These trade disputes between China and Britain resulted in China being forced to open more of its ports to trade with western countries.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

Despite all of the--Mitterrand's plans for decentralization, and the creation of regional councils, basically France remains the most centralized state in Western Europe, and the role of Paris in French life does not have an equivalent in other European countries.

尽管密特朗计划在法国实施,去中央集权化并创立地方议会,法国基本上还是西欧,中央集权化程度最高的国家,巴黎在法国的地位是欧洲其它国家的城市,所不能比拟的

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The disease is found in more than one hundred countries in Africa,Asia, the western Pacific Ocean, the Middle East and Central and South America.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

But he says their efforts have not met with success, because audiences in India and Western countries are very different.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

Later,he told reporters that the debate in Western countries regarding engagement in Afghanistan should be reason for concern for both the current and future Afghan governments.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Energy has become a major concern in several Western countries, after a dispute between Ukraine and Russia over prices led to major natural gas shortages in Europe earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23