16th 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."

 

　　Visiting India's National Security Advisor⁵ Shiv Shankar Menon said he hoped the latest round of border talks would allow the neighbors to resolve past disputes.

 

　　"To build on the historic visit that you paid to India, which has given our relationship a new set of possibilities and opportunities, so we are looking forward on the course of today or tomorrow to build on those possibilities and to realise the full potential of India-China relations."

 

　　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.

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 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。