Family ties are particularly useful in Chinese businesses because the economy depends only partly on market decisions.

Many Chinese businesses lost money during the latest recession.

One of the major problems is that there are fewer Chinese businesses there.

The Western district was the commercial centre for Chinese businesses.

The Chinese business had swept him entirely away from his original course.

Others said such commitments count for little in the murky world of Chinese business.

However, after 1912, Chinese businesses were able to continue their operations, including collection of debts, largely unimpeded.

Many Chinese businesses have also been established in the city.

Others said Chinese businesses were increasingly able to skirt government efforts to restrict loans.

Nor, they add, did it mean that foreign banks would suddenly stop lending to Chinese businesses.