Some of those who say the city has had its day also point to economic and technical changes that seem to remove one of the most basic reasons for getting together in an urban huddle.

那些宣称城市已经日薄西山的人指出经济和技术变化已经去除了让人们挤到城市里来的一个最基本的原因。

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With the World Expo, I hope Shanghai will continue to be a leading city in China and an international economic, financial, trade and shipping center.

通过世博会，我希望上海能够在可见的未来实现并保持她作为中国一流城市和国际金融中心、航运中心的地位。

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The eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou produces more cigarette lighters and spectacles than anywhere on earth, and has long been seen as an economic trend-setter for the entire country.

位于中国东部的温州市一向被视为中国经济的风向标，这里所生产的打火机和眼镜数量超过世界任何地区。

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Before the 1914 opening of the Panama Canal, Valparaiso was an important stopping point for travellers sailing between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, making the city an economic and cultural centre.

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"It's as if we've been a little bit behind the curve, but now we're really taking off, " said Gayle Baron, president of the Long Island City Partnership, an economic-advocacy group.

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Speaking from his corporate headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, he tells the programme city regions are becoming an economic fact around the world.

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