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| China banned passengers from taking almost all liquids on flights in hand baggage following a crash in May 2002 off the northern city of Dalian, which killed 112 people. (File Photo) |
| Dec. 12 - China will introduce special machines at its 147 civil airports to spot liquid explosives, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday, vowing1 to protect travellers during the 2008 Olympics from terror attacks.
The newly developed machines, described by its Chinese maker2 NUCTECH as the world's most sophisticated, will be installed gradually nationwide, said Yang Chengfeng, head of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China's security division.
China banned passengers from taking almost all liquids on flights in hand baggage following a crash in May 2002 off the northern city of Dalian, which killed 112 people and was blamed on a passenger setting fire to gasoline carried in soft drink cans.
"If you want to guarantee passenger safety, you have to make an investment. We have to protect against liquid explosives," Yang told Reuters on the sidelines of a news conference to unveil the new machines, already on trial at a few Chinese airports.
"I'm preparing to install these machines at all of China's civil airports," he said, without providing a timeframe.
Yang declined to give an investment figure, but the scanners are sold at $200,000 a unit on the international market, NUCTECH executives said.
The European Union and United States earlier this year introduced strict controls on what liquids could be carried onboard after British police said they had foiled a plot in the summer to blow up aircraft using liquid explosives.
Yang added that China had not discovered any specific terror threats to its airlines or airports, but this did not mean the threat was not real.
"Every country has people who are dissatisfied with society, though we've never had anything like September 11," he said.
But China did see a rash of hijackings in the early 1990s, mostly by people demanding to go to Taiwan Province and air safety was tightened3.
China adopted additional security measures after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, including putting air marshals on flights.
Yang promised safe travel for passengers during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, saying the civil aviation authority was looking at enacting4 new security measures, such as having separate security channels for passengers.
Even with the new scanners, he said the ban on most types of liquids being taken on board in hand luggage would remain.
"We have confidence that the Olympics will be safe," Yang said.
"We had 48 heads of state come through Beijing airport during the China-Africa Summit," he added. "I think this was a rehearsal5 for the Olympics."
Yang said he was certain that China's airport security was as good as any in the world, including in those countries reguarly threaten by terror attacks.
"Israel has very strict security and so do we. Many other countries are not as good as we are."
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vowing
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| 起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式） |
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- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
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maker
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| n.制造者，制造商 |
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- He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
- A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
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| 收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧 |
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- The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
- His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。
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| 制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的现在分词 ) |
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- Generally these statutes apply only to wastes from reactors outside the enacting state. 总之，这些法令只适宜用在对付那些来自外州的核废料。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- In addition, the complexion of enacting standards for live working is described. 另外，介绍了带电作业标准的制订情况。
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| n.排练，排演；练习 |
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- I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
- You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。
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