Quote Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays View Post
No, you said "Hong Kong has the lowest tariffs and they seem to do well". If you see the world through a single prism of trade I guess you have a point. But according to you this has come at the cost of being usurped by a quasi communist state. My point was doing well because of low tariffs isn't the be all and end all. Do you have a better example?
They are not being Usurped because they do well out of free trade.
I don't need a better example. Hong Kong has the lowest tarifs in the world and are very successful. What historical claims China has on Hong Kong is completely irrelevant to this discussion.