Mr. Wheatley, a Briton who spent 18 years at the London Stock Exchange before taking the Hong Kong post in 2005, said the problems with Chinese companies listing outside their home jurisdiction, including those that list in Hong Kong, were exacerbated by the fact that regulators seeking more information about a company rely on third-party investigators.
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Despite all the talk about increased sophistication in the Chinese and Indian economies, the U.S. remains home to a highly educated workforce and an enforceable rule of law designed to protect intellectual property.
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The restructuring of Caterham's line-up means Ma Qing Huang -- who made history when he became the first Chinese racer to drive in front of his home crowd during practice at the last race in Shanghai -- loses his role as the team's reserve as well as his place in Caterham's GP2 team.
In the U.S., Chinese ranked second behind Canada in home purchases in 2012, accounting for 11% of foreign sales, up from 5% in 2007, according to a survey by the National Association of Realtors.
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Many of these young Chinese started returning home in the 1920s and 1930s, imbued with Western ideas about modern design.
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Likewise, the continued growth of the Chinese economy, and its ultimate ascendancy to the top of the global economic pyramid, will afford Chinese companies the opportunity to build a strong base in their home country that will position them to become globally dominant as well.
The number of Chinese cities seeing a month-on-month increase in home prices rose to the highest level in 11 months in June, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday.
And the financial woes of Chinese businessmen abroad mean they are investing less in their home town, and even withdrawing much of the money they had sent back to Shantou.
Of the 70 major Chinese cities tracked by NBS, 67 saw home prices increase in April compared to March, with the highest growth rate at 2.1%, down from the 3.2% in March.
But he admits the 700-odd Chinese workers in his company have the chance to earn up to three times as much as back home in China.
For example, the kitchen is usually small and considered secondary in a Chinese home.
In the past, it was rare for Chinese to leave their home regions, and four-fifths of the population was rural.
Beijing is trying hard to curb price appreciation and Chinese home ownership is already among the highest in the world.
But China shares one important advantage with India: the army of overseas Chinese who have made their home in America, particularly Silicon Valley.
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Often the Chinese brands and products featured in Hollywood movies are not available outside their home market.
An increasing number of Chinese cities saw falls in new home prices in November, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported over the weekend.
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Chinese tech and consumer brands that have cemented a lead in the home market will intensify their global outreach and begin to stand out as quality goods and services that can compete with North American and European names.
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Exchange rules may permit the Chinese authorities to attend the board meetings of listed companies, something that might not bother the NYSE, which does not face competition from Chinese exchanges in its home markets of Europe or America, but would probably horrify a global bank.
Whirlpool disclosed a sales and distribution alliance with Chinese retailer Suning in an effort by the world's largest maker of home appliances to increase its small share of the market in China.
Chinese demand has pushed the average price of a Vancouver home up 12% in 2010 and is expected to rise another 3% this year, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
The best way for China to stimulate real consumer growth and spending is to remove the barriers to growth for the Chinese private sector, so that they obtain needed capital to grow at home in China.
They warned that companies like Apple should not only worry about the Chinese vendors, but also the increasingly capable and credible home-grown brands in Brazil, India, and Indonesia making good headway in their respective domestic markets.
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Cheng, who had the suits for his wedding in the Maldives made here last year, looks totally at home, chatting to the tailors in Cantonese (though, unlike many Hong Kong Chinese, Cheng is also fluent in Mandarin).
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But China is likely to be cautious in granting Cathay additional flights given opposition from home carriers including Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines as the fragmented Chinese airline industry consolidates.
China is home to a sizable North Korean community, both North Koreans working in the neighboring nation and Chinese citizens of ethnic ancestry who consider North Korea their motherland.
In many cases, he makes a home in the motels and hotels that dot highways and has made it a personal challenge to find good Chinese food wherever he goes.
In America it was easy to get a mortgage for 100% or more of the value of a home, but Chinese buyers must put down a minimum deposit of 20-30%, depending on the home's size, and as much as 40% on second homes.
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