Although China was able to carry out atomic tests in the 1960s and send satellites into space in the 1970s, those economic distortions cost the nation dearly. Even now, some 30 years since the launch of the reforms, the toxic effects of those earlier policies are still being felt.
這些「扭曲」如願地讓中國在 1960 年代試爆原子彈、70 年代衛星上太空，然而它的經濟代價太過慘重，雖歷經 30 年改革開放，仍有許多遺毒無法清除。