Guides
How to buy Chinese stocks
A plain-English guide to buying Chinese stocks from outside China — US-listed ADRs, Hong Kong H-shares and Stock Connect — including what you can access through an ordinary brokerage.
8 min read
Chinese ADRs explained
What an American Depositary Receipt is, how Chinese ADRs work (including the VIE structure), their risks, and how to screen the full list of US-listed Chinese companies.
7 min read
CDRs vs ADRs
A Chinese Depositary Receipt is not a Chinese ADR — it runs the other way. How the CDR structure differs from an ADR on issuer, depositary and custodian, listing market and currency, settlement and price limits, fungibility and conversion, and who is allowed to hold one — plus who has actually listed where. Sourced to the CSRC, the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the SEC; information, not investment advice.
11 min read
ADR vs H-share vs A-share
Chinese companies often trade in several places at once. Here's how US ADRs, Hong Kong H-shares and mainland A-shares differ in access, currency, liquidity and risk.
6 min read
ADR delisting risk
The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, the PCAOB audit dispute, the 2026 policy escalation — and the first completed 2026 delistings (TIRX, SDM) — plus what a US delisting would actually mean for your shares, which names are most exposed, and the Hong Kong conversion path.
10 min read
HFCAA + HK dual-listing (holder guide)
A holder-focused explainer on the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act — the audit-inspection rule at its heart, what a US delisting would actually do to an ADR programme, which US-listed Chinese names already carry a Hong Kong line in the WealthyTec universe (and which show none), and the ADR-to-Hong-Kong conversion path. Figures cited to the USCC and White & Case; general information, not investment advice.
9 min read
HKEX conversion path
What an ADR-to-Hong Kong conversion actually involves — the depositary bank, the timeline, the fees and taxes — which US-listed Chinese names already have a Hong Kong line to fall back on, and what having no Hong Kong secondary listing means in practice. Written the week the first 2026 delisting (TIRX) took effect.
9 min read
Southbound Stock Connect
How the Southbound leg of Stock Connect links mainland Chinese capital to Hong Kong-listed shares, why a Hong Kong dual-primary or eligible secondary listing reduces US delisting exposure, which US-listed names already qualify, and how to check a holding — general information, not investment advice.
8 min read
What is the WealthyTec Rank
How the WealthyTec Rank scores a company from 0 to 10 on the long-term consistency of its revenue, earnings and EPS growth — what it captures, and what it deliberately ignores.
6 min read
Best Chinese tech stocks
A repeatable way to evaluate Chinese technology and internet stocks — the sub-sectors, the metrics that matter, the China-specific risks, and how to screen for them.
7 min read
China ETFs vs stocks
The trade-offs between buying a China ETF like FXI and picking individual Chinese stocks — diversification, control, cost, and how to combine both.
6 min read