Knowra Four Asian Tigers Four Asian Tigers The Four Asian Tigers are Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan, economies that industrialized rapidly through export-led growth from the 1960s onward.
Export-oriented industrialization : A development strategy that builds manufacturing for foreign markets to earn export revenue and expand industrial capacity. It names the shared growth strategy associated with the Tigers.
Hong Kong : A city and special administrative region on China's southern coast, known as a major financial and trading center. Its entrepôt trade and manufacturing formed one distinct Tiger trajectory.
Korean War : A war fought on the Korean Peninsula from 1950 to 1953 between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. The war shaped South Korea’s postwar reconstruction and security environment.
East Asian miracle : The rapid economic growth of several East Asian economies during the second half of the twentieth century. The Tigers became prominent cases within this broader regional growth pattern.
People's Republic of China : A country in East Asia governed by the Chinese Communist Party since its establishment in 1949. China’s later reform-era growth followed a different scale and institutional path from the Tigers’ earlier industrialization.
Developmental state : A state that actively guides economic development through industrial policy, finance, and coordination with businesses. Government direction helped shape industrial investment and export competitiveness.
Singapore : A sovereign island city-state in Southeast Asia and a major center for trade, finance, and manufacturing. Its port, state institutions, and investment strategy shaped a distinct growth model.
Cold War : The geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their allies from the late 1940s to 1991. Cold War alliances influenced aid, security, and market access for several Tiger economies.
Economic development : Long-term improvement in a society's productive capacity, incomes, institutions, and material well-being. The Tigers are widely studied as cases of rapid economic development.
ASEAN : The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a regional organization founded in 1967 to promote cooperation among Southeast Asian states. Some ASEAN economies later pursued export-led industrialization resembling aspects of the Tiger experience.
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