????????據(jù)路透社報(bào)道，4月21日，密蘇里州成為美國(guó)第一個(gè)因新冠疫情起訴中國(guó)的州，稱其所遭受的損失是由中國(guó)政府處理疫情不力而導(dǎo)致。

• The civil lawsuit, filed in federal?court by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, alleges negligence, among other claims. It says Missouri and its residents suffered possibly tens of billions of dollars in economic damages, and seeks cash compensation.

• 密蘇里州總檢察長(zhǎng)埃里克·施密特向聯(lián)邦法院提出該訴訟，稱中國(guó)應(yīng)為其對(duì)待疫情暴發(fā)的疏忽而向該州賠償經(jīng)濟(jì)損失數(shù)百億美元。

????????約翰·霍普金斯大學(xué)系統(tǒng)科學(xué)和工程中心的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，截至21日，密蘇里州的死亡人數(shù)達(dá)到215名，確診病例數(shù)從156例上升到5963例。

????????美國(guó)芝加哥大學(xué)國(guó)際法教授湯姆·金斯伯格（Tom Ginsburg）在接受路透社采訪時(shí)表示，密蘇里此時(shí)向中國(guó)提起訴訟，是出于共和黨在11月大選中的政治目的。?

• Ginsburg said he thought the recent flurry of lawsuits against China?serves a political end?for Republican leaders facing an election in November.

????????他還表示，許多政治右翼人士把重心放在中國(guó)問(wèn)題上，是為了掩蓋美國(guó)政府自身的過(guò)錯(cuò)。

• “We are seeing a lot of people on the political right focus on the China issue to cover up for the US?government’s own errors,” Ginsburg said.

????????另有批評(píng)者指出，州政府應(yīng)該把納稅人的錢(qián)花在刀刃上，而不是浪費(fèi)在打官司上面。

• "Taxpayers fund the attorney general's office, and any time spent by staff lawyers on this lawsuit is time not spent on other important matters," added?Chimène Keitner, an international law professor at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco.

• “檢察機(jī)關(guān)是由密蘇里州納稅人的錢(qián)資助的，而律師們應(yīng)該把精力用在更重要的事情上而非浪費(fèi)在此次訴訟上。”美國(guó)加州大學(xué)舊金山分校黑斯廷法學(xué)院國(guó)際法教授基梅納·凱特納在接受BBC采訪時(shí)說(shuō)。

美國(guó)網(wǎng)友：活久見(jiàn)，你咋不去告特朗普？

????????在美國(guó)各大媒體有關(guān)該新聞的報(bào)道下，也能見(jiàn)到許多網(wǎng)友發(fā)表反對(duì)的聲音，表達(dá)了對(duì)美國(guó)聯(lián)邦政府及州政府自身防疫不力、在戰(zhàn)疫關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻模糊重點(diǎn)、浪費(fèi)納稅人的寶貴稅款以此為大選造勢(shì)的不滿。

• 密蘇里州完全搞砸了早期對(duì)疫情的響應(yīng)，還否認(rèn)這是個(gè)嚴(yán)重的問(wèn)題?，F(xiàn)在密蘇里州陷入困境，民眾需要答案，所以是時(shí)候擾亂試聽(tīng)了！民眾太愚蠢了。

• 應(yīng)該為特朗普的愚蠢起訴他。他知道疫情的存在，卻對(duì)美國(guó)民眾說(shuō)某天早上一醒來(lái)，新冠病毒就會(huì)奇跡般地消失了。

• 你們是認(rèn)真的嗎？？中國(guó)從一月份就在通報(bào)疫情了，而其他國(guó)家什么防疫措施都沒(méi)做。開(kāi)眼界。

• 總檢察長(zhǎng)埃里克·施密特是密蘇里人民的恥辱。在這個(gè)缺錢(qián)的節(jié)骨眼上，花著納稅人的鈔票搞政治斗爭(zhēng)真丟人。

• 只要有政治動(dòng)機(jī)，你總能聞到“內(nèi)味兒”。

• 我打賭這位共和黨總檢察長(zhǎng)不會(huì)起訴特朗普，他可是一直在向美國(guó)人民撒謊啊。

外交部：荒謬！主權(quán)行為

不受美國(guó)法院管轄

????????在4月23日的中外交部例行記者會(huì)上，針對(duì)近期美國(guó)密蘇里州起訴中國(guó)一事，發(fā)言人耿爽回應(yīng)稱，此舉十分荒唐，中國(guó)的主權(quán)行為不受美國(guó)法院管轄。

這種所謂的控告毫無(wú)事實(shí)和法律依據(jù)，十分荒唐。

This kind of "lawsuit" has no factual or legal basis. It only invites ridicule.

新冠肺炎疫情發(fā)生以來(lái)，中國(guó)政府始終本著公開(kāi)、透明、負(fù)責(zé)任的態(tài)度，及時(shí)向世衛(wèi)組織以及包括美國(guó)在內(nèi)的有關(guān)國(guó)家和地區(qū)通報(bào)疫情信息，分享病毒基因序列，積極回應(yīng)各方關(guān)切，加強(qiáng)同國(guó)際社會(huì)合作。我們最近已經(jīng)用時(shí)間線的方式介紹了中美溝通的詳細(xì)情況。中方自1月3日起就開(kāi)始向美方定期通報(bào)信息，美方從中方獲取疫情信息和數(shù)據(jù)的渠道是暢通的。中國(guó)為全世界抗擊疫情作出了重要貢獻(xiàn)。對(duì)于這一點(diǎn)，國(guó)際社會(huì)有目共睹，也都普遍給予高度贊賞。

Since the outbreak began, the Chinese government has been nothing but open, transparent and responsible in timely informing the WHO and relevant countries and regions including the US of pandemic-related information. We have shared the genome sequence of the virus, actively responded to the concerns of all parties and strengthened cooperation with the international community. Recently, we used a timeline to detail our exchange of information with the US. Since January 3, China has been regularly updating all countries including the US on the latest development of the situation. The US has unfettered access to information and data from China. China has made significant contributions to the global fight against the pandemic. The international community?bears witness to and highly commends this.

這起所謂的訴訟純屬惡意濫訴，有違基本法理。根據(jù)國(guó)際法上的主權(quán)平等原則，中國(guó)各級(jí)政府在疫情防控方面所采取的主權(quán)行為不受美國(guó)法院管轄。

Such lawsuit is nothing short of frivolous litigation which defies the basic theory of the law.?Based on?the principle of sovereign equality?prescribed by international law,?US courts have no jurisdiction over the sovereign actions taken by Chinese governments of all levels in response to the epidemic.

此類濫訴不利于美國(guó)國(guó)內(nèi)的疫情防控，也與當(dāng)前國(guó)際抗疫合作背道而馳。美方現(xiàn)在正確的做法應(yīng)當(dāng)是駁回濫訴。

Such frivolous litigation will not help the US with its epidemic response, nor will it contribute to the global cooperation in this regard. The right course of action for the US side is to dismiss this abusive lawsuit.

來(lái)源：中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)雙語(yǔ)新聞

編輯：陳月華

實(shí)習(xí)生：梁詩(shī)卿

綜合：路透社 衛(wèi)報(bào) BBC 外交部官網(wǎng)