"This has made using centralized back-office functions more of a hindrance than an advantage.

“这使得使用集中的后台功能与其说是优势，不如说是一种障碍。

"If you want to pioneer and invent new technology, you need to step into the unknown and, in that realm, experience can be a hindrance.

“如果你想开拓和发明新技术，你需要进入未知领域，在这个领域，经验可能会成为障碍。

Luckin Coffee Inc's potential delisting from the Nasdaq is unlikely to be a major hindrance for other Chinese firms that are seeking overseas listings, a leading global investment bank said.

Malnutrition has always been a hindrance to the development of the economy and population in the world, he said.

"We also work closely with traffic supervisors to improve operations, and minimize hindrance to pedestrians. "

This clear trend toward "decoupling" in financial and investment ties with China demonstrates the world's No 1 hegemony is becoming a hindrance to global economic integration.

Although decades of market-oriented reforms have made circulations of goods and services more smooth, local protectionism and market segmentation remained a major hindrance to fostering a unified market.

Free from the hindrance of institutional arrangements and human factors, barriers to entry and exit will be eliminated for domestic entities, while foreign countries will benefit on a reciprocal basis, facilitating the flow of resources, factors and products at low costs, Liu added.

A list-based management approach will be introduced for goods exported and imported through the Hainan FTP, with goods outside the list passing through the port without any hindrance.

A new word has also emerged-"grandfluencers"－meaning elderly online influencers, and for them, age isn't a social media hindrance.

In the United States, in contrast, the Amazon-Facebook-Google oligopoly suppresses meaningful competition and is a hindrance to small businesses.

Citing a BYD survey that showed 30 percent of Japanese consumers are currently willing to buy EVs, Liu pointed out that a major hindrance for Japan's market is a lack of available models to consumers.

Higher production costs compared to lithium-ion batteries are a hindrance, but Sinyuan's strengths in graphite material production, research and development will help greatly lower costs, Yuan said.

Guo said the space required for AR-HUDs used to be a hindrance.

It's been there since e-cars were invented; it's been the major hindrance to e-cars becoming popular among private buyers even in China, the world's largest new energy market since 2015.

As China's leading cross-border platform selling to individual users in over 200 economies, language barriers have long been a hindrance for precise communication between sellers and buyers.

Despite the rising awareness and robust confidence over retirement investments, some key barriers remain for Chinese young people's retirement planning, with more respondents than last year citing "the lack of investment knowledge "as a key hindrance, according to Fidelity International.