With a global economic meltdown pretty much a given, even ever-cautious Taiwan will be hard pressed to dodge the blow. Due to its heavy dependence on exports, it is estimated that Taiwan's economy will show a steeper decline than Hong Kong's in 2009, and among the rest of the four Asian tigers, Taiwan should stay more or less on par with South Korea and do slightly better than Singapore.
全球經濟大衰退已成定局，一向小心謹慎力求穩健的台灣，也難逃池魚之殃，且因屬於淺碟型出口經濟，預估 2009 年經濟負成長的幅度還高於香港，在四小龍中與韓國形成拉鋸，僅略勝新加坡一籌。