沙祖康让美国“闭嘴”

英国广播公司（BBC）十七日引述中国常驻日内瓦联合国代表沙祖康说，如果台湾宣布独立，不管谁支持它，中国都将别无选择。

根据BBC中文网刊登的报导，沙祖康接受该台访问时，发表了以上强硬的谈话。

在访问中，沙祖康谈到对台及中国的军费问题。

在对台问题上，BBC引述他说，“台湾宣布独立的那一刻，不管谁支援它，中国都将别无选择。”

沙祖康又说，“不管台湾有多大，它的每一寸土地，都比我们人民的生命还珍贵，中国在这个问题上永远不会让步。”

对于美国经常评论中国的军费，沙祖康要求美国在这个问题上“闭嘴”。

他说，美国没有理由对中国的军费说三道四，因为美国的军费占全球全部经费的一半，而中国的人口是美国的五、六倍。

沙祖康说，“在这个问题上美国最好还是闭嘴！美国该如何做，这是美国的主权。但美国不应告诉中国该如何做！”

今年三月，中国人大批准军费增加百分之十四点七，达到三百五十亿美元。不过，美国国防部表示，中国的实际军费是这个数字的二至三倍。

BBC表示，美国今年的军费是四千一百九十亿美元。

原文：

China willing to sacrifice lives for Taiwan, Sha says

AFP , LONDON
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China's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, throwing diplomatic language to the wind, told the US yesterday in no uncertain terms to "shut up and keep quiet" on the subject of Beijing's growing military spending.

Interviewed for a BBC radio program on the topic, Sha Zukang (沙祖康) also said China would "do the business" and sacrifice its own people's lives if any nation supported a declaration of independence by Taiwan.

Responding to jitters within the {George W.} Bush administration about Beijing's spiraling military budget, Sha said the US itself accounts for half of the entire world's military spending.

"The Chinese population is six times or five times that of the United States," he said. "Why blame China?... It's better for the US to shut up and keep quiet. It's much, much better."

His voice rising, Sha continued: "It's the US' sovereign right to do whatever they deem good for them -- but don't tell us what is good for China. Thank you very much!"

Sha was equally explicit on Taiwan declaring independence with US backing -- a prospect that the BBC program, by former Beijing correspondent Carrie Gracie, called the motivating factor behind Chinese military spending.

"The moment Taiwan declares independence, supported by whoever, China will have no choice," he said. "We will do the business through whatever means available to the government. Nobody should have any illusions on that. We will do the business at any cost."

He added: "It's not a matter of how big Taiwan is, but for China, one inch of the territory is more valuable than the life of our people. We will never concede on that."

China's rising military spending, which has grown by double digits for much of the last 15 years, has caused concern in the US and among China's neighbors in Asia.

In March the National People's Congress, largely a rubber-stamp for decisions taken at the top level of the Chinese Communist Party, approved a 14.7 percent increase in military spending to US$5 billion this year.

Although this is paltry compared to the US$ 419 billion US defense budget this year, the Pentagon last year estimated that China's defense spending was two to three times the publicly announced figure.欧客时尚社区(原智机天下)e0y7WbsBc g