There is mounting tension between the two countries.
两国之间的紧张局势日益加剧。
Listening to the music will help to ease the tension.
听音乐将有助于缓解紧张情绪。
We have to find our ways to relieve the tension of busy life.
我们必须找到办法来缓解缓解忙碌生活的压力。
The tension between the two countries has been escalating lately.
两国间的紧张局势最近一直在升级。
She could feel the tension in the room as the deadline approached.
她能感觉到随着截止日期的临近，房间里的紧张气氛。
The athlete needs to manage their pre-match tension effectively to perform well.
运动员需要有效地管理赛前的紧张情绪才能发挥好。
The tension in their relationship was palpable, and everyone could sense it.
他们关系中的紧张感显而易见，每个人都感觉到了。
The plot of the thriller builds up tension gradually until the climax.
这部惊悚片的情节逐渐增加紧张感直到高潮。
There's a growing tension within the company due to the recent layoffs.
由于最近的裁员，公司内部的紧张气氛正在加剧。
The negotiation process was filled with tension as both parties struggled to reach an agreement.
谈判过程中充满了紧张，双方都在努力达成一致。
The teacher tried to alleviate the tension in the classroom by telling a joke.
老师试图通过讲一个笑话来缓解教室里的紧张气氛。
The tightrope walker had to maintain perfect balance to avoid increasing the tension on the wire.
走钢丝的人必须保持完美的平衡以避免增加钢丝上的张力。
The political tension in the region could erupt into violence at any moment.
该地区的政治紧张局势随时可能爆发为暴力冲突。
To reduce tension and friction of the cable during traction — a process of line laying — the company used wire rope traction as if installing an "exoskeleton" for the cable, and used pipeline lubrication materials to reduce friction, ensuring that the cable remained intact during the dragging process.
为了减少电缆在铺设线路的牵引过程中的张力和摩擦，该公司使用钢丝绳牵引，就像为电缆安装“外骨骼”一样，并使用管道润滑材料来减少摩擦，确保电缆在牵引过程中保持完整。
To reduce the tension and friction of the cable during traction — a process of the construction — the company adopted wire rope traction, installing an "exoskeleton" for the cable, and using pipeline lubrication materials to reduce friction, ensuring that the cable was intact during the dragging process.
为了减少电缆在牵引过程中的张力和摩擦——这是一个施工过程——该公司采用了钢丝绳牵引，为电缆安装了“外骨骼”，并使用管道润滑材料来减少摩擦，确保电缆在拖动过程中完好无损。
Chen acknowledged that factors such as geopolitical tensions, economic slowdown and a deteriorating business environment in some countries have posed serious challenges to ZTE's operations in overseas markets.
陈承认，地缘政治紧张、经济放缓和一些国家商业环境恶化等因素对中兴通讯在海外市场的运营构成了严重挑战。
However, the impact of geopolitical tensions is weighing on companies striving for a global presence, he said.
然而，他表示，地缘政治紧张局势的影响正在给争取全球业务的公司带来压力。
"The ongoing tussle between China and the United States, and the unstable global industrial chain due to geopolitical tensions, must be taken into consideration while making global investment strategy, as there may be invisible obstacles affecting implementation efficiency and investment returns," he added.
他补充道：“在制定全球投资战略时，必须考虑到中美之间持续的争斗，以及地缘政治紧张局势导致的全球产业链不稳定，因为可能存在影响实施效率和投资回报的无形障碍。”。
Wu said Temasek's confidence in China's innovative and tech companies has stayed intact despite Sino-US economic tensions and US sanctions on Chinese companies.
吴表示，尽管中美经济关系紧张，美国对中国企业实施制裁，淡马锡对中国创新和科技企业的信心依然保持不变。
"In the long term, geopolitical tensions may be transitory disruptions.
“从长远来看，地缘政治紧张局势可能是暂时性的干扰。
Market research company Reportlinker said that the social media advertising market in China is forecast to touch $119.4 billion by 2030 despite volatile global financial markets and growing trade tensions worldwide.
市场研究公司Reportlinker表示，尽管全球金融市场动荡，全球贸易紧张局势加剧，但预计到2030年，中国社交媒体广告市场将达到1194亿美元。
"Still, with some international uncertainties remaining, such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Sino-US trade tensions, many countries have further strengthened their local medical industrial chains, intensifying competition," he said.
