Browsing through this month's Economist:

1. Casual mention of big Chinese rail transportation lines & mine investment in Queensland, AU:

http://www.economist.com/node/17363625

2. As Joe mentioned a while back, listing on the ASX posed some issues due to Chinese ownership. This could end up being a non-issue....the ASX is close to getting married with the main Singapore exchange SGX! I wonder if the Legend listing delay has anything to do with this.

http://www.economist.com/node/17363425?story_id=17363425&CFID=146937106&CFTOKEN=70391063

This is huge. If Aussie government gives the green light, Aussie market would become even more intimately linked with East Asian markets. The ASX-SGX would become the 4th largest exchange in Asia by market cap (bigger than the Indian) and the #1, largest exchange by number of listed companies (since mostly smaller caps). 2,739 listed companies....2,740 if we count Legend.