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  • Taxi Drivers in Third Day of Strike in Southern China
  • 中国南部计程车司机连续第叁天罢工
  •   Taxi drivers in southern China are striking for a third day to protest high operating costs and competition from unlicensed cabs.
  • 中国南方的计程车司机连续第叁天罢工,抗议高昂的运营费以及无照计程车的竞争。

  •   Many of them gathered today (Wednesday) at a local government office in the city of Sanya on Hainan island.
  • 很多司机星期叁聚集在海南岛叁亚市政府一个办公处外面。

  •   They demanded the release of at least 21 people.
  • 他们要求释放至少 21 人。

  •   The detainees are accused of damaging the vehicles of cab drivers who refused to join the strike.
  • 这些被拘留的人被指称毁坏拒绝罢工的计程车司机的汽车。

  •   The striking drivers are complaining about the high cost of renting cabs from taxi companies.
  • 罢工司机对计程车公司的高昂租车费表示不满。

  •   The strikers also say many unlicensed cabs operate in Sanya without paying rental fees.
  • 他们还说,很多无照计程车司机在叁亚营业,而不缴纳租费。

  •   State media said today that a similar protest in Gansu province ended when the government promised to get rid of the unlicensed cabs.
  • 中国官方媒体星期叁说,甘肃省一起类似的抗议活动在政府承诺取缔无照计程车后停息。

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  • Taiwan's Ex-President Chen Shui-bian Formally Arrested
  • 台湾前总统陈水扁被正式收押
  •   Former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has been formally arrested after hours of questioning on charges he says are politically motivated.
  • 台湾前总统陈水扁在接受对他提出的指控进行的数小时询问后被正式收押;陈水扁称这些指控是出於政治动机。

  •   The Taipei District Court judge today (Wednesday) sent Mr. Chen to a detention center over allegations of graft, bribery, illegal possession of state assets, and other offenses.
  • 台北地区法庭的法官星期叁裁定将陈水扁送往羈留中心,指控是贪污、贿赂、非法拥有国家财產和其他罪行。

  •   Mr. Chen, who advocated more independence from China while he was president, says current President Ma Ying-jeou wants to put him in jail to appease China.
  • 陈水扁在担任总统期间主张更加独立於中国;他说,现任总统马英九要把他投入监狱是為了取悦於中国。

  •   President Ma has denied that.
  • 马英九否认这个指称。

  •   A spokeswoman for China's Taiwan Affairs Office has rejected Mr. Chen's allegation that China was involved in the arrest.
  • 中国国台办一位女发言人反驳了陈水扁有关中国涉入陈水扁收押的指称。

  •   Mr. Chen is accused of sending more than 30 million dollars to Switzerland and other countries last year.
  • 陈水扁被指控去年把 3 千多万美元转往瑞士和其他国家。

  •   He has admitted his wife sent funds overseas without his knowledge, but denied involvement in money laundering.
  • 他先前承认,他的妻子在他不知情的情况下把资金转往国外,但是他否认洗钱的指控。

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