Lu Ang, a commentator at CCTV's tennis and golf channel, credits the record of Chinese players to the revamp of China's sports system, which now encourages more individual initiative and more international competition.

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The outright winner is Ang Lee, who is at once dependably stylish and smartly unpredictable.

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But Andrew Ang, financial economist and business professor at Columbia Business School, says it might be tough to force banks to stay put.

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Of the property stocks, Ang likes City Developments, which has a strong balance sheet and a land bank acquired at cheap prices.

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