discuss stylized facts about East Asia's trade structure. The People's Republic of China (PRC) plays a critical role as an …

as China, South Korea, Russia, and Mongolia took ownership of the initiative. This paper assesses the effectiveness of …

As China becomes more closely entwined with the US, positive shocks in the US translate into positive outcomes for … China, but the extent of gain for the US during the convergence process is less clear. We develop an empirical framework of … convergence process both the US and China unambiguously benefit from the catch-up process …

The analysis of China's impacts on the 44 SSA countries reveals that: (i) after joining the WTO in 2001, China has … started to impact significantly on SSA growth: one-percent increase in China's GDP per capita leads to 0.02 percent increase … on the SSA's GDP per capita; (ii) oil and investment-goods exporters benefit more from China's growth; (iii) compared to …