Advantages that were once monopolized by Taiwan and the other Asian dragons, including close economic cooperation with the leading industrial nations, a cheap and productive workforce, and capital reserves built on the back of high savings rates, have gradually been lost to other countries.
原先屬於四小龍獨具的優勢，譬如與先進國家的配合度、價廉物美的勞力、高儲蓄率所累積的資本優勢等，逐漸為他國取代。