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1.媒體來源:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/

2.完整新聞標題:
Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig detained in China, sources say

3.完整新聞內文:
Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig has been detained in China, according
to the International Crisis Group, the organization where he has worked since
2017.
根據國際危機組織的消息，加拿大的前外交官 Michael Kovrig 在中國被逮捕。

Mr. Kovrig’s detention comes little more than a week after Canada arrested
Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications giant
Huawei. China’s foreign ministry threatened “severe consequences” if Ms.
Meng was not immediately released.
在加拿大逮捕孟小姐一週多以後，Kovrig 被中國逮捕了。如果孟小姐沒有被立即
釋放，中國外交部威脅「會有嚴重後果」。

"We are doing everything possible to secure additional information on Michael
’s whereabouts as well as his prompt and safe release,” the International
Crisis Group said in a brief statement.
國際危機組織說，「我們正盡全力取得 Michael 的下落，並促使他能儘速平安獲釋」

A spokesman for ICG said he could provide no further comment.
但國際危機組織的發言人也說，他無法提供進一步的評論。

Mr. Kovrig had worked as a diplomat at the Canadian embassy in Beijing, in
addition to postings in Hong Kong and the United Nations. He had more
recently worked at the International Crisis Group, where he authored reports
on North Korea and other north-east Asia security matters. He was also a
frequent media commentator, including for The Globe and Mail.


Ms. Meng was arrested in Vancouver at the behest of the U.S.
孟小姐是在美國要求之下，在溫哥華被逮捕。

Commentators in the Chinese state press have likened Ms. Meng’s arrest to a
“kidnapping” and a “hostage-taking."
中國國營媒體的評論，是把孟小姐的逮捕稱為「綁架」、「擄人勒贖」。

“U.S.-China relations have deteriorated to their worst point since the 1989
Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in Beijing,” Mr. Kovrig said, in a
recent quote posted on the ICG website.
根據（譯：被逮捕的）Mr. Kovrig在國際危機組織官網的說法，「美中關係，
降到1989年天安門廣場事件以來的最低點」

An automated Chinese system message said Mr. Kovrig’s cell phone had been
turned off.
撥給 Mr. Kovrig 的手機時，中國的電信系統自動回復「您的手機已關機」。

Mr. Kovrig lives in Hong Kong but travels frequently to China, where he had
travelled extensively as a diplomat, he said on his LinkedIn profile.
Mr. Kovrig目前住在香港；根據本人在 LinkedIn 的頁面的資訊，他以往常常以
外交官的身份往返中國。

At the Beijing embassy, he “analyzed politics, domestic policy, the economy,
foreign and security policy,” he said on LinkedIn. He also served as a
political leader for a visit to Hong Kong in 2016 by Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau.
本人履歷簡介，省略懶得翻譯。

His job in Beijing was under Canada’s Global Security Reporting Program, or
GSRP, which was established by Canada’s foreign ministry after the Sept. 11
attacks. GSRP officers do not work in intelligence, according to a 2007
Senate report. But they “are dedicated to the collection of information
related to questions of strategic stability and security.”
他在北京的工作，是加拿大在美國9/11事件以後，所成立的全球安全報導計畫（GSRP）
；根據一份2007年參議院的報告，GSRP的性質並非情報工作，但「致力於收集與策略
性穩定與維安相關的資訊」。

What sets them apart, the report said, “is their specific mandate to develop
non-traditional sources and gain access to information of immediate value to
[the Department of Foreign Affairs], as well as the Canadian security and
intelligence community and the government writ large.”
這兩者（譯註：情報工作、跟GSRP的工作）的差別，是GSRP有個特定的任務：培養
非傳統的消息來源，並取得（對於加拿大外交部）有立即價值的資訊。（後段懶得翻）

In his job at the embassy, Mr. Kovrig engaged in “political reporting that I
would qualify as sensitive, and he was travelling around China,” said Guy
Saint-Jacques, the former Canadian ambassador to China, who worked with Mr.
Kovrig for three years.
根據前任加拿大大使的說法，在Mr. Kovrig任職於加拿大大使館的時候，他「會回報
有政治敏感性的資訊回加拿大」

“Of course, all this was just good political reporting. It had nothing to do
with spying.”
「當然，他的報導都是有價值的政治性報導，跟間諜一點關係都沒有。」

But, he said, the GSRP program is “a bit controversial, because in some
countries they don’t make the distinction between spying and doing
legitimate political reporting. And of course if you ask some Chinese
officials, in their view this constituted spying that he was doing.”


The detention of Mr. Kovrig, he said, appears related to the arrest of Ms.
Meng. It would be likely, he said, that Chinese officials are thinking,
"Well, you know, maybe we can do a deal here.”
Mr. Kovrig的逮捕，看起來跟孟小姐的逮捕相關。「或許中國的官員覺得，我們也
可以透過這次逮捕，跟中國談個條件」

But with a judicial process underway in Canada for Ms. Meng, who the U.S. has
sought for extradition, “it’s impossible for the Canadian government to
think about making a deal,” he said.
但因為孟小姐引渡到美國的司法程序在進行中，加拿大政府也不可能跟中國談成
什麼協議（譯註：來釋放被逮捕的前外交官）

“This is a demonstration of how nasty the Chinese can be, how brutal they
can be,” Mr. Saint-Jacques said.
前駐中大使說，「這就是中國可以多噁心、多殘暴的證明。」

“There will have to be lessons learned among our political masters about the
type of people we are dealing with.”
往後必須從這次事件中，學習到我們跟（中國）這類人打交道時，必須注意的
跟政治相關的事情。

4.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-former-canadian-diplomat-
michael-kovrig-detained-in-china-sources-say/

https://goo.gl/2cH1Zd

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