"The world is engaged in an economicwar so we are trying hard to prevent technology outflows to make our country an economic superpower," says an NIS official.
The war diverted people's attention away from the economic situation.
战争把民众的注意力从经济状况上移开了。
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Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, religious conviction, economic gain, war, migration and other equally compelling motivations.