What is especially important is that at the end of World War Two none of these places had a very good starting point from which to engage in international competition; Japan was defeated, Taiwan and South Korea were parts of divided nations, Hong Kong and Singapore were British colonies.
尤其重要的是，在大戰結束、和平競爭賽局開始之際，它們都沒有站在有利的起跑點﹘﹘日本戰敗，台灣、南韓國家分裂，香港、新加坡為英國殖民地。