1.   A lot depends on whether the mainland Chinese market will be more open than now to Hong Kong films.

2.   China B shares fell, as a slide in Hong Kong stocks extended into the mainland markets.

3.   Fully exploiting Alaskan reserves would probably require building a pipeline to ferry natural gas to mainland markets.

4.   Gardner believes that once Hong Kong returns to the Chinese fold, Cathay Pacific will have better access to the huge and growing mainland market.

5.   Michael Levine, executive vice president of Northwest, scoffs at the idea that a freer Japan-American mainland market would make a big dent in average fares.

6.   Shih believes that despite the political uncertainty, Taiwanese companies are still the best-positioned to dominate the mainland market.

7.   The company set out earlier this year to join with a Chinese partner to help avoid similar problems in the future and grease its expansion in the mainland market.

8.   With China entering the World Trade Organization, he said, the mainland market is too big to ignore.

9.   Prof Lau said businessmen with mainland links may have greater success in penetrating the mainland market.

10.   Alfred Chown, principal of EL Consulting, said pharmaceutical and chemical firms supplying products into the mainland market in particular were on expansion trail and recruiting executives.