mainland China
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Insurers are impacted by the rule change as investors from mainland China are big spenders on Hong Kong insurance products.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
More than 60 percent of the external capital comes from mainland China, the BCG 2026 Global Wealth Report said, adding that Hong Kong was "cementing its role as China's gateway to global markets".
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Pure Living is now "exploring whether the mainland China market would be interested, because there's always there's always interest in UK property".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
As part of the partnership, BMS will get exclusive rights—outside mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau—to four oncology and hematology treatments developed by Hengrui.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Their languages are of course much more numerous than the eight dominant Chinese languages of mainland China, but are no more diverse.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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