If the reports are well-founded, the incident could seriously aggravate relations between the two nations.
如果这些报道是有根据的，那么该事件将可能导致两国间的关系严重恶化。
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In fact our admiration for the comically gifted is relatively new and not very well-founded, says Rod Martin, a psychologist at the University of Western Ontario.