看“经济学人”杂志对中国的横加指责

自从发现了乌有之乡，感觉好像是找到了自己的队伍一样，非常欣慰；经常来看文章，也希望自己能为他的繁荣昌盛做一些事情。“经济学人”杂志每期都会有一些关于中国的文章刊载，大都是带着有色眼镜的奇谈怪论，特别是对于一些政治事件的评论，更是让人看出，他们的屁股究竟坐在什么立场上。如新疆的七五事件，重庆打黑，国庆阅兵等等，于是我想，选择一些文章来，介绍给各位乡亲，让大家都了解，我们的敌人，害怕什么，反对什么。

由于本人学识浅陋，且于翻译一事只是初于尝试，只是出于让诸位同志看到更多的信息的考虑，不揣冒昧，冒然投稿，故文中如有错漏疏失，请大家指正为盼。

这一篇是最新一期的，如果还可以，我再选一些上面提到的旧文来和同志们“奇文共赏之”。

纵容几内亚的独裁者，中国再次显示出对非洲人权的漠视

Oct 15th 2009
在效忠几内亚军政府的士兵屠杀了至少150名要求民权的示威者之后不到两周的时间里，中国就同几内亚达成了一项关于石油和矿产产权的，价值约70亿美金的协议。这条消息是由几内亚的矿业部长透露的，他宣称，中国最大的公司“中国国际基金有限公司”将会在遍及几内亚国内的一系列的工程项目中扮演战略伙伴角色。据此看来，无论寻求伙伴关系的国家政府其人权纪录有多么的丑恶，中国似乎也不愿放缓对非洲商业进军的脚步。

几内亚的统治者，Moussa Dadis Camara，曾经因为镇压反对派而广受指责。即便是作为几内亚传统盟友和前殖民国的法国，也已经断绝了两国之间的军事联系，拉开了同他的距离，并谴责了他对待示威者的“野蛮”行径。欧盟做了类似的表态，非盟则对这一事件表示悲痛。西非国家经济共同体领导人Mohammed Ibn Chambas更表示“担忧几内亚会从此滑入独裁统治的深渊。”

在几内亚首都科纳克里，许多工人在大屠杀发生之后举行了罢工。在这样的时机得到这样的一宗交易，无疑是对Captain Camara的巨大支持，虽然这一消息还有待中国方面的确认；几内亚政府方面会宣称它将给本国带来经济增长。几内亚的反对派则谴责中国政府不但同一个如此血腥的政权进行合作，而且拒不认同：若取消这一项目合作，是会惠及普通的几内亚民众的。

这一协议如果付诸实施，必将会使无数善良的人们感到失望，因为他们都一度相信，中国正在转变成为防御凶险的独裁统治的英勇斗士。几内亚政府强调这次的协议签署是公司行为而不是政府行为。但是，这一事件毫无疑问会加强人们关于中国漠视非洲人权的印象。中国政府长期以来宣扬不干涉内政的政策。人权斗士们因为中国政府无视苏丹在达尔福尔实施的独裁政策，仍然与其保持大量的经贸联系，谴责了去年的“种族灭绝奥运会”。之后，似乎有迹象表明中国正在日益对此类问题加强认识；就象一个学乖了的孩子，他转而支持了联合国在达尔福尔地区的干预活动。但如果此次几内亚的交易成功，那就说明中国只有在迫不得已的情况下才会尊重人权。

无论如何，中国在非洲的影响正在日益加快。他已经是仅次于美国的非洲第二大贸易伙伴。去年安哥拉已将变成了中国第二大的原油来源国。中国大使称，安哥拉早已成为了中国在非洲的最大贸易伙伴，去年两国的双边贸易额超过250亿美元。此外中国也在觊觎尼日利亚的石油，早些时候，他试图从尼日利亚购进60亿桶的石油，约占该国预计储量的1/6，按照时价计算折美金4500亿。

卢旺达总统Paul Kagame最近称赞了中国投资非洲基础设施的举措，相比之下，他认为，西方的援助就像稀有的施舍。Kagame先生一定是感觉到了西方世界对他日益强悍的独裁作风越来越强烈的批评，因此转向了东方。就像我们可能在几内亚看到的，中国无原则的滥做生意，也许会收获丰厚的利润；但是对那些珍惜民主和人权的非洲人民，情况并不是这样的。

附原文：Oct 15th 2009
By coddling Guinea’s dictator, China again mocks human rights in Africa
BARELY a fortnight after soldiers loyal to Guinea’s military junta butchered at least 150 demonstrators calling for civilian rule, a deal for oil and mineral rights worth around $7 billion has been struck between China and Guinea. That, at any rate, is being trumpeted by Mahmoud Thiam, Guinea’s mines minister. He says the China International Fund, a large Chinese firm, will be a strategic partner in an array of projects throughout Guinea. It seems that China’s commercial march across Africa will continue unabated, however vile the human-rights record of the governments it seeks to befriend.

Guinea’s ruler, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, has been widely castigated for crushing the opposition. France, Guinea’s traditional ally and former colonial power, has distanced itself from him, cutting military ties and decrying his “savage” treatment of the protesters. The European Union followed suit. The African Union deplored the situation. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, head of the Economic Community of West Africa States, better known as ECOWAS, a regional group that has intervened to help bring back civilian rule in Liberia and Sierra Leone, grumbled that Guinea could slip into dictatorship.

Many workers went on strike in Conakry, Guinea’s capital, after the massacre. So the deal would be a boon to Captain Camara. China, however, has yet to confirm it. So Guinea’s government may have announced it to give itself a boost. Guinea’s opposition has condemned China for canoodling with a brutish regime and denies that the deal, if it comes off, would benefit ordinary Guineans.

The agreement, if it does materialise, will certainly disappoint those who think that China is becoming warier of doing deals that fortify dodgy dictators. Guinean ministers stress that this one is with a private Chinese company, not China’s government. But it is bound to reinforce an impression that China cares little about human rights in Africa. The Chinese government has long proclaimed a policy of non-interference. But there were signs that it might be growing more sensitive on the subject, after human-rights campaigners decried last year’s “genocide Olympics” on the ground that China was turning a blind eye to atrocities in Darfur carried out by the government of Sudan, where it has large commercial links. Seemingly chastened, China began to back UN intervention in Darfur. If the Guinean deal is done, it would suggest China respects human rights only when shamed into doing so.

In any event, its influence in Africa is still growing fast. China is now Africa’s second-biggest trading partner after the United States. Last year Angola became its second-biggest source of oil; the Chinese ambassador said it had become China’s largest trading partner in Africa, with last year’s bilateral trade worth more than $25 billion. China is eyeing Nigeria’s oil too. It is in the early days of trying to buy 6 billion barrels, around one-sixth of Nigeria’s estimated reserves, worth $450 billion at today’s price.

Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, recently praised the Chinese for investing in Africa’s infrastructure—in contrast, he said, to the West, which doles out aid. Mr Kagame is sensitive to growing Western criticism of his increasingly autocratic ways, so he too may start looking east. As Guinea may show, China’s unconditional approach to doing business may reap benefits, except perhaps for Africans who cherish democracy and human rights.