尼泊尔社交媒体谈MCC协议的危害

The MCC is currently being repurposed as a U.S. tool to counter China. I'm not making this up, Vice President Mike Pence said it himself, I quote: "The Millennium Challenge Corporation is part of the Indo-Pacific Treaty designed to counter China." Want to know what actual "debt trap" looks like?

MCC目前被重新用作美国对抗中国的工具。这不是我编的，美国前副总统迈克·彭斯自己说的，我引用他的话:　“千禧年挑战公司（MCC）是旨在对抗中国的印太条约（印太战略）的一部分。” 想知道真正的“债务陷阱”是什么样子的吗?

This is article 7.1 of the agreement between the MCC, a U.S. Government foreign aid agency, and Nepal to grant $500 million to the country.

It states that the agreement will "prevail over the domestic laws of Nepal"

这是美国政府对外援助机构千禧年挑战公司(MCC)与尼泊尔达成的协议第7.1条，将向尼泊尔提供5亿美元援助。

第7.1条称，MCC协议将“压倒尼泊尔国内法律”。

It also has various other clauses which seriously call into question Nepal's sovereignty such as these which states that the agreement will be terminated if the Nepalese Government "is engaged in activities that are contrary to the national security interests of the U.S."

MCC协议中还有许多其他条款，严重质疑尼泊尔的主权，比如其中规定，如果尼泊尔政府 “从事违反美国国家安全利益的活动”，协议将被终止。

And of course, if termination there is, the U.S. will ask for a refund "plus interest" and it cannot use "MCC Funding, proceeds thereof or Progam Assets to make such payment".    

It needs to find the funds elsewhere which, for a poor country like Nepal, is not exactly easy...

　　当然，如果MCC终止，美国将要求尼泊尔“加利息”的退款，而且尼泊尔不能使用“千禧年挑战公司的资金、收益或项目资产”来支付此类款项。

需要在其他地方找到资金，这对尼泊尔这样的贫穷国家来说并不容易……

In short, if the U.S. gives you money, you need to behave in a way consistent with U.S. national security interests and abide by U.S. policy...

If you don't, we'll ask you for hundreds of millions of dollars which you can't afford.

You are, effectively, trapped.

简而言之，如果美国给你钱，你需要以符合美国国家安全利益的方式行事，遵守美国的政策……

如果你不这样做，我们会要求你支付数亿美元，而你负担不起。

你实际上是被困住了。

The MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation) has an interesting history: it was created in 2004 under President George Bush with the purpose of preventing terrorism in the post-9/11 era by attempting to use American aid to ensure "stable governments" around the world.

千禧年挑战公司的历史很有趣:它于2004年在布什总统的领导下成立，目的是通过试图利用美国的援助来确保世界各地的“稳定政府”，以防止后9/11时代的恐怖主义。

So we have a U.S. agency that gives money to countries with the stated goal of countering China and clauses that force them to act in "U.S. national security interests". If they don't, they need to pay money they can't afford.

这样我们有一个美国机构，它向一些国家提供资金，目的是为了对抗中国，并制定了一些条款，迫使这些国家按照“美国国家安全利益”行事。如果他们不这样做，他们就需要支付他们负担不起的钱。

And China is the one using "debt trap diplomacy"?

中国还是（他们声称的）那个使用“债务陷阱外交”的国家吗?

This is the real reason behind the MCC is actively pursuing smaller countries mean to say grassroots level to deny China.

It is indeed. They can practically murder someone and get scot free.  

这就是千禧年挑战集团积极追逐小国的真正原因，也就是说让草根阶层拒绝中国。

确实是这样。他们几乎可以杀人后还逍遥法外。

They can actually do this again and we can't stop like the last time.

他们（指美国中央情报局CIA）实际上还可以再来做一次这个事情（指CIA资助训练盘踞在尼泊尔木斯塘地区的达赖反叛武装四水六岗卫教军），我们不能像上次阻止他们。

   推文中的照片系尼泊尔陆军中校沙特奇·萨姆舍·拉纳（Satchit Samsher Rana ）在木斯塘（Mustang）参加清剿达赖反叛武装。《共和国报》2019年6月22日发表的A forgotten history （https://myrepublica.nagariknet work.com/news/a-forgotten-history/）一文介绍了尼泊尔王国军队剿灭达赖反叛武装四水六岗卫教军的经过。作者普莱姆·辛格·巴斯内特（Prem Singh Basnyat），是尼泊尔军队的退役准将，军事史博士，著有关于尼泊尔军事和政治史的书籍，并在尼泊尔和国外的大学担任访问讲师。他也是尼泊尔博物馆协会的主席。