World No. 1 Tigers Woods finished tied for sixth after a disappointing 72 in the European Tour event in China, while world No. 4 Paul Casey pulled out after only two holes of his final round due to a recurrence of his rib problem.
While Sequoia Capital China scores one IPO after another on NASDAQ and the NYSE, Kleiner continues to struggle in China.
Drogba recently signed an 18-month contract with Turkish club Galatasaray after just 10 months in China, while Anelka joined Italian champions Juventus on a five-month loan deal in January.
Japanese stocks climbed for the seventh successive session on Friday, reaching a fresh multiyear high, as the yen fell against the U.S. dollar, while Hong Kong and Australian markets rose after trade figures kicked off China's monthly economic data.
There's growth in Europe again and even in Japan (after nearly 15 years), while Brazil, Russia, India and China are keeping up their rapid industrial development.
Asian stock markets were mostly higher on Friday, turning upwards after digesting mixed messages on China's manufacturing data, while strong earnings and yen weakness pushed Japan to a fresh 33-month high.
While this would be strong in most nations, it is a slowdown for China after GDP grew 9.2% in 2011.
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America's very public intervention, after a long weekend of seeming indifference while the president and the secretary of state were off in China, came as a shock to Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon.
After all, the history of foreign investment in China is now entering its fourth decade, while the history of Chinese companies doing business abroad is only now being written.
Cognac is also a popular libation in Asia: Singapore is the second-largest export market for the drink after the U.S., with sales of 13.8 million bottles last year, while China exports rose 42%, to 5.2 million bottles.
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