If you've only ever worked in a USPAP world, the Middle East will surprise you — not because the fundamentals of valuation change, but because everything around them does

China, Singapore, and Japan each run their own valuation regime, shaped by different legal systems, different land ownership models, and different histories with the international standards movement.

If you invest across borders, or even just review reports prepared by firms outside your home market, here's the landscape you're actually operating in.