他说：“尽管如此，随着一些国际不确定性的存在，如俄乌冲突和中美贸易紧张局势，许多国家进一步加强了当地的医疗产业链，加剧了竞争。”。
Despite lingering geopolitical tensions that have ignited discussions about whether China can retain its attractiveness among foreign businesses, Smith told China Daily she is "very excited" about the market potential in China and is expanding Sandpiper's investment in the country.
尽管地缘政治紧张局势挥之不去，引发了关于中国能否在外国企业中保持吸引力的讨论，但史密斯告诉《中国日报》，她对中国的市场潜力感到“非常兴奋”，并正在扩大Sandpiper在中国的投资。
Such a position will not be easily altered despite the geopolitical tensions and Washington's restrictions on exports of crucial semiconductor technologies to China, experts added.
专家补充道，尽管地缘政治紧张，华盛顿限制向中国出口关键半导体技术，但这种立场不会轻易改变。
Most of the US-based companies operating in China have no plans to relocate their supply chains, even though bilateral tensions continue to pose a significant business challenge for them, a survey released on Wednesday revealed.
周三公布的一项调查显示，尽管双边紧张局势继续对它们构成重大商业挑战，但大多数在华经营的美国公司都没有搬迁供应链的计划。
The study found that half of the chamber's member companies are pessimistic about the future of China-US relations in the coming year with three-quarters of members reporting their businesses have been impacted by trade tensions.
研究发现，商会一半的会员公司对未来一年中美关系的未来持悲观态度，四分之三的会员表示，他们的业务受到了贸易紧张局势的影响。
com, has introduced strategic investment from a government-backed capital platform to further collaborate on supply chains, capital and operations, as part of the retailer's efforts to ease its tensions with suppliers and prepaid card members.
com引入了政府支持的资本平台的战略投资，以在供应链、资本和运营方面进一步合作，这是该零售商缓解与供应商和预付卡会员紧张关系的努力的一部分。
Even though China's export growth rate slowed in November due to a variety of factors such as softening overseas demand and geopolitical tensions, market watchers have expressed optimism over prospects for the country's trade sector in 2023, believing that its industrial upgrading and moves to optimize COVID-19 prevention measures will further facilitate domestic manufacturers to expand their market channels abroad, as well as help boost global economic recovery.
尽管由于海外需求疲软和地缘政治紧张局势等多种因素，中国11月的出口增长率有所放缓，但市场观察人士对2023年中国贸易部门的前景表示乐观，相信其产业升级和优化新冠肺炎预防措施的举措将进一步促进国内制造商扩大海外市场渠道，并有助于推动全球经济复苏。
As He understands things, ACE's investment strategy in China has proved valid especially over the past three years, when the market is more frequently disrupted by "black swan" or "gray rhino" events such as geopolitical tensions or inflation.
据他所知，ACE在中国的投资策略已被证明是有效的，尤其是在过去三年里，当市场更频繁地被地缘政治紧张局势或通货膨胀等“黑天鹅”或“灰犀牛”事件扰乱时。
This must have been a difficult year for owners and top executives of many companies as headwinds from geopolitical tensions, rising commodity prices, high-flying inflation, global economic recession, COVID-19 coming into its third year, to name just a few, have deepened markets' complexities.
对于许多公司的所有者和高管来说，今年一定是艰难的一年，因为地缘政治紧张局势、大宗商品价格上涨、高通胀、全球经济衰退、新冠肺炎即将进入第三个年头等不利因素加深了市场的复杂性。
Coordinated efforts have been made to maintain stable production and operations, which is especially important against the backdrop of escalating geopolitical tensions and fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, Luo said.
罗说，各方已协调努力，以保持稳定的生产和运营，这在地缘政治紧张局势升级和新冠肺炎疫情影响的背景下尤为重要。
"These moves will bolster cross-border business activity and speed up the global economic recovery, which is hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical tension and interest-rate hikes in developed economies," Zhao said.
