In addition to its growing political and natural-resource challenges, Asia has made the mistake of overemphasizing GDP growth to the exclusion of other indices of development. As a result, Asia is becoming more unequal, corruption is spreading, domestic discontent is rising, and environmental degradation is becoming a serious problem.
除了日益严峻的政治和自然资源挑战，亚洲还犯了过度强调GDP以至于忽视了发展指标的错误。结果，亚洲的不平等问题愈演愈烈，腐败横行，国内不满情绪日益高涨，环境破坏也日益严重。更糟糕的是，尽管许多亚洲国家接受了西方的经济价值观，但却拒绝接受其政治价值观。