網路上針對病毒疫情引發的中泰大戰，同樣也出現在中國官方與澳洲媒體的針鋒相對上。中國駐澳洲總領事對於澳洲報紙 The Daily Telegraph在 Coronavirus的報導不滿，發了封措辭嚴厲的信去抗議，結果被專欄作家 Tim Blair一一破解，刊登在 4月 4日的報紙上，標題『Truly Batty Blame Game』
原文網址 https://bit.ly/2RNavbE
斜體字部份是中國總領事的來信，一般文字則是專欄作家 Tim Blair的回應，Tim Blair的言詞犀利，以敢寫敢言著稱。以下就是原文與我的翻譯
The Daily Telegraph this week received a letter from the Australian Consulate General of the People's Republic of China, who took gentle issue with our excellent coverage of the coronavirus crisis.
The Daily Telegraph本週收到中國駐澳洲總領事的來信，對於我們在 Coronavirus的優異報導有些意見
Following is a point-by-point response to the Consulate General and China’s communist dictatorship:
以下是我們對總領事與中國共黨獨裁政權的逐條回應
Recently the Daily Telegraph has published a number of reports and opinions about China’s response to COVID-19 that are full of ignorance, prejudice and arrogance.
近日來，the Daily Telegraph一連串關於中國對 COVID-19疫情反應的報導與意見，充滿了無知，偏見與傲慢
If a state-owned newspaper in China received this kind of complaint, subsequent days would involve journalists waking up in prison with their organs harvested.
在中國，如果國營報紙收到這樣的抱怨，相關記者隔幾天醒來會發現自己在牢裡，器官被摘掉了
Tracing the origin of the virus is a scientific issue that requires professional, science-based assessment.
追查病毒的起源是科學議題，需要專業，科學的判斷
Sure it does. How professional and science-based was the claim published on March 12 by China’s foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian that “it might be US Army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan”?
沒錯！3月12日中國外交部發言人趙立堅說病毒是美國軍人帶去武漢的，夠專業，夠科學嗎？
The origin of the virus is still undetermined, and the World Health Organization has named the novel coronavirus “COVID-19”.
病毒的起源還無法確認，WHO把新型困狀病毒命名為 “COVID-19”
The World Health Organisation also appointed Zimbabwean murderer Robert Mugabe as its Goodwill Ambassador and declared on March 2 that the “stigma” of the coronavirus “is more dangerous than the virus itself”.
WHO也曾任命了辛巴威獨裁者 Robert Mugabe為親善大使。在 3月 2日宣稱污名化 coronavirus比病毒本身還可怕
The World Health Organisation does a lot of stupid stuff.
WHO盡做些蠢事
So what is the real motive behind your attempt to repeatedly link the virus to China and even stating that the novel coronavirus was “made in China”?
你不斷地把病毒跟中國連結起來，還說病毒是"中國製造"，你的目的到底是什麼？
Our motive is accuracy. That’s why we don’t link the virus to Bognor Regis or state that it was “made in Panama”.
我們的目的是準確性，難不成我們要把病毒跟英國小鎮 Bognor Regis連結在一起，說是巴拿馬製造？
The people of Wuhan made a huge effort and personal sacrifice to stop the spread of the epidemic.
武漢人民付出巨大代價與犧牲自我，阻止了病毒的擴散
Wuhan’s Dr Li Wenliang indeed made a huge effort to warn people about the coronavirus outbreak. Then, as the New York Times reported: “In early January, he was called in by both medical officials and the police, and forced to sign a statement denouncing his warning as an unfounded and illegal rumor.”
武漢醫生李文亮極盡全力警告人們病毒擴散的威脅，然後呢？一月初，醫護人員跟警察逼他簽下悔過書，說他的警告毫無根據，是非法謠言
And now he’s dead, so that’s “personal sacrifice” covered as well.
然後他過世了，這是你們所謂的犧牲自我
Nevertheless, in order to capture attention and gain more internet hits, you called Wuhan the “Zombieland” and Wuhan seafood market the “bat market”. How low can you go?
然而，你們為了轉點擊率，說武漢是鬼城，武漢海鮮市場是蝙蝠市場，你們有夠低級。
In the civilised world, “Bradman bats and bats and bats” is a famous newspaper banner:
在文明國家，“Bradman bats and bats and bats”是知名報紙標題(註一)
In Wuhan, it’s the name of a restaurant.
