Water is the basic natural resource and is also the strategic economy resource.

水资源是基础自然资源，同时也是战略性经济资源。

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The critical resource in a modern economy is not food, but power.

现代经济中的关键资源不是食物，而是能源。

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Some might argue that industrial overcapacity and intensive resource consumption aren't fears but realities of China's modern economy.

有人或许认为，产能过剩和环境资源压力加大并不可怕，它们是中国当代经济的现实。

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There is a huge qualitative difference between an economy built on natural resource extraction, where the populace is a cost center, and an economy built on productive labor by the population, where increasing capabilities of the society leads to more wealth.

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It really is an extension of the American economy and a crucial high tech resource for the U.S. economy.

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The economy depends heavily on resource exports to China, Australia's largest trading partner.

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