亚洲在发展成长的过程中，一方面通过对美国的贸易盈余输出其储蓄；另一方面又借助纽约和伦敦以直接投资与股票组合投资等形式重新将资本输回亚洲。 这一跨境迂回投资过程制造了严重但基本被忽视的地缘金融紧张局面。
As it has developed, Asia has been exporting its savings, through a trade surplus with the United States, and re-importing them, in the form of direct and portfolio investment via New York and London – a process that has created severe, though largely overlooked, financial tensions.