今日听力丨一封致美国总统特朗普的公开信

5月15日，美商务部将华为列入“实体名单”，部分美企开始严格执行出口管制命令，比如谷歌等停止与华为合作。5月21日，华为创始人任正非在深圳总部接受包括财新在内的中国媒体采访。他表示，不能说用华为产品就是爱国，不用就是不爱国，华为生产的是商品，消费者喜欢用就用，不喜欢用就不用，不要跟政治挂钩。他认为，千万不要煽起民粹主义之风，这是有害国家的。

Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei has said Chinese people should not resort to, quote, “harmful nationalism,” in view of the company’s ongoing spat with the Trump administration.

Ren Zhengfei made the comment during a group interview in Shenzhen on Monday with multiple Chinese media outlets, including Caixin.

He said, quote, “It is wrong to say that purchasing Huawei’s products equals being patriotic … don’t link that with politics.”

The comments came after the U.S. Commerce Department last week added the Chinese telecom giant to a list of companies required to obtain U.S. government approval to purchase critical components and services from American firms.

Amid an intensifying trade war between Beijing and Washington, the recent targeting of the company stirred some in China to attempt to boycott U.S. firms in support of Huawei.

But Ren said, quote, “At Huawei, we won’t resort to nationalism and populism, because that is harmful to our country.”

In what was seen as a reprieve for the Chinese company, the U.S. Commerce Department issued a license on Monday allowing Huawei to continue to trade with U.S. firms for the next three months.

But Ren said the measure had, quote, “little meaning” to Huawei.

He added that his company had anticipated future conflict with the U.S., and the company had been working on a backup plan to develop its own chips for many years.

The company has said it still imports about 30 percent of its components from the U.S.

Ren said, despite mounting restrictions from the U.S. government, Huawei will continue purchasing chips from U.S. companies and selling products to U.S. customers.

CNN援引美国国土安全部的一份报告称，中国无人机存在数据安全问题，可能会将敏感信息传回中国制造商。5月21日，大疆对此回应称：公司高度重视信息安全问题，技术安全性已在全球得到反复验证，当用户使用大疆创新的无人机或其他技术产品时，所生产、存储和传输的数据都完全由用户掌握。

Chinese drone-maker DJI has responded to a U.S. government warning that many believe was aimed in its direction.

The Department of Homeland Security said some Chinese-made drones may contain components that can compromise users’ data and share information with servers accessible by the Chinese government.

While the department did not mention specific companies, a CNN report linked the warning to DJI, which dominates the North American drone market.

In an official statement, DJI said all data produced, stored, and transmitted by its products is “completely” controlled by users.

The company said its security standards have been proven “again and again” worldwide, adding that it also offers a setting that allows users to turn off a drone’s internet connection and only store data locally.

The state-run Global Times commented on the statement, “Will all successful Chinese companies face pressure from the U.S.? CNN’s report makes us concerned with the tolerance level of the U.S.”

据彭博报道，耐克、阿迪达斯等美国鞋类巨头敦促美国总统特朗普重新考虑对中国制造鞋类加征的关税，并称该关税“对美国消费者、公司乃至整个美国经济都是灾难性的”。共有173家公司签署了致总统的公开信，这封信同时也寄给了美国财政部长姆努钦、商务部长罗斯和白宫国家经济会议主席拉里·库德洛。

Nike, Adidas and other footwear giants have urged U.S. President Donald Trump to reconsider his tariffs on shoes made in China, saying the policy would be, quote “catastrophic for our consumers, our companies and the American economy as a whole,” Bloomberg reported.

In all, 173 companies signed an open letter to Trump, dated Monday and posted on the industry trade association’s website.

It was also sent to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow.

The group said, quote, “On behalf of our hundreds of millions of footwear consumers and hundreds of thousands of employees, we ask that you immediately stop this action to increase their tax burden.”

Last week, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office released a list of about 300 billion dollars worth of products that could see higher import duties, including all types of footwear, from sneakers to sandals.

Trump is expected to discuss the tariffs with Chinese President Xi Jinping next month.

继港珠澳大桥去年通车之后，另一跨海交通大项目也提上了议事日程。连接山东烟台和辽宁大连的渤海湾跨海通道项目已上报至国家发改委审批，初步预算约为3000亿元。通道建成后，将渤海湾“C”字形交通变成四通八达的Φ形交通，烟台至大连仅需1小时左右。

Chinese engineers may soon start drilling deep beneath the Bohai Sea to build the longest underwater tunnel on Earth.

A plan to construct a 125-kilometer undersea tunnel linking the cities of Yantai and Dalian has been submitted for approval to the National Development and Reform Commission.

The 43 billion dollar project is part of the central government’s effort to enhance connectivity in Northeast China and boost regional economic growth.

5月22日，国航和南航相继确认，已就737 MAX停飞事件正式向波音公司提出索赔要求。此前一天，东航也已作出类似表态。

China Southern Airlines and Air China are demanding compensation from Boeing for the delayed delivery and continued grounding of 737 Max aircraft, which started in March, the two companies confirmed to Caixin on Wednesday.

China Eastern Airlines took a similar action on Tuesday, becoming the first Chinese airline to file a compensation claim against the American aerospace company.

China Southern, Air China and China Eastern respectively operate 24, 15 and three 737 Max jets.

人力资源和社会保障部网站5月21日发布消息，郝鹏被任命为国务院国有资产监督管理委员会（国务院国资委）主任，国务院国资委原主任肖亚庆转岗至国家市场监督管理总局局长。

China’s most powerful state asset regulator has appointed its current party chief, Hao Peng, as its new director.

Hao’s predecessor at the State Council’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission was Xiao Yaqing, who became China’s top market regulator on Friday.

As the commission’s new director, Hao will retain his party leader post.