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United States South China Sea “incident”
April 1, 2001 morning, a U.S. military reconnaissance plane to fly ep-3 airspace southeast of Hainan Island in China. Two Air Force fighter F -8 I immediately took off to track it. 9:07, when our military aircraft on Hainan Island, 104 km southeast of the normal flight, the U.S. plane that violated flight rules, suddenly hit the side of an aircraft, causing the aircraft lost control and crashed into the sea, pilot Wang Wei. Incident sparked a series of diplomatic game between China.
6 drafts a letter of apology
The evening of 5 April 2001, the U.S. ambassador to China Joseph Prueher to the Foreign Ministry sent an order to write the name of Prueher the United States Government a letter of apology to the Chinese.
We demand that the U.S. must meet three requirements: First, the United States must be the appropriate English language, the event itself, the Chinese pilot and aircraft losses and the U.S. plane entered Chinese airspace without permission and landed at a Chinese airport, apologize; Second, the plane landed question, Americans must recognize the “enter Chinese airspace without permission”; Third United States should make proper arrangements for the crew thanked the Chinese side.
However, in the first draft of the letter, the United States only lightly on the Chinese pilot is missing and that “concern” for the other two elements are not meet our requirements. This is far from the general requirements from us, of course, unacceptable. We immediately refuted the United States is not sincere, that it not be used as the basis of negotiations, the U.S. must apologize, otherwise the two sides no need to contact. Our attitude is very firm that the U.S. position had softened again.
6 am, the U.S. submitted a second draft. In this draft, the United States on the Wang family, friends and comrades in arms have expressed regret, but also known as the American government can not have “accidents” apology. Once again, we firmly rebuffed.
In view of the Americans refused to launch an apology by the Chinese side, on April 6, is President Jiang Zemin paid a state visit to Chile once again on the “aircraft collision incident” made a statement. He pointed out that the United States should the U.S. reconnaissance plane rammed the Chinese fighter on the issue an apology to the Chinese people; Chinese and U.S. leaders should stand in the overall high degree of bilateral relations, to solve this problem. China's firm stance that the U.S. felt the pressure further increases.
6 evening, the U.S. submitted a letter of apology to the third draft. Submit a letter to us, said that the draft has been approved by President Bush and can not be modified. This draft has improved, but still away from the large gap between our requirements. Thus, 7 am, we once again view the content of a letter of apology and ask them to modify.
Americans no turning back, had to do modifications on the same day at noon, we submitted a letter of apology to the fourth draft. In this statement, they accepted the United States should apologize to the Chinese people's demands, but added that China should allow the United States no later than May 7, the U.S. plane transported out of China.
We have repeatedly letter of apology. Members agreed that, Zong speaking United States has made substantial concessions, but the าช a fair distance from us, and gave us raise requirements, conditionality, which is unacceptable for.
April 8, Zhou Wenzhong, Assistant Foreign Minister with Ambassador Prueher has been conducted two rounds of consultations. Prueher promised to report about the Chinese side demands the U.S. government. That night, the U.S. side we have the fifth draft of the letters. The draft of the apology when raised her voice, the relevant statements were instead “verysorry” (sorry) of the wording, and removed the “China should allow the United States no later than May 7 will be shipped out of China, the U.S. plane “content.
This draft was basically met our requirements. That night, the U.S. has some of the wording of the letter, made further changes. This is the sixth U.S. side we have submitted draft.
In the theme of “collision” of the struggle, the focus is apologizing. So word “apologize” has become an important and sensitive. To this end, I specifically instructed the Foreign Ministry American and Oceanian Affairs, the English word on the apology statement to solicit the views of senior Chinese expert.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs was the most authoritative experts Qiu Kean English comrades. In determining the issue of the meaning of English words, Qiu Kean comrades and some other English experts played an important role.
The experts, after careful study that the word “apologize” semantics in Chinese is very clear.
In English, there are a variety of representations, there are three key words: “apologize”, “sorry” and “regret”. Experts believe that the most formal of which is “apologize”; the other is “sorry”; tone is the weakest “regret”.
According to “Oxford Advanced dictionary” (oxfordadvancedlearner'sdictionary) and “Webster English Dictionary Encyclopedia solution” (webster'sencyclopedicunabridgeddictionaryoftheenglishlanguage), “sorry” can be expressed as “apologize”, or “apology” means.
Also, if a government of another state government said “sorry” is definitely an “apology.” For heavier tone, can be preceded by “very” or “deeply” and other qualifiers.
It is regrettable that the Chinese and Western Comrade Qiu Kean senior translator was in August 2008 died at the age of 88. Upon hearing the sad news, I felt sad, then submitted my name to send a wreath to his family sent a telegram of condolence to the old-timers I sustenance heartfelt grief and respect. Ministry of Foreign Affairs held in the funeral of his day, and I also went to Beijing Hospital for his farewell.
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