Corporate governance and Chinas H share market Using detailed case studies of the first nine mainland Chinese companies to be listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange (1993 94) Alice de Jonge examines the evolution of corporate governance law and culture in Chinas H share market. A story emerges not of tensions between ideas of corporate governance from two different legal systems Hong Kong vs. mainland Chinese nor about legal convergence as China adopts concepts from Anglo American jurisdictions. Rather it is a story of individual firms being pragmatic in mediating the different agendas of state agencies that own or control them. Corporate Governance and Chinas H Share Market looks at corporate governance in a cross border context is unique in providing a detailed understanding of Chinas H share market reveals why a beer company was the first ever Chinese firm to be listed overseas. This fascinating work will appeal to postgraduate students and scholars of corporate governance Asian law and legal systems and Asian business as well as Chinese scholars more generally. Professionals such as law practitioners working in Chinese law will also find the book of interest 1. Introduction : legal transplants convergence and regionalism in Chinese corporate law reform 2. Birth pangs of a market : creation and development of Chinas cross border share markets 3. Securities regulatory authorities and H share enterprises 4. Internal governance structures within the H share firm : solving agency problems in a cross border environment 5. Nine case studies : the story of nine vanguard firms in Chinas H share market 6. Market efficiency in a Chinese context.