That ten years was enough to give Japan a chance to establish itself before the rise of the "Newly Industrializing Countries." For the ROC, as it now attempts to pare off weak industries and move to higher value-added products, there are many competitors at her side.
十年光陰已足以使日本一枝獨秀地走在「新興工業國家」之前；而當我們面臨匯率升值，也想效法日本淘汰不具競爭力的產業、發展附加值較高的產品時，身邊已經有了好幾個實力相近的對手。