A presidential vote in Zambia, Africa's top copper producer, is shaping up as a battle between two septuagenarian candidates at odds over one of the continent's most divisive issues─investment from China.

　　非洲最大的铜产出国赞比亚的总统大选正演变成为两位七十多岁的候选人之间的一场战争。两位候选人在非洲大陆最具争议的问题上存在分歧：如何看待来自中国的投资。

　　The incumbent welcomes China's capital in his poor country. His primary challenger has slammed exploitative Chinese investors. Such issues resonate across Africa, as China has brought billions of dollars into the continent's capital-hungry economies but attracted criticism for flouting labor laws and fostering official corruption.

　　Agence France-Presse/Getty Images周二在赞比亚卢萨卡，警方抬走一名被打的男子。反对派候选人的支持者指责这名男子携带事先做了标记的选票。现任总统欢迎中国资本投资贫穷的赞比亚，他的主要竞争对手却猛烈抨击大肆开发资源的中国投资者。此类问题在整个非洲引起共鸣，中国在为渴求资本的非洲国家带来数十亿美元的资金的同时，也引发了关于轻视劳动法规、助涨官员腐败等批评。

　　Voting was largely peaceful as Zambians headed to the polls Tuesday to choose among 10 presidential contenders. But in Lusaka, the capital, Zambian police clashed with opposition protesters angered by alleged vote-rigging, witnesses and police said.

　　选举基本上是在平和的氛围中进行的。周二，赞比亚民众走向投票站，从十位总统候选人中挑出自己心仪的人选。但目击者和警方说，在首都卢萨卡，赞比亚警方与反对派抗议者发生了冲突。所谓“选举舞弊”的说法激怒了这些抗议者。

　　The fracas erupted after supporters apprehended several people with scores of pre-ticked ballot papers in favor of ruling-party candidates, the witnesses said. A police officer said police and electoral-commission officials intervened and brought situation under control.

　　目击者说，支持者抓住了好几个带着多份事先填好的支持执政党候选人的无记名选票的人，随后发生了冲突。一名警官说，警方和选举委员会官员随后介入，控制住了局势。

　　Two old rivals have emerged as the race's frontrunners: the 74-year-old incumbent, Rupiah Banda, and Michael Sata, a 75-year old sharp-tongue populist who has vied for the presidency multiple times before.

　　此次大选中，一对宿敌在诸位候选人中遥遥领先：其中一位是74岁的现任总统班达（Rupiah Banda），另一位是75岁的民粹主义者萨塔（Michael Sata）。言辞犀利的萨塔此前曾多次参选总统。

　　Supporters of Mr. Sata allege that his 2008 defeat was rigged in favor of Mr. Banda, a charge the president denies. Opinion polls show Mr. Banda is favored but that many Zambians remain undecided in Tuesday's vote, results of which are expected late Wednesday or Thursday.

　　萨塔的支持者声称，他在2008年的大选中失败是因为选举受到了操纵以支持班达上台。对此班达予以否认。民意调查显示，班达受到选民的青睐，但许多赞比亚人在周二的投票中仍然犹豫不决。投票结果预计将于周三晚些时候或周四公布。

　　The candidates' views on China are particularly sensitive, given Chinese capital flows into resource-rich Zambia and reported shootings of Zambian workers at Chinese-owned mines.

　　鉴于中国资本流入资源丰富的赞比亚，以及此前媒体报道的中国人所有的煤矿发生了赞比亚工人遭枪击的事件，候选人对中国的观点因此变得尤为敏感。

　　Mr. Banda, a former diplomat who has been at the country's helm since 2008, has welcomed China's investment as a crucial source of capital and jobs. His government has supported Chinese efforts to establish two major investment zones in the country. That hasn't gone over well with the poor, many of whom believe they have missed out on a Chinese-fueled copper boom.

　　Agence France-Presse/Getty Images2011年9月15日，赞比亚反对党领袖萨塔的一位支持者高举标语牌，被人群用浴缸抬起。现任总统班达欢迎中国的投资，将其视作引入资本创造就业的重要来源。班达曾是一名外交官，自2008年以来担任赞比亚总统。他领导的政府支持中国在赞比亚建立两大投资开发区的努力，但这并没有受到赞比亚穷人的热烈欢迎。许多穷人认为他们错过了中国助推的铜热潮。

　　“Chinese investment in Zambia is not for ordinary people,” said Clement Mukosha, a retired miner in Lusaka and one of the voters in Tuesday's elections. “It's the senior government officials who benefit.”

