我希望歐洲的朋友能夠理解中方所采取的行動是完全合理的。任何有尊嚴的人都會做出同樣的反應。中方強烈敦促美國恪守“八?一七”公報的原則，停止對臺軍售。實際上，我們和臺灣方面在推動兩岸關系和平發展方面已取得很大進展，美國也表示支持兩岸關系和平發展。我們敦促美方多做有利于推動這一良好勢頭的事，而不是相反。

I hope our friends and people in Europe can understand that what China has done is very reasonable and what any dignified people would do. China strongly urges the United States to abide by the August 17th Communiqué and stop arms sales to Taiwan, which is actually having more progress together with us in the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations – and the United States said it supports the peaceful development of relations across the Straits. We urge the U.S. side to do things which will contribute to this good developmental trend, not the other way around.

主持人：謝謝部長。我們只有時間再提一兩個問題。下面請來自紐約東西方研究所的John Rose（音）先生提問。

Moderator: Thank you, Minister. I think we can only take one or two more questions. The next one on my list is John Rose [ph.] from the East-West Institute in New York.

問題二：部長先生，我能不能問一個關于網絡的問題？我知道這個問題頗有爭議，但網絡犯罪的數量正在不斷增加，影響數字經濟的發展，是我們共同面臨的威脅。很多國家政府和企業都很關注這個問題。您能談一談對網絡安全的看法嗎？

Question: Minister, could we talk for a moment about cyber-space? I know it is seen as a confrontational issue, but an awful lot of governments and businesses are concerned about the common threats that we all face to the digital economy coming from increased cyber-crime. Could you give us your perspectives on cyber-security?

楊外長：現在我收看中國的新聞節目比西方媒體上的新聞要多。作為中國外長，我每天早上上班前要對新近發生的事情有準確全面的了解，要精打細算地用好每一分鐘。我發現中國的廣播和電視新聞更加準確可靠，看過這些新聞，我就可以確信已經了解世界上絕大部分的新聞。這不是說我不看西方媒體上的新聞，我還會繼續看。我想告訴大家的是，中國老百姓了解到的世界各地新聞恐怕比一些西方媒體還要全面，這是事實。他們可以像我這個外交部長一樣輕而易舉地獲取各種信息。每年有幾千萬中國人出境經商、旅游，同時有幾千萬人入境。實際上，在巴黎埃菲爾鐵塔腳下你就能聽到不少人說中文。所以說，中國人民享有充足的信息。他們能出國并比較在國內外的見聞。當然，我們仍要向其他國家包括發達國家學習。但中國人民為自己國家取得的成就感到自豪。中國30年來脫貧的人口幾乎相當于美國全國的人口。中國還向其他國家提供了大量援助。我認為，對于發展中國家來說，最重要的事是建設基礎設施。在這方面，中國將盡力提供幫助，我們希望發達國家也這么做。

Yang: These days I actually listen to or watch Chinese news programs far more than some Western media. As the Foreign Minister of China, every morning I have to have solid news before I go to my office. I have to use every minute very, very carefully and I found that I have more solid news from China's radio and TV programs. This way, when I go to office I feel quite confident that I have most of the news – if not all – in the world. This is not saying that I am not watching news on Western media. I do and I will continue to do that. What I want to tell you is that the average man and woman in China have access to extensive – I would say more extensive – coverage of news in every corner of the world than I am afraid some Western media. This is a fact. They have all the major sources of information at their fingertips like me, the Foreign Minister. And every year, tens of millions of Chinese go abroad for business, for travel, for tourism and so on and so forth; every year tens of millions of foreigners come to China. Actually at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower, you can hear lots of Chinese spoken there. So the Chinese people are well informed. They go abroad, they see the things around them and they compare what they've seen abroad with things at home. Of course, we still have a lot to learn from other countries, including developed countries. On the other hand, they feel quite proud of what China has achieved. We have, in 30 years, lifted almost the total population of the United States out of poverty. That is what China has done, and we have given lots of aid to our friends abroad. I think for the developing countries, the most important thing is to build up the basic infrastructure. China will do its best to help. We hope the developed countries will do so as well.