VOA慢速英語(yǔ)：中國(guó)武器出口翻了一倍

中國(guó)武器出口翻了一倍

A research group from Sweden says China’s weapons exports have nearly doubled in five years.

來(lái)自瑞典的調(diào)查團(tuán)表示中國(guó)的武器出口在近五年內(nèi)翻了一番。

Chinese exports of major weapons grew by 88 percent between 2011 and 2015, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

瑞典軍事智庫(kù)斯德哥爾摩國(guó)際和平研究所最新公布的報(bào)告稱(chēng)，中國(guó)主要武器出口量在2011年至2015年增長(zhǎng)了88%。

China is now the world’s third largest weapons exporter. The United States and Russia are the other top weapons exporters.

中國(guó)現(xiàn)已成為世界第三大武器出口國(guó)，居于美國(guó)和俄羅斯之后。

Siemon Wezeman, a senior researcher with the Swedish group, said: “China is actively pushing for exports. A lot of the exports are going to countries where China has had good relations for a long time.”

斯德哥爾摩國(guó)際和平研究所資深研究員威茲曼表示：“中國(guó)正在積極促進(jìn)武器出口，許多武器都出口到與中國(guó)有長(zhǎng)期友好關(guān)系的國(guó)家。”

Pakistan and Bangladesh are two of the countries buying Chinese arms.

巴基斯坦和孟加拉國(guó)就是眾多購(gòu)買(mǎi)中國(guó)武器的國(guó)家中的一員。

Wezeman said territory disputes in the South China Sea are fueling an arms race in Asia. Countries are reacting to actions taken by neighboring nations, he said.

威茲曼表示，中國(guó)南海的領(lǐng)土爭(zhēng)端刺激了亞洲的軍備競(jìng)賽。他說(shuō)，各國(guó)都對(duì)領(lǐng)國(guó)的行動(dòng)做出回應(yīng)。

Also, many Asian countries are trying to keep pace with China’s modern weapons.

此外，許多亞洲國(guó)家都在努力趕上中國(guó)現(xiàn)代化的武器裝備。

In Asia, Vietnam became the eighth-largest arms importer in the world from 2011 to 2015.

2011至2015年間，在亞洲，越南成為世界第八大武器進(jìn)口國(guó)家。

Asian political and economic experts agree that Asian countries like Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia would rather focus on economic development. Instead, they are purchasing arms and over- budgeting their defense plans.

亞洲的政治經(jīng)濟(jì)專(zhuān)家表示，像越南、菲律賓和印度尼西亞等亞洲國(guó)家沒(méi)有把發(fā)展重心放在經(jīng)濟(jì)上，而是關(guān)注購(gòu)買(mǎi)武器裝備并在國(guó)防預(yù)算上超支。

Gregory Poling, an Asian policy expert, said recent actions in the South China Sea have led to an arms buildup. Those with territorial disputes with China are stockpiling weapons.

亞洲政治專(zhuān)家格雷戈里·波林說(shuō)，最近南海的活動(dòng)導(dǎo)致了軍備競(jìng)賽，那些與中國(guó)有領(lǐng)土爭(zhēng)端的國(guó)家正在儲(chǔ)備武器。

The sea’s shipping routes are responsible for $5 trillion in trade every year.

每年南海的航運(yùn)船只負(fù)責(zé)5萬(wàn)億美元的貿(mào)易。