看新聞學英語：思科恐將幫助中國城市監控人民

Cisco May Help Chinese City Monitor Citizens

思科恐將幫助中國城市監控人民



本則影音新聞出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞

【新聞關鍵字】

1. Keep an eye on: ph. 照看；注意

2. Dissident :n. [‘dɪsədənt] 持不同政見者

3. Dub: v. [dʌb] 戲稱為；起綽號

4. Stifle: v. [‘staɪfḷ] 壓制；扼殺

5. Amnesty :n. [‘æmnəstɪ] 大赦

6. Crack down: ph. 嚴厲打擊

7. Criminalize:v. [‘krɪmənəˈlaɪz] 使非法

8. Counsel: n. [‘kaunsḷ] 法律顧問

9. Suppress: v. [sə’prɛs] 壓制

10. Massacre: n. [‘mæsəkɚ] 屠殺

11. Bar :v. [bɑr] 禁止

12. Fingerprinting: n. [‘fɪŋgɚˈprɪntɪŋ] 取指印；蓋手印

Computer networking giant Cisco may be helping the Chinese regime keep an eye on its citizens – including monitoring political dissidents.

電腦網路巨頭思科，可能會幫助中國政權監控公民─ ─包括監視持不同政見者。

Over the next two to three years, the city of Chongqing will install a complex network of surveillance equipment, including half a million security cameras. The project is dubbed “Peaceful Chongqing.” According to the Wall Street Journal, Cisco is likely to provide key pieces of equipment.

在未來兩到三年內，重慶市將安裝一個複雜的網路監控設備，包括50萬台保全攝影機。該項目被稱為「和平重慶」。據華爾街日報報導，思科可能提供其關鍵設備元件。

Human rights groups are concerned the camera network will be used to further stifle human rights and political expression. Amnesty International researcher Corinna-Barbara Francis told the Journal that there is evidence Chinese authorities use video surveillance to, “crack down and then criminalize activity which should not be criminalized.”

人權組織擔心，攝影機網路將被用來進一步壓制人權，和人們的政治表達權利。大赦國際的研究員科琳娜 – 芭芭拉弗朗西斯告訴華爾街日報說，證據指出中國當局使用錄影監控，來「打擊那些本不應以犯罪論處的犯罪活動。」

Cisco general counsel Mark Chandler stated in a June blog post that they do not supply the CCP with equipment that has been “customized in any way” to suppress human rights.

思科總法律顧問馬克錢德勒在6月的部落格文章中說，他們不提供中共「任何方式客製化」的設備助其壓制人權。

After the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, a U.S. law barred companies from exporting crime control products, like fingerprinting equipment, to China. But the restrictions don’t cover equipment with multiple uses, like security cameras.

經過 1989年的天安門大屠殺事件後，美國法律禁止公司行號出口犯罪控制產品到中國，如指紋識別設備等。但這項限制不包括具有多種用途的設備，如保全攝影機。

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Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in same direction.

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