101.  In the end, two Chinese companies bought the items, vowing to return them to the motherland.

102.  Instead, Beijing dithered and by the time it began allowing Chinese companies to list abroad, the moment had passed.

103.  Investors have been buying these shares as they bet earnings growth will outpace their Hong Kong counterparts because these Chinese companies can buy assets cheaply from their mainland parents.

104.  Instead, it is reminding investors just how secretive Chinese companies can be about their operations and links to the government.

105.  Investors are crying foul at lavish dividend proposals from cash-strapped Chinese companies with equally pinched parents.

106.  It found exactly what it was looking for at Silverlit Toys, a Chinese company.

107.  It has also agreed to lower tariffs on drugs, end pricing practices that favor Chinese companies and allow foreign companies to distribute their own products.

108.  It has product-distribution agreements with several Chinese companies.

109.  It would be made in a joint-venture with Chinese companies.

110.  Its major customers include Hapag Lloyd AG of Germany and COSCO, a Chinese shipping company.