Hong Kong government officials were lining up on Tuesday to insist that the city is not a major centre for money laundering. Their protests are not entirely convincing. Hong Kong may not be the conduit of choice for drug cartels or terrorist organisations looking to cleanse their dirty cash. But it certainly is the favourite […]
Author Archives: Tom Holland
Tom has more than 20 years of experience as a journalist covering business, finance and economics, including seven years writing Monitor, the South China Morning Post’s flagship daily column. After his original career as a geologist was cut short by the last collapse in commodity prices, Tom entered journalism as the traditional refuge of the otherwise unemployable.