| Hong Kong-based financial institution United Financial Partners` recent announcement that it will operate an Islamic banking window out of the Dubai International Finance Center may raise questions about China`s interest in Islamic finance, but isn`t likely to see other Hong Kong institutions follow suit.
"I feel that things haven`t really picked up in China in Islamic finance as one would have expected them to, particularly given that it is a big country that can identify an opportunity and go for it and given there are major infrastructure projects that need to be carried out there," says Ayman Khaleq, partner with international law firm Vinson & Elkins..............................................Full Article: Source
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