To paddle one's own canoe doesn't necessarily mean denying any external assistance.
独立自主并不一定意味着要拒绝一切外来援助.
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充分体现了核工业科研人员独立自主, 自力更生 的创业奉献精神.
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The Chinese Communist began to explore the diplomatic practice that paddle one's own canoe 1944.
1944年中国共产党开始探索独立自主的外交实践.
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