Creating a false identity used to be simply a matter of forging a few documents and finding a plausible life story.

以前要造出一个假身份很简单，准备好一些身份档案，再编好一个可信的故事就可以了。

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In South Africa, where white rule collapsed at the same time as communism did, the authorities seem to have done a better job at forging a new national story and avoiding the trap of replacing one rigid ideology with another.

ECONOMIST: Learning about the past