12-20-07

中國官員因致命煤礦爆炸被解職 (Chinese Official Dismissed Over Deadly Coal Blast)

在最近發生一起導致至少105名礦工死亡的煤礦爆炸事故後，中國解除了北部山西省的一位資深共產黨官員。中國國營媒體星期四報導說，山西臨汾市市長李天太被解除了市委副書記的職務。中共山西省委還督促市人大投票解除他的市長職務。

因為拖延報告礦難事故，臨汾市的一名礦主和一名律師已經被逮捕。中國官方媒體先前報導說，在爆炸發生時，共有128名礦工在井下作業，比礦井允許容納的60人最高限額高出了一倍多。

China has fired a senior party official in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi after a recent mine explosion there killed at least 105 workers. Chinese state-run media said Thursday that Li Tiantai, the mayor of Linfen has been removed from his post as deputy Communist Party chief for the city. The party has also urged that the city's legislature vote to strip him from his mayoral post.

A mine owner and lawyer in Linfen have already been arrested for delaying the reporting of the mining accident. China's official media have previously reported that 128 miners were working in the shaft at the time of the explosion -- more than twice the maximum of 60 approved for the mine.

尼泊爾首相敦促中國將公路和鐵路網修至更靠近邊界 (Nepal's Prime Minister Urges China to Bring Road and Railway Network Closer to Border)

尼泊爾首相柯伊拉臘敦促中國政府將鄰國中國的公路和鐵路網路延長到更加靠近尼泊爾邊境的地方。柯伊拉臘星期三在會見中國官員時做出這個呼籲。同時，北京在加德滿都主辦為期兩天的“中國西藏文化論壇”。

中國在協助尼泊爾修建一條將尼泊爾中部地區一條高速公路連接起來的16公里長的公路。正在建設的這條公路從一座跨越中尼邊境的現有橋梁大約100米的地方開始。預計2008年初開始施工。

在尼泊爾維持影響力對中國來說非常重要，因為每年數以百計的藏民從中國統治的西藏地區越過喜馬拉雅山進入尼泊爾。

Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has urged the Chinese government to extend road and railway networks in neighboring China closer to the Nepalese border. Mr. Koirala made his remarks during a meeting with Chinese officials on Wednesday and as Beijing hosts a two-day "China Tibetan Cultural Forum" in Kathmandu.

China is already assisting the country in its construction of a 16-kilometer long road that links a highway (Syafrubesi-Rasuwagadhi) in central Nepal. The road that is being constructed starts about 100 meters from an existing bridge across the China-Nepal border. The road's construction is expected to begin in early 2008.

Maintaining influence in Nepal is important to China because hundreds of Tibetans cross the Himalayas from their Chinese-ruled territory to Nepal every year.