卑鄙! 日驻英使馆被指收买英国智库渲染'中国威胁论'

Japan has been paying 10,000 pounds per month to a British think tank to hype up "China threat" among British high-level politicians, local media reported.

据英国当地媒体报道，日本以每月10000英镑的价格雇佣一个英国智库，让其在英国高级政治家之间宣传“中国危胁论”。

A detailed report carried out by The Sunday Times said that the Japanese Embassy in London reached a deal with the Henry Jackson Society (HJS), a registered charity, to wage a propaganda campaign against China.

据《星期日泰晤士报》一份详细的报道称，日本驻伦敦大使馆和一家注册慈善机构“亨利·杰克逊协会”达成了协议，通过支付报酬令其进行反华宣传。

It said that the deal was reached in response to growing cooperation between China and Britain.

据悉这一协议的目的是为了应对中英两国之间日益增多的合作。

The former British foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind acknowledged that the HJS, founded in 2005, had approached him to put his name to an article published by the Daily Telegraph last August expressing concerns about China's involvement in Britain's Hinkley Point C nuclear plant.

英国前外交大臣马尔科姆·里夫金德日前承认，成立于2005年的亨利·杰克逊协会接近他、让他署名去年八月在《每日电讯报》发表的一篇文章，该文章表达了关于对中国参与英国欣克利点C核电站一事的担忧。

The article, titled "How China could switch off Britain's lights in a crisis if we let them build Hinkley C", raised fears that "no one knows what 'blackdoor' technologies might be able to be introduced into the building of a power plant."

这篇文章名为《如果我们让中国建设欣克利点C核电站，他们会怎样在危机中切断我们的电源》，引起人们对“没人知道在核电站建设过程中会使用什么'后门'技术”的担忧。

The HJS has not responded to Xinhua's interview request.

亨利·杰克逊协会目前还没有就新华社的采访要求作出回应。