The Chinese Are Coming, Part IX -- With NASDAQ Listings

The Wall Street Journal [subscription may be required] just did a story on how China is now NASDAQ's largest source of growth in new listings (h/t to Governance News Watch Blog). Mainland China companies now account for 29 of about 3,300 companies listed on Nasdaq, said the president of Nasdaq International, Charlotte Crosswell. "The exchange also lists around 50 firms from Hong Kong, a Chinese special autonomous region, putting China third behind first-place Israel and second-place Canada in having the most non-U.S. listings on the Nasdaq, Ms. Crosswell said:"