赵表示：“这些举措将促进跨境商业活动，加快全球经济复苏，而全球经济复苏受到新冠肺炎疫情、地缘政治紧张局势和发达经济体加息的阻碍。”。
Despite the multiple external and internal headwinds such as geopolitical tensions, the pandemic, and the pressure from some US politicians to decouple from China, experts and business leaders expect China to continue to attract foreign investment in the future, as its supersized domestic market continues to expand while its importance in the global industry and supply chains keeps increasing amid its steady economic upgrading and high-level opening-up.
尽管存在地缘政治紧张局势、疫情以及一些美国政客要求与中国脱钩的压力等多重内外阻力，但专家和商界领袖预计，中国未来将继续吸引外国投资，随着其超大规模的国内市场不断扩大，同时在全球产业和供应链中的重要性不断增加，经济稳步升级和高水平开放。
Ma Mingzhe, chairman of Ping An Insurance, said although geopolitical tensions and COVID-19 continues to bring uncertainties to the company's business, the fundamentals of the Chinese economy remain strong and the country's insurance market still has large potential for growth.
平安保险董事长马明哲表示，尽管地缘政治紧张局势和新冠肺炎继续给公司业务带来不确定性，但中国经济的基本面仍然强劲，中国保险市场仍有很大的增长潜力。
An analyst said domestic coal suppliers' efforts in ramping up energy output will further ensure domestic power supply to avoid possible shortages against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions and extreme weather conditions like heatwaves.
一位分析师表示，在地缘政治紧张局势和热浪等极端天气条件的背景下，国内煤炭供应商提高能源产量的努力将进一步确保国内电力供应，避免可能出现的短缺。
Li Ziyue, of the strategic research provider BloombergNEF, said CNOOC's oil and gas production will rise more than 6 percent annually from 2022 through 2024, and its steady ramping up of oil and gas production is critical to China's energy security, especially against the current geopolitical tensions, which have pushed commodity prices to new highs.
战略研究提供商BloombergNEF的李子跃表示，从2022年到2024年，中海油的油气产量将每年增长6%以上，其油气产量的稳步增长对中国的能源安全至关重要，尤其是在当前地缘政治紧张局势将大宗商品价格推至新高的情况下。
"Improved air capacity will further increase Chinese companies' global expansion while effectively solving the logistics backlog and other uncertainties caused by current geopolitical tensions.
“空运能力的提高将进一步增加中国公司的全球扩张，同时有效解决当前地缘政治紧张局势造成的物流积压和其他不确定性。
Editor's Note: Amid challenges including geopolitical tensions and the tightening policies by major central banks, the focus has been on how the two sessions－the annual sittings of China's national legislature and top political advisory body－will map out this year's policy agenda to navigate the world's second-largest economy through headwinds and further open up its vast market to the rest of the world.
编者按：在地缘政治紧张局势和主要央行紧缩政策等挑战中，人们关注的焦点是，中国全国人大和最高政治咨询机构的年度两会将如何制定今年的政策议程，以引导这个世界第二大经济体渡过难关，并进一步向世界其他地区开放其庞大的市场。
- Uniqlo will not take sides in the US-China tension, said Tadashi Yanai, CEO of the Japanese casual wear chain's operator Fast Retailing.
-优衣库的首席执行官柳井忠史表示，优衣库不会在美中紧张局势中偏袒任何一方。
The issue highlighted the shifting paradigm between brands and livestreaming hosts, from one of symbiosis to one of tension, if not confrontation, said market insiders.
市场内部人士表示，这一问题突显了品牌和直播主持人之间的范式正在转变，从共生到紧张，如果不是对抗的话。
Companies confident about future of fast-growing market, says surveyUS companies in China remain profitable and optimistic about their growth prospects in one of the world's fastest-growing markets, despite trade tensions and the pandemic, according to a survey released in Washington on Thursday.
根据周四在华盛顿发布的一项调查，尽管存在贸易紧张局势和疫情的影响，但在中国的美国公司仍保持盈利，并对世界增长最快的市场之一的未来增长前景保持乐观。
Of those that did so out of concerns due to uncertainty resulting from US-China tensions, only a fraction (2 percent) moved one or more segments to the United States, according to the annual survey.
