China, too, is developing in ways that will be far easier to assess in retrospect than they are today. And, if South Korea’s own recent past can be any guide, China’s economic transformation is likely to be followed by political and social changes of equally dramatic proportions.
几百年来，中国人对王朝临近崩溃的状态已经略知一二。中国自己的发展事后评估起来也远比今天更加容易。而且如果韩国近代史具有任何指导作用，那么中国经济转型引发的政治和社会变化很可能同样具有戏剧性。