What began as small amounts of fund flow to these Asian emerging markets grew very rapidly. For the recipient countries,few paid the attention to the fact that this money could leave at short notice.

• 与是，投入这些亚洲新兴市场的资金愈来愈多，增长异常迅速，但接受投资的国家大多没有注意到，这些资金可在短时间内撤走。