Borrowing in foreign currencies (as Brazil and other Latin American countries had done before the 1980s debt crisis) leaves original sinners at risk of default if their currency loses value.

如果本国货币贬值，那么像巴西和其他拉丁美洲国家上世纪80年代债务危机以前那样借入外汇就会存在债务违约风险。

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Healthy foreign exchange reserves, low inflation, and a small external debt are all strengths that make it unlikely that Malaysia will experience a financial crisis similar to the one in 1997.

健康的外汇储备，低度的通货膨胀，和不多的外债都是强有力的条件使马来西亚应该不会再遭受像1997年那样的经济危机。

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China is not at risk of an Italian-type crisis (or a Greek type) because it doesn't have foreign debt and it has exchange controls. So that's not going to happen.

中国不会出现意大利式的危机(或是希腊式危机)，因为它既没有外债，同时还实行汇率控制。所以这样的一幕不会上演。

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Thailand led the region into the financial crisis of 1997, when fears about the banks and foreign debt led to a collapse of the baht.

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