在武漢，這是餐廳招牌
The effectiveness of China's epidemic prevention and control has fully underlined the people-centred philosophy of the Communist Party of China and the strong advantages of the Chinese system.
中國政府在控制與阻止疫情擴散的效能上，充分體現中國共產黨人民至上的理念，以及中國國家系統的優越之處
In 2018, Amnesty International reported that China executed more citizens than the rest of the world combined. Please tell us more about your “people-centred philosophy” and how many bullets it requires.
2018年國際特赦組織報導中國處決的人民，總數比全世界其他國家加總還多，請說明你的"人民至上"哲學需要多少顆子彈
Instead of admitting and facing facts, the articles in your newspaper have wantonly attacked and smeared the CPC and the Chinese government with vicious language.
你們報紙的文章，沒有引用事實，反而以惡意的文字跟語言攻擊中國共產黨與中國政府
And yet we haven’t been jailed or shot! Where’s the justice in that?
我們還沒被抓去關或槍斃，天理何在啊！？
Is your judgement based on the well-being of the people or do you have an ideological prejudice?
你們的判斷是基於人民福祉，或者意識形態的偏見？
We will admit to an ideological prejudice against deadly tyranny. It’s a tragic failing on our part.
我們會承認對該死的暴政有意識型態上的偏見，這是我們悲劇墮落的一部分
Since 3 January, China has been updating the WHO and the international community in a timely and transparent manner.
自從 1月3日，中國已經用即時且透明的方式通報 WHO與國際社會
On January 14, following 11 days of “timely and transparent” updates, the WHO broadcast this ridiculous Chinese misinformation:
1月14日，即時與透明的方法通報後的11天，WHO發布了可笑的中國錯誤資訊 - 中國政府的研究調查指出沒有明確證據武漢發現的新型冠狀病毒會人傳人
Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China🇨🇳. pic.twitter.com/Fnl5P877VG
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 14, 2020
The epidemic is spreading rapidly around the globe, and China is doing its utmost to support other severely affected countries.
疫情在全世界快速擴散，中國盡全力支援其他受災國家
Thousands of Chinese-made coronavirus testing kits and medical masks exported to Spain, Turkey and the Netherlands turned out to be "below standard or defective”, according to the BBC.
BBC的報導，數以千計，出口到西班牙，土耳其與荷蘭的中國製試劑與醫療口罩，不合乎標準或準確率低
And the ABC this week reported that more than 800,000 masks have been seized by Australian Border Force officers after the masks were “found to be counterfeit or otherwise faulty”.
ABC本週也報導超過 80萬個口罩被澳洲政府攔截，因為被查出是贗品或有缺陷
Thanks for all your help, guys.
多謝你們的幫忙蛤
Virus respects no borders.
病毒是超越國界的
Why, then, did China close its own borders on March 28 – even while claiming victory over the spread of coronavirus?
為什麼？中國不是在 3月28日關閉國界了嗎？而且還宣稱在阻止病毒擴散上贏得重大勝利
You have repeatedly questioned the WHO’s positive assessment of China's epidemic prevention and control, but surely you know that the WHO is the most authoritative international organization in global public health, with more than 190 members including Australia?
你們不斷質疑 WHO對中國阻止與控制疫情擴散的正面評價，但是你們不知道 WHO是全球公共衛生最具權威的組織嗎？有 190個會員國，澳洲也在內
Keep an eye on that number, sunshine.
重點在數字，好嗎？
In disregard of the authoritative information provided by China and the WHO's professional opinions, you instead quoted several so-called “strategic analysts” … Were you aware that the institution where these people work have been exposed as long accepting financial support from the US government … ?
你們不理會中國與 WHO提供的權威性資訊，反而引用所謂策略分析師的資料，你們知道這些組織長期接受美國政府的金援嗎？
The US last year contributed nearly $900 million to the sacred WHO. Your point, sir?
美國政府去年捐了九億美金給 WHO，你的重點是？
Your recent coverage on the epidemic in China are exaggerated, full of irresponsible rumours and highly politicized.
你們對中國疫情的報導充滿誇張，不負責任的謠言，而且高度政治化
Naughty us. Please send an official Dr Li Wenliang “unfounded and illegal rumour” denunciation statement so we can sign it and be on our way. 對啊，怎樣？麻煩給我們一份正式李文亮醫生"毫無根據，非法謠言"的悔過書，我們會簽了名寄回去
UPDATE. Reader Tim asks:
Please tell me that this response was actually sent back to them.
