China was the most technologically advanced nation in the world then, so the wall was also the most sophisticated in structure.

在当时，中国技术在世界上处于领先地位，因此明长城的结构也是最复杂的。

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"Inside Job" starts not on Wall Street but in Iceland, a nation whose problems turn out to be the world's in microcosm.

纪录片《监守自盗》的开场不在华尔街，而是在冰岛——这个国家暴露出来的问题其实是全球金融问题的缩影。

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Chinese TV showed wall-to-wall pageantry shows and the country's leaders visiting different parts of the nation.

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From the perspective of many in the Obama administration, it is not possible to move fast with major cuts at home without hitting a political wall in a nation that takes cheap and plentiful energy as a right.

BBC: Climate chief's pledge on energy

This is surprising given that, especially since the 2008 taxpayer bail-out of Wall Street, the nation is more aware than ever that professional money managers, including those which manage pensions, should not be blindly trusted.

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We lost our way as a nation when Wall Street persuaded Americans that they could retire rich by buying stocks and bonds or any of the hundreds of financially-engineered products peddled as vehicles for accumulating excess wealth.

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