The government provided free coal for heating in North China.

政府为华北地区提供免费的取暖用煤。

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Like other developing countries which are attempting to become more export-orientated, China has started to set up free trade zones.

像其他试图更加突出出口导向型的发展中国家一样，中国已经开始建立自由贸易区。

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However, once China began embracing free-market reforms in the 1980s, followed by India in the 1990s, both countries achieved rapid growth.

然而，上世纪80年代，中国开始推行自由市场改革；90年代，印度紧随其后，两国都实现了快速增长。

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At a rally in Jakarta, the National Workers Union voices opposition to the free trade agreement between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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The fight, which is taking place in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau, will be broadcast free in China.

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Before the 1980s, health care was essentially free in China.

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Yet, even setting aside the difficult issue of how much of a free ride China can expect, the EU's policy applies to individual companies, not countries, for which there is no such dispensation.

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