12-20-07

中国官员因致命煤矿爆炸被解职 (Chinese Official Dismissed Over Deadly Coal Blast)

在最近发生一起导致至少105名矿工死亡的煤矿爆炸事故后，中国解除了北部山西省的一位资深共产党官员。中国国营媒体星期四报导说，山西临汾市市长李天太被解除了市委副书记的职务。中共山西省委还督促市人大投票解除他的市长职务。

因为拖延报告矿难事故，临汾市的一名矿主和一名律师已经被逮捕。中国官方媒体先前报导说，在爆炸发生时，共有128名矿工在井下作业，比矿井允许容纳的60人最高限额高出了一倍多。

China has fired a senior party official in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi after a recent mine explosion there killed at least 105 workers. Chinese state-run media said Thursday that Li Tiantai, the mayor of Linfen has been removed from his post as deputy Communist Party chief for the city. The party has also urged that the city's legislature vote to strip him from his mayoral post.

A mine owner and lawyer in Linfen have already been arrested for delaying the reporting of the mining accident. China's official media have previously reported that 128 miners were working in the shaft at the time of the explosion -- more than twice the maximum of 60 approved for the mine.

尼泊尔首相敦促中国将公路和铁路网修至更靠近边界 (Nepal's Prime Minister Urges China to Bring Road and Railway Network Closer to Border)

尼泊尔首相柯伊拉腊敦促中国政府将邻国中国的公路和铁路网络延长到更加靠近尼泊尔边境的地方。柯伊拉腊星期三在会见中国官员时做出这个呼吁。同时，北京在加德满都主办为期两天的“中国西藏文化论坛”。

中国在协助尼泊尔修建一条将尼泊尔中部地区一条高速公路连接起来的16公里长的公路。正在建设的这条公路从一座跨越中尼边境的现有桥梁大约100米的地方开始。预计2008年初开始施工。

在尼泊尔维持影响力对中国来说非常重要，因为每年数以百计的藏民从中国统治的西藏地区越过喜马拉雅山进入尼泊尔。

Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has urged the Chinese government to extend road and railway networks in neighboring China closer to the Nepalese border. Mr. Koirala made his remarks during a meeting with Chinese officials on Wednesday and as Beijing hosts a two-day "China Tibetan Cultural Forum" in Kathmandu.

China is already assisting the country in its construction of a 16-kilometer long road that links a highway (Syafrubesi-Rasuwagadhi) in central Nepal. The road that is being constructed starts about 100 meters from an existing bridge across the China-Nepal border. The road's construction is expected to begin in early 2008.

Maintaining influence in Nepal is important to China because hundreds of Tibetans cross the Himalayas from their Chinese-ruled territory to Nepal every year.