Wen Jiabao, Chinese premier, has called on debt-laden European countries to put their “own houses in order” before asking China for a bail-out, in a sign of Beijing’s reluctance to be cast as saviour of the global economy.

　　中國國務院總理溫家寶要求負債累累的歐洲國家先把“自己的事情做好”，再來向中國尋求援助，表明北京不愿意扮演全球經濟救世主的角色。

　　Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China, Mr Wen publicly linked Chinese investments for the first time with long-standing political demands, indicating a possible hardening of Beijing’s position towards crisis-hit Europe. “Developed countries must undertake responsible fiscal and monetary policies,” he said. “What is most important now is to prevent further spread of the sovereign debt crisis in Europe.”

　　溫家寶在中國大連世界經濟論壇(World Economic Forum)上發表講話時，首次公開地將中國的投資與長期存在的政治需求掛鉤，表明北京對深陷危機的歐洲的態度可能會變得強硬起來。“主要發達經濟體要采取負責任、起作用的財政、貨幣政策。“他表示。“現在值得注意的是，要防止（歐洲）主權債務危機的蔓延和擴大。”

　　The debt woes of peripheral European countries such as Greece, Portugal and Ireland have spread in recent months to the larger economies of Spain and Italy, leading many to question whether the single European currency will survive in its current form. The markets suggest a default by Greece is inevitable and the continent could easily slip back into recession.

　　近幾個月內，希臘、葡萄牙、愛爾蘭等歐洲外圍國家的債務危機，已蔓延至了西班牙與意大利等較大的經濟體，促使許多人開始質疑，單一歐洲貨幣是否將能以當前的形式存活下來。市場認為，希臘的違約不可避免，整個歐洲大陸很容易就會重新陷入衰退。

　　European countries battling sovereign debt crises have been lobbying China to use some of its $3,200bn in foreign exchange reserves to buy their bonds, something that Beijing appears increasingly reluctant to do.

　　正努力應付主權債務危機的歐洲國家一直在游說中國，希望它拿出其3.2萬億美元外匯儲備中的一部分，來購買它們的債券。但中國政府似乎越來越不愿意這么做了。

　　The?FT?reported this week that Italian officials had met managers of the reserves and proposed big increases in Chinese purchases of Italian bonds . But there has been no sign that Beijing is willing to step in as the buyer of last resort for unwanted Italian debt, or make positive comments as Chinese leaders have done about Greek, Portuguese and Spanish debt. Analysts and EU officials say expressions of confidence in these countries’ solvency do not appear to have been matched by large-scale bond purchases.

　　英國《金融時報》本周報道稱，意大利官員會晤了中國外匯儲備的管理者，并提出了希望中國大幅增加意大利債券購買量的請求。但迄今為止尚未有跡象顯示，北京方面愿意出手，為無人問津的意大利債券扮演最后購買人的角色，或是像對希臘、葡萄牙與西班牙債券那樣，發表積極的評論。分析師與歐盟(EU)官員表示，北京雖表達了對這些國家償付能力的信心，但似乎并沒有大規模地購買它們的債券。