China’s capital markets remain restricted to foreigners, but Switzerland is launching a promising bid to help further open up the country to western participation, Swiss diplomat Joerg Gasser tells finews.com.Switzerland’s highest tax diplomat, Joerg Gasser, visited Singapore, Hong Kong and China recently as part of a government-led visit to the region which included UBS, Credit Suisse, and the Swiss stock exchange operator. The Swiss government under finance minister Ueli Maurer made a case to help China liberalize its economy, Gasser tells finews.com Ð a plan based on diplomatic relations more than 65 years old. From the interview, we could also see his opinions in ÒChina interested in talking strategy with usÓ, ÒWe’re small, not in the EU, not a threat to ChinaÓ, ÒChemChina-Syngenta signals open marketÓ and ÒChinese banks need to be in SwitzerlandÓ.