尽管中央帝国通常非常富有和人口稠密，它本质上是很脆弱的，因为新的国际贸易路线的发展可能会破坏货币基础和侵蚀国家权力。
The central state, though often very rich and very populous, was intrinsically fragile, since the development of new international trade routes could undermine the monetary base and erode state power.
《过度文化》一书的作者伯特曼（Bertman）说，文化记忆的丧失就像阿尔茨海默症一样潜伏，侵蚀着这个国家的灵魂。
This loss of culture memory, as insidious as Alzheimer's disease, eats away at the soul of the nation, says Bertman, author of Hyperculuture.
另外中国也是世界上二氧化硫排放最多的国家，由此产生的酸雨正在侵蚀韩国和日本的森林面积，甚至日本渔民也受到了中国环境污染问题引起的影响：大型海蜇在漂游到日本北部之前会先在中国沿海产卵，这破坏了大麻哈鱼和黄鱼的捕捉，渔网和轮桨也因此受损。
The country is also the world's biggest emitter of sulphur dioxide. The resulting acid rain is damaging Korean and Japanese forests.
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