Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-09-11

 Chinese president in Kyrgyzstan for state visit, SCO summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Bishkek for his state visit to Kyrgyzstan.

The president will also attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.

Upon his arrival, Xi Jingping hailed bilateral¹ ties between China and Kyrgyzstan.

The Chinese President says biliteral ties have a strong basis and broad prospect² for their advancement³.

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev said earlier that he hoped the Chinese president's visit would push forward mutual⁴ cooperation.

He also pledged to lift bilateral ties to a strategic partnership⁵ level. 

Kyrgyzstan is the last stop of Xi Jinping's Central Asian tour since assuming the presidency⁶ in March.

 

China needs reforms for economic development: Premier⁷

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged future reforms to achieve sustainable and healthy economic development.

Li Keqiang made the remarks ahead of the Summer Davos Forum⁸, which will kick off later today in Dalian city.

Noting that the Chinese government has attached greater importance to economic restructuring in recent years, Premier Li Keqiang said China would unwaveringly stick to a "green path" for development.

Li Keqiang also reiterated⁹ China would keep promoting the market-oriented interest rate, as well as to diversify¹⁰ its capital market and widen financing channels to allow more direct financing. 

This year's Summer Davos is scheduled to run through Wednesday till Friday . 

Organised by the World Economic Forum, the event is themed as "meeting the innovation imperative¹¹" this year.

Premier Li Keqiang is set to attend the opening ceremony and will deliver a keynote speech.

 

Syria to declare chemical weapons and sign arms ban

Syria's foreign minister says his country is ready to declare its chemical weapons stockpile and sign a chemical weapons convention.

Meanwhile Russian President VLadimir Putin is mounting more pressure on the US to give up its strike plan.

Putin says placing the Syrian chemical weapons under international control makes sense only if the U.S. rejects the use of force. 

Meantime, US president Barack Obama is supporting a French resolution to the UN security Council.

The resolution would demand Syria put its chemical weapons under international control and destroyed.

The Obama administration has subsequently delayed a Senate vote on the president's request.

Obama has also decided¹² to send Secretary of State John Kerry to Geneva.

Kerry is supposed to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Vavrov to further discuss Russia's proposal.

Earlier, China and Iran welcomed Russia's proposal.

The Chinese government reiterated its position on a political solution to the Syrian crisis.

It also confirmed that it's currently receiving a delegation¹³ from a Syrian opposition¹⁴ group in Beijing.

 

India court finds all 4 adult suspects in Delhi gang rape¹⁵ guilty of all charges

A court in New Delhi has found 4 men guilty of the rape and murder of a college student in the Indian capital last year.

The men attacked the woman and her boyfriend on a moving bus in December, brutally¹⁶ assaulting her before leaving her on the side of the road.

She later died of internal injuries from the assault in hospital days later.

Sentencing is set to get underway on Wednesday.

 

Protests spread to Ankara and Istanbul following the death of a demonstrator

Police in Turkey have arrested a number of demonstrators in the southern province of Hatay.

It follows violent clashes which broke out following the controversial death of a demonstrator.

Ahmet Atakan died in the early hours of Tuesday at a demonstration¹⁷ against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's handling of nationwide protests this summer. 

The cause of his death was in dispute, with witnesses saying he suffered a blunt trauma¹⁸ to the head, while police said he fell from a rooftop.

Protests now have spread from Hatay to the Turkish capital Ankara and Istanbul.

Anti-government demonstrations¹⁹ have largely cooled since early July though tensions remain high in the southern province of Hatay, which borders war-torn Syria.

 

China's economic indexes in August released

National Bureau of Statistics is reporting industrial production expanded 10.4 percent in August on an annualized basis.

It marks a 9.7 percent advance compared to July's reading.

Meanwhile, retail²⁰ sales rose 13.4 in August from a year ago.

That also registers a slight expansion from the reading in the first seven months.

Urban fixed-asset investment is up more than 20 percent through August.

The central regions here in China saw the largest increase in investment, up nearly 24 percent year on year.

 

China's auto²¹ sales up 10.28 pct in August

Auto sales here in China hit 1.65 million units in August, increasing nearly 10.3 percent year on year.

That also represents a 8.7 percent increase compared to that of July.

The China Association of Automobile²² Manufacturers or CAAM reports growth of output has surpassed sales by increasing nearly 12 percent on an annualized basis in August.

Sales totaled 14 million units over the first eight months of this year.

 

More than half of China's floating population was born in 1980s: government report

A new report from the National Health and Family Planning Commission suggests more than half of this country's so-called floating population was born in the 1980's. 

The new stats suggest the average age of migrant workers here in China last year was 28.

The same study has also found an increasing number of migrant workers are hoping to permanently²³ relocate to where they're working. 

China's floating population reached 236 million last year.

This is one-sixth of the country's overall population.

 

1 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

2 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

3 advancement   

n.前进，促进，提升

参考例句：

• His new contribution to the advancement of physiology was well appreciated.他对生理学发展的新贡献获得高度赞赏。
• The aim of a university should be the advancement of learning.大学的目标应是促进学术。

4 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

5 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

6 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

7 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

8 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

9 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。

10 diversify   

v.（使）不同，（使）变得多样化

参考例句：

• Our company is trying to diversify.我们公司正力图往多样化方面发展。
• Hills and woods diversify the landscape.山陵和树木点缀景色。

11 imperative   

n.命令，需要；规则；祈使语气；adj.强制的；紧急的

参考例句：

• He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.他老是用命令的口吻讲话。
• The events of the past few days make it imperative for her to act.过去这几天发生的事迫使她不得不立即行动。

12 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

13 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

14 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

15 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

16 brutally   

adv.残忍地，野蛮地，冷酷无情地

参考例句：

• The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
• A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。

17 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

18 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

19 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

20 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

21 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

22 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

23 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。