Here I am seemingly endlessly reading profiles, giving compliments and throwing out the line, "I'm looking for friends and hopefully a partner" all to no avail.

我在这里似乎没完没了地看着别人的个人档案，给予问候和放下钓线：“我在寻找朋友，最好是一个伴侣。”不过这都没有效果。

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You can debate endlessly about whether these seemingly impossible expectations actually help or hurt these Chinese kids. It's probably both.

你可以无休止地辩论这些看似不可能实现的期望实际上是帮助或伤害这些中国孩子，可能两者都有。

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And they have the Obama administration and the rest of the so-called "international community" right where such strategically minded folks with a gift for besting their interlocutors want them: Talking, seemingly endlessly.

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