当时，身居缅甸需要如履薄冰，因为政府对你如何界定该国的问题 — — 即使是贫困、农业生产率低下、劳动力素质不高这样的问题 — — 颇为敏感。
At that time, one had to be careful, given the government’s sensitivities, even about how one framed the country’s problems – its poverty, lack of rural productivity, and unskilled workforce.