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Mei3guo2 Fu4zong3tong3 Ge1'er3 kai1shi3 fang3 Hua2 |
U.S. Vice President Gore begins China visit |
| Xin1 Hua2 She4 Bei3jing1 3 yue4 25 ri4 dian4 | Beijing: New China News Agency, March 25 |
| (ji4zhe3 Tan2 Guo2qi4, Lu2 Jing4) | (Tan Guoqi and Lu Jing, reporters) |
| Ying4 Guo2wu4yuan4 zong3li3 Li3 Peng2 yao1qing3, | At the invitation of State Council Premier Li Peng, |
| Mei3guo2 Fu4zong3tong3 Ai4'er3 Ge1'er3 jin1wan3 di3da2 Bei3jing1, | U.S. Vice President Al Gore arrived this evening in Beijing |
| kai1shi3 dui4 Zhong1guo2 jin4xing2 {wei2 qi1 5 tian1 de} zheng4shi4 fang3wen4. | to begin conducting a {5-day} official visit to China. |
| Ge1'er3 shi4 {90 nian2dai4 yi3lai2 fang3 Hua2 de} zui4 gao1 ji2bie2 de Mei3guo2 guan1yuan2. | Gore is the highest-ranking U.S. official {to visit China in the '90}s. |
| Zhe4 ye3 shi4 Ge1'er3 Fu4zong3tong3 shou3 ci4 fang3 Hua2. | This is also Vice President Gore's first visit to China. |
| Ge1'er3 Fu4zong3tong3 he2 fu1ren2 yi4xing2 zai4 ji1chang3 shou4=dao4 | Vice President Gore, Mrs. Gore, and the (rest of the) party were welcomed by |
| Zhong1guo2 zheng4fu3 pei2tong2tuan2zhang3 Guo2jia1 Ji4-Wei3 zhu3ren4 Chen2 Jin3hua2, | Chen Jinhua, head of the Chinese government's 'accompanying delegation' and director of the State Planning Commission, |
| Zhong1guo2 zhu4 Mei3guo2 da4shi3 Li3 Dao4yu4, | Li Daoyu, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S., |
| Wai4jiao1bu4 Fu4bu4zhang3 Li3 Zhao4xing1 deng3 | and Li Zhaoxing, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs. [Unlike English "etc.", the "deng3" just indicates the end of the list and does not necessarily imply that anyone has been omitted from the list.--WHB] |
| de huan1ying2. | ["shou4=dao4 ... de huan1ying2" is already translated by "were welcomed by", above.--WHB] |
| Ge1'er3 zai4 {di3da2 hou4 fa1biao3 de} shu1mian4 jiang3hua4 zhong1 shuo1, | In written [i.e. prepared] remarks {delivered after his arrival}, [Mr.] Gore said that |
| ta1 hen3 gao1xing4 {zai4 Zhong1-Mei3 "Shang4hai3 Gong1bao4" fa1biao3 25 zhou1nian2 zhi1 ji4} lai2 Zhong1guo2 fang3wen4, | he was very happy to be coming to visit China {on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the issuance of the Chinese-American "Shanghai Communiqué"}; |
| zhe4 yi4 fang3wen4 zai4 ci4 biao3ming2 le Mei3 Zhong1 liang3 guo2 guan1xi de "ji2duan1 zhong4yao4xing4". | this visit has indicated once again the "extreme importance" of relations between the U.S. and China. |
| Ta1 biao3shi4 qi1dai4zhe {tong2 Jiang1 Ze2min2 Zhu3xi2, Li3 Peng2 Zong3li3 deng3 Zhong1guo2 ling3dao3ren2} hui4wu4. | He indicated that he was looking forward to meeting {with Chinese leaders [including] Chairman Jiang Zemin and Premier Li Peng}. |
| Ci3 ci4 sui2tong2 Ge1'er3 lai2fang3 de you3 | Accompanying [Mr.] Gore on this visit are |
| Fu4zong3tong3 Guo2jia1 An1quan2 Shi4wu4 Zhu4li3, | the Vice-President's Assistant for Security Affairs, |
| Ke1xue2 he2 Ji4shu4 Zheng4ce4 Ban4gong1shi4 Zong3tong3 Ke1xue2 Gu4wen4 | the President's Scientific Advisor of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, |
| Neng2yuan2bu4 Fu4bu4zhang3 | the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy, |
| he2 xin1wen2 jie4 ren2shi4 deng3 gong4 150 yu2 ren2. | and "personages from the world of journalism" [i.e. journalists], over 150 persons in all. |
| Fang3 Hua2 qi1jian1, Ge1'er3 jiang1 tong2 Zhong1guo2 ling3dao3ren2 {jiu4 Zhong1-Mei3 guan1xi ji2 qi2ta1 gong4tong2 guan1-xin1 de wen4ti2} jiao1huan4 yi4jian4. | During his visit to China, [Mr.] Gore will exchange views with Chinese leaders {on Chinese-American relations and other problems of mutual concern}. |
| Li3 Peng2 he2 Ge1'er3 jiang1 gong4tong2 chu1xi2 Zhong1-Mei3 Huan2jing4 yu3 Fa1zhan3 Tao3lun4hui4. | Li Peng and Gore will together attend the Chinese-American Symposium on the Environment and Development. |
| Ta1 hai2 jiang1 {tong2 Zhong1guo2 xue2shu4 jie4, jiao4yu4 jie4 ren2shi4} jin4xing2 guang3fan4 jie1chu4. | He [Gore] will also have [lit. "conduct"] wide-ranging contacts {with persons from Chinese academic and educational circles}. |
| Ge1'er3 yi4xing2 hai2 jiang1 fang3wen4 Xi1'an1 he2 Shang4hai3. | Gore and his party will also visit Xi'an and Shanghai. |
| Ge1'er3 ci3 xing2 shi4 {zai4 qu4nian2 11 yue4 Jiang1 Ze2min2 Zhu3xi2 he2 Ke4lin2dun4 Zong3tong3 zai4 Fei1lü4bin1 Ma3ni2la1 hui4wu4, Zhong1-Mei3 guan1xi qu1yu2 gai3shan4 hou4} jin4xing2 de, | This visit of [Mr.] Gore "is carried on after" [i.e. follows on, results from, is a followup to] {the meeting in November of last year between Chairman Jiang Zemin and President Clinton in Manila, the Philippines, when Chinese-American relations took a turn for the better}; |
| tong2shi2 ye3 shi4 {wei4 Zhong1-Mei3 zui4 gao1ji2 hu4fang3} zuo4 zhun3bei4. | at the same time, it will make preparations {for a Chinese-American exchange of visits at the highest level}. |
| Yi2ge yue4 qian2, Mei3guo2 Guo2wu4qing1 Ao4'er3bu4lai4te4 fang3wen4 le Zhong1guo2, | One month ago, U.S. Secretary of State Albright visited China, |
| tong2 Zhong1 fang1 {jiu4 shuang1bian1 guan1xi he2 guo2ji4 wen4ti2 deng3} jiao1huan4 le yi4jian4. | and exchanged views with the Chinese side {on bilateral relations and international problems}. |
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