In 2006 Huawei's overseas contracts were worth twice as much as its domestic ones. Sales are growing quickly in Africa and the Middle East.

2006年，华为的海外合同价值就达到了国内合同价值的两倍，在非洲和中东地区的销售额增长迅速。

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As recently as 2005 the French parliament passed a law referring to the "positive role of the French presence overseas, notably in north Africa", a clause later removed after an outcry.

2005年，法国议会通过了一项法律条款，提到“法国应该在海外扮演一个主动的角色，尤其在北非地区”，但是一次强烈的抗议后移除。

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Overseas, the Obama years have been defined by spreading disorder and chaos, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, with nations collapsing and borders dissolving.

在海外，无序和混乱的扩大化已成为奥巴马时代的定义，特别是在中东和北非，国家面临崩溃，边界正在消失。

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"In our pandemic work, we were really focusing on the avian influenza, mostly in Asia and Africa, so the assumption that the next pandemic would start overseas, far from the U.S., turned out not to be true."

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Ragnarsson says Iceland should help develop geothermal energy plants overseas, in Africa, the United States and even near the aluminum mines in Australia.

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Despite a short pullback in the aftermath of that failed deal, Chinese companies have expanded overseas, buying assets in Central Asia, Africa, South America, Canada and even small stakes in the Gulf of Mexico.

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As military readiness and overseas presence decline, potential aggressors in Africa, the Middle East, Northeast Asia and elsewhere will be emboldened.

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