We view the political process in China as trading off the social benefits of increased trade and foreign direct … of this model are estimated using province-level data on foreign direct investment and trade flows in China, over the … China may find it politically difficult to follow through with liberalizing its trade and investment regimes, such as under …

Compared with China's dominance in world trade, its expanding role in global finance is poorly documented and … understood. Over the past decades, China has exported record amounts of capital to the rest of the world. Many of these financial … flows are not reported to the IMF, the BIS or the World Bank. "Hidden debts" to China are especially significant for about …

The First Opium War (1840-42) was a watershed in the history of China. In its aftermath Britain and other countries …-organized under Western management, Western legal institutions were introduced in China in form of courts and legal practices, and … foreigners in China were tried according to the laws of their country of origin (extraterritoriality). To better understand the …

explain this puzzle. From analyzing bank loan data associated with China's introduction of the Qualified Foreign Institutional …

nearly 600 billion dollars, while China's official net creditor position to the rest of the world is overstated by about 50 …

best, particularly in comparison with that of China. Comparing these countries and reviewing the literature, we conclude … gained from trade, and by some measures, more so than China. We sketch out a theory in which developing countries can grow … continuing reforms, Chinese growth is likely to slow down sharply, perhaps leaving China at a level less than Mexico's real GDP …