In April of this year, a dust storm that originated in China and Mongolia took a six-day journey across more than ten thousand kilometers of sea and open land to Arizona in the United States.

今年四月，源自中国大陆及蒙古内陆的沙尘暴，在六天中跨越了一万多公里的海洋与空旷陆地，最后到达美国亚利桑那州。

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These powders were developed by doctors, dentists and chemists and included substances very abrasive to teeth, such as brick dust, crushed China, earthenware and cuttlefish.

医生、牙医和化学家们开发出的牙粉中含有研磨牙齿的物质，如砖灰、碎瓷器、陶器和乌贼。

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And Saul orientation, "soil" dust is harmonics "old" (dust) in China, this means that are old and over.

还有扫尘迎新，“土”是谐音“陈”(尘)在中国，这意味着又老又过去了。

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Water shortages, dust bowls and urbanization have cut China's agricultural land base by 10% in the past decade.

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Visit China's huge, new shopping malls and you find quite a lot of shops are empty, collecting dust.

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