Chu Chia-I points out that after the financial crisis hit, Southeast Asian countries were forced to make some adjustments to their investment policies. Countries such as Thailand and Malaysia found that many of their domestic companies were deep in debt, and they sought foreign investment or foreign buyers, including for some areas that had previously been off-limits to foreign investment.
朱家一指出，金融風暴發生之後，東南亞國家也不得不調整投資環境，比如泰國、馬來西亞，國內充斥著負債沈重的各行各業，等著外資參與投資或購併，其中不乏過去限制外資的領域。