[bigjoesaddle]

After all, there is a reason why Hong Kong grows so fast and France is an economic basket case.

What is Hong Kong's government...is it like ours?

[jpl]

What is Hong Kong's government...is it like ours?

It is officially run by mainland China now, but they have been somewhat hands off fortunately.

Economically, Hong Kong is like us, but even more so.

[Viva Le Dissention]

"What is Hong Kong's government...is it like ours? "

This is a "Cato-junkie" reference to a report released last month that rated Hong Kong as the world's most free economy.

If you would like to read the report, here it is.

http://www.freetheworld.com/release.html

If you'd rather search by country, try this link: http://www.heritage.org/index/