og 的Laos题，有点confusing~~

huangsiyan

Laos has a land area comparable to that of Great Britain but a population of only 4 million people, many of whom are members of hill tribes ensconced in the virtually inaccessible mountain valleys of the north.不知道这里的but是做什么讲？谢谢前辈

zhongyaya

Laos
has a land areacomparable to that of Great Britain but (Laos has )a population of only 4 million people

legnawen

是不是省略了Laos has?
Laos has a land area comparable to that of Great Britain but ( Laos

has )a population of only 4 million people, many of whom are members

of hill tribes ensconced in the virtually inaccessible mountain

valleys of the north.
请指正