The river widened, and the horizon opened to distant islands dotting the gulf.

河面越来越宽，地平线上开始出现零星散布在海湾中的遥远小岛。

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Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has been continuously confronted with a variety of territorial disputes that covers land border as well as offshore and distant islands.

新中国成立后面临着众多领土争端，这些争端涉及陆地边界、本土和离岸岛礁。

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Evening calm ushers a fishing boat past the distant shores of Vanua Levu island, one of 300-plus Fijian islands.

晚间的宁静展示一条钓鱼船通过遥远的瓦努阿岛海滨，该岛是斐济岛屿300多个中的一个。

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It is really 10 telescopes that are as distant from one another as Hawaii and the United States Virgin Islands.

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When you take into account the ease with which they inhabit the ocean, free dive to depths of 15m or more, hold their breath for minutes, hunt for turtles, shells and sea cucumbers, and navigate between distant islands, led only by instinct, both names are equally fitting.

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