If they are successful, China may earn returns on its investment abroad as well as at home.
Asian exporters face slower growth abroad, high raw-material prices, growing competition from China and diminishing returns from cost cutting.
Investment returns in China startups have far outperformed those in India, and many more young Chinese companies are set to go public this year.
For example the Goldman Sachs BRIC Fund, which focuses mainly on Brazil, Russia, India and China has posted lackluster returns of over -5% this year.
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Much like the over-expansion of government-led infrastructure projects, KFC China will experience diminishing returns if it continues to expand into areas with lower spending power.
It was founded by the Chinese government in 2007 to seek better returns for China's mammoth currency reserves, which had typically been parked in low-yielding securities such as U.S. Treasurys.
Even companies providing basic industrial goods in China are producing eye-popping returns.
"There are still concerns, but when we look at all the possibilities for returns versus risk, China is a good proposition, " she says.
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China and Korea, which produced healthy returns during 2012.
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Growth in shipments of Samsung's flagship GALAXY Note and GALAXY S II and other premium mobile devices yielded high returns, with significant growth in China, Central and South America, the Middle East and Africa.
American foreign direct investment reaps returns of 13.5% in China, compared with 9.7% worldwide, according to K.C.
This means that these three countries produced, roughly speaking, 1.5 to 2.6 times higher returns on new capital investment than did China.
At some point, China's investment must run into rapidly diminishing returns.
However, China, North Korea's foremost ally, often returns North Korean refugees, ruling them economic migrants.
In short, hot money is fleeing low interest rates in the U.S. and Western Europe for China, India, South Korea and other nations where the returns are much higher.
Well known hedge fund manager Jim Chanos has been shorting China banks all year, providing his clients with hefty double digit returns because of that bet.
Suntech is Leeb's latest investment idea to tap into his "Chindia" theme, which seeks superior returns from investing in companies that participate in the modernization and expansion of China and India.
China is trying to shift its economy away from an investment-led model that delivers diminishing returns.
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China has leapt ahead of India with startups that have excelled with IPOs on Wall Street and investment returns for Sand Hill Road.
If China adopted a flat tax, more than a quarter of the world's population would be filling out tax returns on the back of a postcard.
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