At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last month, Aso brought up the concept of an "Arc of Freedom and Prosperity", which has drawn strong criticism from Chinese experts, Cai said.

上月在瑞士达沃斯召开的世界经济论坛上，麻生太郞提出了“自由与繁荣之弧”的概念，蔡建国称该理念备受中国专家的批评。

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Forty-three countries, from every part of the world, have now reached their highest economic freedom ranking in the index's history.

分布在世界不同地区的43个国家的经济自由度已经在指数排名上达到了历史新高。

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In the latest Economic Freedom of the World Pakistan is tied for 111-114 out of 144 countries.

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The U.S. is, according to the Economic Freedom of the World index, the nation with the 18th freest economy in the world.

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The Index of Economic Freedom and the similar Economic Freedom of the World Index from the Frazer Institute were both created under the inspiration of the late Milton Friedman.

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