MCHI vs TCHI

MCHIAiShares MSCI China ETF

TCHIBiShares MSCI China Multisector Tech ETF

In short

MCHI The default one-ticker way to own China. MCHI has tracked the MSCI China Index since 2011, holding roughly 600 stocks open to international investors, and it stays actively traded.

TCHI Chinese tech spills well past the tech sector, so this iShares fund goes looking across several. It tracks a capped MSCI index of Chinese technology and related industries, roughly 190 names, at 0.59%.

Stated mandate

MCHI The fund seeks to track an index of Chinese equities available to international investors.

TCHI The fund seeks to track an index containing Chinese equities in technology and related industries.

Why people hold it

• MCHI One ticker, roughly 600 Chinese stocks. Instead of picking among share classes and listings, you get the MSCI China Index (Net) in a single line item.ishares.com
• 0.59% expense ratio, below the middle of the single-country China pack, and the fund has hewed closely to its stated index mandate.
• Running since 2011 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, which is why it turns up as the reference China holding in so many portfolios.
• One of the stronger implementations in its peer group on tradability and staying power, both scored in the top tier of the China cohort.

• TCHI Cross-sector by design: the index reaches into technology and related industries rather than one sector bucket, and it caps weights so no single giant dominates.
• 0.59% a year undercuts the 0.70% median for single-country China funds.
• Roughly 190 holdings, so the theme rides on a broad bench instead of three or four megacaps.
• Plain vanilla wrapper: a 1940 Act index fund from iShares, live since 2022, no derivatives layer to decode.

Worth knowing

• MCHI Cheaper broad-China options exist: FLCH charges 0.19% and JPMorgan's active JCHI 0.15%. You are paying up for MCHI's depth and liquidity.
• Single-country equity risk, undiluted. Chinese regulation, currency and policy swings hit the whole basket at once, and the index leans heavily on its biggest names.
• Distributions come once or twice a year, not monthly, so cash flow arrives in lumps.

• TCHI That 0.59% is exactly what broad China funds MCHI and GXC charge, so the narrower tech slice costs what whole-market exposure does.
• A small fund that trades lightly, so spreads can run wider than the headline China ETFs, most noticeably on big or hurried orders.
• One country, one theme. Chinese policy and regulatory swings land here undiluted, and payouts come once or twice a year rather than quarterly.

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