当前位置: Language Tips> 新闻播报

Plan to buy islands 'unacceptable'

中国日报网 2012-04-18 13:53

分享到

 

Get Flash Player

Download

Beijing has reiterated China's sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands on Tuesday, following thegovernor of Tokyo's sudden announcement of a plan to buy part of the islands.

Shintaro Ishihara, Tokyo's governor, said in Washington on Monday that his city prefecture isnegotiating with the so-called "owner" of the islands, with the aim of "buying them by the end of this year", Kyodo News Agency reported.

Ishihara said in a speech to the conservative Heritage Foundation that he had begun negotiations to purchase three islets of the Diaoyu Islands, which Ishihara claimed are "owned by a Japanese family".

The Diaoyu Islands and its affiliated islets have been China's territory since ancient times, and China has undisputable sovereignty over the islands, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told reporters on Tuesday.

"Any unilateral action taken by the Japanese side over the Diaoyu Islands and its affiliated islets is illegal and invalid, and will not change the fact that these islands belong to China," Liu said.

But Japan's government also seems to have been taken by surprise by the governor's remarks.

The relevant prefectural department in Tokyo said they "had not received a detailed request from Ishihara so far".

Japan's Jiji Press News Agency also warned that the remarks would "give rise to a new round of frictions between both countries".

Tokyo's disputes with Beijing over the sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands have given rise to frequent friction between the two countries and have cast a shadow over bilateral relations. Japan has repeatedly taken measures since the 1990s aimed at putting the Diaoyu Islands under its control.

Ishihara, elected for a fourth term as governor a year ago, was described as an "outspoken and hawkish" politician by Japanese media.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the normalization of China-Japan diplomatic relations.

Questions

1. What is the name of Tokyo’s governor?

2. What reason did Ishihara give for wanting to purchase the three islets?

3. What does this year mark?

Answers

1. Shintaro Ishihara

2. He claimed they were owned by a Japanese family.

3. The normalization of China-Japan diplomatic relations.

(中国日报网英语点津 Julie 编辑)

Plan to buy islands 'unacceptable'

About the broadcaster:

Plan to buy islands 'unacceptable'

Emily Cheng is an editor at China Daily. She was born in Sydney, Australia and graduated from the University of Sydney with a degree in Media, English Literature and Politics. She has worked in the media industry since starting university and this is the third time she has settled abroad - she interned with a magazine in Hong Kong 2007 and studied at the University of Leeds in 2009.

 

分享到

中国日报网英语点津版权说明:凡注明来源为“中国日报网英语点津:XXX(署名)”的原创作品,除与中国日报网签署英语点津内容授权协议的网站外,其他任何网站或单位未经允许不得非法盗链、转载和使用,违者必究。如需使用,请与010-84883561联系;凡本网注明“来源:XXX(非英语点津)”的作品,均转载自其它媒体,目的在于传播更多信息,其他媒体如需转载,请与稿件来源方联系,如产生任何问题与本网无关;本网所发布的歌曲、电影片段,版权归原作者所有,仅供学习与研究,如果侵权,请提供版权证明,以便尽快删除。

中国日报网双语新闻

扫描左侧二维码

添加Chinadaily_Mobile
你想看的我们这儿都有!

中国日报双语手机报

点击左侧图标查看订阅方式

中国首份双语手机报
学英语看资讯一个都不能少!

关注和订阅

本文相关阅读
人气排行
搜热词
 
 
精华栏目
 

阅读

词汇

视听

翻译

口语

合作

 

关于我们 | 联系方式 | 招聘信息

Copyright by chinadaily.com.cn. All rights reserved. None of this material may be used for any commercial or public use. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. 版权声明:本网站所刊登的中国日报网英语点津内容,版权属中国日报网所有,未经协议授权,禁止下载使用。 欢迎愿意与本网站合作的单位或个人与我们联系。

电话:8610-84883645

传真:8610-84883500

Email: languagetips@chinadaily.com.cn