根据这项年度调查,在那些由于担心美中紧张关系带来的不确定性而转移业务的企业中,只有很小一部分(2%)将一个或多个业务部门迁回了美国。
Already, 64 percent of the companies saw revenue growth in 2020, and still more－70 percent－of surveyed companies expect their revenue to increase in 2021, bouncing back to pre-COVID-19 pandemic and trade tension levels that were distorted in 2019 and 2020, according to the survey.
根据该调查，已有64%的企业在2020年实现了收入增长，而且更多企业（70%）预计其收入将在2021年增加，恢复到COVID-19疫情和贸易紧张局势之前的水平，这两者在2019年和2020年扭曲了正常情况。这句话的翻译如下：根据调查，已经有多达64%的公司在2020年经历了收入增长，并且有更多公司——达到70%——预计它们的收入在2021年会增长，反弹回到COVID-19疫情前以及贸易紧张局势前的水平，这两种因素在2019年和2020年造成了数据的扭曲。
Trade tensions have resulted in reputational damage to US firms, lost sales, shifts in suppliers and heightened scrutiny from regulators in both the US and China, according to a news release from the USCBC.
根据美中贸易全国委员会的一份新闻稿，贸易紧张局势已导致美国企业声誉受损、销售流失、供应链转移，以及中美两国监管机构的密切关注。请注意，"USCBC"是"US-China Business Council"的缩写，即“美中贸易全国委员会”。我提供的翻译尽可能保持了原文的意思和结构。如果有任何问题或需要进一步的帮助，请告诉我！希望这可以帮助你。如果你觉得答案满意的话，也别忘了给我点个赞哦。如果有其他问题，也欢迎继续提问。
However, it is also a challenging process, one that often involves tension and conflict within the family unit.
然而，这个过程也是一个充满挑战的过程，常常会在家庭内部引发紧张和冲突。
High gold prices could also continue to find support this year from the safe-haven appeal due to geopolitical tensions amid a low-to-negative interest-rate environment and expanding global money supply.
今年黄金价格可能继续受到避险需求的支撑，因为地缘政治紧张局势犹存，利率处于低位甚至负值区间，以及全球货币供应扩张。
"While tensions between China and the United States have brought uncertainties for global investors, a complete China-US decoupling is not expected and the two countries remain two important investment markets for the firm when it comes to technology and innovation, according to Wu.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said it would steer clear of looming geopolitical tension and adjust international businesses accordingly after it reported higher-than-expected sales in the second quarter of this year.
Analysts from JPMorgan Chase & Co said in a report earlier this month that geopolitical tension between the two major economies could exert a negative impact on the growth of Chinese internet companies such as Alibaba, Tencent Holdings Ltd and NetEase Inc in the mid-to-longer term as they might encounter obstacles to international expansion.
", 93 percent of the US companies said the top reasons were increased costs or uncertainties arising from US-China tensions and COVID-19.
The tensions between the two countries seem to be escalating, observers say, with the US administration churning out a barrage of hard-edged actions against China, mostly citing national security concerns.
Amid worries that the global semiconductor supply chain risks suffering from fragmentation amid trade tensions between China and the US, Sievers admitted that trade tensions are very stressful elements for the semiconductor industry.
Zhou said that rising geopolitical tensions and trade friction between the US and China have already put pressure on the stock prices of US-listed Chinese companies, and the cost of maintaining a US listing continues to rise as regulatory pressures mount.
Hoogewerf said that while the 626 billionaires in the US is a new record high, China, despite the trade tensions, saw 182 new faces – thrice the amount in the US - make the list this year.
"Some 60 to 70 percent of the people who availed of the services reported symptoms relating to tension and anxiety," said Tan Laixun, director of the neurology department of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University in Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak.
Meng's arrest has exacerbated ongoing diplomatic tension between Canada and China and drawn worldwide attention to Canada's extradition laws and precedents.
John Deere, the world's leading tractor maker, has reported less quarterly earnings and lowered its 2020 sales outlook amid prolonged trade tensions between the United States and its key trade partners.
"Despite US-China trade tensions, the value of orders that GE received in China exceeded $8 billion last year.
Due to bilateral trade tensions, the world's goods and commodity trade activities have declined since March last year and this has severely affected shipowners' enthusiasm and banks' confidence in building new bulk vessels, chemical tankers and container ships, said Yang Zhizhong, president of DSIC.
