Under the great reforms, Qin grew strong and united all the states, becoming the first empire of China.

在伟大的变革之下，秦变得强大起来，统一了所有的诸侯国，成为中国的第一个帝国。

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Britain's Banks, heirs to empire, have long coveted the riches of China.

作为帝国继承人的英国银行，对中国财富觊觎已久。

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The Silk road connected Bactria with the Roman Empire in the west and China in the far east.

丝绸之路连接巴克特里亚的罗马帝国在西部和中国在远东地区。

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Communists they might be, but China was an empire and they had a soft spot for imperialists.

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And on the edges of China's empire, the rhetoric has been turned up.

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With the demise of the Soviet Union, Mr Terrill says, China is now the only empire left on earth, if the term empire is defined as a multicultural country held together essentially by force.

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