印度斯坦時報文章的評論-1978年前的中國

I think a lot of people failed in two aspects when they described China before 1978: firstly, before 1978, China was a totally planned economy, therefore, you could not compare an planned economy and a market economy strength just by their incomes. At those days ( I lived 14 years in that system), cash income was low, but you did not need to buy a lot of things: free education, health care, rice, distribution in kind, commodities at very low prices. Literally, there were no poor people or rich people. Everyone was taken care of by the collective or government. Robbing and stealing were extremely rare. Secondly, China\'s reform started in 1978, but the system before 1978 laid a very solid foundation for the reform and future development, that is the social capital (compared of India at the same time): literacy level was high, the idea of being equal was deep rooted, there was a well-planned industrial system and highly-united and motivated people.

我給翻一下，有錯請指正。

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我認為很多人在描述1978年前的中國時存在兩方麵的誤識。

第一，在1978年前，中國是一個完全的計劃經濟的國家。因此，不能夠僅憑他們的收
入來比對一個計劃經濟和一個市場經濟的力度。在那些日子裏（我在那種體係下生活
過14年）現金收入是較低。但你不需要買很多東西。免費教育，醫療，米以低價供應
，基本生活用品價格也反常低。理論上講，不存在窮人和富人。由政府或集體來關心
每一個人。盜竊現象極少發生。

第二，中國的改革始於1978年，但是1978年前的體係給與這種改革和後來的發展留下
了非常堅實的基礎。這就是社會資產（對比同期的印度），文盲率很低，平等的觀念
深深地紮在人們頭腦中，有著一個規劃良好的工業及高度團結，富有進取心的人民。

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