Chinese economy will overtake America’s – thanks to Chinese values of thrift and hard work
SCMP (2015.01.05, Comment – Insight & Opinon) The latest data from the International Monetary Fund shows that, in terms of purchasing power parity, China’s gross domestic product in 2014 is estimated to have surpassed that of the US. That has made for uncomfortable reading for those long aware of China’sContinue reading>
It’s nonsense to fault offshore financial centres
Craig Boise and Prof Andrew P. Morriss (Financial Times, 3 December 2008) Sir, Your analysis of offshore financial centres (“Harbours of resentment”, Analysis, December 1) makes three important errors. First, you repeat the silly claim by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that the current financial crisis has “brutallyContinue reading>
Hong Kong Companies Still Subject to Scaremongering Abroad
Monday 16th July, 2007 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=1447
Panama – The Hong Kong of Latin America?
Andrew Work (Club Lusitano, 9 July 2007) Carmina Valdizan, co-founder of the Fundacion Libertad, spoke to an audience of mostly shipping, ports and bank people on the future of the Panama Canal. Panama itself is an interesting historical anomaly. With a little over 3 million people, it has been politicallyContinue reading>
Free trade supporters hit back (Telegraph)
Monday 14th August, 2006 Free trade supporters hit backBy Richard Spencer in Hong Kong (Filed: 16/12/2005) Free trade hit back outside Hong Kong’s World Trade Organisation talks yesterday, mounting a small but cogently argued “anti-anti-globalisation” demonstration. While Korean farmers, Indonesian fishermen and international Marxists rallied in favour of protecting marketsContinue reading>
Suits and ties demonstrate on opposite side of divide
Jonathan Watts in Hong Kong – Friday December 16, 2005The Guardian It was billed as a capitalist counterbalance to the anti-free trade protests that grabbed the headlines at this week’s WTO talks in Hong Kong. Fed up by the attention given to Korean farmers, Filipina Marxists and the rest ofContinue reading>
Demonstrators call for removal of trade barriers
(14 August 2006) The Freedom to Trade (F2T) coalition staged a peaceful demonstration this afternoon calling for governments to remove barriers to trade throughout the world. The demonstration involved members of the F2T breaking chains and tearing down walls, representing the many barriers to trade imposed by our government, trappingContinue reading>
At The WTO: Lion Rock Stands Tall with Freedom To Trade Coalition
Leslie Kwoh (16 December 2005) As the South Korean farmers launched their third day of protectionist protests, a more subdued group of free marketeers demonstrated on the other side of the harbor. Ten members of the Freedom to Trade Coalition – comprising about six organizations representing Ghana, India, Britain, HongContinue reading>
At the WTO: Freedom to Trade Rally Gets The Message Out
Saturday 12th August, 2006 Media Coverage of Freedom to Trade Rally December 15th saw a number of supporting organisations come together to support the cause of free trade. The Lion Rock Institute, The International Policy Network, The Liberty Institute (New Dehli), Imani: The Centre for Humane Education (Ghana), the EvianContinue reading>