not only is the comment about China accurate it elicits a great point.

to add in a Hayek quote

>The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.'

there is a great podcast from Econtalk [0] talking about this in detail that I highly recommend a listen if you are not familiar with it.

back to the point, these changes have unforeseen consequences, some may be good but some could cause a new type of famine or disease that could have devastating consequences. I do not think this point can be overstated.

[0] https://www.econtalk.org/frank-dikotter-on-maos-great-famine...