This gave China a great deal of power and economic influence as tea drinking spread around the world.

这给中国带来了强大的权力和经济影响力，因为此时喝茶这一习俗已遍及全球。

As your economic influence grows, I hope China will seize the opportunity to build up its overseas aid policy.

随着中国经济影响的持续增长，我希望中国能抓住机遇建立海外救助政策。

Some voices have called for South Korea to take a stronger position in line with its growing economic and diplomatic influence.

一些人呼吁韩国采取更强硬的立场，以适应其日益增长的经济和外交影响力。

Chinese officials say they want to reduce the economic influence of state control businesses and to let market forces shape the economy.

中国官员表示，他们希望降低国有企业对经济的影响，让市场力量主导经济。

And finally, soft power describes strategies used by a country to increase its power through economic and cultural influences, instead of fighting wars.

最后，软实力描述的是一个国家通过经济和文化影响力而不是通过战争来增强其实力的战略。

The Soviet Union wanted to block western political and economic influence in central and eastern Europe. It wanted to extend its own influence instead.

苏联想阻止西方在中东欧的政治和经济影响，它也想扩大自己的影响力。

The European Union is striking up trade deals without the U.K. or the U.S., touting the economic influence of a united Europe.

欧盟正在与英国或美​​国达成贸易协议，宣传统一欧洲的经济影响力。

RIVERS : The president wants to prod China to use its economic influence to force Pyongyang to end its nuclear weapons program.

里弗斯：总统想敦促中国利用其经济影响力迫使平壤结束其核武器计划。

Because Qatar isn't as powerful as its bigger neighbours, it uses soft power – the way a country uses its economic and cultural influence to persuade other countries, instead of using military power.

因为卡塔尔不像其更大的邻国那样强大，所以它使用软实力——一个国家利用其经济和文化影响力来说服其他国家的方式，并不是使用军事力量。

Today on the show, how Egypt's flagging economy presents both a challenge and an opportunity for humanitarian relief in the Middle East and why this question is testing U.S. economic and political influence.

今天的节目将讲述埃及疲软的经济如何为中东的人道主义救援带来挑战和机遇，以及为什么这个问题正在考验美国的经济和政治影响力。