Second, the overseas Vietnamese are both a smaller and a more westernised bunch than the overseas Chinese.
Like Huang, they were culturally ambidextrous and therefore good candidates to represent the new financial powers of Asia, the overseas Chinese.
China's growing might is reinforced by its links with the overseas Chinese.
Indian officials speak admiringly of investments in China by the overseas Chinese.
The two most important groups are the overseas Chinese and the Indians.
The overseas Chinese also spearhead China's global expansion: Africa, for example, is dotted with Chinese malls that sell the latest gadgets from Guangdong.
Modern Mormons have something in common with other industrious minorities, such as Parsees, who are prominent in corporate India, the overseas Chinese and Jews.
Suchen had continued watching from afar while couples their age began to have children, and when Lei had joined the other overseas Chinese returning to the mother country to make their fortunes she had not accompanied him on his trips.
But though the typical overseas Chinese conglomerate, ruled by a lone patriarch, might do well in businesses, such as property or shipping, where good contacts and rapid decision-making are crucial, these fief-firms have their limitations.
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Haier is now producing in South Carolina as well, but things haven't always gone well at the overseas facilities of Chinese producers.
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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Chinese oil and coal companies were among the first to look overseas in their quest for energy supplies, pitching the Chinese flag in places like Sudan, which Western companies had largely abandoned under international pressure.
The flow of Chinese investment overseas and investment in China by foreign multinationals will, if history is a guide, spur still more trade between China and others.
He Jingjun, associate professor at Southwest University of Political Science and Law in Chongqing and commentator for The Beijing News, welcomes the execution decision as a "milestone in the protection of Chinese citizens overseas".
The appetite of Chinese companies for overseas acquisitions is quickly moving well beyond natural resources.
Another driver for overseas deals is the desire of Chinese firms to control global brands.
For this reason, the initial wave of overseas acquisitions by Chinese companies has been largely confined to asset intensive energy and natural resource companies.
To Westerners who see China's math students regularly ranking near the top in international comparisons and Chinese mathematicians populating the math faculties at the finest overseas universities, Yau's crusade seems like overkill.
On April 22, the 21st Century Business Herald reported that regulators will allow a first batch of 10 foreign and overseas-listed Chinese companies to list on the board.
All signs point to the fact that Chinese companies are gearing up to make more overseas direct investments (ODI) in the coming years.
Mr. Wang said the move could also help remove hurdles posed by the Chinese bank stakes in CIC's dealings with overseas regulators.
Those are the companies that are likely to be at the forefront of Chinese value-added overseas.
Zhang says he is conscious of avoiding the missteps of other Chinese companies operating overseas.
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Until recently, the demand for global hotel brands and good air links mainly came from overseas business travellers, mainly Chinese and Europeans, and the business and leisure sector afforded by domestic oil and gas wealth.
Chinese oil and coal companies have been looking overseas in their quest to secure energy supplies, pitching the Chinese flag in places like Sudan, which Western companies had largely abandoned under international pressure.
How should Cat, Komatsu and the other global leaders prepare for Chinese competition overseas?
With more than 10 million Chinese citizens educated overseas in the past 10 years, his task seems huge.
The branch is attaching increasing importance to the loan business for Chinese companies during their overseas merger and acquisition activities.
Geely broke the equivalent of the sound barrier in China autos when it emerged as the winning bidder for Volvo, the first Chinese car company to make an overseas acquisition of a premium brand.
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