As the American economy grew,however, businessmen saw China -- with a population of four hundred million people -- as a great market for American products.

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Part of that is that along with Northern Italy, the Netherlands and England/Great Britain have, by far, the most urbanized population in Europe.

部分原因是因为和意大利北部一样,荷兰和英国拥有,欧洲到目前为止最城市化的人群

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