When I first told other China watchers that from 1930 to 1980 there had been no progress in China, no one believed me. These China watchers were convinced that there had been tremendous progress in China, because of the People's Communes.
當我告訴其他研究中國問題的人，大陸自九三○年到一九八○年來，沒有一點進步時，沒有人相信我。