Nov 26, 2011

VOA Special English News 73

China is criticizing the West for its latest steps to punish Iran for its nuclear program. China's foreign ministry official Liu Weimin said the newest actions could hurt chances for peace and security. China's declaration follows similar statements from Russia's foreign ministry. Russia called the Western sanctions unacceptable and against international law. On Monday, the United States, Canada and Britain each announced steps to increase pressure against Iran because of concerns that it is developing nuclear weapons.


中国は、核開発をしているイランを制裁するためにとっている最近の段階に対して西洋諸国を非難している。中国の外部省劉為民報道官は、西洋諸国の最新の行動は、平和と安全の機会を潰すことになると言った。中国の宣告は、ロシア外務省からの同様な発表につながった。ロシアは、西洋諸国の制裁は受け入れがたく、国際法に反していると言った。月曜日、合衆国、カナダ、イギリスはそれぞれ、イランが核兵器を開発していること懸念されるため、イランに対する制裁を強化する方法を発表した。

My thought/opinion on this issue
The situation has become confused. China and Russia did the actions from strategic reason. But to isolate Iran is not a good measure to improve this situation, I think.

2 comments:

ジョン said...

満点! It looks perfect to me. Great work!

Just one thing to be aware of, if you're not already: "criticising" is the British spelling for the word. "Criticizing" is how we spell it in America. I'm not sure which style you're going for, but I just wanted to point that out.

bikenglish said...

Jon-san,

I am glad that you give me "満点", thank you. At that time, I did not make up my mind whether to spell "criticizing" or "criticising". But I chose "criticising" without seeing my dictionary. I had mistaken.