缅甸有权势者占用土地引起不满一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料 缅甸有权势者占用土地引起不满一托福阅读机经背景   The opening of Burma’s economy to foreign investors is leading to conflicts over land confiscation, as politically-connected businessmen seize agricultural lands for development projects. The problem has led to the government’s creation of a commission to deal with mounting complaints. A $50 billion special economic zone in southeastern Burma is the latest area of concern.  缅甸对海外投资者开放经济引起征用土地的矛盾，有政治背景的商人为了开发项目而占用农田，政府不得不成立一个委员会来处理越来越多的不满。最近，缅甸东南部耗资500亿美元的经济特区引起人们的担忧。  Seized land  In Burma, all land is nominally owned by the state, leaving small-scale farmers without legal land titles.  在缅甸，通常所有的土地都是国家所有，小农户没有合法土地所有权。  Over the years, businesses with connections to the country’s military government were able to seize land from farmers and villagers, mostly to build lucrative mining or agricultural projects. Many of those who lost their lands received little compensation.  多年来，和缅甸军政府有关系的公司占用农民和村民的土地，多数用来开发利润丰厚的矿产和农业项目，很多失去土地的人几乎得不到补偿。  Now, as the government considers new laws to attract foreign investors, activists say there has been a rash of land seizures with up to 3.6 million hectares being taken by government, private companies and the military as the economy prepares for more foreign investment.  现在，政府考虑制定新法律，来吸引外国投资者。活动人士说，随着缅甸经济对外国开放，缅甸出现了占地热，高达360万公顷的土地被政府、私人公司和军队占用。  “One of the things that we’re seeing coming up all over Burma is land problems - seizures of land - unauthorized taking of land - by well connected wealthy people. Burma is starting to see similarly in areas that previously were not considered to be very important, explained Phil Robertson, Deputy Asia director for U.S.-based Human Rights Watch. All of a sudden they are starting to look vulnerable and people with connections are displacing farmers and others.”  总部设在美国的人权观察亚洲部副主任菲尔·罗伯逊说：“我们看到缅甸的问题之一是土地问题，占用土地，那些有关系的富人没有经过批准就占用土地，现在在那些以前认为不重要的地区也发生类似的问题。突然农民们非常无助，那些有