Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-06-13

 

China blames Japan for warplane encounter over East China Sea
The Chinese government is pinning the blame on Japan for a close encounter between Chinese and Japanese military planes over East China Sea earlier this week.
The Chinese Defense¹ Ministry² says two Japanese fighter jets came within 30-meters of a Chinese military plane running patrols in the Air Defense Identification Zone.
The Chinese side says the incident seriously threatened the safety of the Chinese aircraft.
The Japanese government has denied its fighters came near the Chinese jet.
Japan is also trying to shift the blame for the incident on China.
 
Chinese Premier³ visits UK, Greece to deepen cooperations
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is set to make his way to Britain and Greece for a pair of official visits next week.
Vice⁴-foreign minister Wang Chao says Li Keqiang's forthcoming trip should help establish a new direction for cooperation between China and the UK.
Chinese vice Commerce Minister Gao Yan also says the trip should help solidify⁵ Britian's move toward becoming a major hub for the movement of the Renminbi.
As for the 2nd leg of Li Keqiang's trip to Greece, business dealings will also be high on the agenda.

China, Republic of Congo pledge closer cooperation
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with his Republic of Congo counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso here in Beijing.
The two have also overseen⁶ the signing of a number of agreements connected to trade, infrastructure⁷ construction, finance and culture.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
 
UNESCO accepts China's "comfort women" application
China says UNESCO has accepted its application to register records of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre⁸ and Japan's use of 'comfort women' to its Memory of the World Register.
The application has been accepted, despite strong opposition⁹ from Japan.
The materials submitted in the application include a series of documents, photos and first-hand accounts of survivors¹⁰ of the Nanjing Massacre.
The documents also include accounts of how the Japanese military conscripted so-called 'comfort women,' which is a euphimism for sexual slaves.
UNESCO's Memory of the World Register was created in 1997 as a way to preserve historical documentation.
 
Mainland's Taiwan affairs chief to visit Taiwan
In another sign of cross-strait reproachment, it's been announced the head of the mainland's Taiwan Affairs office is going to travel to the island later on this month.
Zhang Zhijun's visit will be the first time a mainland official of his rank will visit Taiwan.
Zhang is due to spend 4-days on Taiwan, making stops in a number of different cities.
The trip is a reciprocal visit, after Zhang's Taiwan counterpart, Wang Yu-chi, travelled here to the mainland in February.
 
Obama says all options possible in support of Iraqi gov't
U.S. President Barack Obama says he's not going to "rule out anything" in his support of the Iraqi government to deal with the Islamist overrun of northern Iraq.
In making the statement, Obama says the US government "has a stake" in ensuring the insurgents¹¹ are not getting a foothold in either Iraq or Syria.
The northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which has been taken over by members of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, is a gateway¹² to Syria.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has reportedly requested US airstrikes against staging areas for the insurgents.
 
Gas leak at state-owned steel plant kills 5, injures 40 in central India
At least 5-people are dead following a gas leak in central India.
Over 40 others have been hospitalized after inhaling¹³ poisonous gas at a steel plant in the central Indian state of Chhatisgarh.
34 of them are said to be in serious condition.
A pipe exploded inside the plant, sending noxious¹⁴ fumes¹⁵ blasting through the facility.
The incident comes just half-a-year before the 30th anniversary of the deadly gas leak at the Union Carbide plant in the same region, which left nearly 4-thousand people dead.
 
Singapore police arrests two suspects in connection with body in suitcase
Police in Singapore have made arrests in a murder case, which has shocked the city-state.
Two Pakistani men are in custody¹⁶ on suspicion of murdering a 59-year-old Pakistani man.
The victims body was discovered on Wednesday stuffed in a suitcase with its legs chopped off.
The police in Singapore were alerted to the body, after someone noticed a man carrying the suitcase with blood dripping out of it.
The suspects are due to make their first appearance in court tomorrow.
 
China's career platform Zhaopin makes public debut¹⁷ on NYSE
Zhaopin.com has made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
Zhaopin's nearly 76-million US dollar offering has started out well.
The company closed out its trading day at 14-dollars-65 cents a share.
Its initial offering was set at 13-dollars-50-cents.
It opened the trading day in New York at 14-dollars-61-cents.
Zhaopin.com is a Beijing-based online recruitment platform.
 
Alibaba, China Post in logistics tie-up
Alibaba has signed a new deal with China Post.
As part of the agreement, Alibaba and the state-run postal¹⁸ service will share warehouses¹⁹, processing centers and delivery resources.
The goal for Alibaba is to reach out to the rural areas of China, where China Post still has a stronger footprint than privately-run logistics companies.
Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 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。

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 solidify   

v.(使)凝固，(使)固化，(使)团结

参考例句：

• Opinion on this question began to solidify.对这个问题的意见开始具体化了。
• Water will solidify into ice if you freeze it.水冷冻会结冰。

6 overseen   

v.监督，监视( oversee的过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was overseen stealing the letters. 他被人撞见在偷信件。 来自辞典例句
• It will be overseen by ThomasLi, director of IBM China Research Laboratory. 该实验室由IBM中国研究院院长李实恭(ThomasLi)引导。 来自互联网

7 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

8 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

9 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。

10 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

11 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

12 gateway   

n.大门口，出入口，途径，方法

参考例句：

• Hard work is the gateway to success.努力工作是通往成功之路。
• A man collected tolls at the gateway.一个人在大门口收通行费。

13 inhaling   

v.吸入( inhale的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was treated for the effects of inhaling smoke. 他因吸入烟尘而接受治疗。 来自辞典例句
• The long-term effects of inhaling contaminated air is unknown. 长期吸入被污染空气的影响还无从知晓。 来自互联网

14 noxious   

adj.有害的，有毒的；使道德败坏的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• Heavy industry pollutes our rivers with noxious chemicals.重工业产生的有毒化学品会污染我们的河流。
• Many household products give off noxious fumes.很多家用产品散发有害气体。

15 fumes   

n.(强烈而刺激的)气味，气体

参考例句：

• The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes. 我们孩子们的健康正受到排放出的废气的损害。
• Exhaust fumes are bad for your health. 废气对健康有害。

16 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

17 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

18 postal   

adj.邮政的，邮局的

参考例句：

• A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

19 warehouses   

仓库，货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。