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Hong Kong is not a good example - it is an enclave depending on the much larger economies of China and England. It was indeed established as a center of free trade of opium, results of which were lucrative for England and disastrous for China.

You can see Colombia as another example of free trade.

Hong Kong is not a good example....

There you go again. You asked for an example of a free-trade society that did well over a long term, and I gave it. Then, instead of saying, "Well, you got me there", you just find some reason to carp about it. No doubt how many I came up with (and it's true there aren't many because governments have this itch to interfere with everything), you would no doubt find something to carp about with all of them.

You anti-free-trade types are not interested in honest argument. You only wish to muddy up the waters to try and defend your ill-supported pre-conceptions.

So I asked once again for any data you might have to support your position, and you again fail to give any (your only link is an irrelevant one about opium in Hong Kong). As far as I'm concerned, it's game, set, and match for me. Thanks for playing.