China India Border Talks Underway in Beijing

　　Representatives from China and India are in Beijing for another round of border issue discussions.

 

　　It is the 16th talk of its kind and the first after the Chinese leadership change in March.

 

　　Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi leads the Chinese delegation¹.

 

　　"President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have held talks on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit this March. And not long ago, Premier² Li Keqiang paid a visit to India. All this are believed to have injected new momentum³ to our bilateral⁴ ties."

 

　　The latest talks come in the aftermath of a recent military stand-off between Chinese and Indian troops on the Himalaya border, which ended with both sides pulling back.

 

　　In previous talks, the two sides had signed a political guideline to the border issue.

 

　　And during the on-going meeting both sides will try to work out a framework, which will lead to a demarcation of the boundaries.

 

　　Reports say no major agreements are likely before the new Indian leadership change after the upcoming election next May.

 

　　But insiders say the change won't affect the Indian government's position on the guidelines agreed with Beijing.

 

　　Chinese Foreign Ministry⁵ Spokesperson Hua Chunying says both sides should be making every effort to maintain peace and stability as well as maintaining bilateral ties.

1 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。

2 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。

3 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。

4 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。

5 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。