The nobel committee , apparently , is no more than a pliant tool of western governments .

诺贝尔委员会显然只是受西方国家政府摆布的傀儡。

For years the communist party in china filled key political and state bodies with loyal servants : proletarian workers , pliant scholars and military officers .

多年来，中共总是在关键的党政机关里安排其忠实的追随者：无产阶级工人、易受感召的学者和军队官员。

One u.s. official said older chinese officials who dealt with mr. kim 's father , kim il sung , remember him as largely predictable and responsive to chinese influence . ' He was more pliant , ' the official said they were told .

一位美国官员说，那些年长的曾和金正日父亲金日成打过交道的中国官员回忆说，金日成的言行基本上可以预测，并愿意对中国的影响作出回应，他更顺从中方的意思。