二十世纪，蒙古一直在大国之间左右逢源，这么多年来，经济发展却并不怎么样，作为内陆国，经济建设一直没有起色。在海外问答网站Quora上，外国网友提问道：土地广袤，资源丰富，蒙古为何就发展不起来？这引起各国专家和网友的热议，我们看看他们的观点。
中国网友江宏达的回答
About ten years ago, just before my father retired, he went to Mongolia on business. He told me this after he came back:
大约十年前，就在我父亲退休前，他去蒙古出差，这是他回来后告诉我的：
Despite the population difference between them (22 million: about 3 million), not to mention the climate and soil fertility, the only bargaining chip left for Mongolia today is to negotiate between super power. This country has rich reserves of coking coal, gold and copper. Why do they still bear so many loans?
撇开他们之间的人口数量不谈，也不要说气候和土壤肥力，今天留给蒙古国唯一讨价还价筹码是在大国之间周旋，这个国家有丰富的焦煤、黄金和铜储量，那为什么他们还背负这么多贷款呢？
Because most mining rights are in private hands. Although some large mines, such as Tavan Tolgoi, are owned by the state, however, it is too difficult to mine these mines (Tavan Tolgoi). There are only a few roads between the mines and the outside world. The poor infrastructure makes the government have to cooperate with private consortia.
因为大部分采矿权掌握在私人手中。塔万陶勒盖等一些大型矿山虽然归国家所有，然而，这些矿（Tavan Tolgoi）开采难度太大，无法开采，矿井与外界之间只有几条道路相连，糟糕的基础设施让官方不得不与私人财团合作。