See, Japan has been the world's second largest economy, but China is catching up.

日本是世界第二大经济体，但是中国在逐渐追赶上来。

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China today is the world's second largest economy, you might feel surprised to find that we still have so many backward regions.

大家可能会惊诧于中国作为世界第二大经济体，竟然还有这么多如此落后的地区。

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IN 2010 CHINA shot past Japan to become the world's second-largest economy (based on current market prices).

2010年中国超过日本成为世界上第二大经济体(基于现行市价)。

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Japan has the world's second largest economy after the United States.

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Japan has the world's second largest economy.

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Japan is the world's second largest economy, but it has suffered more than Over the past year, it has suffered a deep recession, although the economy now appears to be growing slowly now.

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But one cannot doubt whether the world's second largest economy is instrumental in rebuilding the ancient Silk Road.

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This has helped propel China to become the world's second largest economy, just behind that of the United States.

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They know that Japan still controls the world's largest supply of capital and access to the world's second largest economy.

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