Recently it was announced around the world that China had surpassed Japan to become the second-largest national economy.

最近全世界得知，中国已经超越日本成为全世界第二大经济体。

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In 2011 China will consolidate its position as the second-largest national source of scientific papers (it overtook Britain in 2008).

2011年，中国会稳固它作为世界上科学论文资源第二大国的地位(它于2008年超越英国)。

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The world’s second-largest economy had surpassed America in gross national product per person according to some measures, and looked on course to overtake it.

根据某些统计方法，世界第二大的经济体已经在人均国民生产总值上超越了美国，看起来似乎正要全面超越它。

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Wisconsin membership in the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees--the state's second-largest public-sector union after the National Education Association, which represents teachers--fell to 28, 745 in February from 62, 818 in March 2011, according to a person who has viewed Afscme's figures.

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This makes the organization eight times as large as the second-largest non-profit advocacy group, the National Rifle Association.

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But the preparations for convertibility are also a sign of Chinese strength, as China, now the world's second-largest national economy, recognizes that as a global power it must have a global currency.

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