中國產襪子廣受英國軍人的青睞

Britain's armed services are to wear socks made in China after the firm which has supplied them for 80 years was dropped.

　　英國國防部決定棄用英國制造的襪子，轉而為英軍采購成本低廉的中國產襪子。

　　UK's Ministry of Defense has instead handed the contract to a Northern Ireland firm, Cooneen Watts & Stone, which manufactures its socks in China and will supply 2.5 million pairs over four years. Sock-maker HJ Hall, which is 128-year-old and has provided socks for the Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy for 80 years, lost the 5-million-pound order this time.

　　英國國防部近日表示，一家名為“酷尼”的北愛爾蘭公司在招標過程中贏得新合同。該公司在中國生產襪子，將會在未來4年為英軍提供250萬雙襪子。而此前有128年歷史的英國HJ Hall制襪公司為英國陸海空三軍提供襪子已有80年的歷史，此次卻與價值5百萬英鎊的訂單擦肩而過。

　　An MoD spokesman said: "Following an open tender process, a new contract to provide socks was awarded to Cooneen Watts & Stone, who offered the best value for money to meet our requirements. “

　　英國國防部發(fā)言人稱：“經過一系列公開溫和的招標流程，‘酷尼公司’以其優(yōu)良的性價比滿足了軍方的需求，從而贏得該合同。”