Acknowledgments
Carrying out the research and analysis presented in this book would not have been possible without the encouragement and support of a number of distinguished colleagues, on whom I have imposed repeatedly to discuss and help refine methodology and findings.
I am immensely grateful to Professor Jurgen Kurtz, Professor Julien Chaisse, Professor Luke Nottage, and Professor Junji Nakagawa.
My former students, Alessandra Moroni and Timothée Bruneteau – both currently engaged in pursuing brilliant careers (without much surprise on my part) also provided a great deal of help.
Thanks also to Catherine Newcombe and Wojciech Giemza, for their invaluable support in reviewing and systematizing the whole work.
Finally, I would like to acknowledge and thank Mr Yun Zhang at the Department of Treaty and Law at the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, the Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development at the Law Faculty of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Melbourne Law School, and the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the Law School of the University of Sydney.