Question prompted by this article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-star-board-defies-financial-gravity-in-a-hot-market-11598434202
Not sure about stock index futures, but in general foreigners can trade the "A-shares" of Chinese companies at the STAR exchange (similar to NASDAQ), and also of other domestic Chinese exchanges: https://www.ubs.com/global/en/asset...ect-china-a-shares-faqs-equity-investing.html "China A-shares are RMB-denominated equity shares of China-based companies that trade on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges." See also https://www.investopedia.com/what-is-china-s-star-market-4693703
Take a breath and check with broker as to size they want your account to be and do THEY make it available.
Yes, you can trade the China A50 futures index: If you use IB the ticker is XINA50. Just keep in mind that the exchange is not recognized by the IRS as 1256, you will not get the tax break like you do for U.S. futures. https://www.cmegroup.com/education/files/trading-china-exposure.pdf
Yes you can, with an instrument at the Singapore exchange: https://www.sgx.com/derivatives/products/chinaa50?cc=CN#Prices & Chart As @comagnum mentions, is this called XINA50 in case you use IB. To make it even easier: this instrument's currency is USD.