Are you living in your own world?
Hong Kong had been a British colony for over a century and its
successes, for large parts, are very much the work of the Brits.
Look at Hong Kong on 30th June 1997 and try telling me Hong Kong's
prosperity trails this regime's at that time.
If you've any more doubts to the source of Hong Kong's success, why
not compare Hong Kong's economy on 30th June 1997 to Macau's
economy on 18th December 1999? After all, both Hong Kong and Macau
are supposed to have the backing of China, don't they?