Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn't become a staple food in central China until about 2,000 years ago, according to the researchers.

研究人员说，大麦是一个意外发现：这种作物生长在欧亚大陆西部，直到大约两千年前才成为中国中部地区的主食。

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Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn't become a staple food in central China until about 2, 000 years ago, according to the researchers.

研究人员说，大麦是一个意外的发现：这种作物在欧亚大陆西部被引进，直到大约2000年前才成为中国中部地区的主食。

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Lao Pan did not begin to understand China until he and his family took a 3-month drive around the country.

直到老潘和家人驱车周游中国三个月后，他才开始了解中国。

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Union leader Baso Rukmana says Indonesian industries must be protected until they receive the training and support needed to compete with China.

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"China has reduced extreme poverty through economic growth, but until very recently has overlooked the growing inequalities in health and health determinants like access to clean air,water, and sanitation."

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Sheng expects the older and new technologies to coexist until China phases out analog TV, possibly around 2015.

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The two countries share the Itaipu hydroelectric dam (still the world's largest until China's Three Gorges is completed).

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With that in mind, some have argued that the United States should not act until China and other emerging economies do.

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