Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-09-07

 Chinese president arrives in Astana for Kazakhstan visit 

Chinese President Xi Jinping is now in Astana for his first state visit to Kazakhstan, after attending a Group of 20 (G20) summit in the Russian city of St. Petersburg.

During the visit, Xi Jinping is scheduled to hold talks with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev and witness the signing of a series of cooperation documents.

 

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is going to deliver a keynote speech in Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan Saturday noon Beijing Time. 

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Update (BJH heads) Xi Jinping meets with Obama, Merkel

Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Russia's St. Petersburg.

Xi Jinping says relations between the two sides should maintain a "sound momentum¹".

On the issue of Syria, Xi Jinping reiterates² that the crisis should be resolved through political as opposed to a military strike.

Obama states that he remains³ committed to keeping communication with the Chinese side on the issue.

It is the second meeting between Xi Jinping and Obama in three months.

Also holding talks with President Xi at the G20 was German Chancellor⁴, Angela Merkel.

Xi Jinping praised the German government's support on a series of trade disputes between China and the European Union.

 

Chinese president urges G20 members to fight against protectionism 

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged world's leading developed and developing economies to fight against trade protectionism.

Addressing a meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) leaders, Xi Jinping said that the global multilateral trade system now faces many challenges amid rising protectionism and stalled Doha talks, which hurts both the world's economic recovery and the interests of all countries. 

He urged the G20 major economies, which account for 80 percent of world trade, to have a sense of crisis and assume the responsibility to advance a new round of global trade expansion.

 

China is strategic partner to Russia: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has described China as his country's strategic partner both in trade and cooperation. 

Addressing the press at the end of the two-day G20 summit in St. Petersburg, Putin said: China is Russia's strategic partner. This is evident not only in the volume of its trade. China is the No.1 trading partner for the Russian Federation⁵.

Putin noted⁶, China-Russia relationship is not confined in trade alone. The two countries have expanded their cooperation into many other areas including high-technology. 

While elaborating on Russia-China cooperation, Putin said the two countries have agreed to work together in areas such as agriculture, nuclear energy and high-technology.

 

Putin vows⁷ to help Syria in case of military attack 

Russian President Vladimir Putin says it will help Syria in case of an external military attack.

He's told reportes that Moscow has been fulfilling its arms contract with Damascus, adding it will strengthen cooperation with Syria in humanitarian⁸ sector⁹, supply humanitarian aid to civilians¹⁰ who were in grave conditions. 

According to the Russian president, the allegation of chemical weapons use in Syria is provocation¹¹ of militants¹² hoping for external support. 

Putin reiterated¹³ that the use of force against a sovereign state is possible only for the purpose of self-defense or under a UN Security Council sanction.

 

'No decision' in Egypt on dissolving Muslim Brotherhood¹⁴

The Egyptian government has denied state media reports that it has to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood, which had been registered as an NGO since March of this year.

The interim¹⁵ government in Cairo has been cracking down on the Brotherhood since the ousting¹⁶ of President Mohammed Morsi in early July.

 

South Korea bans seafood¹⁷ from Japan

South Korea is to ban fishery products from eight Japanese prefectures, including Fukushima, from next Monday, indefinitely.

The move comes after concerns about radiation contamination from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.

 

Shanghai FTZ to enjoy free convertibility¹⁸ of RMB

China will allow unfettered exchange of the RMB in the soon-to-be inaugurated first free trade zone in Shanghai.

The move is the latest measure to reform the world's second largest economy.

According to a draft plan, the zone goes beyond greater liberalization of trade to take in investment and financial services, including free convertibility of the yuan.

1 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

2 reiterates   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The Chinese government reiterates that the question of Taiwan is China's internal affair. 中国政府重申，台湾问题是中国的内政。 来自汉英非文学 - 汉英文件
• Wang Jianzhou reiterates a fact and a viewpoint in Davos. 王建宙在达沃斯重申一个事实和一个观点。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

5 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

6 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

7 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。

8 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

9 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

10 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

11 provocation   

n.激怒，刺激，挑拨，挑衅的事物，激怒的原因

参考例句：

• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子，一点就着。
• They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。

12 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

13 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

14 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

15 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

16 ousting   

驱逐( oust的现在分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• The resulting financial chaos led to the ousting of Bristol-Myers' s boss. 随后引发的财政混乱导致了百时美施贵宝的总裁下台。
• The ousting of the president has drawn widespread criticism across Latin America and the wider world. 洪都拉斯总统被驱逐时间引起拉丁美洲甚至全世界的广泛批评。

17 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。

18 convertibility   

n.可改变性，可变化性；兑换

参考例句：

• Some countermeasure and recommendation on RMB's full convertibility. " 对人民币实现完全自由兑换提出了对策和建议。 来自互联网
• China capital convertibility's course is the same as foreign exchange system reform. 中国资本项目开放的进程，是与我国外汇体制改革的步伐相一致的。 来自互联网