Year-on-year growth during the quarter reached 4.4 percent, which was notably higher than expected as the easing of supply shortages combined with looming trade tensions which increased the demand, according to data from the market research company International Data Corp. "Supply for Intel's processors improved markedly during the quarter, allowing most PC vendors to fulfill old orders while also shipping a healthy supply of new PCs into the channels," Jitesh Ubrani, research manager for IDC's Mobile Device Trackers, said in a research note.
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"Despite all of the geopolitical tensions that exist in the world, between China and the US, we continue to build our US business carefully," said Michael Evans, president of Alibaba, reported Yahoo Finance.
According to him, the ongoing trade tensions between China and the US have had a little impact on DSM.
Despite a flurry of delegates dashing in golf carts between parked jetliners, missiles and spy planes, this year's gathering appeared relatively subdued, with a profit warning from Lufthansa adding to trade tensions and slowing economies.
The company said the downgrading of the forecast could be attributed to a number of factors including a stronger US dollar and higher tariffs caused by the trade tensions between China and the United States.
Despite China's slower economic growth and trade tensions with the US, the total value of the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands rose 30 percent to $889.7 billion this year, the highest annual increase since the ranking launched in 2011, according to a recent report released in Beijing on Monday.
"I think (the Chinese economy) will continue to develop, hopefully strongly, and I'm hoping all the tensions between the US and China will be resolved, and then both economies will develop more," Lipson said.
"McCooey said the trade tensions between China and the US have not had a direct impact on the IPO market for Chinese firms this year.
According to Wang, the current trade tensions with the United States have not yet affected Yunnan Baiyao.
CEO Tim Cook also blamed trade tensions between the US and China for the slowdown in sales.
CEO Tim Cook, who said on Jan 2 that a slowdown in China’s economy and US-China trade tensions had caused a drop in iPhone sales in China, told Reuters on Tuesday that those tensions were easing: “If you were to graph up trade tension, it’s clearly less in January than it was in December.
"For now, Sino-US trade tensions are not playing a significant impact on the performance of Sino-US flights.
In the long term, trade tensions between the world's largest two economies may affect business travel," said Lin Zhijie, an aviation industry analyst and columnist at Carnoc, one of China's largest civil aviation websites.
Tension escalated last year when Canada arrested Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who is also daughter of the company's founder, Ren Zhengfei.
The trade tensions between the United States and China put additional pressure on their (China's) economy," Cook said in an interview on CNBC on Wednesday.
He said the effects of trade tensions between China and the United States also appeared to influence consumers, with traffic to its retail stores and partners in China plummeting.
"The development of the case is very likely to be influenced by political pressure, and the arrest and possible trial may raise China-US tensions in trade negotiations," said Huang Feng, an international criminal law professor at Beijing Normal University and an expert on extradition law, on Wednesday.
"The arrest also has stressed financial markets over concerns it will raise US-China tensions in trade negotiations that must be concluded by March 1.
Meanwhile, the US-China trade tensions with steep tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods is something the firm "will manage through", regardless of what happens, said Walmart Chief Financial Officer Brett Biggs.
According to ForwardKeys, a global travel intelligence analyst, Chinese weekly bookings to the US from late March to August suffered an 8.4-percent slump on year as of August, likely due to the ongoing trade tensions between China and the US.
However, Leser sees tourism as a robust industry because while “tensions have come and gone, geopolitical issues, as well as other short-term issues or other phenomena, have always been the case”.
""We anticipate Chinese buyers are well-positioned to offset the impact of trade tensions between the United States and China on LNG," she added.
Despite rising trade tensions between Washington and Beijing, Trifo remains upbeat about China, especially at the inaugural China International Import Expo, where the country has declared its commitment to further open the domestic markets to high-tech products from all over the world.
JLR said escalating trade tension between China and the United States has dented consumer confidence in China.
He said that in face of the current trade tensions between China and the United States, the company will make full use of the domestic market and develop core technologies to grow stronger.
Despite trade tensions between China and the US, Chinese companies have been eager to list on American markets.
