I suspect that you could find big companies in most regions in China and why not? You have a huge population, a rigorous, demanding if not somewhat dehumanising education system. People expect to work hard to get ahead - well not sure about all the current one child population but.... Despite that China has unbelievable creative talent. Locating a branch of business in China to take advantage of talent makes sense to me. I would doubt there is a conspiracy between 8 companies. on the other hand what better place to explore solutions
