Perhaps US stocks fell because of Microsoft earnings, Japanese bond yields rose on a good Tankan survey and Brent crude rallied on tensions in the Middle East.

或许美国股票下跌是因为微软公司盈利，日本债券上升是因为季度远观调查，北海布伦特原油价格反弹是因为中东的紧张局势。

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But there's a caveat: experts say that China's crude imports could actually increase because of events in the Middle east, at least in the near term.

但需要告诫的是：专家们表示，由于中东发生的事件，中国的原油进口实际上可能增加，至少在近期是如此。

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More than half of China's imports of crude oil come from the Middle East.

中国超半数进口原油来自中东。

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Participants were reacting to the loss of high-quality Libyan crude and its subsequent faster-than-expected resumption, Middle East unrest, the U.S. credit-rating downgrade over the summer, and the ongoing euro-zone sovereign-debt crisis.

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