Hong Kong falls off the economic freedom index it topped for 25 years—Heritage Foundation


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Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today . On Thursday, the Heritage Foundation dropped Hong Kong from its annual “economic freedom” index—a list the Asian financial hub topped for 25 years—claiming the Special Administrative Region has become politically indistinguishable from mainland China. “No doubt both Hong Kong and Macau, as Special Administrative Regions, enjoy economic policies that in many respects offer their citizens more economic freedom than is available to the average citizen of China,” the Washington, D.C.-based think tank said . “But developments in recent...