Although China was taking cues from its "elder brother" the Soviet Union, the move toward heavy industry was not restricted to communist nations. Several non-communist countries that had experienced imperialism and colonization, such as India, Indonesia and Egypt, also took that path.
這雖是師法共產主義老大哥──蘇俄，但其實不僅共產世界如此，其他曾受帝國主義殖民之苦的大國如印度、印尼等，莫不如此。