Gigantic cruise ships that can sail to almost any ocean ports have been built that rival any five star land-based hotels anywhere in the world.

能远航到几乎所有海港的大型巡游船已经被建设得能和世界上任意一处的五星级陆地酒店相媲美；

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Because of the effects of wind, wave and tide, the ships anchored in ocean ports usually move in Six Degrees of Freedom. The movement affects the ships' anchoring tasks and others.

船舶停靠于码头时，由于受到风、浪和潮汐的作用，船体通常会产生在六个自由分量上的运动，这种运动直接影响着船舶的靠泊作业等情况。

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Equally, what is China doing building roads, ports and pipelines in Myanmar and Pakistan, connecting west and south-west China with the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean?

同样，中国在缅甸和巴基斯坦建设公路、港口、管道，将中国西部和西南部与孟加拉湾和印度洋接通，这又是为了什么？

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The prospect of a bridge to Asia depends on the construction of three roads, each being built by Brazilian-led consortia, to connect Pacific and Atlantic Ocean ports.

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While Congress forced President Clinton the next year to send two carrier battle groups into the region as Chinese missiles were launched into the ocean off Taiwan's major ports, the North Koreans -- and every other malevolent regime on the planet -- could not have helped but be impressed by the potency of China's missile-backed blackmail.

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The compass was also invented in China, and records exist of how a great fleet was sent under the command of Admiral Zheng He in the early 15th century to show the Chinese imperial flag in the ports of the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf, a fleet said to be the largest seen in the world up to that time.

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