Hoogewerf said the almost 20 percent decline in A shares so far this year and trade tensions between the United States and China were the main reasons for this.
Hoogewerf said that A shares' nearly 20 percent decline so far this year and the trade tensions between the United States and China were the main reasons for the downsize.
Like many other enterprises, Birtley is currently affected by ongoing trade tensions between US and China.
"As weakening market sentiment and escalating Sino-US trade tensions continue to weigh on the performance of IPOs in the city, investors might not blame the less-than - stellar debut on the company itself, whose share prices do not necessarily move in line with its fundamentals," said Francis Kwok Sze-chi, managing director at Freeman Securities in Hong Kong.
Meituan's trading debut, coming at a delicate time when escalating Sino-US trade tensions cast a shadow over stock market and the flagship Hang Seng Index has technically entered a bear market, turned out to contribute to one-tenth of total trading volume on the local stock market on Thursday.
There is no way to deliver on the promise" as Sino-US tariff tensions for the past several months have reached a crescendo.
However, with trade tensions rising, and the US dollar strengthening, Alibaba's stock price has seen ups and downs since June, with Ma's leaving the hardest hit these days.
Globalization, not tariff tensions, will help improve life, he said, referring to the ongoing China-US trade disputes.
"Short-term trade tensions are not helpful in this regard.
He added that the ongoing trade tensions between China and the United States are expected to have a negative impact on demand for Sino-US flights in the long run, although its influence is insignificant at the moment.
US president asks iPhone manufacturer to relocate plants to home countryApple Inc is likely to suffer greatly from the ongoing China-US trade tension, as experts said moving production of its iPhones from China to the United States could lead to a price rise of as much as 20 percent.
On Tuesday, Chuck Robbins, chairman and CEO of Cisco, told CNBC that the US tech company might have to deal with the fallout from US-China trade tensions by passing on higher prices to its customers.
Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd is improving its product quality and variety through supply-side reform and intensive innovation, to face up to rising pressure from China-United States trade tensions and global trade protectionism.
The increase in the company's exports this year despite China-US trade tensions demonstrates how it is gaining customers through high product and service quality, not cheap prices, he said.
Chairman makes remark as company posts high H1 profit, revenue growthAlthough escalating trade tensions between the world's two largest economies have dimmed the global economic growth outlook, China will continue to move forward thanks to hardworking common people and private companies, said one of China's richest men and most active global dealmakers.
IATA considered rising trade tensions as one of the main reasons.
The mega-sized deal comes at a delicate time, as escalating Sino-US trade tension casts a shadow over the city's stock market and the lukewarm performance of high-profile companies including Ping An Good Doctor and Xiaomi dampens investor enthusiasm.
"Asked about the impact of the escalating China-US trade tensions on vehicle exports from China, Lan said the auto industry is not affected since Chinese heavy trucks are not exported to the US in large numbers.
If "tensions spread" and a 10 percent tariff were imposed on all US exports to China, Kostin said the S&P 2019 EPS estimate would be 15 percent lower.
Li & Fung Ltd, a leading global supply chain solutions partner for consumer brands and retailers, has been reallocating its production to other markets beyond the United States, to mitigate the potential effects of China-US trade tensions, according to a company executive.
Chang's comments came amid lingering trade tensions between China and US.
The deal between Qualcomm and NXP revolved around anti-monopoly and has nothing to do with China-US trade tension, said Ministry of Commerce on Thursday.
But, as escalating Sino-US trade tensions cast a shadow over the city's stock market, analysts said the company could face a tough reality check amid muted investor demand and lackluster market performance.
This could in part explain the escalating tension between Bytedance and Tencent since June, when the pair filed competing lawsuits against each other over content and data, and even reported the cases to the police.
"Business doesn't care for uncertainty, and the current trade tension among the world's economies is creating enough upheaval that Spiesshofer is concerned about the potential fallout.
Regarding the trade tension between China and the US, Wood points out that even though China Construction America (CCA) is a Chinese company, the vast majority of its revenue is spent in the US.
"China is the biggest market in the world and currently among the most aggressive in backing EV sales, so it makes sense for Tesla - particularly in light of growing trade tensions between China and the US - to want an assembly plant there," David E. Zoia, WardsAuto editor, told China Daily.