緬甸戰鬥跨境,中國表示"擔憂"

China on Tuesday warned over escalatingviolence between Myanmar's military and rebel forces after a civi lian home washit by shelling from across the border, apparently for the first time in thecurrent unrest.

中國一民居被跨境泡彈擊中後，中國週二對緬甸政府和叛軍之間不斷升級的衝突發出了警告。在目前的動盪中，這還是首次發生這樣的炮擊事件。

Beijing has previously warned of a threatto border stability after the dramatic upsurge in ethnic confli ct in the remoteKokang region in Myanmar's northeastern Shan state.

在緬甸東北部果敢地區的種族衝突發生後，北京就對其邊境穩定造成的威脅發出了警告。

More than 30,000 people have fled from Myanmar into China's Yunnan province, according to Beijing's official newsagency Xinhua, but it was the first time authorities confirmed artillery firecrossing the frontier.

根據新華社報道，已經有3萬人從緬甸逃往中國雲南省，但是這是官方首次確認有炮彈穿過邊境。

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Leisaid the incident took place on Sunday when "some shells fell on Chineseterritory, damaging a civilian home".

中國外交部發言人說這個事件發生在週日，“當時一些炮彈落在中國領土上，損壞了一處民宅。”

The unrest has virtually emptied the mainKokang town of Laukkai, the epicentre of the fighting, with str eets in theonce-bustling frontier community transformed into a battle ground.

動盪幾乎使得果敢的主要城市老街市空無一人，這裏是戰鬥的中心地帶。這裏之前是熙熙攘攘的邊界社區，現在則變成了戰場。

It is unclear how many people remain in theremote region, which is under martial law and almost cut off from help by aidgroups. There are no official figures on the civilian death toll.

目前還不知道有多少人還留在這個遙遠的邊界地區，目前處於戒嚴狀態，救援組織完全無法進入。平民死亡人數還沒有官方的數據。