Taiwan has since become one of China's top investors.

France was the top investor in the country last year, and Japan the top trading partner.

Greece is among the three top investors in Romania, with almost 800 active businesses and invested capital totalling 3 billion euros.

In the past few years, Singapore has consistently been Indonesia's top foreign investor.

Singapore is Indonesia's top foreign investor, with a cumulative total of US$1.14 billion in 142 projects.

The exercise illustrates why one top investor believes "these stocks have become like major land masses."

It hits too close to home in Asia, which has seen many of its top investors wiped out in the financial crisis.

Greece is the top investor and one of Bulgaria's main trade partners.

Many top investors prefer to run their own operations rather than share the profits with others.