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I could find four that were qualified to be called "developing" countries-Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and South Korea. They all seemed to have certain characteristics in common.
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Hong Kong was/is not a country. It had been a part of China as early as the Sung Dynasty (960 A.D.-) until Britain won the 1st Opium War. Hong Kong was ceded to Britain in 1842 under the Treaty of Nanking. It remained a British colony until 7/1/1997 when it was returned to China. Hong Kong is now a special administrative zone of China...
Taiwan is not recognized as a country by many nations, although its current President, a native Taiwanese, believes it is. Chiang Kai Shek & his KMT that ruled Taiwan for a long time are not native Taiwanese.