The impetus for the closer ties is their status as the world's fastest growing large economies.

建立更紧密联系的动力，来自两国作为世界上增长最快的大型经济体的地位。

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Strauss-Kahn said the IMF values China's status and role and would like to build closer ties with the country.

国际货币基金组织重视中国的地位和作用，愿同中方构建更为紧密的关系。

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But change did happen to Macau in terms of its booming economy, its brand new look and its ever closer ties with the Mainland.

变化的是澳门焕然一新的社会面貌和同祖国内地日益密切的联系。

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But closer ties were not welcomed between the government and a religious group known as the Mormons.

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Ms.Tymoshenko said in a televised appeal to the nation Saturday she is convinced her rival, Victor Yanukovich, who seeks closer ties with neighboring Russia, had not won the presidential election.

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The 58-year-old Ghimpu and his pro-Western coalition, dubbed the 'Alliance for European Integration', seek closer ties with the European Union and want to take the former Soviet republic out of Russia's sphere of influence.

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The closer ties spotlight the symbiotic business needs of Twitter and the television industry.

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Breyer's arrival might signal that Dell plans to build closer ties to Silicon Valley start-ups.

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At any rate, it is not anti-American for Israel to cultivate closer ties to China.

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