VOA慢速英語：中國啟動新的反間諜活動

中國啟動新的反間諜活動

China recently released an unusual comic strip. The comic – which tells a story in words and drawings – appears to be about a romantic relationship between a western student and a Chinese woman. But the comic is really part of China's new anti-spying campaign.

中國最近更發(fā)布了一組不尋常的漫畫，圖文結合，表面上是講了一個西方學生和一中國女子的愛情故事，實則是中國最新的反間諜活動的一部分。

In the comic, a western student named David meets a Chinese woman named Xiao-Li. David brings Xiao-Li flowers, he buys her dinner, and he takes her for walks in the park. Then he asks Xiao-Li for secret documents.

漫畫的內容是，一個名叫大衛(wèi)的西方學生邂逅一個名叫小麗的女子。大衛(wèi)給小麗送花，請她吃飯，并一起去公園散步。最后，大衛(wèi)向小麗索要機密文件。

The comic, or cartoon, warns citizens against helping people who might be spies. China has also released a phone number citizens can call if they are suspicious about foreign spies and Chinese citizens who might be helping them.

該漫畫提醒中國公民那些幫助你的人有可能是間諜。中國政府還提供了一個電話號碼，公民可撥打該號碼舉報身邊試圖幫助自己的外國和中國可疑間諜。

China's anti-spying effort comes at a time when two high-profile criminal cases are making headlines.

自兩起備受矚目的刑事案件發(fā)生并造成很大影響之后，中國便開始著力反間諜。

Just last week, the Chinese government sentenced to death a computer technician for helping foreign spies.

就在上周，中國政府將一名幫助外國間諜的計算機技術員判了死刑。

The computer technician's name is Huang Yu. He was accused of taking $700,000 over the course of almost 10 years to pass confidential information to a foreign country. His mother and brother-in-law were also punished for helping him.

該電腦技術員名叫黃宇，他被指控近十年來出賣包括軍方密碼在內的諸多資料，從中獲利約70萬美元。他的母親和妹夫應幫助他也受到懲罰。

Huang appeared on national television with a message: turn yourself in if you are spying for a foreign country. “It’s better for your family and for you,” he said.

黃宇在一個全國性的電視節(jié)目中表示，你若正在做間諜，就去自首吧，這對你和你的家人都好。

The Chinese government prosecuted another man for stealing state secrets. He was a Canadian who operated a café near China’s border with North Korea.

中國政府還起訴另一個人盜取國家機密。該人來自加拿大，在中朝邊境經(jīng)營一家咖啡店。

There are several points of view about the anti-spying campaign.

對于中國的反間諜行動，不同人有不同的看法。

One view, according to analysts in China, is that it makes sense to be worried about citizens passing secret information to foreigners.

分析家認為有理由懷疑公民將機密信息傳遞給外國人。

“Any responsible government should be concerned,” says Shen Dingli, an international relations professor at Fudan University.

復旦大學國際關系學院教授沈丁立說：“所有有責任的政府都會擔心機密泄露。”

But others say the anti-spying campaign makes the average Chinese person more afraid of foreigners. They warn it also makes citizens more accepting of government restrictions on press and social media.

但也有人表示反間諜活動會使普通中國人更害怕外國人。他們擔心這會使公民更能接受政府對媒體的管控。

Eva Pils is a legal scholar from Kings College in London. She says China’s campaign against spying “helps the government explain the need for … [the] repression of civil society.”

倫敦大學國王學院中國法學專家埃娃?皮爾斯認為“中國的反間諜活動是政府控制社會的需要”。