VOA Chinese, Oct 8, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20111008-China-Russia-Fighter-Engines-131381388.html
(three contracts this years to buy AL-31FN engine, numbering 150, 123 and this time, 140)
-----------------------------------Separately
(1) 美国指责中国隐瞒政府补贴项目. VOA Chinese, Oct 7, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/2011007-china-us-india-131351743.html
("按照世贸组织的规定,成员国必需定期通报它的补贴项目。中国2006年提交了涵盖2001年到2004年有关补贴项目的通报,但是在随后的5年多时间里没有提交有关补贴项目的报告")
(2) 达赖喇嘛:中国人有知道真相的权利. BBC Chinese, Oct 8, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/10/111008_dalai_criticism.shtml
(3) 美国参议院通过排华法案道歉决议. BBC Chinese, Oct 8, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/10/111008_us_china_immigration.shtml
("一致通过决议就1882年《排华法案》道歉")
Note:
(a) It is a RESolution (S.RES. 201; thus not binding), passed by a voice vote (thus no numbers as to "aye" and "nay")
(b) That is Chinese Exclusion Act of 1982, which was repealed by the 1943 Magnuson Act.
(4) 美驻菲大使就“性爱天堂”论道歉. BBC Chinese, Oct 8, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/10/111008_philippines_sex.shtml
("美国驻菲律宾大使哈里·托马斯就此前声称40%访菲男性游客是为性爱而来的言论向菲律宾外交部道歉")
Note: Ambassador Harry Thomas
(5) 荷兰将限制销售高强度大麻. BBC Chinese, Oct 8, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/10/111008_dutch_cannabis.shtml
("法律修订后,四氢大麻酚含量超过15%的大麻都将被视为与可卡因或摇头丸等类似的硬性毒品")
Note:
(a) 四氢大麻酚 TetraHydroCannabinol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabinol
(THC)
(b) “高强度”大麻 high-strength or strong (depending various English-language news reports)
(c) 摇头丸 ecstacy
MDMA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMA
(3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine; widely known as 'ecstasy')
(d) Greg , Dutch Coffee Shops Face New Curbs on Cannabis Sale. Reuters, Oct 8, 2011
("The average THC concentration in cannabis sold by Dutch coffee shops is between 16 and 18 percent, according to the Trimbos Institute")
(6) Bharath Gopalaswamy and Harsh V Pant, NATO's Missile Defence Offer to India: Nothing to Lose. Business Standard, Oct 9, 2011 (available now)
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/nato%5Cs-missile-defence-offer-to-india-nothing-to-lose/451882/
("Though missile defence may be short of a technical reality, the political reality is certain and will prove decisive")