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  • China Defends Harassment of Vietnamese Ship as Justified
  • 中国辩解说:驱逐越南船舶是正当行為
  •   China is defending its naval harassment of a Vietnamese oil survey ship as legitimate law enforcement activity, and is urging Vietnam not to create disturbances.
  • 中国就其海军驱逐越南一艘石油勘探船一事辩解说,这是正当执法行动;中国还敦促越南不要製造事端。

  •   Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Tuesday the Vietnamese survey ship had been operating illegally in Chinese-administered waters and that the action against it was "completely justified."
  • 中国外交部女发言人姜瑜星期二说,越南的勘探船在中国管辖的水域从事非法行动,针对这艘船的行动是 “完全正当的”。

  •   It was the latest volley in an increasingly bitter exchange that began last week with a confrontation in the South China Sea.
  • 这是自从上星期两国在南中国海对峙而导致双边关係日益紧张以来,双方最新的一次争执。

  •   Vietnam says its ship was operating well within the country's 370-kilometer exclusive economic zone when it was approached by three Chinese naval vessels.
  • 越南表示,它的船隻在该国 370 公里的专属经济区内作业时,中国的 3 艘军舰靠近它们。

  •   It says one of the Chinese ships cut exploration cables and forced the Vietnamese vessel out of the area under threat of violence.
  • 越南表示,其中一艘中国舰隻切断了探测电缆,并以武力威胁迫使越南船隻离开该地区。

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  • Aid Group Calls for Worldwide Food Overhaul
  • 援助组织呼吁全面检查世界粮食系统
  •   An international aid group is calling for an overhaul of the world's food system, saying prices for staples such as corn will double in the next 20 years.
  • 一个国际援助组织呼吁对世界粮食系统进行全面检查,称诸如玉米等主要食品粮食的价格将会在未来 20 年内翻倍。

  •   London-based Oxfam released a report Tuesday saying demand for food is expected to rise 70 percent by 2030, as climate change, lower crop yields and rising energy prices pressure food supplies.
  • 总部设立在伦敦的乐施会星期二发佈了一份报告称,世界粮食需求量将在 2030 年前增长 70 %,气候变化、粮食產量降低以及能源价格增长都為粮食供应带来压力。

  •   The group says those hardest hit will be the poor, who spend as much as 80 percent of their income on food.
  • 该组织说,受影响最大的将是低收入的人群,他们多达 80 % 的收入用来购买食物。

  •   The report recommends addressing the problem by boosting food reserves, ending the use of food crops in biofuels, and ending speculation in worldwide food markets.
  • 报告建议通过增加粮食储备、结束将粮食作物用作生物燃料以及停止世界粮食市场的投机买卖行為来解决粮食需求问题。

  •   It also calls for a shift away from large-scale commercial food producers to smaller local growers.
  • 报告还呼吁从大规模生產商品粮转型為地方上的小规模种植。

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