日本大使館付費英國智庫撰寫反華文章
Participants carry a traditional dragon figure as they take part in an event to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rooster in London Britain January 29 2017. ? Neil Hall / Reuters
2017年1月29日在英國倫敦，人們在參加以慶祝中國農曆雞年新年的活動時攜帶一個傳統的龍形象。?Neil Hall /路透社The neoconservative Henry Jackson Society (HJS) think tank is on the payroll of the Japanese embassy charged with drafting in public figures to spread anti-Chinese propaganda investigators claim.
秉持新保守主義的亨利傑克遜協會（HJS）智庫，調查人員聲稱該機構的名字出現在了日本大使館開出的工資單上，該機構被指通過招募公衆人物來進行反華宣傳。The Times’ investigation suggests the London-based HJS is paid ￡10000 (US$12500) per month to spread anti-Chinese propaganda including through public figures like former British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind.
泰晤士報的調查認爲，位於倫敦的HJS智庫作反華宣傳，包括通過公衆人物的方式，比如英國前外交大臣Malcolm Rifkind，並且每個月收取了10000英鎊（12500美元）的費用。
HJS frxs itself as a pro-intervention and pro-capitalist voice which aims to spread freedom and democracy around the world. It is run by the academic and failed Tory parliamentary candidate Alan Mendoza.
HJS智庫本身作爲一個資本主義干涉他國的傳聲器，其目的就是爲了在世界範圍內傳播皿煮自由理念，該機構由學院方面以及保守黨落選議員Alan Mendoza贊助。The deal between the think tank and the embassy was reportedly reached to counter the growing cooperation between the UK and China championed by former Chancellor George Osborne.
據報道這項智庫與使館之間的交易主要目的是爲了制約由前大臣喬治 奧斯博爾主持下中英之間越來越緊密的合作關係。The agreement reflects the rising tensions between China and Japan – the latter a close US ally in the Asia-Pacific region.
這份協議反映了中國與美國亞洲地區最緊密盟友-日本之間愈加緊張的關係。Rifkind confirmed to the Times over the weekend that he had been asked by HJS in August to put his name to an article called ‘How China could switch off Britain’s lights in a crisis if we let them build Hinkley C’ which criticized a UK-Chinese nuclear power station deal.
本週末泰晤士報向Rifkind證實八月份HJS智庫請求將他的名字刊登在名爲“中國怎樣切斷英國的電力供應-讓中國人蔘與建設Hinkley核電站的後果”的文章上該文批評了中英有關核電建設方面的合作。The comment piece claimed there may be a risk of a Chinese-funded power station having cyber-backdoors built into it which could present a risk to UK security.
這篇評論文章聲稱由中國資助的核電站可能會在設施上建技術後門，從而對英國產生國防安全的威脅。Rifkin told the Times he had not been aware of the lixs between HJS and the Japanese embassy and said the think tank “ought to have informed me of that relationship when they asked me to support the article they provided. It would have been preferable if they had.”
Rifkin 告訴泰晤士報，他當時沒有意識到HJS和日本大使館之間的關係並且說到智囊團“要我去支持這篇文章的時候 應該告知我他們之間的關係。如果他們當時能通知我，可能會好一些。”The report indicates that HJS originally approached the Japanese embassy alongside a PR firm named Media Intelligence Partners (MIP) which is run by a former Tory PR man named Nick Wood.
這份調查報告稱HIS剛開始時是和一家叫做媒體情報合作伙伴（MIP，由前保守派公關人士Nick Wood運營）的公關公司一起找到了日本大使館。The Times says it saw an early version of a proposal which would see the think-tank and PR firm develop a communications strategy for the embassy for a fee of ￡15000 per month.
時代週刊說早期的計劃是HJS智囊團會和公共關係公司爲日本大使館發展一套傳播策略， 並得到每月15000歐元。This they said would allow Japan’s concerns to be placed “on the radar of mainstream UK journalists and politicians.” It includes journalists from major papers like the Telegraph and the Guardian.
通過這個傳播策略， 日本所關心的事都會被英國主流的記者和政治家所知道。這其中包括了來自主流報刊的記者，比如每日電訊報和衛報。Other aims included the creation of “an engaged and interested cadre of high-level politicians” and a focus on the “threat to Western strategic interests posed by Chinese expansionism.”
其他的目標包括， 來自有約定並且感興趣的高級官員的創作，主題是關於“中國的擴張對西方戰略利益的威脅”。The actual deal reached was for a lower figure of ￡10000 plus expenses according to the Times.
根據泰晤士報的報道，他們最終達成的交易是10000歐元每個月外加一些費用的支付。
