The first is that the economy's expansion for most of the past decade was boosted by the apparent success of the financial-services industry.

第一就是，在过去近10年中英国金融服务行业的大获成功促使了经济的增长。

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We know that China view SA as strategic on its expansion across the continent. China claims not to be interested in dominating Africa, but its coercion is all too apparent.

中国视南非为其扩张非洲大陆的战略要点，并申称无意支配(统治)非洲，但是它的目的(威力)太明显了。

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As the West celebrates the apparent expansion of NATO into Central Europe, Russia is making a concerted bid to achieve a strategic victory of its own: dominance of the energy resources in the Caspian Sea region.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Russia's Oil Grab

But if financial strains are so apparent during an expansion, what's going to happen in a recession?

FORBES: Busted

The bottom line is that increases in GDP statistics caused by monetary and fiscal stimulus signals an economic expansion that is more apparent than real.

FORBES: 2 Percent Economic Growth: Real or Apparent?