　　卢萨卡的一位退休矿工穆寇沙（Clement Mukosha）说，中国对赞比亚的投资没有令普通民众受益。真正受益的是政府高官。穆寇沙参加了周二的大选投票。

　　Mr. Sata has pitched himself to such voters. In previous presidential campaigns, he called salaries at Chinese-owned copper mines “slave wages,” and threatened to deport Chinese investors and sever diplomatic ties with China. This time around, Mr. Sata has toned down his rhetoric, saying he would embrace Chinese investors if they respected the country's labor laws.

　　萨塔一直争取这些选民的支持。在之前的总统大选中，他称中国经营的铜矿给的是“奴隶级别工资”，并威胁将中国投资者驱逐出境，断绝与中国的外交往来。这一次，萨塔的措辞有所缓和，他说如果中国投资者尊重赞比亚的劳工法，他就会接纳他们。

　　Last year, Chinese managers at Collum Coal Mine shot and injured at least 13 miners during a wage protest, according to Ndandula Siamana, a Zambia police spokeswoman. Chinese managers at Copperbelt-based Chambishi Copper Mines shot six miners during a labor dispute, the police and union officials said. There were no deaths in the shootings, according to police.

　　据赞比亚警方发言人Ndandula Siamana称，去年，科蓝煤矿(Collum Coal Mine)的中方管理人员在一场工资抗议中开枪打伤了至少13名矿工。警方和劳工联盟官员说，铜带省（Copperbelt）谦比希铜矿(Chambishi Copper Mines)的中方管理人员在劳工纠纷中向六名矿工开枪。警方说没有造成死亡。

　　Chinese and Zambian officials say investment─more than $2 billion in total─has created some 20,000 local jobs that range from mining to manufacturing to telecommunications. In 2010, China's total trade with Zambia reached $2.5 billion, up 97% from the year before, according to the People's Daily, a Chinese government publication.

　　中国和赞比亚官员说，总额超过20亿美元的投资为当地矿业、制造业到电信业的各个行业创造了约2万个就业岗位。据中国政府出版的《人民日报》称，2010年，中国与赞比亚的贸易总额达到25亿美元，比上一年增加97%。

　　Mr. Sata hasn't just managed to scare Chinese investors. He has also threatened to impose controls on foreign capital to prevent an outflow that may sharply weaken Zambia's currency, the kwacha.

　　萨塔不仅仅是设法恐吓中国投资者，他还威胁要对外国资本实行控制，以防出现资本流出，从而大幅削弱赞比亚货币克瓦查。

　　Although the rhetoric has resonated with the young and poor, especially in Zambia's urban areas, Mr. Sata isn't expected to follow through on many of his threats if elected president, according to Yvonne Mhango, an economist at Renaissance Capital in Johannesburg. “His bark is worse than his bite,” she said.

　　约翰内斯堡研究公司Renaissance Capital经济学家Yvonne Mhango说，尽管萨塔的言论在年轻人和穷人中产生了共鸣，特别是在赞比亚的城市地区，但预计萨塔当选总统后不会兑现自己发出的很多威胁。她说，萨塔是雷声大雨点小。

　　Zambia, a former British colony, has largely avoided the unrest that has disrupted neighboring countries, such as Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

　　作为前英属殖民地，赞比亚基本上避免了与津巴布韦和刚果民主共和国等邻国一样发生大规模骚乱。

　　On Tuesday, police were deployed across the country to stem any election violence. At three polling stations in Lusaka, voters became angry waiting hours in the sun for election materials to arrive. Some ballots were burned and a car window was smashed, according to Maria Muñiz de Urquiza, the EU's chief election monitor.

　　周二，赞比亚在全国范围内部署警力遏制选举暴力行为。在首都卢萨卡的三个投票站，选民们在烈日下等待数小时后选举材料才送来，惹得他们大为恼火。据欧盟首席选举监察官Maria Muñiz de Urquiza说，有些选票被烧毁，一辆车的窗户被砸碎。

　　“Up until now, our observers have judged these elections peaceful and transparent,” she said.

　　她说，目前为止我们的观察员认为选举是和平且透明的。

　　The exception appeared to be the fray in Lusaka.

　　唯一的例外似乎就是卢萨卡的争斗。

　　The police tried to rescue a man, allegedly arrested with pre-ticked ballots, from the crowd but they were pelted with stones, a witness said by telephone. Protests spread to the suburb of Kanyama and voters started pulling down billboards and campaign posters of candidates of the ruling party.

　　一名目击者接受电话采访时说，警方试图从人群中救出一名据说被抓到携带事先做好标记的选票的男子，但人们向他们投掷石块。抗议活动向卡尼亚马郊区蔓延，选民们开始拆毁执政党候选人的广告牌和竞选海报。

　　Police said they arrested four people and brought the situation under control.

　　警方说已经逮捕四人，形势已经得到控制。