Although you can't control the economy, you don't have to be a passive observer. 虽然你不能控制经济形势,但是你也不需要作一位消极的观望者。
China would deserve sympathy on that score but for its own preference that state-owned oligopolies control the commanding heights of the economy. 但它本身却偏爱国有寡头,并让这些企业控制经济的制高点。