The following passage is an extract from The Lost Heart of Asia by British travel writer Colin Thubron.

下面这段文章选自英国游记作家科林·萨布伦撰写的《亚西亚失落的心》一书。

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Handmade beaded handbags and quilted purses, silk scarves and sparkling bracelets from the heart of Asia.

手工串珠状绗缝手袋和钱包，丝绸围巾和闪闪发光手镯从亚洲的中心。

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Washington's strategy is to try to slip back stealthily into the heart of Asia Pacific without ruffling Chinese feathers.

美国的战略是，在不惹恼中国的情况下悄悄返回亚太地区的核心。

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Across the Europe, the Russian steppes and through the Byzantine wonder of Constantinople, gateway to Asia, Kerbouchard is thrust into the heart of the treacheries, passions, violence and dazzling wonders of a magnificent time.

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The shadow of nuclear rivalry between India and Pakistan is at the heart of international concern about stability in south Asia, and the nuclear issue will be pursued in more talks in London next week between Mr Singh and US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott.

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Unable to offer its own citizens anything other than poverty and fear, it was also unable to prevent itself from being hijacked by drug barons, war lords and jihadists of every stripe, from those who merely hoped to establish a new caliphate in central Asia to those whose target was the heart of the world's most powerful nation.

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