Another potential rub in welcoming world finance is the rule-of-law problem: Capital markets function on trust, and welshing on derivatives contracts, for example, is not conducive to bringing big money to the mainland.

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"This can not, by any standards, be in the interests of any bilateral relationship that has to function on the basis of trust, " he said.

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We have to have impartial panels of professional police because without that and without the trust of the general public, they cannot function.

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For markets to function effectively, investors need to trust the information reported by companies, and research analysts need to be able to act independently.

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