Most of the pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia or in the Malacca Strait involve oil tankers that are ransomed.

索马里海岸线附近以及马六甲海峡的大多数海盗袭击都与劫持油轮、索要赎金有关。

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We want to enhance cooperation with other countries to uphold navigation security in the South China Sea and security in the Malacca Strait.

我们愿意与有关各国加强合作，共同维护南海航行的安全和马六甲海峡的安全。

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I must abandon vessel after piracy in the west mouth of Malacca Strait.

我船在马六甲海峡西出口被海盗抢劫后必须弃船。

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More than four-fifths of crude oil bound for China crosses the Indian Ocean before passing through the narrow Malacca Strait.

ECONOMIST: Banyan

Last autumn, the Japanese-owned Tenyu sailed out of the Malacca Strait bound for South Korea with 1, 500 tonnes of aluminium ingots.

ECONOMIST: Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rice wine

As China emerges as a trading giant (one increasingly dependent on imported oil), a few of its military analysts talk about the need to protect distant sea lanes in the Malacca Strait and beyond.

ECONOMIST: China's military might