The United States is suggesting international inspections of any cargo going into or out of the reclusive , communist country.
美国正建议国际社会对进出朝鲜这个闭关锁国的共产国家的任何货物进行检查。The Chinese emperor tried to stop the trade, and hoped to slam the door completely on the outside world.
中国皇帝试图制止鸦片贸易，希望能够闭关锁国，与外部世界完全隔离。FOR most of the 20th century, the small countries of Central America were a backwater, a tropical playground for dictators and adventurers.
二十世纪的大部分时间里，中美洲的小国家闭关锁国，是独裁者与冒险家的热带游乐场。Conversely, the Qing dynasty was in fact richer than many other countries, but she declined because she closed off her country.
相反，大清帝国本来比世界上很多国家都富足强大，却因闭关锁国而最终衰落下去。There have been economic-policy shifts, naturally, but no panicky retreat into isolation, populism or foreign adventures.
经济政策自然也有调整，但没有惊慌失措地回缩，搞闭关锁国，民粹主义或是境外冒险。Yes, the Chinese are right. Let's close our doors for a few centuries and ignor the rest of the world, just like China did. ?
对，中国人说得对。咱们也闭关锁国几个世纪，不要理这个世界，就像中国以前那样干。？。There's reason to conclude that Zheng knew the struggle against isolationism had already been lost.
我们有理由相信，郑和知道反对闭关锁国是必然要失败的。"If we don't get into China's market, we are locked into our own country, " he said.
他说：“如果不能进入中国市场，我们就闭关锁国、作茧自缚了。”But in technological, political and social developments, the Japanese paid a heavy price for their centuries of self-imposed isolation.
但在技术，政治和社会发展上，数百年的闭关锁国为他们上了沉痛的一课。