在追捕貪官逃亡者上 中國尋求美國的幫助

BEIJING (AP) — A senior Chinese diplomat Wednesday called on the U.S. and other Western countries to put aside their wariness of China's justice system and work with Beijing to send back officials who have absconded overseas with ill-gained loot.

北京（美聯社）——一名中國外交官週三呼籲美國和其他西方國家把對中國司法系統的警惕心放在一邊並與北京合作將藏匿海外的貪官送回中國。

Xu Hong, director-general of the treaty and law division for China's Foreign Ministry, said at a news conference that some countries have "passive attitudes" about signing extradition treaties with Beijing.

中國外交部協議與法律司司長徐宏在一個新聞發佈會上說有些國家在同中國簽署引渡協議上“態度消極”。

"China is ready to sign an extradition treaty, but it looks like the United States is not prepared to do so," Xusaid.

“中國已經做好準備簽訂引渡協議，但美國似乎還沒有做好這方面的準備，”徐說。

The United States, Canada and Australia —the most popular destinations for Chinese officials accused of corruption —have yet to sign extradition treaties with China.

美國，加拿大和澳洲是被指控貪污的中國官員最經常去的國家，但是這些國家都沒有同中國簽訂引渡協議。

Analysts say the countries are reluctant to hand fugitives suspected of economic crimes to Beijing because of concerns over whether they would get fair trials, and because of China's use of the death penalty for such crimes.

分析者稱這些國家不願意將涉嫌經濟貪污的逃亡者交給中國是因爲擔心這些人是否會得到公平的審判，還因爲這類犯罪在中國可被判處死刑。

Beijing has estimated that since the mid-1990s, 16,000 to 18,000 corrupt officials and employees of state-owned enterprises have fled China or gone into hiding with pilfered assets totaling more than 800 billion yuan ($135 billion).

中國估計自1990年代中期以來，有16000到18000名腐敗官員和國企僱員逃離中國並藏匿在國外，總的貪污資產達到了8000多億元。