Whereas , compared with western countries like america and japan , chain business of our nation is fairish weaker .
然而，我国的连锁经营与西欧美国日本等国家相比，竞争力相对比较弱。
Sir tim lankester , a former british civil servant who played a central role in the affair , has now produced a gripping account of what douglas hurd , britain 's foreign secretary from 1989-95 , called , with typically patrician understatement " a fairish nightmare " .
