Police chief vows to better protect Chinese nationals overseas

 BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's Public Security Minister Meng Jianzhu on Tuesday expressed the determination of Chinese police to better protect the property and safety of Chinese nationals overseas.

"China will step up efforts in international police cooperation and firmly crack down on crimes encroaching on the rights and interests of Chinese nationals living overseas," Meng said at a meeting on a recent operation against violent crimes targeting Chinese nationals in Angola.

From July 19 to Aug. 25, more than 400 armed Angolan police and Chinese police teams launched a joint¹ raid against gangsters² involved in violent crimes targeting Chinese nationals in Angola, including kidnapping, robbery, blackmail³ and forcing women into prostitution, the Ministry⁴ of Public Security said.

They rescued 14 Chinese victims and seized 37 Chinese suspects involved in the crimes, all of whom were sent back to China under police escort on Saturday, the ministry said.

The resolution of the Angola case has deterred⁵ criminals from targeting Chinese nationals in Angola and in other countries and regions, said Meng.

He urged Chinese police to learn from the Angola case and improve their capabilities⁶ in order to team up with their foreign counterparts to create a powerful joint force in cracking down on crimes.

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 gangsters   

匪徒，歹徒( gangster的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gangsters offered him a sum equivalent to a whole year's earnings. 歹徒提出要给他一笔相当于他一年收入的钱。
• One of the gangsters was caught by the police. 歹徒之一被警察逮捕。

3 blackmail   

n.讹诈，敲诈，勒索，胁迫，恫吓

参考例句：

• She demanded ＄1000 blackmail from him.她向他敲诈了1000美元。
• The journalist used blackmail to make the lawyer give him the documents.记者讹诈那名律师交给他文件。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 deterred   

v.阻止，制止( deter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I told him I wasn't interested, but he wasn't deterred. 我已告诉他我不感兴趣，可他却不罢休。
• Jeremy was not deterred by this criticism. 杰里米没有因这一批评而却步。 来自辞典例句

6 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