英文翻译：中国央视白岩松：什么是西方那一套？把它与和谐社会那一套来比较

白岩松，著名央视节目主持人。我很佩服他，因为他说话经常很有道理，而且胆子总是比我大。有人说：中国决不搞西方那一套，但他却针锋相对地说：什么是西方那一套？……

在美国，谁都可以办电视台，但政府不可以。

在美国，什么报纸杂志你都能找到，就是找不到“党报党刊”。

在美国，谁都可以找“小三”，但是政府官员不可以。

在美国，谁的财产都可以保密，但是政府官员的财产必须公开。

在美国，谁的隐私权都不能侵犯，但是政府官员的隐私不受保护。

中国决不搞西方那一套，中国只搞中国这一套。

这一套那一套，那一套这一套，为什么只搞这一套不搞那一套？为什么只搞那一套不搞这一套？

如果不搞西方那一套？为什么咱省部级以上官员的孙子辈90%都入了外国籍？

如果西方那一套，确实很好，确实很美，人见人爱，那么为什么不能搞呢？

试想：谁都可以办电视台，多美啊！

试想：找不到“党报党刊”，权力关进笼子里，不是很好吗？

试想：官员不能找“小三”，这有什么不好滴？

试想：官员财产必须公开，这难道不是很好吗？

试想：官员的隐私权不受保护，那咱国西安官员三百名女人之阴毛笔，看你还怎么制造？

资料来自于网络

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This article has been appearing on some Chinese websites since September 11. The comments at the end of the article are interesting too. The attached photo is also circulating online. The article I saw said the source was “the internet”, so I don’t know if Bai actually said this, or maybe he did but this getting it out this way gives him some cover under socialist legality.

I found it here http://blog.eastday.com/zqcl/art/1394253.html
More photos of Bai at blog.eastday.com/zqcl/art/1394582.html

David Cowhig
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“Bai Yansong is a famous CCTV television host. I admire him very much because what he says often makes sense and he is relatively brave.

Some people say: China should not be like the West, so Bai made a direct comparison, asking the question just what is the West like?

In America, anyone can set up a television station, but the government is not permitted to set one up.

In America, you can get any magazine or newspaper but you can’t find party newspapers and journals.

In America, anyone can have a mistress, but government officials are not supposed to have one.

In America, people can keep their personal financial information secret, but government officials must disclose theirs.

In America, people have a right to privacy, but the privacy of government officials is not protected.

China won’t be like the west, China will only be like China.

This way or that way. What does it have to be one or the other? Why only one and not the other.

What if we don’t do things like the West? Why is it that 90% or more of grandchildren of top provincial level leaders have a foreign passport?

If the Western way is actually good, and actually beautiful, and people like it, well why not do it that way?

Just imagine: if anyone who wanted to could set up a television station, what a fine thing that would be!

Just imagine: if we couldn’t find “Party newspapers and journals”, if power were to be constrained, wouldn’t that be very good?

Just imagine: if officials can’t have a mistress, what would be wrong with that?

Just imagine: if officials had to disclose their property, wouldn’t that be a good thing?

Just imagine: If the right to privacy of officials were not protected, then how could that Xi’an official who kept that diary of his relations with 300 women have possibly kept such a diary?