Our sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea is based on discovery, preoccupation as well as long-term, sustained and effective management.

我们对南海诸岛的主权是建立在发现、先占和长期、持续、有效管理的基础之上。

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Effective regulation of a worldwide market will necessarily involve a big loss of sovereignty by major nations, and national leaders are loth to relinquish their freedom to act independently.

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Europe can create an effective monetary amalgamation and a massive free-trade zone, while allowing the individual nations to retain their political sovereignty.

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