There are two worrying features of the slowdown. One is that it has been particularly sharp in the world's most populous countries, India and China.

（经济）放缓有两个令人担忧的特点。其一，在世界上人口最多的国家——印度和中国，这种现象尤为明显。

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A more assertive U.S. stand on disputed territories in the South China Sea, claimed by China and a number of its Asian neighbors, has drawn sharp responses from China.

据中国和部分亚洲邻国称，美国对南中国海争议领土采取更强硬的立场使得中国做出了强烈的回应。

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That makes a sharp downturn in China less likely in the near future.

这使得中国经济在不远的将来不太可能出现大幅下滑。

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The researchers say China also had a sharp drop.

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But he said China's sharp increases in military spending in recent years are defensive in nature, and still leave its spending and military capability far behind the United States.

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The University of Rochester's Simon Graduate School of Business has received a sharp uptick in interest from China, particularly for its relatively young master's degrees in finance and accounting.

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What of a sharp slowdown in America or even China later this year and next?

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The issue came into sharp relief in 2011, when China's food-safety inspectors discovered in pork products from a Shuanghui subsidiary the chemical clenbuterol, which speeds muscle growth in pigs but can cause headache, nausea and an irregular heartbeat when consumed by humans.

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