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  • Chinese Public Played Role in Postponement of Filtering Software Rule
  • 公眾促使中国缓装绿坝软体
  •   Activists and analysts in China say public outcry played a role in the government's decision to postpone a new rule requiring Internet filtering software for personal computers.
  • 在中国的活动人士和分析人士说,公眾发出的呼声在政府决定推迟执行关於个人电脑上安装网路过滤软体的新规定方面发挥了作用。

  •   The Chinese government announced its decision to delay implementing the plan on Tuesday -- the day before computer makers were to be required to equip all new computers with the Green Dam Youth Escort filtering program.
  • 中国政府星期二宣佈了推迟实施这项计划的决定;电脑製造商原先被要求在所有新的个人电脑上安装这个“绿坝-花季护航”过滤程式。

  •   Many Chinese Internet users had criticized the plan in Internet chat rooms and some were prepared to boycott online activities on July 1 in protest.
  • 许多中国互联网用户在网路聊天室批评这项计划,有些人準备在 7 月 1 日罢网表示抗议。

  •   Beijing-based artist and activist Ai Weiwei, who called for the boycott, arranged a party on Wednesday to celebrate the delay.
  • 北京艺术家、活动人士艾维维号召进行这项罢网行动;他星期叁安排了一次聚会,来庆祝这个推迟的决定。

  •   Hundreds of Internet users and some foreign journalists arrived at a restaurant near Ai's home for the event.
  • 数以百计的网友和一些外国记者到艾维维家附近的一家餐馆参加这个活动。

  •   Ai said he believes that citizen protests may have influenced the Chinese government decision to postpone the new rule.
  • 艾维维说,他相信,公民抗议可能影响了中国政府推迟实施这项新规定的决定。

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  • California, Other States Face Budget Crisis
  • 美国加州等州面临预算危机
  •   California's state government says it will begin using promissory notes rather than money to pay some bills, because legislators failed to agree on a way to close a $24 billion budget shortfall.
  • 美国加利福尼亚州政府说,它将开始使用赊帐欠条而不是用钱币来支付一些账单,因為议员们没能就填补一项 240 亿美元的预算缺口达成一致。

  •   It is one of several U.S. states facing serious budget problems as a new fiscal year began Wednesday (July 1).
  • 加州是在 7 月 1 号开始的新的财政年度之际面临严重预算问题的几个州之一。

  •   States have seen declining revenues due to the economic crisis.
  • 由於经济危机,美国一些州出现了财政收入下降情况。

  •   California state senators attempted but failed to pass measures to cut more than $3 billion from the state's education budget by a midnight deadline.
  • 加州州参议员在午夜最后期限截至前曾试图通过一些立法,从该州教育预算削减 30 多亿美元,但是未能成功。

  •   Lawmakers agreed that spending cuts need to be made, but state Democrats - who control the legislature - proposed new taxes to help close the shortfall while Republicans, including Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, opposed them.
  • 议员们一致认為需要削减支出,但是控制州议会的民主党人提议加税来帮助填补缺口,而包括州长施瓦辛格在内的共和党人则反对加税。

  •   A Washington-based research organization, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, reports at least 48 of the 50 states have addressed or are facing shortfalls in their budgets for the coming year.
  • 设在华盛顿的研究机构预算和政策要务中心报告说,美国 50 州当中至少有 48 州已经处理或者正面临下一年度的预算赤字。

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