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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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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