mainland
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Shares in London-listed financial groups with a large presence in Asia fell on fears that new rules would curtail mainland Chinese investors’ use of Hong Kong bank accounts.
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
On May 22, Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission outlined a suite of additional rules, including a requirement that prospective customers’ funds originated outside of mainland China.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Yu has put a poster in his shopfront, hoping to attract a Mandarin speaker living in the city who can entice buyers in mainland China to buy properties in Cambridge.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
I feared for my father’s safety every time there was a storm on the Bay, and for my mother’s whenever she took the ferry to the mainland.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Vocabulary lists containing mainland
East Asia - Middle School
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