In Asia the periphery has been much more active, up to now, than the center. With less than one third of the population, Asia's periphery produces 85 % of Asia's total economic output.
而在亞洲地區，邊緣地帶像日本、亞洲四小龍，反而比中心活躍，只佔全亞洲人口的三分之一，但經濟規模卻佔全亞洲的百分之八十五。