China

China is the world's largest economy and is often seen as the global growth engine. However, China is an emerging market transitioning from a manufacturing to a consumer-driven economy and can be still very risky. As the Chinese market is still dominated by companies that are state-run or private, Chinese stock investments are often limited to sectors and companies that provide public stock offerings. These include for example telecommunication and technology, financial service providers and energy companies. In addition Chinese stocks differ between companies based in and listed in mainland China, Hong Kong or even USA.