两国关系紧张已经许多年，双方在一条延绵的争议边境线两端怒目相对。

Relations have been bad for years, with the two countries glaring at each other over a long, disputed border.

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兰普顿说，克林顿的访华行程反映出，尽管两国关系紧张，但双方显示出他们都同样迫切地要与对方对话。

Lampton said the visit demonstrates that despite the tensions, both countries are showing they are equally anxious to talk to each other.

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当然，这次审判的时间正值美朝两国关系紧张之时。

This sentence, of course, comes at a time when US-North Korean relations are already tense.

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