文章轉載自 世紀君 21世紀英文報

白皮書

White paper

這是12月4日在發(fā)布會現(xiàn)場拍攝的《中國的民主》白皮書中、英文版。新華社記者 李賀 攝

國務院新聞辦12月4日發(fā)表《中國的民主》白皮書，系統(tǒng)介紹了中國民主價值理念、發(fā)展歷程、制度體系、參與實踐和成就貢獻。

China's State Council Information Office on Dec 4 released a white paper titled "China: Democracy That Works," which expounded on the values, history, institutional frameworks, practices, and achievements of China's democracy.

白皮書說，民主是全人類的共同價值，是中國共產黨和中國人民始終不渝堅持的重要理念。100年來，黨高舉人民民主旗幟，領導人民在一個有幾千年封建社會歷史、近代成為半殖民地半封建社會的國家實現(xiàn)了人民當家作主，中國人民真正成為國家、社會和自己命運的主人。

Democracy is a common value of humanity and an ideal that has always been cherished by the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people, said the white paper. Over the past hundred years, the Party has led the people in realizing people's democracy in China. The Chinese people now truly hold in their hands their own future and that of society and the country, said the white paper.

白皮書介紹，中國的民主是人民民主，人民當家作主是中國民主的本質和核心。全過程人民民主，實現(xiàn)了過程民主和成果民主、程序民主和實質民主、直接民主和間接民主、人民民主和國家意志相統(tǒng)一，是全鏈條、全方位、全覆蓋的民主，是最廣泛、最真實、最管用的社會主義民主。

The people's status as masters of the country is the essence of people's democracy, it said. China's whole-process people's democracy integrates process-oriented democracy with results-oriented democracy, procedural democracy with substantive democracy, direct democracy with indirect democracy, and people's democracy with the will of the state, it said. It is a model of socialist democracy that covers all aspects of the democratic process and all sectors of society. It is a true democracy that works, the white paper noted.

白皮書強調，民主是歷史的、具體的、發(fā)展的，各國民主植根于本國的歷史文化傳統(tǒng)，成長于本國人民的實踐探索和智慧創(chuàng)造，民主道路不同，民主形態(tài)各異。民主不是裝飾品，不是用來做擺設的，而是要用來解決人民需要解決的問題的。民主是各國人民的權利，而不是少數(shù)國家的專利。

Democracy is a concrete phenomenon that is constantly evolving. Rooted in history, culture and tradition, it takes diverse forms and develops along the paths chosen by different peoples based on their exploration and innovation, it said. Democracy is not a decorative ornament, but an instrument for addressing the issues that concern the people. Democracy is the right of the people in every country, rather than the prerogative of a few nations, the white paper noted.

白皮書指出，一個國家是不是民主，應該由這個國家的人民來評判，而不應該由外部少數(shù)人指手畫腳來評判。國際社會哪個國家是不是民主的，應該由國際社會共同來評判，而不應該由自以為是的少數(shù)國家來評判。實現(xiàn)民主有多種方式，不可能千篇一律。用單一的標尺衡量世界豐富多彩的政治制度，用單調的眼光審視人類五彩繽紛的政治文明，本身就是不民主的。

Whether a country is democratic should be judged by its people, not dictated by a handful of outsiders. Whether a country is democratic should be acknowledged by the international community, not arbitrarily decided by a few self-appointed judges, it said.There is no fixed model of democracy; it manifests itself in many forms. Assessing the myriad political systems in the world against a single yardstick and examining diverse political structures in monochrome are in themselves undemocratic, it added.

中老鐵路

China-Laos Railway

12月8日，“江蘇號”中老鐵路國際貨運列車準備發(fā)車。新華社記者 李博 攝

中老鐵路于12月3日全線開通運營。中老鐵路全長1035公里，連接中國西南部云南省昆明市和老撾首都萬象，是中國“一帶一路”倡議與老撾“變陸鎖國為陸聯(lián)國”戰(zhàn)略對接的重要項目。

The China-Laos Railway, a landmark project connecting Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan province with the Laotian capital, Vientiane, begins operations on Dec 3. The 1,035-kilometer-long railway is a docking project between the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and Laos' strategy to convert itself from a landlocked country to a land-linked hub.

奧林匹克休戰(zhàn)

Olympic Truce

12月5日，國際雪聯(lián)跳臺滑雪洲際杯女子個人標準臺比賽，中國選手董冰在滑行中。新華社記者牟宇攝

當?shù)貢r間12月2日，第76屆聯(lián)合國大會協(xié)商一致通過由中國和國際奧委會起草的奧林匹克休戰(zhàn)決議。決議呼吁各方通過和平和外交手段解決國際沖突，敦促各國在北京2022年冬奧會開幕（2022年2月4日）前7日至北京冬殘奧會閉幕（2022年3月13日）后7日遵守奧林匹克休戰(zhàn)決議。奧林匹克休戰(zhàn)傳統(tǒng)可追溯到公元前9世紀的古希臘。自1993年起，聯(lián)大為表達對奧運會的支持，每兩年通過一次奧林匹克休戰(zhàn)決議。（詳情戳這里）

On Dec 2, the United Nations adopted the Beijing Winter Olympic Truce Resolution drafted by China and the International Olympic Committee. The resolution calls on countries and regions to cease hostilities seven days before the Olympics begin on Feb 4, 2022, up until seven days after the Paralympics end on March 13. The Olympic Truce is a tradition that was established in ancient Greece in the ninth century BC. Since 1993, the UN General Assembly has expressed its support for the Olympic Games by adopting a truce resolution every two years.

*Truce表示“休戰(zhàn)，停戰(zhàn)”。“停戰(zhàn)”可以用call a truce表達，也可以是stop fighting, lay down one’s arms, bury the hatchet等。

綜合來源：新華網，中國日報網英語點津

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