Motor Werks Infiniti of Barrington

As part of the Japanese automaker's six-year plan to lift global sales, Infiniti has just announced plans to relocate headquarters for its global operations to Hong Kong. One major department making the move is marketing communications and some 100 other employees who will report back to the main headquarters in Yokohama Japan.

It may seem like an odd choice for a Japanese company to move their headquarters all the way to China, but in…