中国渴望表明危机处理能力
来源：洛杉矶时报
在大规模的救援和重建工作中，资源流向中国遭受地震蹂躏的四川。中国官员表示，奥运筹备工作仍然合乎预期。
那场造成六千多人死亡，数百万人无家可归的大地震给奥运的欢欣投下阴影。中国官员如今渴望向世界表明，他们有能力同时处理巨大的人道危机和奥运。
中国国家副主席习近平（Xi Jin- ping）本周表示，奥运筹备工作已经进入最后的关键阶段，同时要抓好支援抗震救灾工作，“两手抓，两不误”。
中国政府也关注SARS之类的疫情爆发或食品安全恐慌的可能性。近年的这些危机已经破坏公众信心，并令人质疑北京是否愿意在紧急情况下提供准确的、最新的信息。
卫生官员表示他们从2003年的SARS疫情最初隐瞒中吸取了很多经验教训。他们说他们还从政府本月空前开放、有效的地震回应中学到很多正面的东西。北京市卫生局党组书记金大鹏（Jin Dapeng）表示，必须把民众的生命摆在第一位，必须提供公开、公正、透明的信息，那是政府的责任。
在全国对地震灾民井喷式的支持中，中国首都可以迅速动员并派出紧急医疗小组。官员表示灾难给奥运主办方提供一个展示危机处理技能的罕见机会。金大鹏表示，地震就像是一次考验，医务人员在救灾工作中表现杰出，让他们对奥运成功更有信心。
尽管中国宣布将改善北京的空气质量，但北京今年已经第四次遭遇严重的沙尘暴，而且它的天空笼罩着褐色的阴霾，当局敦促长者与小孩留在室内。卫生官员承认环境是一个大问题，但试图淡化环境问题对奥运的影响，表示他们会提供最好的医生帮助任何有呼吸问题的游客或运动员。（作者 Ching-Ching Ni）（原标题：中国渴望表明它可以同时处理奥运与危机）
译文为摘译，英文原文地址：http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-olympics29-2008may29,0,2587142.story
英文原文：China eager to show it can handle Olympics and crisis
Officials say the quake has offered a rare opportunity for the Beijing Games host to practice its crisis management skills.
By Ching-Ching Ni, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
May 29, 2008
BEIJING -- Amid a massive relief and reconstruction effort pulling resources to central China's earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province, Chinese officials said preparations for the Summer Olympics remain on track.
Euphoria for the August Games has understandably been overshadowed by the devastating magnitude 7.9 temblor that resulted in more than 67,000 deaths and left millions homeless. Chinese officials are now eager to show the world that they are capable of handling the massive humanitarian crisis and the Olympics at the same time.
"The preparations for the Olympic Games have moved into the last and critical stage," Chinese Vice President Xi Jin- ping told state news media this week during a visit to sporting venues getting their finishing touches.
"We will do it well while working hard for quake relief," Xi said. "We will pay equal importance to the two things and not delay one for the other."
Also of concern to the Chinese government is the possibility of a SARS-like epidemic or food safety scare. Such crises in recent years have undermined public confidence and thrown into question Beijing's willingness to provide accurate, up-to-date information in the event of an emergency.
Health officials say they learned a great deal from their initial cover-up of the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in 2003. They also learned positive lessons, they say, from the government's unprecedented openness and effectiveness in responding to the earthquake this month.
"We must put people's lives first," Jin Dapeng, party secretary of the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, said Wednesday. "We must provide open, transparent and fair information. That's the government's responsibility."
In the national outpouring of support for quake victims, the Chinese capital was able to quickly mobilize and dispatch emergency medical teams. Officials said the disaster offered a rare opportunity for the Olympic host to practice its crisis management skills.
"The earthquake was like a test to us," Jin said. "Our medical staff did an exceptional job in the relief effort. It gave us more confidence about holding a successful Olympics."
Officials provided few details on how the government would deal with a bioterrorism attack or other situations necessitating mass evacuations during the Games. But they continued to show great concern about the possibility of bad weather.
On Tuesday, China launched a second weather-forecasting satellite to better monitor conditions during the Games.
But despite claims that it would improve Beijing's air quality, the Chinese capital has been choked by the fourth severe sandstorm of the year and its skyline has been shrouded in brown haze for days as authorities urged the elderly and children to stay indoors.
Health officials acknowledge that the environment is a major problem but try to downplay its effect on the Games, saying they can provide the best doctors possible to help any visitor or athlete with breathing problems.
"Maybe older people and children are more vulnerable," said Zhao Tao, head of the Beijing health bureau's disease prevention and control division. "But I don't see a direct connection between weather conditions and contagious diseases."