What Is Common Among the Asian Countries Hong Kong, South

question 59

Multiple Choice

What is common among the Asian countries Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan?

• A) They were among the first countries in Asia to move from a status of developing countries to newly industrialized countries.
• B) They have a middle class numbering some 250 million, about the population of the United States.
• C) The exports in these countries are growing at a rate of 50 percent annually.
• D) They have faced a serious disadvantage in the information age due to their complex languages.
• E) They all have the custom of "baksheesh," a deeply ingrained system of bribery.

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