c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 1 VOA Chiese, June 23, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news
/20110623-Russia-Faces-Chineses-Challenges-124415984.html
("俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫最近接受英国《金融时报》采访时特别提到中国，以及中国迅
猛发展对俄罗斯带来的影响")
My comment:
(a) Monday I glanced at the two reports in Financial Times. Today, after
reading the VOA report, I re-read both, neither of which mentioned China (
except noted below). Both reports, arising from an interview with Russia
president, mainly talks about who may run in next year's presidential
election.
(i) Neil Buckley, Charles Clover and John Thornhill, Medvedev Rules Out Poll
Tussle With Putin; Russian president still wants second term; Intent to
roll back political centralisation. Financial Times, June 20, 2011 (front
page).
(ii) John Thornhill, Neil Buckley and Charles Clover, Moscow's Enigma; Ft
interview; President Dmitry Medvedev has his focus firmly on deregulation
and democracy ahead of a still strictly hypothetical second term. FT, June
20, 2011.
The only time (2) mentioned China was by reporters: "The economy [of Russia
] is growing at a rate of 4.5 per cent a year, which may be slow by Chinese
or Indian standards but outstrips the US and Europe." (Incidentally, (2)
had a side bar titled A 'Good Cop, Bad Cop' Routine That Has won handy
favours from the West; Relations with America and Europe."
(b) Transcript: interview with President Dmitry Medvedev. FT, June 19, 2011.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4bfa1f38-
9a90-11e0-bab2-00144feab49a.html
One needs to register to read the transcript (but not to view the video).
But the following is what was in the transcript that was about China.
"FT: You have met Chinese president Hu Jintao. We are very interested in the
opportunities and challenges being created for Russia by China’s economic
upsurge.
"DM: The opportunities are easy to see. China is a neighbour of ours, the
largest neighbour; a huge market consuming an enormous amount of goods made
in Russia, including energy carriers. We consume a lot of China-made goods.
The two countries complement each other in this respect. Actually, China’s
explosive economic growth offers us a certain advantage. As soon as demand
starts dwindling, it poses a problem to Russia. We had a slump in 2009
specifically due to our overdependence on energy resources. Their price
diminished, and our economy shrank. As to the challenges stemming from China
’s economic growth, this is what I would say. We should observe how the PRC
is developing and draw conclusions. Because we can learn a lot from the
Chinese, though every country is unique. I just said that Russia is
following its own way towards a market economy and democracy. But we cannot
afford for certain problems to be resolved here in a less effective manner
than they are resolved in China. Frankly, when I go to, say, the Amur Region
and see the splendid development of the adjacent region of the PRC, I
realise that we ought to do the same; otherwise the situation will have an
impact on Russia’s position. This is essentially the challenge.
* * *
"FT: You said in 2008 that there were privileged interest spheres in the
neighbouring former Soviet countries. Three years later, do you think the
developed nations recognise these spheres of influence?
"DM: Yes, I remember my thesis and it seems to me that I was misunderstood.
I did not mean that we have privileged interests and nobody can poke his
nose in there. It was interpreted like that quite maliciously, to my mind. I
meant a different thing. I meant our privileged interests boiled down to
one thing only – that we have got neighbours, with whom we maintained very
good relations historically. In this respect, we would like these relations
to remain so for a long time, forever. This is our privilege – the
privilege to be neighbours and friends. And not in the sense that there is a
country that cannot be touched without our approval. Such approaches are
now in the past. It is ridiculous to say that in the 21st century that the
world is divided into parts, with a state responsible for each of them, e.g.
America is responsible for this country, Russia for that, China for that.
This is just not serious. This does not fit my conceptions either. The world
is multipolar indeed, and privileges imply establishing especially good
relations with neighbours.
It seems to me that the president did not say, as reported in VOA: "他认为俄
罗斯必须做相应的事情，否则俄罗斯的地位会受到严重削弱，因此中国的发展和崛起对
俄罗斯来说自然是挑战。" FT also released a video for the interview:
Medvedev FT video interview. FT, June 20, 2011.
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics
/2011/06/20/medvedev-ft-video-interview/ | b*******t
发帖数: 4756 | 2 杰夫就是老将，普京就是小将。
看看将来谁能占优势吧。
当今世界，中国取代了苏联的位置，俄罗斯取代了中国的位置。如果说是俄国受挑战，
也可以理解吧。
【在 c**i 的大作中提到】
: VOA Chiese, June 23, 2011
: http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news
: /20110623-Russia-Faces-Chineses-Challenges-124415984.html
: ("俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫最近接受英国《金融时报》采访时特别提到中国，以及中国迅
: 猛发展对俄罗斯带来的影响")
: My comment:
: (a) Monday I glanced at the two reports in Financial Times. Today, after
: reading the VOA report, I re-read both, neither of which mentioned China (
: except noted below). Both reports, arising from an interview with Russia
: president, mainly talks about who may run in next year's presidential
| w*********g
发帖数: 30882 | | c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 4 You write: "俄罗斯取代了中国的位置." What does that mean?
【在 b*******t 的大作中提到】
: 杰夫就是老将，普京就是小将。
: 看看将来谁能占优势吧。
: 当今世界，中国取代了苏联的位置，俄罗斯取代了中国的位置。如果说是俄国受挑战，
: 也可以理解吧。
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