Our top picks are Cheung Kong and Sun Hung Kai in Hong Kong and DBS Land in Singapore.

CNN: TWO BULLS IN THE ASIAN SHOP

Founded in 1963 by the company's late patriarch, Sun Hung Kai developed into one of Hong Kong's most successful businesses, and when the elder Kwok died in 1990, he left the reins of Sun Hung Kai to his three sons, with the eldest, Walter Kwok, at the helm.

WSJ: Sun Hung Kai's Raymond Kwok Denies Wrongdoing

In Hong Kong, Chau expects that falling interest rates will help stocks as a whole, especially such blue-chip property developers as Cheung Kong and Sun Hung Kai Properties, both Chau holdings, since lower borrowing costs should stimulate demand for property. (Fair disclosure: Through cef Holdings, Cheung Kong is an investor in Chau's employer, TAL CEF Global Asset Management).

FORBES: One China, Many Choices

When Kai-Yin Lo returned home to Hong Kong after attending school in Britain and the U.S. in the 1970s, she wasn't an obvious bet to emerge as a success in design.

FORBES

These include Luis Crouch of the Global Partnership for Education, Koji Miyamoto from the OECD, Kai-ming Cheng of the University of Hong Kong, David Istance of the OECD, Zhou Nanzhao of Beijing Normal University, and Daniel Wagner of the University of Pennsylvania.

UNESCO: ����

The shortage of qualified tech talent in Hong Kong and throughout Asia is a potential hindrance to Sun Hung Kai's Internet dreams.

CNN: Change Is in the Air

An executive director at Sun Hung Kai Properties was arrested in connection with what the company said is a bribery investigation by Hong Kong authorities.

WSJ: What's News

Sun Hung Kai emerged in 1972 as a consortium that included Lee Shau Kee, the fabulously wealthy owner of another Hong Kong developer, Henderson Land.

CNN: Change Is in the Air