Now Hutchison Ports, part of Mr Li's Hutchison Whampoa group, has been blocked from tendering for a port project near an Indian naval base in Mumbai.

ECONOMIST: Fear of China

Aside from convenience stores and some niche sellers, the territory's supermarket business is controlled by two huge chains: Park'n Shop, the stores owned by Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa Group, and Wellcome, which belongs to Asia's biggest grocer, Jardine Matheson-controlled Dairy Farm.

CNN: Groceries to go

Another reportedly interested is Hong Kong-based conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa's Tom Group, who said last month it was premature to say it was in talks on a specific deal.

BBC: Ecclestone is trying to secure the future of F1 beyond 2007