VOA Chinese, Apr 12, 2016.
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("他 [Ashton Carter] 的位置转到国防部长以后,他的讲话就越来越针对中国。尤其在最近这几个月我们都看到不仅作为一个文官,他话讲的尖锐。美国最高级的武官,美国部队的这些官员话讲的也越来越尖锐")
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(a) If VOA wants to know whether defense secretary Carter put off a visit to Beijing, why doesn't it ask US Department of Defense? I can only think of 丁学良's speculation: "另外一种可能性,根据以前的惯例,他在访问以前,协商提出一些条件,希望中国官方做哪些事,讲哪些话,或者不做哪些事,不讲哪些话。也许在这些很关键的沟通环节上,中国政府很明确的告诉他这是没有办法达到你的希望的。" Then, why doesn't VOA ask somebody in Beijing. After all, professor 丁 is in Hong Kong, far away from gossip in Beijing. I doubt 丁 knows more than you or I. |