03-13-08

中國發生“恐怖陰謀”後加強航空安全 (China Steps up Air Security After 'Terrorist Plot')

中國宣佈提高航空公司安全的新措施，以確保2008年北京奧運會來臨前的運輸安全。中國民用航空總局星期四在網站上公佈的一項聲明說，工作人員將打開和檢查更多的行李。國內航班的旅客將被禁止攜帶任何液體登機。

航空總局還表示，允許乘客付費享受更快速安檢及優先登機的“易登機”服務也將被取消。這些新規定出臺不到一個星期前，中國政府宣佈最近挫敗了一起劫持一架從中國西北地區的新疆飛至北京的客機的企圖。中國官方媒體稱，這起劫機事件是一次“有計劃的恐怖襲擊”。

China has announced new regulations to increase airline security and ensure transportation safety in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In a statement posted on its Web site Thursday, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said staff will open and check more bags. Passengers will be banned from carrying any kind of liquid aboard domestic flights.

The administration also said "easy check-in" services, which allow passengers to pay for the privilege of speedier security checks and priority boarding, would be banned.
The new rules come less than a week after the Chinese government announced that it recently foiled a hijacking attempt on a passenger plane flying from China's northwestern region of Xinjiang to Beijing. State media in China have called the hijacking a "planned terrorist attack."

印度警方拘捕藏人抗議者 (Indian Police Detain Tibetan Protesters)

印度警方星期四逮捕了100名向西藏邊境步行，抗議即將在中國舉行的奧運會的示威者。在這些人被捕後不久，抗議活動的組織者警告說，那些被關押的人將會舉行絕食抗議。

藏人示威者和一些外國人星期一從西藏流亡政府總部所在地達蘭薩拉出發。這個星期早些時候，印度警方曾短暫的攔阻示威者，並命令他們不要離開康格拉地區。印度有關當局說，這次抗議活動違反了西藏流亡領導人曾經許下的不會在印度領土上進行反中國政治活動的承諾。

這次示威活動是本星期全球紀念1959年西藏人反對中國統治起義週年活動的一部分。星期二，幾百名西藏僧侶向西藏首府拉薩遊行，高喊獨立口號。目擊者說，中國警方向示威者發射了催淚瓦斯。

Indian police have arrested 100 people marching to the Tibetan border to protest the upcoming Olympic Games in China Thursday. Shortly after being detained , protest organizers warned that those in custody will go on a hunger strike.

The Tibetan marchers and some foreigners set off Monday from Dharmsala, the headquarters of the Tibetan government in exile. Earlier this week, Indian police briefly blocked the marchers and ordered them not to leave Kangra district. Indian
authorities say the protest violates a promise by exiled Tibetan leaders not to conduct anti-China political activities on Indian soil. 

The march was one of several events around the world this week to mark the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule. On Tuesday, several hundred Tibetan monks marched toward Tibet's capital, Lhasa, shouting independence slogans. Witnesses say Chinese police fired tear gas at the protesters.