China’s State Administration of Taxes (SAT) has announced a relaxation of the rules governing the withholding tax that foreign investors have to pay on dividends repatriated from their share of investments in Chinese companies. Companies and shareholders based in countries outside Mainland China (such as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Singapore) that have double taxation agreements ......
We mentioned in past articles that international stocks are susceptible to a percentage of withholding tax, which will reduce your dividends. For a breakdown on different countries and their withholding tax reference, take a look at this article.
I was recently interested in some China shares listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Since they do distribute dividends, I am not sure if a 10% withholding tax will be levied.
However, I found this article here dated 18 July 2012 that seems to indicate the withholding tax since 2009 is only 5%:
