澳洲富商"反华"言论引人关注中国在澳投资

2014-08-29 16:46:15来源：可可英语

　　For years, Clive Palmer, the swaggering Australianmining magnate, positioned himself as a friend ofChina, regularly speaking out in defense of Chineseinvestment in Australia and popping up on themainland to woo Chinese officials and investors.

　　多年来，这个神气活现的澳大利亚矿业巨头一直以中国友人的身份自居，他经常为中国在澳大利亚的投资辩护，还会突然现身中国大陆，向中国官员及投资者示好。

　　But this week, Mr. Palmer caused an uproar byunleashing a tirade in a television interview against“the Chinese bastards,” whom he described as“mongrels” seeking to “destroy our wage system” and “take over our ports and get ourresources for free.”

　　但是本周，帕尔默在一次电视访谈中的言论引起了一场风波。他言辞激烈地对“中国混蛋”表示谴责，说中国人是“杂种”，想“摧毁我们的工资体系”，并“抢走我们的海港，免费获取我们的资源”。

　　The outburst on Monday prompted the expected rebuke from Beijing and a storm of debateabout China’s growing economic footprint in Australia, with the government of Prime MinisterTony Abbott rushing to condemn Mr. Palmer’s remarks and make the case that China’sappetite for resources had helped ward off a recession in Australia. Nearly overlooked in theback-and-forth has been what set Mr. Palmer off in the first place: He was responding toquestions about a court case against him by a Chinese state-owned enterprise, Citic Pacific.

　　他在周一的这些激烈言辞自然引起了北京的谴责，而且还促使人们对澳大利亚经济中越来越多的中国足迹展开热烈讨论。澳大利亚总理托尼·阿博特(Tony Abbott)的政府迅速对帕尔默的言论表示谴责，并称中国的能源需求帮澳大利亚抵抗了经济衰退。在这种交锋中，有一点几乎被忽视，即帕尔默这样做的最初动机：他是在回答一些与中国国有企业中信泰富(Citic Pacific)的官司有关的问题。

　　The suit alleges that Mr. Palmer withdrew $11.3 million from an account established for theoperation of an iron ore port in Western Australia, and instead spent the money on thesuccessful election campaign of his recently launched political party.

　　诉讼称帕尔默从一个账户中取走了1130万美元(约合6951万元人民币，该账户是为澳大利亚西部一个铁矿港口的业务运营设立的)，然后把这笔钱花在了他最近成立的政党的成功竞选上。

　　Mr. Palmer, 60, a larger-than-life figure with a dome of white hair and a ruddy complexion fromyears in the parched northern climes of Australia, won election last September to the Senate inthe national Parliament, where he holds the balance of power. Four members of his PalmerUnited Party secured seats in the House of Representatives after a bonanza of televisioncampaign advertising rarely seen in Australia for parliamentary seats.

　　60岁的帕尔默是一个大人物，他一头白发，多年生活在澳大利亚北部的炎热气候中，让他肤色显得红彤彤的。去年9月，他在竞选中胜出，当选为澳大利亚国会议员，在那里有着举足轻重的地位。在播出大量电视竞选广告之后——澳大利亚在竞选国会议员时很少出现这种情况——他的帕尔默团结党(Palmer United Party)有四名成员获得了众议院议员席位。

　　In effect, Citic Pacific, which acquired iron ore mining rights from Mr. Palmer in 2006 and hasbrought a separate suit related to that deal, is saying that the mining magnate rode toParliament on the back of its money.

　　中信泰富称，这个矿业巨头是依靠它的资金才得以进入议会的。中信泰富2006年从帕尔默手中获得铁矿开采权，并且提起了另一项与此项交易相关的诉讼。

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