In recent years wages in China have been rising and the yuan has appreciated, potentially eroding China's cost … advantage in manufactures. This paper explores the evolution of China's relative unit labor costs in manufacturing over 1998 …-2009. Between 1998 and 2003 China's unit labor costs fell, but since 2003 they have increased both absolutely and relative to US …

We empirically examine how import competition affects sentiment toward China in local communities in the United States … turning negative. Second, communities more exposed to import competition from China have experienced a greater deterioration … using a news-based index for sentiment. Results are threefold. First, U.S. sentiment toward China peaked in 2007 before …

economic growth in East Asia. Developed Asia produces technology-intensive intermediate goods and capital goods and ships them … to the People Republic of China (PRC) and ASEAN for assembly by lower-skilled workers. The finished products are then … technology transfer to domestic firms and how a regional FTA could bring Asian producers and consumers together. Finally, it …

relationship between globalization and inequality in the transition countries including China and most countries of Middle and …

diversification, natural resources and technology. Chinese state-owned acquirers are similar to government-led acquirers from other … Made in China 2025 influence investment patterns of Chinese state-owned acquirers but not those of private investors …

We investigate the empirical determinants of China's outward direct investment (ODI). It is found that China … developed and developing countries, there is evidence that a) both market seeking and resources seeking motives drive China …'s ODI, b) the Chinese exports to developing countries induce China's ODI, c) China's international reserves promote its ODI …