至今为止,相对于较发达的东欧国家而言,发展中的社会主义国家向市场经济的转型受到较少的注意。但是这些发展中的社会主义国家的转型更为重要。发展中的社会主义国家包括越南、北朝鲜、原苏联的中亚各共和国,几个非洲国家,以及最重要的是中国。当人们几百年后书写20世纪末的历史时,很有可能会认为那个时期最具意义的事件是 To date, the transition from a developing socialist country to a market economy has received less attention than the more developed East European countries. However, the transformation of these developing socialist countries is even more important. The developing socialist countries include Vietnam, North Korea, the Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union, several African countries, and above all, China. When people write the history of the late twentieth century hundreds of years later, it is quite likely that the most significant event of that period was