这些企业都是上世纪90年代中期导致剧烈震荡的经济自由化的幸存者，因而它们比其他的企业更圆滑，更具竞争力、更渴望获得广大的的海外产品市场。

These were notable survivors of a traumatic liberalisation in the 1990s. They emerged sleeker, more competitive and lusting for new markets for their exports.

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我把大家的注意力集中到这件荒唐的事情上来是为了说明一个更普遍的观点。对当今一代来说，似乎他们所遗忘的是曾经被称之为自由的概念。

I draw attention to this absurdity to make a more general point. What seems to have escaped the current generation is the notion that was once called freedom.

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