The same is true of Russia, whose oligarchs, as well as the huge state investment fund that finance minister Alexi Kudrin has created, also want to invest their oil revenues in the US.

俄罗斯也是如此。该国的（石油）寡头和财政部长Alexi Kudrin创建的巨无霸国家投资基金也想将它们来自石油的收入投资到美国。

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010

A leader of Solidarity, a former political prisoner, and the foreign minister responsible for Poland’s accession to NATO, Geremek had refused to sign yet another declaration that he had not been a communist secret police agent.

作为波兰团结工会领袖、曾经的政治犯、以及处理加入北约事务的波兰外长，格雷麦克已经拒绝再一次签署自己没有担任过共产党秘密警察的声明。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010

It was 30 years ago that former Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda, the father of today’s prime minister, signed a Peace and Friendship Treaty with China.

就在30年前，现任日本首相的父亲，前任日本首相福田赳夫，与中国签订了《和平友好条约》。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 27.10.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 27.10.2010

If Denmark’s prime minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen were to succeed as a compromise candidate between Juncker and Blair, as is widely suggested, the presence of two center-right Scandinavians would present a problem.

如果丹麦首相拉斯穆森正如许多人所建议的那样成为容克尔和布莱尔之间的妥协人选，那么，两个中间偏右的斯堪的那维亚人就会成为麻烦。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

“It remains a point that neither federal minister Ijazul Haq nor PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat were ever attacked by suicide bombers,” she said.

“事实是无论联邦部长伊贾兹·哈克还是穆斯林联盟总裁乔杜 里·舒贾特·侯赛因都从来没有遭到过自杀性爆炸的袭击，”她说。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011

French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s appointment of Bernard Kouchner as France’s foreign minister was a brilliant political stroke.

法国总统尼古拉·萨尔科齐（Nicolas Sarkozy）任命贝尔纳·库希纳尔（Bernard Kouchner）担任外长是一项明智的政治举措。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010

In the sadly immortal words of Victor Chernomyrdin, Russia’s prime minister during the Yeltsin era, “We wanted for the better, but it turned out to be like always.”

俄罗斯重复着叶利钦时代俄国总理丘诺米丁（Victor Chernomyrdin）可悲的不朽名言，“我们希望国家变得更好，但结果却总是很难尽如人意。”

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011

Recall Yevgeny Primakov – or Putin at the end of Boris Yeltsin’s last presidential term, when it was obvious to everyone that the prime minister was running the country.

想一想普里马科夫或者叶利钦最后一个总统任期末尾的普京，当时每一个人都很清楚是总理在掌管着这个国家。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

Where 2 persons who have lived together in unlawful concubinage desire to marry and one of them is dying, the Registrar or any competent minister may celebrate the marriage at any place and at any time

凡两名不依合法妾待制度同居的人意欲结婚，而其中一方是在临终之时，即使未有登记官

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.10.2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.10.2011

Much depends on who is prime minister; heavyweight politicians holding the office can potentially eclipse the president.

关键是要看是谁在担任总理；如果执掌行政部门的是一位重量级的政治家，那么他就有可能凌驾于总统之上。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

As Turkey faces many regional challenges, his experience as foreign minister ought to serve him well.

他担任外长的经验肯定会在解决土耳其所面临的地区性挑战方面发挥巨大作用。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010

The Sunnis, who comprise at most 20% of the population, are given the state office with the greatest executive power, that of prime minister.

而仅占总人口20%的逊尼派穆斯林却被给予了拥有最高的国家行政权力的 首相职位。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010

As Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh put it at the International Conference of Dalits and Minorities, held in New Delhi in December, “Even as absolute poverty may be reduced by growth, inequalities can get sharpened.

正如印度总理曼莫汉·辛格（Manmohan Singh）在12月份新德里举行的达里特人和少数族裔国际会议上所说的那样，“即使经济发展能够消除绝对贫困，却会使不平等现象进一步加剧。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010

Italy’s Minister for Trade and Europe, Emma Bonino, commenting upon the Microsoft ruling, observed that the very name Microsoft evokes “what the US is capable of doing."

意大利贸易和欧洲事务部长博尼诺在评价对微软的裁决时认为单单是微软这个名字就代表了“美国能够做到的事情”。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011

Minister of the Ministry of Commerce Bo Xilai July 14, 2006

商务部部长薄熙来 二〇〇六年七月十四日

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http://www.fdi.gov.cn/index.htm 01.04.2011

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