华盛顿，10月21日电 —— 一位菲律宾外交官周三表示，尽管马尼拉奉行一个中国政策，承认北京而非台北，菲律宾正在探索与台湾在保护海底电缆和应对“灰色地带”活动方面深化合作。
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 - The Philippines is exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan on protecting undersea cables and addressing "gray-zone" activity, despite Manila's one-China policy, which recognizes Beijing and not Taipei, a Philippine diplomat said on Wednesday.
菲律宾和台湾均多次抱怨中国的活动旨在向两国施压，而不进行直接对抗。中国宣称对台湾拥有主权，并与台湾及菲律宾在南海均存在重叠主张。
The Philippines and Taiwan have repeatedly complained about Chinese activities designed to pressure the countries without direct confrontation. China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has overlapping claims with both Taiwan and the Philippines in the South China Sea.
菲律宾驻华盛顿副馆长费利佩·F·卡里诺三世在一场研讨会上表示，这种“务实和实用的方法”与台湾合作，对于保护双方在台湾与菲律宾之间的巴士海峡的共同利益是必要的。
Felipe F. Carino III, Manila's deputy chief of mission in Washington, told a seminar this "pragmatic and practical approach" with Taiwan was necessary to protect mutual interests in the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines.
卡里诺在华盛顿新美国安全中心发言时，将电缆安全与南海紧张局势联系起来，但未点名中国。
Speaking to Washington's Center for a New American Security, Carino linked cable security to South China Sea tensions, but did not mention China by name.
他表示，鉴于海底电缆承载了几乎所有的洲际数据流，“且60%至67%的网络事件发生在我们所在的地区”，因此海底电缆的安全至关重要。
He said security of undersea cables was vital given that they carried nearly all intercontinental data flows "and that 60-67% of cyber incidents happen in our region."
卡里诺说：“这些都是非常重要的特征，理应受到保护，以至于我们正在探索与台湾朋友开展更深层次的合作。”他补充称，菲律宾这样做是“不管我们的一中政策如何”。
"These are very important features that should be protected, so much so that we are exploring deeper cooperation with our friends in Taiwan," Carino said, adding that the Philippines was doing so "notwithstanding our one China policy."
他说，菲律宾和台湾正在探索“务实且更加务实的合作方式，包括知识共享和能力建设”，并补充道：“我们看到这种合作将引向……解决我们这部分世界的灰色地带问题。”
He said the Philippines and Taiwan were exploring "practical and more pragmatic approaches in cooperation, including knowledge-sharing and capacity building" and added: "We see this cooperation leading towards ... addressing the gray-zone issues in our part of the world."
当被问及这种合作是否可能包括联合巡逻或对破坏通信的船只追责时，卡里诺表示他没有细节，但说：“我确信这是一个不断演变的合作，你们提到的一些事情可能实际上正在变为现实。”在几起涉及电缆和中国关联船只的事件发生后，台北已加大力度保护至关重要的海底通信连接，这些连接是该岛与世界其他地区联系的生命线。
Asked if this cooperation could include joint patrols or accountability for vessels that disrupt communications, Carino said he did not have details, but said: "I'm sure that this is a constantly evolving cooperation, and some of the things that you mentioned may be actually coming to fruition." Taipei has stepped up efforts to protect undersea communications links, which are vital to the island's connections to the rest of the world, after several incidents involving cables and China-linked vessels.
本月，菲律宾海警表示，已部署其最大的船只和一架飞机，对在巴丹群岛省北部海底电缆走廊附近活动的一艘中国科考船进行质询。
This month, the Philippines' coast guard said it had deployed its largest vessel and an aircraft to challenge a Chinese research ship operating off northern Batanes province near undersea cable corridors.
在同一研讨会上，台湾驻美副代表杨淑媛提到了台湾判处一名中国籍船长入狱，罪名是破坏海底电缆。她说，台湾将投入更多资源发展无人系统，以改善海上监视。
At the same seminar, Andrea Yang, Taiwan's deputy representative in Washington, referred to the jailing in Taiwan of a Chinese ship captain over damage to an undersea cable. She said Taiwan would put more resources into developing unmanned systems to improve maritime surveillance.
杨淑媛表示，干扰海底电缆是一个应由联合国处理的问题，联合国应考虑建立机制以防止“恶劣行为”。
Yang said interference with undersea cables was an issue that should be taken up by the United Nations, which should consider mechanisms to prevent "bad behavior."