During a Jiaolong dive to the bottom of the disputed South China sea last year, it planted a Chinese flag in the seabed in what some saw as a provocative act.

在争议的中国南海去年的底部的一个蛟龙潜水，在海底种植一些作为一种挑衅行为中看到中国国旗。

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In Mexico City Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that launching the missile would be "a provocative act" - one that the US would raise in the UN Security Council.

周四在墨西哥城，国务卿希拉里·克林顿表示，发射导弹会是一个“挑衅行为”——美国将在联合国安理会上提出此事。

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The secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, says that any test would be a "provocative act".

国务卿，赖斯说，任何试验都是一种挑衅行为。

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Clinton said a North Korean missile launch, for any purpose, would be a provocative act and a violation of U.N.Security Council resolution 1718 - approved after its 2006 nuclear test- demanding an end to Pyonyang's nuclear weapon and missile programs.

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Thomas Schieffer, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, called the launches "a provocative act, " and the White House said Pyongyang had further alienated itself from the world community.

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With new leaders in South Korea, Japan and China, North Korea's nuclear test also fits another longtime pattern of a undertaking a provocative act early in the tenure of other political leaders, then following it with steps to smooth relations in hopes of persuading the others to provide financial aid and other assistance.

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