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1. For freedom’s sake, rate Hong Kong

   The Heritage Foundation has dropped Hong Kong from its 2021 Index of Economic Freedom. ...

2. Economic freedom under threat globally

   Appeared in National Newswatch, September 10, 2020 Two troubling questions lurk behind the results of the Fraser Institute’s 2020 Economic Freedom of the World report, released Sept. 10. This year’s report is based on 2018 data (the most recent available) ...

3. China looks to douse freedom in Hong Kong

   The Communist Party of China (CPC) recently ordered large-scale arrests of dissidents and imposed a security law, which attacks Hong Kong’s Basic Law (effectively, a freedom-protecting constitution) by bypassing Hong Kong’s Legislative ...

4. Hong Kong—withstanding the attack

   Appeared in the New Delhi Times, October 7, 2019 Hong Kong remains in turmoil amid its most contentious political crisis since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule more than two decades ago. Recently, the government used colonial-era emergency legislation ...

5. Hong Kong fights for rule of law—and more

   Appeared in the Svensk Tidskrift, September 13, 2019 Last week, Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam announced that her government will withdraw the bill that would undermine the rule of law by allowing extraditions to mainland China, which sparked three ...

6. Liberty in the crosshairs in Hong Kong

   Appeared in the National Post As pro-democracy demonstrations flare across Hong Kong, it continues to rank first in the world in economic freedom. Hong Kong has been at the top since 1970, according to the just-released Fraser Institute Economic Freedom ...

7. Will China squelch Hong Kong?

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald With the recent Russian-inspired tragedies in eastern Ukraine and the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, much of the world is understandably focused on those regions. But another continent, Asia, is worth watching, ...

8. The Canada and Hong Kong advantage: the rule of law

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald and Victoria Times Colonist "Travel", said Francis Bacon, "is part of education for the young and a part of experience for those who are older." But there is an additional benefit from a journey outside ...