Mbeki offered a stout if long-winded defence of his policies laying out all that he had done for the country.
姆贝基的辩驳强烈、冗长。 他罗列了自己为国家所做的一切。
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Yesterday's declaration, however, suggests that China is moving closer to scenarios long painted by defence experts under which it becomes more assertive and starts drawing lines for the US military.
但昨日的宣示似乎表明，中国正趋向变得更为自信，开始为美军划定底线，这正是防务专家们长期设想的情景。
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All the candidates say that in the long run America's standing in the world will depend on the power of its economy, and some accept that to restore the economy it will have to spend less on defence.