EARLIER this month I was privileged to have participated in the World Chinese Economic Summit (WCES) in Hong Kong, organized by the Asia Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI), to which I am a senior adviser on international affairs. The WCES this year commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, and the signing of the Asean-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement that complements the China-Asean Free Trade Agreement, which has accelerated trade between China and Asean countries and is in the process of being further upgraded.