According to the Chinese ministry, 10,340 Americans studied in China last year, a smaller cohort than the 54,080 from South Korea or 18,870 from Japan.

据中国教育部统计，去年的美国在华留学生共有1.034万人，少于在韩国和日本的5.408万人和1.887万人。

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But for many Chinese, hostilities started in 1931 with Japan's invasion of Manchuria, and for South Korea 100 years ago with its annexation by Japan.

不过对于许多中国人而言，当1931年日本侵入满洲地区时，战事便已拉开了序幕，而对韩国来说，则更是始于100年前被日本合并之时。

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For example, Lehman Brothers have never worried about the soaring price of Chinese cabbage in South Korea, but when they fail to cash deposit moeny, they are more anxious than Korean housewives.

只不过让他们焦虑的对象不是我们罢了，就像雷曼兄弟没焦虑过腌泡菜的大白菜涨价，但当他们不能兑现储户的存款时，他们的焦虑就比韩国的家庭主妇还严重了。

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He also visited a cemetery for Chinese soldiers killed in the Korean War, when China supported its Communist allies in North Korea.

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All participating countries in the Chinese-sponsored six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program, with the exception of North Korea, are expected to be in Phuket.

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But Secretary Clinton says it is not going to halt an Obama administration effort to get the Chinese-sponsored six-party talks in North Korea's nuclear program going again.

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In addition to outspending Japanese tourists, however, in the last two months, Chinese arrivals in South Korea may have outnumbered those from Japan.

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This week, America was simultaneously grateful for Chinese help in persuading North Korea to return (well, perhaps return) to six-party talks about its nuclear programme, and angry (especially in Congress) at the Europeans for wanting to sell China more arms.

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Chinese Zodiac is scheduled for release in Korea next month, with the rest of the world following after that.

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