Ex-China Sports Official Reveals Secret Deal to Secure Olympics

前中國體育官員透露取得奧運的秘密交易

Rachel Liao

【新聞關鍵字】

1. Olympic: n. 奧林匹克運動會

2. Committee: n. 委員會

3. in exchange: v. (phr.) 交換

4. bid: n. n. 企圖

5. backroom: n. 幕後

Former Chinese sports minister Yuan Weimin claims in a new book that the Chinese regime made a secret deal with Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee—or IOC.

前中國體育部長袁偉民在新書中聲稱，中國官方和國際奧運委員會(IOC)主席羅格進行秘密交易。

Yuan Weimin’s book, ghost-written by Yuan Shan, is titled “Yuan Weimin and the Sports World.”

袁偉民的書由執筆，書名是「袁偉民的體壇風雲」。

According to the book, Rogge and Yuan made a verbal agreement—that the Chinese regime would support Rogge to become president of the IOC in exchange for his support in their bid for the 2008 Olympics.

根據本書，羅格與袁口頭協議：中國官方支持羅格成為國際奧運主席，交換他支持中國申辦2008年奧運。

Yuan wrote, “Of course we made the promise that China would persuade its friends to support Rogge. In return we got Rogge’s support in winning over the European members.”

袁寫到：「當然我們承諾中國會說服友邦支持羅格，換取羅格的支持，以贏得歐洲的會員國。」

The backroom bargaining of the IOC is rarely discussed openly, let alone by a participant of the process such as Yuan.

國際奧委會的幕後交易鮮少被公開討論，更不用說由參與過程的袁偉民來公開。

【新聞關鍵字】

6. allegation: n. 指控

7. insinuation: n. 暗示

8. landslide: n. 壓倒性的勝利

9. assembly: n. 集會

10. petitioner 請願者

11. adherent: n. 支持者、擁護者

12. rounded up: v. (phr.) 圍補

Rogge and the IOC have denied the allegations. The committee released a statement saying, “Any insinuation that deals would have been made is absolutely false.”

羅格與國際奧委會已否認這項指控，委員會公佈聲明說：「任何交易的暗示絕對都是錯誤的。」

At the IOC meeting in Moscow in 2001, Beijing won the bid for the 2008 Olympics in a landslide. Three days later, Rogge was elected IOC president.

國際奧委會2001年在莫斯科的會議中，北京以壓倒性的勝利贏得2008年奧運主辦權。三年後，羅格獲選為國際奧委會主席。

Chinese rights groups say the Chinese regime broke its promise that the Olympics would be accompanied by greater freedoms—like open media access and the right to peaceful assembly. Thousands of petitioners, Falun Gong adherents, and activists were rounded up and detained ahead of the Games.

中國人權團體說，中國官方違反承辦奧運將給予更多自由的承諾，如開放媒體訪問以及和平集會權。比賽前數千名請願者、法輪功支持者和活動份子被圍補並拘留。

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