One month before his death, he wrote the article "Hong Kong Wrong—What would Cowperthwaite say?" in The Wall Street Journal, criticizing Donald Tsang, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, for abandoning "positive noninterventionism."
Mjesec dana prije svoje smrti, napisao je članak "Hong Kong u krivu-što bi Cowperthwaite rekao?" u Wall Street Journalu, kritizirajući Donalda Tsanga, izvršnog direktora Hong Konga, za napuštanje "pozitivnog nonintervencionizma."