請告知這份回應會確實送給他們
Even better. It was published on a double-page 6-7 spread in Saturday’s Daily Telegraph:
別擔心，回應會刊登在週六的 Daily Telegraph的第六第七頁
--- 原文翻譯結束 ---
以為這樣就結束了嗎？一個星期以後，中國駐雪梨領事館又投書給 Daily Telegraph，Tim Blair將計就計，依照中國政府的傳統，給這篇投書來個事先審查，不能登的都用黑線劃掉，最後形成這個版本
網路上的版本在這裡 https://bit.ly/2RAK6h1
Sydney Chinese consulate’s article as reviewed by Tim Blair
”The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday received an article submitted by Sydney’s Chinese consulate. In keeping with China’s own media traditions of censorship and concealment, the article was subject to official pre-publication review by TIM BLAIR."
"中國駐雪梨領事星期二(4月14日)投書 Daily Telegraph，依照中國對於媒體審查與隱瞞事實的傳統，該文在刊登前由編輯 Tim Blair審查"
然後全文就像圖片裡看到的，許多文字都被劃掉了，塗掉的部分比留下來的部分還多，審查後的版本如下
"China should be held "responsible" for the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. These claims are convincing.
Is China to blame for the "original sin" - the outbreak? The answer is known. Wuhan, Hubei Province, that's where the virus originated.
The common enemy of mankind is the World Health Organization.
China take the blame. The first Chinese patient, who started showing symptoms on 1 December 2019, had history of exposure to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan.
Is China responsible for a "cover-up" and "delaying" response to the outbreak? The answer is clear. On 31 December, the expert team from the National Health Commission arrived in Wuhan to conduct a cover-up.
The United States issued a warning about China. In a little over two months, remarkable progress has been made in the massive spread of COVID-19. China is to blame. People knew it was coming and we wasted two months.
China is providing its own epidemic to 127 countries.
Chinese local government, enterprise and non-government organizations have donated medical supplies to more than 100 countries and regions as well we international organizations. China is doing this to divert attention and to pursue geostrategic interests.
China's sole purpose is to stand by and do nothing in the face of the global pandemic.
Test reagents and masks exported from China are "below standard or defective". Of course.
China will continue drumming up various arguments about the virus."
中國應該為 COVID-19的全球疫情負責，怪罪中國？答案大家都知道，病毒起源是湖北武漢，世界衛生組織是全球公敵。
中國要把過錯擔下來，2019年12月1日第一個病人出現症狀，他有武漢華南海鮮市場的接觸史，中國要為隱瞞事實與拖延時機負責嗎？答案很明顯。12月31日，國家健委派了一群專家到武漢進行掩蓋事實的行動。
美國發出關於中國的警告，才短短兩個月就造成全球大流行，當然要怪中國，人們知道病毒從哪裡來，可是卻浪費了兩個月，中國把自己的疫情傳播到全世界 127個國家。
中國地方政府，企業，非官方組織捐了醫療物資給超過一百個國家跟國際組織，中國這麼做，是為了轉移焦點跟追求區域政治利益，目的只有一個，撇清自己跟全球疫情的關係。當然，捐出的試劑跟口罩不是不合標準就是準確率低。
最後，中國會持續激起對於病毒的爭論。
--- 翻譯結束
這篇報導造成很大的迴響，以其人之道，還治其人之身，對比這陣子泰國網民大戰中國的許多貼圖，Tim Blair這篇專欄評論，明顯地又是另一個層次。之後也沒看到中國領事館出來抗議，應該是不想在被打臉了吧！
Tim Blair還上了 Sky News的節目，The Kenny Report接受專訪，當然又是酸了中國一頓，他說這次是中國領事幫他寫專欄，他只要劃掉一些內容就好了，就像中國政府每天在對人民做的事。他還說他打電話去中國領事館，居然沒有人接電話。主持人笑他說，他已經被中國 ban了。
Tim Blair的高級酸，真的值得台灣的媒體學起來，或者台灣政府也能試看看。
註一：“Bradman bats and bats and bats”是 1934年 7月21日的報紙頭條，Bradman是澳洲板球傳奇人物，那天他一天打了 304分。Bat是球棒的意思，bats and bats and bats就是得超多分，剛好 Bat也是蝙蝠的意思，就是好多蝙蝠，剛好被 Tim Blair拿來諷刺武漢華南海鮮市場
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