"There is a realization at the end of the day that despite all the profits that Russia got from its sale of oil and gas over the last 10 years, that unless it modernizes its economy and reforms it, it will be a declining power."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

And the Lord said to Moses, "How long will this people spurn Me, and how long will they have no faith in Me despite all the signs that I have performed in their midst?

上帝对摩西说“这些人要藐视我到几时“,他们还要不相信我到几时,当我在他们中间显示了一切神迹以后？

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Wang Tao,a chief economist with UBS in China, "The timing I think at the moment seems pretty good in a sense that China's economy is pretty strong and global recovery is pretty clear, despite all the uncertainties related to the European debt crisis."

VOA: standard.2010.06.21