In 3 sentences:
China is preparing to declare new air routes over the Taiwan Strait. The United States encourages China to consult with Taiwan and others affected to ensure aviation safety concerns are addressed. The primary concern is maintaining safety, which is in the interests of all countries and regions.
In 3 sentences:
China is preparing to declare new air routes over the Taiwan Strait. The United States encourages China to consult with Taiwan and others affected to ensure aviation safety concerns are addressed. The primary concern is maintaining safety, which is in the interests of all countries and regions.
58. • Bismarck says that politics is the art of
the possible, and I think that foreign
affairs should be the same way.
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[德國政治家]俾斯麥說,政治是可能的
藝術;我認為外交也應該是一樣。
59. • It is not possible for us to reverse the
Russian absorption of Crimea, nor should
we try to defeat the aspirations of the
Crimeans for self-determination.
• 我們無法扭轉俄羅斯併吞克里米亞,
我們也不應該去宣告克里米亞人自決
的願望無效。
60. • On the other hand, by the same token,
we should support, and we should
continue to support the desire of the
Taiwanese to be a free and separate
state—not being part of—or absorbed by
the larger country, its neighbor, China.
•
另一方面,同樣地原因,我們應該支持,
我們也應該繼續支持台灣人成為自由和獨
立的國家的渴望,使台灣不被它的鄰居大
國,中國併吞,也不會成為中國的一部分。
61. • There are 20 million plus Taiwanese who
have a separate culture, in many cases,
separate language.
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台灣的兩千多萬人口,擁有與中國不
同的一個獨立的文化,以及,在很多
情況下,使用不同的語言。
62. • It certainly has a separate history, having
been occupied by the Japanese for over a
half of a century.
•
被日本佔領了半世紀多,台灣肯定的
有它獨特的歷史。
63. • The Taiwanese are fundamentally
different and recognize themselves as
fundamentally different from their larger,
in fact, 100 times larger neighbor.
•
台灣人比他們實際大100倍的鄰居根本
是不同的,台灣人承認他們自己和中
國人根本是不同的。
64. • We’ve done so going back to the 1940s,
and I think we should continue to do so.
It is possible for Taiwan to be free and
independent.
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我們可以回溯到1940年代 --- 那時我們已經
這樣做了;我認為我們應該繼續這樣做。
台灣是有可能成為自由和獨立的。
65. • Therefore, we can, and should support
their desire for self-determination.
•
因此,我們可以,而且應該,支持他
們自決的渴望。
66. • It is possible for us to make that happen.
And I think we should continue to do so.
• 這是我們能夠做到的。我認為我們應
該繼續這樣做。
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