Since the September 22, 1985 decision by the U.S., Japan, the United Kingdom, France, and West Germany to jointly intervene and force down the exchange value of the U.S. dollar up to October of this year, the Japanese yen has risen 62 percent against the dollar. At the same time the NT dollar has risen 31 percent while the currencies of the other three "Little Dragons" have fallen further behind.
從一九八五年九月廿二日英、法、德、美、日等國聯合干預，促使美元貶值至今年七月底，日圓對美元匯率升值了百分之六十二，新台幣升值了百分之卅一，其他三小龍的升值情形遠遠落後。