刘大使:我想,我们还是先谈谈今天的纪念大会,之后我再回到你的问题。我说和平来之不易,在西方很少人了解中国人民为抗日战争做出了多大牺牲。事实上,第二次世界大战发端于中国。中国人民抗日战争开始时间最早、持续时间最长、伤亡人数最多。中国军民伤亡3500万人,占世界各国伤亡总人数约三分之一,是二战中伤亡人数最多的国家。因此中国人民把抗日战争和世界反法西斯战争胜利70周年视为一个庆祝胜利、缅怀先烈的重要时刻
Peston: But this peace require defend spending to go up this extraordinary way, 12% last year, 10% this year? Enormous money you're spending.
佩斯顿:但和平需要中国军费保持如此之快的速度增长吗?去年12%,今年10%。这是一笔巨大的开支。
Ambassador Liu: You have to remember that China is a large country. China, you know, in term of territory, it's about 40 times of UK. In terms of population, it's about 20 times. Yet in terms of per capita military expenditure, China is only 1/22 of the United States, and 1/9 of Britain. And also in terms of proportion of expenditure with regard to GDP, the growth is decreasing. This year, in fact, is the lowest of the past 5 years. And you know China is, I said, is a large country to defend, the Chinese military has a lot of commitments.
刘大使:请不要忘记,中国是一个大国。中国的面积是英国的40倍,人口是英国的20倍。而中国的人均军费仅是美国的二十二分之一,是英国的九分之一。而且中国军费占GDP的比例逐年下降,今年是过去5年来最低的。正如你所知,中国有辽阔的国土需要保卫,此外,中国军队承担着多重任务。
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