One example from close at hand is Japan, the only Asian country in the G7, whose economy has been on the skids for nearly ten years now. And in Hong Kong, a "little dragon" like Taiwan, property values have fallen by two-thirds, even worse than in Taiwan. The point is not to feel better about ourselves by noting that others are even worse off.
遠的不說，就以身邊的鄰國而言，曾側身於世界經濟七強的唯一亞洲國家日本，景氣閃綠燈已近十年，就是最佳說明；而同為亞洲小龍的香港，房地產縮水將近三分之二，遠比台灣蕭條。