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美國極右派報紙，專門替政府化妝的『華盛頓時報』，刊出了美國共和黨眾議員的投書，google了一下，未見繁體報導，轉貼星島時報報導如下 ---------------------------- 華盛頓時報 中國債務綜合症 星島環球網 www.stnn.cc 2008-09-09 在伊拉克薩達姆政府被取代後，中國要求新政府償還薩達姆政權欠中國的債務。中國取得了勝利，並可以100%收回伊拉克欠它的超過100億美元。 然而，中國拒絕承認當前政府繼承前中華民國的債務，當中包括中華民國發行的大約2600億美元的債券。 中國該坦白承認它的國際債務了。只有通過壓力，中國才會明白。而且壓力的辦法是奏效的。被拖欠巨額債務的不僅是美國人，還有英國人。這種情況持續到1987年，當時大不列顛頒布法律拒絕中國進入英國資本市場，中國同意談判償還債務的解決方案。 中國還和法國談判它拖欠的債務，但繼續不理睬美國，因為沒什麼動力。 任由中國無視它的債務會引起後果。不僅美國的債券持有人無法得到償還，而且會向中國發出這樣的信息：它在全球經濟中競爭的時候，無須按照規則行事。這有助於解釋北京為何拒絕遵守貿易協議，操縱貨幣，支持蘇丹政權，與伊朗支持恐怖主義的政府結成金融關係。 而且中國還拒絕打擊猖獗的知識產權盜竊。盜版美國電影、書籍、音樂和其他產品，每年讓美國人損失數十億美元。 顯然，美國不能坐視，讓這種情況繼續下去。國會需要加大壓力。開始重寫我們與中國的經濟關係的一個領域就是向中國施壓，讓他們承兌他們欠美國人的債務。 那就是我提出的一個眾議院決議背後的想法。該決議提出，國會的立場是，應該要求中國及其政府所有企業在證券交易委員會的招股書及文件中適當地披露關於1949年之前的債券的材料信息。這樣所有的投資者就會注意到中國違背國際法，拒絕承兌債務。 這也將鼓勵中國與美國債券持有人進行誠意的談判，以解決債務。中國如今是世界經濟玩家。在過去三十年，中國擁有10%的年平均增長率。預計中國很快將超過德國和日本成為世界第二大經濟體。 如果中國要保留這種地位並繼續在世界市場上成長，它需要證明它將承兌其債務。（作者 Elton Gallegly，加州共和黨人，是美國眾議院議員） 譯文為摘譯， -------------------------------------------------- 以下是華盛頓時報的原文 GALLEGLY: China debt syndromeElton Gallegly Monday, September 8, 2008 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Trial production of the iconic London Taxi is under way in a new factory in Fengjing, outside Shanghai, with mass production expected in December. Most of the sales are targeted for cities outside China, and outside Britain. COMMENTARY: After Saddam Hussein's government was replaced in Iraq, China demanded that the new government pay off the debt Saddam's regime ran up against China. China prevailed and is getting 100 percent of the more than $10 billion Iraq owes it. China, however, refuses to recognize the debt its current government inherited when the communists took control in 1949. That debt includes about $260 billion on bonds issued by the former Republic of China. Of that, more than 300 American citizens are owed nearly $100 billion from bonds on which the People's Republic of China has defaulted. It's time China owned up to its international obligations. Pressure is the only thing China understands. And pressure works. Americans weren't the only ones owed billions when the communists seized control. British citizens were among the bondholders Communist China had been ignoring. That lasted until 1987, when Great Britain enacted a law denying Chinese access to British capital markets and China responded by negotiating a settlement to pay off the bonds. China also is in negotiations with France on its defaulted bonds but continues to ignore the United States because there is no incentive to do otherwise. There are consequences to letting China skate on its obligations under international law. Not only are deserving American bondholders not receiving restitution, but the U.S. government is sending a message to China that it does not have to play by the rules when it competes in the global economy. This helps explain Beijing's refusal to abide by trade agreements, the manipulation of its currency, its underwriting of the genocidal regime in Sudan and its financial relationship with the terrorist-sponsoring government in Iran. To that list we can add China's refusal to crack down on the widespread theft of intellectual property. The piracy of U.S. movies, books, music and other products is costing Americans billions of dollars each year. Clearly, the United States cannot stand by and let this situation continue. Congress needs to turn up the heat. And one area where we can start to rewrite our economic relationship with China is to pressure them to honor their debts to Americans. That's the thinking behind a House resolution I introduced. The resolution states it is Congress' position that China and its government-owned enterprises should be required to properly disclose material information concerning the selective default status of pre-1949 bonds in all prospectuses and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This action will put all investors on notice that China has refused to honor its obligations in contravention of international law. It will also encourage China to negotiate in good faith with American bondholders to settle their claims on defaulted bonds. China is now a world economic player. For the past three decades, China has averaged a 10 percent annual growth rate. China is expected soon to surpass Germany and Japan to become the second-largest economy in the world. If China is to retain that status and continue to grow on the world market, it needs to prove it will stand by its obligations. Elton Gallegly, California Republican, is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. ------------------------------ 中華民國壽終正寢了.........？ |
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