South Korea leaders hope this will boost their country's competitiveness in the global market as it competes against larger Asian neighbors China and Japan.

韩国领导人希望此项协议能增强韩国的国际竞争力，使得它在和它的亚洲邻居中国和日本竞争时获得更强的实力。

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As China's income per head catches up, its economy will soon dwarf those of its Asian neighbors.

随着中国人均收入的急起直追急起直追，中国急起直追的经济很快就会让其亚洲邻国相形见绌相形见绌。

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As China's income per head catches up, its economy will soon dwarf those of its Asian neighbors.

随着中国的人均收入急起直追，它的经济不久将使其亚洲邻国相形见绌。

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This would increase Pyongyang's strategic and diplomatic leverage in relation to its northeast Asian neighbors and its ability to use this event as a bargaining chip to extract further aid from the international community.

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Business was concerned that the Philippines, which weathered the Asian Crisis better than most of its neighbors, is now getting left behind as the region recovers.

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