How HSBC regained its mantle as Asia's best bank.

"If you're going to bank China seriously - and I feel we are really bar none the defining international bank in China that really sees and understands China - you have to see the market through that prism." Surendra Rosha and David Liao stride into the meeting room on the 43rd floor of HSBC's Hong Kong head office and offer firm handshakes. HSBC will always be under the microscope - the bank gets "five times the media read of any other bank", Rosha reckons. [Extracted from the article]