"Through the classics, we can see the foundations of modern China." said Tian, "No matter how the human history has developed, they still have a great influence on us.

“通过经典，我们可以看到现代中国的基础。”田说，“无论人类历史如何发展，它们仍然对我们有很大的影响。”

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Today the complex houses a museum dedicated to the revolutionary history of modern China.

如今，黄埔军校里建有一座纪念馆，展现了现代中国历史的风云岁月。

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China experienced a period of enduring impoverishment and long-standing debility in its modern history and was for a time at the mercy of other countries.

近代中国经历了一段积贫积弱、任人宰割的历史。

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And Macau's status as the oldest--and only--European colony left in Asia means Beijing will embrace something equally novel: a testament to multiplicity, as well as a history of cultural exchange that belies the sameness and insularity that often marks modern China.

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