Indications of progress are visible in other hard-hit areas, including Las Vegas, parts of Florida and the Inland Empire in southeastern California.

在一些重灾区，进步的迹象是可以看见的，包括拉斯维加斯，佛罗里达和加利福尼亚以及南部的内陆帝国。

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And yet, during my stay, communications within the Communists' inland empire were better than they had been at any time for the last nine years.

不过，在我访问期间，解放区的内陆交通通讯情况，比过去九年已有长足的进步。

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Still, the stimulus package is unlikely to make an immediate impact on the Inland Empire.

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In the Inland Empire the number of houses sold has halved in the past year.

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In contrast, almost 800, 000 people piled into the Inland Empire between 2000 and 2006, swelling the population by a quarter.

ECONOMIST: America's property crisis