Take the 'A' train

Asia’s great story of the past decade, and probably of more than one decade in the future, is Greater China: the building of the web linking Chinese businesses and markets between the Mainland and the diaspora, making it into the region’s – someday the world’s – pre-eminent economic engine. This is the story that saved global investment banks during the Asian crisis and this is the story that will deliver most of their Asia profits in the future.