged Washington to cancel the talks.

Yang said China also asked the U.S. Congress to not give Tibet's exiled spiritual leader its highest civilian award, the Congressional Gold Medal.

The medal is to be presented Wednesday at a ceremony attended by Mr. Bush.

China has consistently challenged attempts by the Dalai Lama to meet with world leaders, accusing him of secretly promoting separatism.

The Dalai Lama denies the charge. Since the late 1980s, he has been calling on Beijing to hold talks to negotiate an autonomous status for Tibet.