在2008—2009年大衰退发生前夕出口占亚洲新兴市场整体GDP的比重上升到了44 % ， 比1997—1998年亚洲危机时搞了整整十个百分点。
On the eve of the Great Recession of 2008-2009, exports had soared to a record 44% of combined GDP for Asia’s emerging markets – fully ten percentage points higher than the export share prevailing during Asia’s own crisis in 1997-1998.