In fact, the Asian countries have had an excellent chance to absorb the lessons of the Western experience. But as the SCMP describes it, "They'd prefer to bury their heads in the sand."
事實上，亞洲國家原有很好的機會掌握時機、吸取西方經驗，也記取教訓、防患未然，「但他們寧可把頭埋在沙子裡」，南華早報這樣形容。