Matthews China  MCHFX
  Morningstar Report
Overall Morningstar
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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As of 2009-06-30
Day Change
$ -0.10
  
NAV (2009-11-10)
$ 24.80
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-10)
72.94%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
2,315
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: Matthews China
(from 1999-01-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk
Index: MSCI EAFE NR USD
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-10
Inception date: 1998-02-19 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-10
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 74.20 123.91 19.93 21.95 18.17 12.92
+/- Category 17.35 56.46 11.33 6.61 7.53 ---
+/- MSCI EAFE NR USD 44.59 71.23 24.68 17.69 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 59.34 32.63 20.99 20.53 17.40 12.75
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 63.81 79.50 20.00 21.42 18.17 12.92
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 71.03 17.77 19.74 16.96 ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 55.60 15.84 17.85 15.69 ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 106 funds), (5 yrs : out of 79 funds), (10 yrs : out of 63 funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is none, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is 2.00%.
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein.
  Portfolio Profile    
Sector Breakdown %
Information 17.41
Software 1.36
Hardware 3.75
Media 2.03
Telecommunications 10.28
Service 43.47
Healthcare 1.06
Consumer Services 9.42
Business Services 11.79
Financial Services 21.21
Manufacturing 39.12
Consumer Goods 13.39
Industrial Materials 13.83
Energy 6.07
Utilities 5.84
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 0.0
Stocks 100.0
Bonds 0.0
Other 0.0
Foreign Stocks 95.9
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-06-30 Data through 2009-06-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 61 Turnover % 8
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0 30 Day SEC Yield % ---
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 27.30 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Sector Country % of Net
Assets
Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. China 3.56
China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co., Ltd. Cayman Islands 3.03
Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holdings Corp. Hong Kong 2.92
China Vanke Co.,ltd. China 2.82
Ping An Insurance (group) Company Of China, Ltd. China 2.60
Hang Lung Group Ltd. Hong Kong 2.57
Tencent Hldgs Limi --- 2.52
China Merchants Bank Co.,limited China 2.45
China Life Insurance Company, Ltd. China 2.44
Zte Corporation China 2.39
Data through 2009-06-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 1998-02-19
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Richard H. Gao  (1999-01-01)
Gao joined Matthews in 1997 as a China Analyst and is currently a Portfolio Manager. He began his career at the Bank of China in 1989, first as a Loan Officer, then as a FOREX Trader in the Treasury Department. In 1993, he became Assistant Manager at the Bank of China, where he was in charge of FOREX trading for import/export companies.
Andrew Foster  (2008-01-01)
Foster is a Vice President of the Funds, and Acting Chief Investment Officer and a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. As Acting Chief Investment Officer, He oversees Matthews’ investment process and investment professionals. Andrew first joined Matthews in 1998 as a Research Analyst and left the firm in 2001 to attend graduate school. Andrew returned to Matthews in 2003. Prior to Matthews, he worked as a management consultant with A.T. Kearney’s Financial Institutions Group in Singapore from 1996 to 1998.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-04-29)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 1.23
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-12-31)
Correspondence Information
Four Embarcadero Center
Suite 550
San Francisco,  CA  94111
USA
Telephone:
800-789-2742
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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