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Hong Kong's Bermuda Bent
Companies wishing to protect their assets from the long arm of the state will see an advantage in getting as far away from the emperor as possible.
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As this week's release of the Panama Papers has shown, most investors like to keep their links to offshore financial centers on the QT. Not so in Hong Kong.
Take a look, for instance, at the front page of the latest annual report from one constituent of the Hang Seng Index, a noodle maker that Chinese consumers know by the cuddly name of Master Kong: