There are some smart people--most notably Harvard's Jeffrey Sachs--who believe that, but my view is that Asian economies had gone seriously off the rails well before last summer, and that some kind of unpleasant comeuppance was inevitable.
I think Asian economies are suffering.
Here the two-hour VIP tour changes every weekday, depending on shooting schedules, as small groups of 12 guests over eight years of age walk through the back lot past familiar TV and movie sets and tour production facilities.