From left: Wendy Cai-Lee, executive vice-president and head of the Eastern and Texas region from East West Bank; Clarence Kwan, senior partner of Sino-Century China Overseas Investment Partners; and John Nghiem, managing partner of Meridian Circle Advisors LLC; discuss Financing Opportunities and Challenges of China at a breakfast discussion hosted by the Asian Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday in Houston. The panelists analyzed the China-US economic exchange data and patterns, discussed issues in business financing in China such as limited channels, higher cost of capital and how to tackle those issues. Photo by MAY ZHOU / CHINA DAILY