China is using its Covid-19 vaccine diplomacy for political purposes,
according to Germany’s foreign minister.
根據德國外相表示，中方開展新冠疫苗外交是出於政治目的。
Heiko Maas said on Tuesday that both Russia and China had been good at
publicly promoting the delivery of their vaccines to other countries, but
also pursued other aims in doing so.
海克‧瑪斯周二表示：「俄羅斯和中國都很善於公開宣傳他們的疫苗運送到其他國家，
但這樣做也有其他目的。」
“We note, in particular with China, that the supply of vaccines was also
used to make very clear political demands of various countries,” he said.
他這樣說：「我們注意到，特別是在中國，疫苗的供應在過去常常對各國提出非常明確
的政治要求。」
Speaking to reporters during a trip to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he visited
a Pfizer production facility, Maas said such behaviour should be rejected.
在他訪問在密歇根州的輝瑞生產設施，對記者發表講話，瑪斯說：「我們應該拒絕這種
行為。」
“To prevent this happening in the first place we don’t just have to
criticise it, but we have to ensure that the affected countries have
alternatives,” he said.
「首先要防止這種情況發生，我們不只必須譴責它，此外我們必須確保受影響的國家有
其他的替代方案。」他如此說道。
“Those alternative are the vaccines we have available and which we of course
want to make available to as many countries and regions in the world as
possible.
「這些替代方案就是我們現行的疫苗，我們希望盡可能的將疫苗提供給越多國家越好。」
(That way) the Russians and the Chinese can’t continue to conduct
their difficult vaccine diplomacy in this fashion, which only has the purpose
of increasing their own influence and not necessarily to save people’s lives
in the first instance.”
（那樣）俄羅斯人和中國人不能繼續進行他們以這種方式進行苛刻的疫苗外交，這種外交
的目的只有增加它們自己的影響力，而不一定是為了挽救人們的生命。
While he did not provide any specific examples, Taiwan has accused Beijing of
using the delivery of its shots to pressure countries into dropping their
support for the self-ruled island, which it claims as its own.
雖然他沒有提供任何具體例子，但台灣指責北京利用中國疫苗來迫使各國放棄繼續支持台
灣(一個中國聲稱是中國的自治島嶼)。
Chinese officials said recently their country is providing Covid-19 vaccines
to nearly 40 African countries, but said this was being done for purely
altruistic reasons.
中國官員最近表示，他們的國家正在提供 Covid-19 疫苗到近 40 個非洲國家，但表示
它們這樣做純粹是出於利他的理由。