From Rome and Africa to Britannia to the mysterious East, the message of the Roman arena was the same.

从罗马到非洲，到大不列颠，到神秘的东方，罗马竞技场传达的讯息都相同。

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That's the predicament investors face: the stagnant economy you know, with surprising profits reports, or the mysterious East you don't know, but which looks to be the market of the future.

这就是如今投资者面临的尴尬处境：对于那个国家的僵化，你一清二楚，但它的报表利润丰厚；或许你感到另外那个东方国度神秘莫测，但它看上去代表着市场的未来。

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Few people in the Roman Republic felt their system should be, or could be, embraced by others in the mysterious ancient societies of the East.

在罗马共和国几乎没有人认为他们的系统应该，或者可能被神秘古老的东方社会文明的其他人所接受。

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There is, in other words, nothing mysterious about the effect that China is having on corporate strategy in the rest of East Asia.

ECONOMIST: Asian companies and the China challenge