An Australian, George Morrison, went to China in the 19th Century (I'm unsure of the exact dates) and took a series of fascinating photos which seem to have been published around 1895. The following picture of a Chinese John Galt, particularly with Morrison's sardonic comment, really caught my attention.

Morrison had this to say about it:

AN INGENIOUS DEVICE. The toll for a wheelbarrow going over one of the bridges in the foreign settlement being 18 cash (about 3/4d.), while a coolie carrying a burden passes for 4 cash, barrow drivers upon arriving at the gate take their barrows to pieces, and thus transforming them into simple "burdens" avoid the additional impost. The notion is not a bad one. It combines simplicity with ingenuity, and is especially to be commended as a novel means of evading an unpopular tax.
Who knew Ayn Rand was so popular in 19th Century China?

The source of this photo, the digital records of the Japanese Toyo Bunko Rare Books is worth checking out. They've scanned in quite a number of very rare books concerning the Silk Road which include a lot of beautiful plates.
[Of course, the coolie would actually have to opt out of carrying things altogether to actually be a John Galt, but still, I like the tax avoidance ingenuity.]